Guest Lecture Wed. Jan, 30th: Dr. Jerry Battista

Applications of Oscillations and Waves: Guitar Strings and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Date/Time: Wed. Jan 30th, 2019, 2:30 pm
  • Location: NS-145
  • Course: Physics 1029B (Instructor: E. Wong)
  • Invited Speaker: Professor Jerry Battista

Dr. Battista is an Emeritus Professor at Western, past chair of the Medical Biophysics Department, former Director of Physics Research & Education at the London Regional Cancer Program, 2017 Gold Medal recipient from the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) for his lifetime achievements in Medical Physics, recipient of the (Canadian Association of Physicists) CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to
Canadian Physics, among other accolades for exceptional teaching at Western. Together, Drs. Battista and Wong have taught Radiological Physics (Phys 4672/9655) for more than two
decades, and would like to share their passion and insights in Physics with first year students.