c ongra tula tions

BEST STUDENT COMPETITION WINNERS AT 2010 CONGRESS
STUDENT COMPETITIONS / COMPÉTITIONS ÉTUDIANTES
CONGRATULATIONS
(SEE EXTENDED ABSTRACTS OF THE WINNERS ON PAGES 180-197 PLUS PHOTOS ON PAGE 178 /
VOIR RÉSUMÉS DES GAGNANTS AUX PAGES 180-197 ET PHOTOGRAPHIES À LA PAGE 178)
The Canadian Association of Physicists has established these
awards to recognize student members giving the best oral and
poster research presentations at the annual CAP Congress. Up to
three awards in each category, each consisting of a certificate of
recognition and a cash prize, will be made each year. In addition,
a number of CAP Divisions offer prizes for the best student presentations at the divisional level.
L'Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes a créé
ces prix afin de récompenser les membres étudiants auteurs des
meilleures communications au congrès annuel. Elle décernera
tous les ans un maximum de trois prix dans chaque catégorie,
chacun consistant d’un certificat de mérite et d’une somme. De
plus, plusieurs divisions offrent des prix pour leurs meilleures
présentations étudiantes.
Eligibility, selection procedure, and selection criteria for the competitions are available through the Congress website each year.
The full list of winners, including divisional prize winners and
honourable mentions, can be found on the CAP website, under
medals/awards.
Admissibilité, modalités et critères de sélection pour les prix sont
sur le site web de l’ACP. Le liste complète des gagnants et mentions honorables, incluant les prix aux niveaux divisionnels, se
trouvent sur le site internet de l’ACP, sous la rubrique
médailles/prix.
CAP DIVISION PRIZES / PRIX DES DIVISIONS DE L’ACP
Division prizes included a cash prize of $200 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third.
Les prix des divisions incluent une somme de 200 $ (1er), 100 $ (2e) et 50 $ (3e).
ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS /
PHYSIQUE ATMOSPHÉRIQUE ET DE L’ESPACE
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Oral - First
Marie-Ève Gagné, Univ. of Toronto
Poster - First
Jane Liu, Univ. of Toronto
CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS /
PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE ET MATÉRIAUX
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS & PHOTON INTERACTIONS /
PHYSIQUE ATOMIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE ET D’INTERACTIONS AVEC
LES PHOTONS
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Oral - First
Lukas Helt, Univ. of Toronto
Poster - First
Ephrem Chemali, York Univ.
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
INSTRUMENTATION AND
MESURES
Oral - First
Patrick Clancy, McMaster University
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Oral - Second
Jason Sadowski, Univ. of Saskatchewan
Oral - First
John Eliades, Univ. of Toronto
Oral - Third
Kate Ross, McMaster University
Poster - First
Eric Barbagiovanni, Univ. of Western Ont.
MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS /
PHYSIQUE MÉDICALE ET BIOLOGIQUE
MEASUREMENT / INSTRUMENTS ET
OPTICS AND PHOTONICS / OPTIQUE ET PHOTONIQUE
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Oral - First
Sephideh Hariri, Univ. of Waterloo
Poster - First
Evan Meyer-Scott, Univ. of Waterloo
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Oral - First
Clare Armstrong, McMaster Univ.
Oral - Second
Shahrad Jabbary, Ryerson Unic.
PARTICLE PHYSICS / PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES
Oral - Third
Suzie Dufour, Laval Univ.
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Poster - First
Masood Samim, Univ. of Toronto
Oral - First
Marie-Cécile Piro, Univ. de Montréal
Oral - Second
Dana Lindemann, McGill Univ.
Poster - First
Joseph Fox, Queen’s Univ.
THEORETICAL PHYSICS / PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Oral - First
Robin Kliev, Univ. of Saskatchewan
Oral - Second
Avid Farhoodfar, Queen’s Univ.
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Poster - First
Aaron Farrell, St. Francis Xavier Univ.
Overall - First
Olivier Boudreault, Univ. de Montréal
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OPTICS AND PHOTONICS / OPTIQUE ET PHOTONIQUE
GAGNANTS DES COMPÉTITIONS ÉTUDIANTES 2010
CAP DIVISION PRIZES / PRIX DES DIVISIONS DE L’ACP (CONT’D)
Division prizes included a cash prize of $200 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third.
Les prix des divisions incluent une somme de 200 $ (1er), 100 $ (2e) et 50 $ (3e).
Picture to Left :
Four of the eight division and sponsored poster winners
receive their prizes from the CAP President, Robert Mann
(left), and the Head Judge, Shelley Page (far right).
Picture Below :
Fourteen of the eighteen division and sponsored oral prize
winners receive their prizes from the CAP President, Robert
Mann (left) and the Head Judge, Shelley Page (rigtht).
A complete list of the recipients of the Division and Sponsored
Prizes appear below and on the opposite page.
