https://ubc.zoom.us/j/63241480784?pwd=dE4yOHNlaUpLWEQrVHBTNjV0ZEFpZz09, Monday, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Salena Li was awarded for her tireless contributions to the PHAS undergraduate program. | ", Douglas Scott received the 2017 UBC Killam Research Prize (senior category), "recognizing outstanding research and scholarly contributions.". The Physics & Astronomy Department recruits faculty and research staff on an as-needed basis and any current openings with be posted here. We … Ten UBC researchers were selected at the Assistant Professor level representing five different Faculties. Douglas Scott from UBC Department of Physics & Astronomy was a Co-Investigator and member of the Editorial Board for Planck, who was among the identified team members who shared the prize. He was cited for his contributions to the study of neutrino oscillations with the SNO and T2K experiments, and to experimental searches for dark matter with SuperCDMS. More information. Mark Carlson started her position as the Electronics Engineer in May, 2018. Steven Plotkin and Andrea Damascelli were honoured as Killam Faculty Research Junior Fellows. Scott Oser was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Richly deserved, Andrea! The prizes are awarded annually, from the Killam Endowment Fund, to faculty nominated by students, colleagues, and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching. Normally this requirement is met by taking PHYS 100. Students must apply for the Engineering […] View additional description of awards won by PHAS faculty and staff members. There are only 16 in the Physics Section. NEW December 16, 2020 Updates regarding 2021 Physics Olympics announced. This is the fifth Sloan Fellowship awarded to faculty members in our department over the past 3 years. We are constantly rated as one of the top Physics & Astronomy programs in the world. This annual award is given to an undergraduate program or department that has had a significant positive impact on student life and student development at UBC. The Breakthrough Prizes will recognize the world’s top scientists. Physics explores the most fundamental measurable quantities of energy and matter and their patterns and relationships in time and space, translating into theories, formulas and laws. "This prestigious NASA certificate is awarded to any combination of Government and/or non-Government individuals for an outstanding group accomplishment that has contributed substantially to NASA's mission." The Department of Physics & Astronomy at UBC is noted for the excellence of its research and its high academic standards and integrity. For each Tier 2 Chair, the university receives $100,000 annually for five years. Highlights include advances in the theory of D-branes and other non-perturbative objects in string theory, the ultraviolet-infrared mixing in non-commutative quantum field theory, and the deconfinement transition in gauge theory, as well as his novel proposal that the emergence of spacetime is profoundly connected with quantum entanglement". Read more... Jaymie Matthews received the 2016 Qilak Award for Astronomy Communications, Public Education and Outreach from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA). Welcome UBC Engineering Physics is the ideal program for those who strive to invent new devices, advance science and pursue careers at the leading edge of high-technology, both locally and internationally. Tongkai Huang is a Lab Engineering Technician and has been with PHAS for the past 16 years, starting in December 1999. The medals are awarded for outstanding research in any branch of physics and chemistry and in recognition of Lord Rutherford’s own research carried out in Canada at a relatively young age.". Chris Waltham received the 2009/2010 Faculty of Science Achievement Award (Faculty). Stewart Smith, Princeton University. Looking for someone? 2036 Main Mall. Nobel laureate Carl Wieman's website Physics Education Technology Project (PhET)was honoured in the fifth annual International Science and Technology Visualization Challenge in the category of interactive media. The IES appoints, on average, only 2 fellows per year. Harvey Richer received the 2014 Carlyle S. Beals Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA). While the nature of our work is diverse, we’re all driven by the same aspiration: to contribute to positive change. Domenic Di Tomaso and Jon Nakane received the 2007 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Awards. "Dr. Matthews’ dedication and boundless enthusiasm for communicating with the public about astronomy are illustrated by the dozens of outreach activities in which he participates annually, ranging from public presentations, to radio interviews, to campus tours, to TV show consultations. Kris Sigurdson was appointed as an Early Career Scholar of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) for the 2008-2009 academic year and as a permanent faculty associate of the PWIAS. Learn More, The Planck team, and its Principal Investigators Nazzareno Mandolesi and Jean-Loup Puget received the 2018 Gruber Cosmology Prize. PHYS 101, 107, and 117 require Physics 12 or PHYS 100. Credit will be given for only one of PHYS 107 or 117. Gordon Semenoff received the 2012 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics, for his seminal contributions to quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics. Name Title E-mail Office Dr. Andre […] ", Andrea Damascelli was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) – the highest honour a scholar can achieve in the sciences in Canada. The fellowship of the RSC comprises over 2,000 Canadian scholars, artists, and scientists, peer-elected as the best in their field. Jon Nakane has been named to receive a 2011 Faculty of Science Achievement Award. The high-profile Silicon-Valley funded award is being shared between five projects that have illuminated the nature of neutrinos, elusive