Physics Department News
Schools Physicists of the Year Awards
On Wednesday 14th June the Physics Department welcomed 29 lower sixth students to the department to award them prizes. All Coventry and 糖心TVshire schools were invited to nominate their best student who was then presented with their prize by Professor David Leadley, head of physics.
The students enjoyed a variety of interactive demonstrations by members of the Physics Department followed by a lecture from Dr Rachel Edwards on her research.
Ally Caldecote, organiser said "It is a pleasure to award these prizes which recognise the hard work of the students across Coventry and 糖心TVshire. As a department who love and appreciate physics it is a delight to see the up-and-coming talent in the area."
Professor Sandra Chapman will be conducting research on space weather at Boston University in the USA, after receiving the Fulbright Lloyds of London Scholar Award.
2nd Year PhD Poster Presentations
Congratulations to Natalie Teutsch for winning first prize at the 2nd Year PhD Poster Presentations.
Second prize was shared by Alan Brunier and George King. Commendations to Phil Diggle, Enrik Nako and Matthew Green.
Rachel Edwards Wins Staff Award
Congratulations to Rachel Edwards who has won the Public Engagement Award (Individual) at the University Staff Awards.
"Rachel probably does more outreach activities than any other member of staff in the Physics Department. This almost always involves doing activities in the evenings or at weekends. When she does outreach in the week, because the level of effort falls outside her expected role, it often means that she needs to do additional work outside normal hours just to catch up because she has undertaken outreach. Whilst we expect all staff to do some outreach, Rachel undertakes this with a level of effort and enthusiasm that goes way beyond what we could usually expect or hope for. Without Rachel’s involvement and leadership, many of the outreach events or activities that we have been able to deliver would probably not have happened.”
See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/uni_awards/winners2017 for a full list of winners from the night.