FÉLICITATIONS
SPONSORED PRIZES / PRIX COMMANDITÉS
Prizes included $200 for first, $100 for second and $50 for third.
Les prix incluent 200 $ (1er), 100 $ (2e) et 50 $ (3e).
ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED /
ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE DU CANADA LIMITÉE
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
Oral - First
Arjit Baghwala, McMaster Univ.
Oral - Second
Tina Pollmann, Queen’s Univ.
Oral - Third
Vyacheslav Galymov, York Univ.
Poster - First
Helen Moise, Ryerson Univ.
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BEST STUDENT COMPETITION WINNERS AT 2010 CONGRESS
STUDENT COMPETITIONS / COMPÉTITIONS ÉTUDIANTES
WINNERS
GAGNANTS
CAP AWARDS - POSTERS
CONGRATULATIONS
Poster prizes included a certificate of recognition and a cash award of $400, $200, and $100 respectively for the top three
placements, partially sponsored by TRIUMF. Book prizes generously donated by Pearson Education Canada were awarded
to each of the six finalists.
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
First
Evan Meyer-Scott (U.Waterloo)
Second
Masood Samim (U.Toronto)
Third
Joseph Fox (Queen’s U.)
1st Hon.Men.
Eric Barbagiovanni (UWO)
2nd Hon.Men.
Elizabeth Silber (
3rd Hon.Men.
Wendy Wong (
From left to right: Robert Mann, CAP President
Evan Meyer-Scott (U.Waterloo) - 1st,
Masood Samim (U.Toronto) - 2nd,
Joseph Fox, (Queen’s U.) - 3rd,
Eric Barbagiovanni (UWO), Elizabeth Silber (UWO), and Wendy Wong
(Ryerson U.) - Honourable Mentions
Head Judge : Shelley Page, CAP Past President
CAP AWARDS - ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral prizes included a certificate of recognition and a cash award of $400, $200, and $100 respectively for the top three placements, partially sponsored by TRIUMF. Book prizes generously donated by John Wiley & Sons Limited were awarded to
each of the nine finalists.
PLACEMENT
NAME/AFFILIATION
First
Clare Armstrong (McMaster Univ.)
Second (tie)
Patrick Clancy (McMaster Univ.)
Second (tie)
Marie-Cécile Piro (Univ. de Montréal)
Finalist-HM
Marie-Eve Gagné (Univ. of Toronto)
Finalist-HM
Sepideh Hariri (Univ. of Waterloo)
Finalist-HM
Robin Kliev (Univ. of Saskatchewan)
Finalist-HM
Evan Rand (Univ. of Guelph)
Finalist-HM
Ankur Saxena (Univ. of Toronto)
From left to right:
Marie-Ève Gagné (U.Toronto), Evan Rand (U.Guelph),
Marie-Cécile Piro (U.Montréal) - 2nd (tie),
J. Patrick Clancy (McMaster U.) - 2nd (tie),
Clare Armstrong (McMaster U.) - 1st,
Robin Kliev (U.Saskatchewan), Ankur Saxena (U.Toronto), and
Sepideh Hariri (U.Waterloo)
Head Judge : Shelley Page, CAP Past President
Thanks to our generous sponsors / Merci à nos
commanditaires généreux :
Pearson Education Canada
John Wiley & Sons Limited
and/et TRIUMF
and to the CAP’s Past President at that time, Dr. Shelley Page of the University of Manitoba for her
extraordinary efforts in organizing this event. Our thanks are also extended to all of the judges and
competitors.
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PRIX ET BOURSES
1st Prize
2nd Prize
3rd Prize
Yuqi Zhu
Ali Majdzadeh
Shawn Xu
University Hill Secondary School, British Columbia
Port Moody Secondary School, British Columbia
Burnaby North Secondary School, British Columbia
2010 CANADA-WIDE SCIENCE FAIR
The 50th Annual Canda-Wide Science Fair, held in from May 15-23, 2010
in Peterborough, Ontario, was a resounding success. The CAP sponsored
an award for the best physics project in the senior category. The prize
included of a cash award of $1,000. The winners of the 2010 CAP prize
were:
FÉLICITATIONS
CAP HIGH SCHOOL PRIZE EXAM - L’EXAMEN DU SECONDAIRE OU COLLÉGIAL DE L’ACP
-- 2010 NATIONAL WINNERS GAGNANTS 2010 À L’ÉCHELLE NATIONALE --
Power Generated from a
Wind Turbine
Darrick Lee and Owen Lu, Gr.11
Richmond Secondary School
Rcihmond, Ontario
The power generation of a wind turbine is given as a simple cubic function however, physics equations generally tend to oversimplify phenomenon. We tested how power generation
was affected factors such as blade
size, gear ratio, and wind velocity.
Through data analysis we were saw
consistent trends in numerous graphs,
and tried to explain the deviation
from the original equation by creating our own.
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