subatomic particles produced inside the Sun. Read the email to teachers. Bill was nominated by the University of Duisburg Essen, and will be spending up to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with specialist colleagues there. Twenty-nine current and past UBC researchers will each take home a modest share of the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics announced yesterday at NASA Ames Research Centre in Moffett Field, California. "The Rutherford Memorial Medals were established in 1980 by the RSC in memory of Lord Rutherford of Nelson, a great scientist and a leader in nuclear research. "This election reflects the high esteem the members of our academy have for you and for your scientific work," said the French Academy of Sciences. Vesna was awarded as a Senior Scholar in the Clinical field. The Organizing Committee is Marina Milner-Bolotin, Dept. Gordon has been a professor at UBC since 1990. He is particularly known for his recent results relating the geometrical structure of spacetime to entanglement structure of the holographically dual boundary quantum field theory." The purpose of the Prize is "to recognize outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics including the quantum fluids." The medal was awarded for "for his original and influential contributions to the theory of condensed matter systems, particularly in the application of conformal field theory techniques to the Kondo effects and quantum impurity problems and advances in the theory of quantum magnetism in low dimensions." March 4, 2020 42nd UBC Physics Olympics is postponed to 2021. For staff and management positions, please check the UBC Human Resources web site. Bill Unruh received the Humboldt Research Award. They will share the $500,000 award with NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) lead Charles Bennett and other colleagues from the team. Learn more. His project is titled "Microfluidic instrumentation for single-cell chemical genetics". Scott Oser and Chris Waltham, NSERC John C. Polanyi Award 2006, Ian Affleck 2006 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement, Andrzej Kotlicki 2006 Faculty of Science Achievement Award, Walter Hardy 2005 BC Innovation Council Award, Doug Bonn 2005 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Robert Francis Kiefl 2005 American Physical Society Fellow, Eileen Campbell and Doug Wong 2005 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Awards, Harold Davis, Tom Felton and Tony Walters 2004 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Awards, Gordon Semenoff 2000 CAP/CRM Medal for Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Gordon Semenoff 2000 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Mary Ann Potts 2003 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Award, CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal for Contributions to Subatomic Physics, CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics, Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, Hagler Fellow of Texas A&M University Award, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Dean of Science Excellence in Service award, Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), The Peter G. Martin Award for Mid-Career Achievement, 2017 UBC Killam Research Prize (senior category), the Group Achievement Award certificate from NASA, elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 2016 Qilak Award for Astronomy Communications, Public Education and Outreach, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, Fellowship in the American Physical Society, Simons Foundation Investigator in Physics, Dean of Science Excellence in Service Award, UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowships (Senior Category), CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics, 2013 CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal for Outstanding Experimental or Theoretical Contributions to Subatomic Physics, 2013 UBC Science Achievement Awards (Faculty), UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowships (Junior Category), President’s Staff Awards (Vancouver Campus), W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, LifeScience BC award for Innovation and Achievement award, Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling, Physics & Astronomy Welcome Orientation for Women (WOW). ", Mona Berciu was awarded this year’s CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics. Features. The Killam research awards are given annually from the Killam Endowment Fund to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in research. He was selected “for scientific and technical leadership on the BaBar experiment which produced important results on CP violation, flavor physics, and many other areas.”, Alison Lister was awarded a prestigious Tier II Canada Research Chair this year. The 2008 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics is awarded to Jess Brewer, University of British Columbia. Swarn is noted "[f]or warm, efficiency, faultless organization, consistency, care, and exemplary service to the Faculty of Science and the University of British Columbia through the Pacific Institute of Theoretical Physics.". ", Jens Dilling received the 2013 CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal for Outstanding Experimental or Theoretical Contributions to Subatomic Physics. The University of British Columbia Vancouver campus . The purpose of this award is to recognize and encourage outstanding experimental or theoretical contributions to subatomic physics. The links on this page list only faculties, schools, and departments. Andre Marziali has been awarded the 2007 Innovation Award by the Association for Laboratory Automation. The Fellowship of the Royal Society is composed of 1300 of the most distinguished scientists from the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland. He is also the only elected fellow from