Dr. Blaine Chronik (shown above) and his MR systems group is involved in groundbreaking prostate cancer treatment research, which is being done at The Robarts Research Institute here at Western. (photo courtesy CTV news)
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Pauline Barmby elected as a director of The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
Pauline Barmby was elected as a director of The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) at the Society’s annual meeting which was held at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
CAP Congress poster award to Olga Lobacheva
Olga Lobacheva’s poster on “NEXAFS Study of Fe-doped strontium titanium oxide” received an Honorable Mention in the overall student poster competition at CAP Congress 2013, which was held in Montreal.
In addition, Brock Laschowski, an M.Sc. student in Kinesiology at Western, won a prize from the Division of Industrial and Applied Physics for his poster on “The influence of oar-shaft stiffness and length on rowing biomechanics.”
Cronyn Observatory summer public nights hightlighted on “Western Revealed” – tomorrow
“Western Revealed” highlights Hume Cronyn Memorial Observatory summer public nights.
The show airs on Rogers Channel 13 London on Wednesday, May 29, 1pm.
The show will repeat over the coming month [see schedule].
Images from the Science Olympics 2013
The Science Olympics were held in the Physics and Astronomy building as well as the North Campus building, on Thursday, May 23, 2013.
[ images of the event ]
The Science Olympics come to Western on Thursday, May 23
The Science Olympics will be held on Campus this week:
Date: Thursday 23 May 2013
Time: 8:45 am – 2:00 pm
Location: North Campus and Physics & Astronomy Buildings.
Participants: 708 students from 20 schools have entered 220 teams in 26 events.
Details can be found here: http://www.ldstf.ca/olympics.
TA Award winners for 2012-13
TA Award winners, in photo from left to right – Marcial Garbanzo Salas, Jeffrey Bailey, Edward Stokan, Graduate Chair Prof. Robert Sica.
Award details:
Award for Administration; Jeffrey Bailey.
Award for Tutoring; Fereshteh Rajabi.
Award for Demonstrating; Marcial Garbanzo Salas.
Award for the Physics and Astronomy Department, Faculty of Science TA Award of Excellence; Edward Stokan.
Article on public attitude about climate change
The fraction of Americans who “believe in” global warming has dropped from 70% to 63% over the last six months, according to this article:
Only 42% of those surveyed believed that there is consensus among scientists about climate change. To quote from the article, “This is a problem – both because it is so at odds with reality, and because it likely helps prevent more Americans from recognizing and accepting some pretty straightforward scientific realities.”
NSERC USRA summer researchers begin work.
Summer research by our NSERC USRA students has begun.
PhD. candidate Chad Harris wins the I.I. Rabi Award of the ISMRM.
Chad Harris, PhD candidate in Medical Physics, has won the I.I. Rabi Award.
This award is essentially the highest honor that a young MRI researcher can receive.
In the left photo below, Chad (right in photo) is shown receiving the award at the annual meeting of the ISMRM which was held in Salt Lake City, Utah in April, 2013. In the photo at right, Chad (on the right) receives congratulations from Dr. Timothy Scholl, representing Dr. Blaine Chronik, who is Chad’s supervisor.
There were three international finalists for this award. Aside from Chad, one of the other three finalists w
as highly honored 2009 Western physics graduate Adrienne Campbell.
The I.I. Rabi Award is given for original basic science research in magnetic resonance. This includes reports of new MR methodologies and understanding of MR signals, aimed at either human or animal subjects. Examples include manuscripts reporting new hardware, novel pulse sequences, bio
physical or signal models, or data analysis techniques. The competition is open to clinical and basic scientists at the undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, resident, and fellow levels working in MR research in academia, industry, or research institutions. Applicants should either be within five (5) years post completion of Ph.D. or three (3) years post completion of appropriate clinical training, as documented by a curriculum vitae and letter of confirmation from their supervisor, mentor, or department head. ISMRM membership is required.
The ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) is a nonprofit professional association dedicated to promoting communication, research, development and application of magnetic resonance techniques in medicine and biology. The Society presents annual meetings and sponsors other major educational and scientific workshops. The Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.