The deadline for the submission of nominations for the Walsh Medal has been extended until Monday the 1st September.
 

The August Physics in Australia bulletin is now online.You can also read this bulletin on the AIP presidents blog or subscribe to the email version by joining the AIP mailing list.
 

Cathy Foley, President of the Australian Institute of Physics, has begun a blog to keep readers up to date. Here Cathy is also posting the monthly Physics in Australia bulletins.
 

The Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics Lecture Tour celebrates the contribution of women to advances in physics. Nominations are sought for the 2009 WIP lecturer.
 

The 18th AIP National Physics Congress will be held in Adelaide between 30 November and 5 December 2008. Submissions are sought by Monday 30 June.
 

Seoul, Korea, October 8-10, 2008
 

Do you like developing or playing games? ANU and UQ wants you to help develop and test physics teaching games now under development.
 

Fresh Science is looking for the best under-publicised research produced in the past year or so by early-career scientists. The physical sciences have been under represented in recent years so they’re
 

Minister Gillard has commissioned a review of higher education. The AIP will make a submission and I welcome input from our members.
 

These Prizes are awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to science and science teaching.
 

This workshop covers much of the content required to teach the 'Cosmic Engine' core topic and 'Astrophysics' option for the NSW Stage 6 Physics course.
 

 

The Australian Academy of Science 2009 Matthew Flinders medal and lecture has been awarded to Bruce McKellar, from the University of Melbourne.
 

The Harry Messel International Science School is looking for scientists to speak in its 2009 program.
 

This site contains downloadable film clips and animations to assist with teaching mechanics.
 

This conference being held on 28 July to 1 August 2008 at the Hilton in Sydney, has extended its call for abstracts until Friday 29 February.
 

The Bragg Medal for 2008 has been awarded to Frank Ruess from the University of New South Wales for his thesis 'Atomically Controlled Device Fabrication using STM'.
 

These Prizes are awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to science and science teaching.
 

The National Measurement Institute invites you to a unique opportunity to hear two of the worlds leading experts in the field of nanotechnology to share their views.
 

The Australian Academy of Science has awarded the 2008 Pawsey Medal to Kostya Ostrikov, a pioneer in plasma nano-science at the University of Sydney. The medal is awarded to early career scientists f
 

The AIP holds its AGM and annual council meeting on 11 and 12 February
 

The Astronomical Society of Australia is holding a summer school on Relativistic Astrophysics, on 13 to 24 January 2008 at Cradle Coast Campus, University of Tasmania.
 

Ever felt like you’d like to set the agenda for what science teaching issues get discussed at the top level?
 

Nominations open for the 2008 Victoria Prize for world-class excellence in science, technology or engineering on 9 February 2008.
 

Each year the Victorian Government awards up to six $18,000 Victoria Fellowships to enable early career researchers and innovators to travel overseas.
 

A CSIRO/DEST project is seeking scientists to give to schools, with the aim of providing inspiration, fun and learning for students, teachers and scientists alike.
 

The Victorian Branch of the AIP has a new prize for the best third-year physics practical of the year.
 

The 2007 Walter Boas Medal in Physics has been awarded to Assoc. Prof. Derek Leinweber, University of Adelaide
 

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to ALBERT FERT and PETER GRÜNBERG for their discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance.
 

The “Physics for our Future” Web site launched early June presents exciting new physics to teachers and schools in Australia.
 

Do you know an outstanding final-year physics student in your state? Each state (or territory) in Australia can recommend one student for a $15,000 scholarship being administered by the AIP.
 

Two PhD scholarships are available to outstanding students or researchers who wish to study advanced materials/nanotechnology.
 

Perth civil engineer Mark Cassidy has been awarded the $50,000 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year.
 

Sydney Eastern Suburbs Community College is running two courses:
 

DSTO and the AIP have established the DSTO-AIP Scholarship Scheme that provides a scholarship to the value $15,000 each to two suitably qualified candidates.
 

Applications are sought for a new PhD Scholarship to undertake study in Advanced Materials/Nanotechnology. Two such scholarships are available, one tenable at the ANU and one at RMIT.
 

Australian Physics, the journal of the Australian Institute of Physics, is an excellent place to advertise.
 

The AIP Women in Physics Group is pleased to announce that Prof. Tanya Monro has been selected as the AIP Women in Physics Lecturer for 2007.
 

The Pawsey Medal recognises the contributions to science in Australia by the late Dr J.L. Pawsey, FAA. Its purpose is to recognise outstanding research in physics by scientists under 40.
 

The Monash University Faculty of Science has established the Margaret Clayton - Women in Research Postdoctoral Fellowship to attract female early career researchers.
 

The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education has awarded ten Fellowships worth over $1.3 million.
 

The AIP 'Women in Physics' (WIP) Lecture Tour celebrates the contribution of women to advances in physics. Nominations are now sought for the 2007 WIP Lecturer. Closing date 15/6/07.
 