Canada this year. PhD in Electromagnetics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (University of Alberta), BSc in Mathematics and Physics (University of Northern British Columbia) Professor, Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Physics Education Technology Project (PhET). Before joining UBC, she was an Assistant Professor of Physics at Ryerson University in Toronto. Visit www.linkedin.com to set up your profile and apply for membership to the UBC Engineering Physics […] Event Location: Physics Circle 2020/2021 registration is open! "The IES Fellow designation shall be awarded to a Member of the Society for valuable contribution to the technical activities of the Society; to the art or science of illumination; or to the related scientific or engineering fields.". Beals. Mona received the medal "for her exceptional ability to communicate knowledge and understanding and lead students to high academic achievement in physics through her own example, for her leading role in the Welcome Women (WOW) initiative to recruit female students and for her efforts to generally improve the quality of physics teaching through such work as undertaken by the Carl Weiman Science Education Initiative. | Harvey is among 30 UBC Science researchers elected to the society since 2000. The award recognizes staff, students and faculty whose service contributions have had a significant positive impact in achieving UBC Science's mission. Mark Halpern received the 2018 Carlyle S. Beals Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA). Martin "in recognition of exceptional leadership in technical services," and Swarn "in recognition of administrative excellence". James Charbonneau and Simon Bates received the 2016 Killam Teaching Awards for Science instructors to. For more information. For more information about the Killam Teaching Award, visit the Faculty of Science website. Gary Hinshaw was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Twenty-nine current and past UBC researchers will each take home a modest share of the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics announced yesterday at NASA Ames Research Centre in Moffett Field, California. Learn more. Fax: 604.822.2847 Kirk’s areas of research include condensed matter and atomic, molecular and optical physics. The Royal Society of Canada fellowships are the highest academic accolade in the sciences, humanities and arts bestowed in this country. Ian Affleck received the American Physical Society Onsager Prize. "Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. "Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. Before joining UBC, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University. See NASA's WMAP site for details. Javed Iqbal and Mark Van Raamsdonk received the Killam Teaching Prizes for 2011/2012. The President’s Staff Awards at the Vancouver campus recognize the personal achievements and contributions that our staff make to UBC, and to the vision and goals of the University. UBC Search. Fellowship is a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers.". Academics from abroad, regardless of their discipline or nationality, may be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award. UBC Press Release. ", Janis McKenna received the 2013 UBC Science Achievement Awards (Faculty). Shaun Woodruff was awarded a Faculty of Science Achievement Award for his Herculean efforts in the Hebb Demo room. Whether you’re looking for a job at UBC or you’re already employed as a faculty or staff member, you’ll find links to the information you need to work at UBC here. The Outstanding Referee program expresses appreciation for the essential work that anonymous peer reviewers do for our journals. Martin O'Keane and Swarn Raid received the UBC Physics & Astronomy 2013 2013 Staff Achievement Awards. Steve Plotkin was recognized with the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling Graphics 2010 Prize. First-year Physics classes are taught using the flipped-classroom model to ensure that you receive individualized help, even in large, lower-level lectures. Selections are made based on the number, quality, and timeliness of referee reports as collected in a database over the last 20 years. Aaron Boley received the 2018 Killam Teaching Award for Science instructors to. The Engineering Physics Project Lab is unique in that it is the only capstone lab on the UBC campus with multiple staff fully dedicated to supporting student projects. Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has been continuously making observations of the cosmic microwave background for 3 years. Jeff Young was awarded a Faculty of Science Achievement Award for five years of tireless service as the department head. Ian Affleck was appointed Foreign Associate of the French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences de l'Institut de France) in its 350th anniversary year. The objective of this program is to bring outstanding UBC early-career researchers together to share ideas and research approaches. Kirk Madison and Joerg Rottler received the UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowships (Junior Category). The purpose of this award is to recognize and encourage outstanding experimental or theoretical contributions to condensed matter and materials physics. Douglas Bonn received the 2012 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal for his contributions to the field of high temperature superconductivity. The University of British Columbia Vancouver Campus. John Ho has worked in the department as the Finance Clerk since December, 2014. ; After the lecture, students are let loose on an auxiliary discussion topic or … The American Physical Society announced a highly selective award program to recognize scientists, including UBC's Ian Affleck who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals. This story was covered by the UBC Reports. Connect via