On Tuesday October 16th, 2018, Jaewoo Park gave a public lecture on his thesis topic: “Copper-nanoparticle decorated graphene thin films: Applications in metal-assisted etching and synthesis of next-generation graphene-based nanomaterials”.
He then successfully defended the thesis. Jaewoo was supervised by Dr. Giovanni Fanchini
Congratulations Jaewoo!
On Wednesday October 3rd, 2018, Mitchell Brocklebank gave a public lecture on his thesis topic: “High Resolution Ion Beam Investigations of the Mechanism of Titanium Anodization”.
He then successfully defended the thesis. Mitchell was supervised by Dr. Lyudmila Goncharova
Congratulations Mitch!
Astronomy PhD student, Chris Fox, has made a big discovery. Working with his supervisor, Dr. Paul Wiegert, Chris recently discovered exoplanet Kepler 159d.
Kepler 159d has roughly the same mass as Saturn, and, while likely composed of gas, it is located within the habitable zone of it’s star, with temperature ranges suitable for Earth-life, though no lifeforms have been discovered thus far.
The finding has been big news, first published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, it has also been featured on CTV London, in Western News, CBC London and The London Free Press.
Well done, Chris!