New study ranks 13 countries based on both the volume and percentage of published scientific papers that reached the top one percent of most-cited.
 

The Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) responds to the federal budget
 

The 2007 Professional Scientist Remuneration Survey is currently underway. Please take a few minutes to assist the profession by completing the questionnaire.
 

The 18th Biennial Australian Institute of Physics Congress will be held in Adelaide between 30/11/2008 - 05/12/2008.
 

Physicists working at the HyperCP experiment at Fermilab in the US claim they may have glimpsed the first Higgs boson.
 

Dr Cathy Foley formally took over the reins as President of the Australian Institute of Physics following the 59th AGM held in Melbourne on Monday 19 February 2006.
 

The 2006 Walter Boas Medal awarded to Professor Michael Edmund Tobar, Research Professor and ARC Professorial Fellow, Frequency Standards and Metrology Research Group, School of Physics, AWA.
 

Dr Alex Argyross was awarded the Bragg Medal for his thesis entitled:
 

There is a rising energy debate in our community. But what we need is not energy – but power. There is a not so subtle and very important difference. Let me explain.
 

The 44th Annual General Meeting of the AIP is to be held in the Hercus Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne, at 1800 on Monday 19th February 2007.
 

AIP Office Bearers will be elected at the 2007 AGM to be held Hercus Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne, at 1800 on Monday 19th February 2007. Nominations are sought for key positions.
 

The 2006 AIP-IOP(UK) Harrie Massey Medal has been awarded to Prof. Bruce McKellar, School of Physics, University of Melbourne.
 

It is with regret that we note the passing of Jack Smith, Associate Professor in Physics at Monash University, on Tuesday 14th November.
 

The new OPAL reactor reached its maximum power of 20MW as part of the on-going commissioning process. This is a very significant milestone on the path to full commissioning of the reactor.
 

Dr Terence Murray SABINE, a former AIP President, passed away peacefully October 31, 2006. Click above for Funeral Details.
 

As the energy debate heats up, get the science behind the debate.
 

The 17th AIP Physics Congress will be held in Brisbane during 3-8 December, 2006.
 

ANU Emeritus Faculty in association with the Australian Science Festival recently sponsored a colloquium on
 

The UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research is awarded for outstanding curiosity-driven scientific research, undertaken in Australia by an Australian scientist under the age of 40.
 

Applications are sought for the DSTO-AIP Scholarship Scheme. The purpose of the Scheme is to provide two scholarships to the value $15,000 each to two suitably qualified candidates.
 

Prof. Deborah Kane of MacQuarie University is the 2006 AIP Women-in-Physics Lecturer.
 

Students looking for wide career opportunities, good pay and a chance to be at the cutting edge of discovery should enrol in a university physics course.
 

RFCD and SEO codes as currently used e.g. by the ARC for categorising grant applications are currently being reviewed and your input is sought.
 

The 2006 Walsh Medal has been awarded to Prof. Andrew Blakers and Dr Klaus Weber for their work on novel silicon solar cells at the ANU.
 

The winner of the Bragg Medal is Philip Bartlett, of Murdoch University, for the thesis "Complete numerical solution of Electron-Hydrogen Collisions".
 

The Bragg gold medal for the best Ph. D. thesis by a student from an Australian University. Closing Date: 19 September 2006.
 

Nominations are invited for the award of the 2006 Walter Boas medal of the Australian Institute of Physics. These should be sent to the Honorary Secretary, in electronic format, by July 31.
 

To highlight the role physicists play in research and in career paths that few may imagine, all AIP members are invited to submit a diary entry for the World-Wide Day in Science.
 

Two young physicists are preparing to take on big challenges and will be supported in their endeavours by a new DSTO scholarship that supports Australia’s best young physicists.
 

The Australian Institute of Physics marked the Einstein International Year of Physics (Einstein Year for short) with an exciting national program.
 

“From Stars to Brains: pathways to consciousness in the natural world” in honor of Paul Davies ­ organized by Manning Clark House at the Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 20-21 June, 06
 

A great website for those interested in the Nuclear Power debate has been created by Dr. Martin Sevior and colleagues at Melbourne University.
 

The 43rd Annual General Meeting of the AIP is to be held in the Link Conference Room, RSPhysSE, ANU, at 1800 on Thursday 2nd March, 2006.
 

Prof. Joe Wolfe of the School of Physics, UNSW has developed some outstanding web based teaching material. The links below will be added to the teacher resources section of the AIP web page.
 

Polo shirts, t-shirts, caps, ties, scarves, pins and mugs with a physics theme are now available for ordering.
 

Members and Fellows of the IoP, including those that are members through the AIP/IoP agreement, can apply to become a Chartered Physicist.
 

The Physics Education Group of the AIP is completing a 2 year project on physics teaching in Australian Universities.
 

Prof Yuri Kivshar was awarded the 2005 AIP BOAS Medal for his outstanding contribution to non-linear optics.
 

DSTO and the AIP have established the DSTO-AIP Scholarship Scheme to celebrate the Einstein International Year of Physics 2005 in Australia. Applications are now open. Closing date 28 November 2005.
 