zoom, Wednesday, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm With a strong foundation of academic courses, project courses, and co-op work experience, the five-year Engineering Physics program provides you with the skills and experience needed to develop new technology and interdisciplinary engineering projects. Review the update now. Physics 11 (BC secondary school) or equivalent is a prerequisite for all students entering the Faculty of Science. He is noted for his co-invention of the parity anomaly in odd-dimensional gauge field theories and his pioneering work on graphene. The award is presented annually "for outstanding contributions to the field. The Gravity Research Foundation was established in 1949 to encourage the study of gravity. "The NAI Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Robert Raussendorf was awarded a Slfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. About Us. Andrea Damascelli received the UBC Killam Research Fellowship. Fellows of the Royal Society are elected for life. "The Peter G. Martin Award for Mid-Career Achievement recognizes significant contributions to astronomical research by a CASCA member. Mark Halpern and Gary Hinshaw of UBC Physics & Astronomy have been awarded the 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their work as part of a 2003 NASA mission that pinpointed the age of the Universe at 13.75 billion years. His research has provided fundamental estimates of the age of the Universe, the density of dark matter, and the dynamics and formation of galaxies and globular clusters. Other members of the full team who are currently at UBC are Research Fellow Dr. James Zibin and graduate student Dagoberto Contreras. Nominations may be made by students, alumni or faculty. The award is sponsored by the Physics of Quantum Electronics (PQE) conference and presented at its Winter Colloquium in Snowbird, Utah. John Ho and Mark Carlson received the 2019 Staff Service Awards in recognition of outstanding departmental support. The Royal Society's citation points to George's work (both experimental and theoretical) in understanding important transition metal oxides. Mark Halpern was recognized, along with his colleagues on the WMAP mission, with a prestigious NASA Group Achievement Award. Sarah Burke received a Peter Wall Early Career Scholar Award. Ingrid Stairs received the 2017 Martin Award from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA). Hongyun Sun, the department's Systems Administrator, and Amy Pureza, the Financial Assistant, received the PHAS 2016 Physics & Astronomy Staff Awards in recognition of their outstanding departmental support. Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1. The top essay also earns Mark $4000. Mona Berciu was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society. The Doctor of Science, honoris causa, recognises Gordon as an expert on quantum field theory. Academic Advising is available through the program office, or by appointment with the program director, Dr. Andre Marziali, email: andre@phas.ubc.ca. She is awarded the 2018 CAP Herzberg Medal for her many leadership roles in the ATLAS experiment and for the breadth of her contributions in particle physics, including the discovery of the Higgs boson, precision measurements of the top quark, new limits on physics beyond the Standard Model, and innovative efforts in using machine learning in experimental particle physics. Browse . At UBC, we each have our own passion — and that unites us. UBC astronomy and astrophysics professor Jaymie Matthews was inducted Friday (2008-02-22) in Ottawa as an officer of the Order of Canada by Governor-General Michaelle Jean. March 2, 2020 Teacher memo and school grouping info have been added to the website.. February 12, 2020 Two more updates have been added to the pre-build activity rules. The title of Mark's winning essay was "Building Up Spacetime with Quantum Entanglement" and was published in the Journal of General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG). Joerg’s areas of research include condensed matter and computational physics. Meetings start with lectures. Ian was awarded "for his pioneering role in developing and applying the ideas and methods of conformal field theory to important problems in statistical and condensed matter physics, including the quantum critical behavior of spin chains and (with Ludwig) the universal behavior of quantum impurity systems." "Dr. Paul Schaffer and his multi-disciplinary team of researchers that boasts expertise in fields including physics, chemistry and nuclear medicine. Gary Hinshaw is one of the recipients of the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. For more information about the Killam Teaching Award, visit the Faculty of Science website. This year the RSC elected 90 new fellows, including three foreign fellows, three specially elected fellows, and one honorary fellow this year. Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. APS press release. March 4, 2020 42nd UBC Physics Olympics is postponed to 2021. Congratulations Bridget and Bernhard! Gordon Semenoff was named one of the Officers of the Order of Canada in 2013. She inspires students both in and out of lecture halls, and encourages students to take part in extracurricular activities and the Co-op program to build professional skills which cannot be obtained in lecture halls.". The Carlyle S. Beals Award was established by CASCA in 1981 in recognition of the groundbreaking research of the late C.S. Current and past UBC researchers receiving a portion of the award are: Frank Berghaus, Sophie Berkman, Daniel Brook-Roberge, Tudor Costin, Reena Meijer Drees, Salvador Gil, Simon Hastings, Chris Hearty, Jaret Heise, Blair Jamieson, Jiae Kim, Brian Kirby, Robert Komar, Thomas Kutter, Thomas Lindner, Mark McCarthy, Christian Nally, Hui-Siong Ng, Christine Nielsen, Scott Oser, Yevgeniy Petrov, Alan Poon, Shirin Sabouri, Hirohisa Tanaka, Shimpei Tobayama, Yaroslav Tserkvonyak, Tyron Tsui, Chris Waltham, Juergen Wendland, and Joanna Zalipska. The award honors Willis E. Lamb, Jr., famous laser scientist and 1955 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, who gave us many seminal insights and served as our guide in so many areas of physics and technology." He was recognized for fostering deeper learning processes in astronomy through the uses of peer discussions and entertaining but effective in-class demonstrations. Science students with Physics 11, but not Physics 12 are required to take 3 credits of physics. See the Genetic Engineering News Article. Bridget Hamilton and Bernhard Zender received the 2011 Physics & Astronomy Staff Service Awards. Department of Chemistry, UBC Faculty of Science. Gordon Semenoff received the most prestigious research prize the University offers, the Jacob Biely Research Prize. The purpose of the Rethink Award is to recognize faculty members who are sustainability leaders for their achievements and contributions. News. Each year, we offer 20 to 30 graduate level Physics and Astronomy courses. In addition to prize money of €20,000, the winners are invited to visit one or more Helmholtz Centers to conduct research. Learn More. Joerg Rottler received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award. 2015 Faculty. Douglas Bonn, Mark Halpern, Walter Hardy, and Gary Hinshaw were named on the Global Highly Cited Researchers 2018 List by the Clarivate Analytics. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions made by teaching faculty in Science. "The CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded on the basis of distinguished service to physics over an extended period of time, and/or recent outstanding achievement. Ingrid was nominated by APS Division of Astrophysics and elected "For scientific leadership and meticulous work in instrumentation, in novel tests of General Relativity using multiple binary radio pulsars, and in the detailed study of numerous interesting radio pulsars systems using high-precision timing. Salena Li received a President’s Staff Award for Excellence in the category of Emerging Leadership. | Mark Halpern and Gary Hinshaw of UBC Physics & Astronomy have been awarded the 2012 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their work as part of a 2003 NASA mission that pinpointed the age of the Universe at 13.75 billion years. These awards recognize staff, students and faculty whose contributions in areas such as service, administration, leadership and outreach have had a significant positive impact in achieving the goals of the Faculty of Science. NEW December 16, 2020 Updates regarding 2021 Physics Olympics announced. News. Vesna Sossi received the Career Investigator Awards from the Michael Smith Foundation. Learn more. Lorne Whitehead was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The award was established in 2009 upon a gift by Peter G. Martin, Past-President of the Society and Professor at the University of Toronto. Close to 100 researchers (including faculty, postdocs, and research associates) are involved in a wide range of research disciplines in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at UBC. Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science University of British Columbia Okanagan 1177 Research Road Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7 Canada. Tel: 604.822.3266. For individual programs, labs, etc., please consult the related faculty / school / department web site, or … Both have spent the past 10+ years with the department: Derek started in PHAS in August 2007, and Eileen in October 2001. The ALPHA-Canada team received the NSERC John C Polanyi Award for their work in creating, capturing and characterizing the antihydrogen atom. The award cited Damascelli’s work on strongly-correlated systems through the design and development of unique angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy instruments. Dr. Fujiwara of TRIUMF, UBC Green College, and of the University of Calgary (also the spokesperson for the ALPHA-Canada team) and Dr. Michael Hayden of Simon Fraser University on the team are both alumni of UBC Physics & Astronomy. See RSC site for details. Ian Affleck received the 2014 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal. Dilling was recognized "for his leadership in the development and implementation of new ion trapping and precision mass measurement techniques applied to radioactive nuclei which have dramatically advanced our understanding of halo nuclei and the role of 3 body forces in nuclear systems. Bill Unruh was awarded the Helmholtz International Fellow. Inquiries regarding the Engineering Physics program should be made through the Engineering Physics program office, room 333A, Hennings Building. In the physics program at UBC’s Okanagan campus, you gain all the benefits of attending a globally respected university while studying in a … The award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. Paul Hickson received the Group Achievement Award certificate from NASA on behalf of the Meter Class Autonomous (MCAT) Build Team. Stan Knotek received the Faculty of Science Achievement Award. March 2, 2020 Teacher memo and school grouping info have been added to the website.. February 12, 2020 Two more updates have been added to the pre-build activity rules. Perimeter's Press Release. According to the Foundation website, "Mark Van Raamsdonk uses the holographic insights from the gauge-gravity duality to obtain new results in the theory of quantum gravity. The UBC Physics Circle invites motivated high school students (grades 10–12) to join us as we build up this toolset, and apply it to everything from buying a cup of coffee to the deepest mysteries of the cosmos. They will share the $500,000 award with NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) lead Charles Bennett and other colleagues from the team. 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