A new AIP topical group has been formed for those interested in quantum information and related topics.
 

The 2005 Nobel Prize has been awarded to Roy Glauber (USA); John Hall (USA) and Theodor Haensch (Germany) for their work in optics.
 

The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA), in conjunction with FASTS, is conducting a study of the remuneration of scientists across the Country.
 

The new rules for the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in the UK have just been posted by the UK Higher Education Council.
 

The announcement of three possible sites for a Commonwealth radioactive waste repository is a welcome step forward.
 

Financial support is available for AIP student members to attend the Econophysics Colloquium.
 

The AIP Executive seek expressions of interest from Branches interested in hosting the AIP Congress in 2008.
 

The 2005 ATSE Clunies Ross Awards go to scientists and engineers from Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Sydney and Melbourne
 

'Who's teaching Science? Meeting the demand for qualified science teachers in Australian secondary schools', a report commissioned by the Australian Council of Deans of Science.
 

Following a request from Kuwait University the AIP recently conducted their first international course accrediation.
 

In the International Year of Physics UNE's Physics Department celebrates a remarkable rise from the ashes.
 

California-based theoretical physicist Professor Helen Quinn was appointed an honorary officer in the general division of the Order of Australia (AO) for services to scientific research and education.
 

The AIP is offering support to individuals and organisations planning outreach activities on the theme of the International Year of Physics 2005. Grants of up to $3,000 are available.
 

The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) is seeking nominations for the 2005 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, Australia’s most prestigious science awards.
 

This year's Australian Museum Eureka prizes include a record 10 prizes to reward outstanding Australian research. Nominations are now sought.
 

The 2004 Bragg Medal has been awarded to Warwick Paul Bowen ANU.
 

Dr Ken Hines passed away on the 24 February 2004 after suffering a stroke.
 

John Henry Carver, a distinguished Australian physicist died in Canberra on 25 December 2004.
 

The new Australian Replacement Research Reactor was officially named the OPAL Reactor on Monday 24 January 2005.
 

The AIP Executive is currently examining the possibility of resurrecting the Australian Journal of Physics. Feedback is sought from the Australian physics community.
 

Dr Helen Quinn has been selected as the AIP 2005 Women in Physics Lecturer. Helen will be a plenary speaker at the AIP Congress and will undertake a lecture tour following this meeting.
 

The term of the current AIP Executive concludes in February 2005. Nominations are now sought for the 2005-2007 Executive.
 

The 2005 Council Meeting will be held in conjunction with the 16th Biennial AIP Congress. It will be held in the Manning Clark Centre, ANU, Canberra, on Monday 31st January commencing at 6:00pm.
 

The 42nd AIP AGM will be held in conjunction with the 16th Biennial AIP Congress. It will be held in the Manning Clark Centre, ANU, Canberra on Friday 4th February commencing at 12:20 pm.
 

The 2004 Massey Medal, a joint AIP-IOP prize, has been awarded to Professor Peter Drummond of the University of Queensland for his work on many-body theories and quantum optics.
 

The AIP is looking for individuals or organisations who can provide management services for the International Year of Physics program.
 

Nobel Prize awarded to Gross, Politzer and Wilczek for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction.
 

Australia's biggest science and innovation festival is on again across the continent from August 14-22.
 

Due to lack of interest the AIP MemberBenefit program has been discontinued. Alternative schemes will be explored.
 

The proceedings of the 28th Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting are now available online.
 

Dr Ken Baldwin wins Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science.
 

On June 10 2004, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed by acclamation a resolution declaring 2005 as the International Year of Physics.
 

The AIP is currently trialling a new web-based new job listing service. Members are encouraged to bring this to the attention of their employers and to add jobs of interest.
 

Dr. Nanda Dasgupta has been selected as the AIP's 2004 Women-in-Physics lecturer.
 

The AIP calls for nominations for its major medals and awards.
 

The AIP provides universal email addresses of the form Firstinitial.Lastname@aip.org.au that can either be used directly as an email account or redirected to any current account.
 

The medal celebrates the cross disciplinary achievements of Joe Moyal, who was a professor of mathematics at Macquarie some years ago. The 2004 medal would normally go to a physicist.
 

Nominations are sought for the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year. The closing date for nominations has been extended to 7 May 2004.
 

The year 2005 has been declared the world-year-of-physics (WYP2005) and physics societies around the world, including the AIP, are preparing for a major program of celebration and outreach.
 

The Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics Lecture Tour celebrates the contribution of women to advances in physics. Nominations are sought for the 2004 Lecturer.
 

Colin Keay, will be speaking on Ockham's Razor (ABC Radio) on Sunday, 22/2/04, at 8:45 am and Monday, 23/2/04 at 2:15 pm. He will be speaking about 'Australia needing Nuclear Electricity'
 

The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) is seeking nominations for the 2004 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, Australia's most prestigious science and science teaching awards.
 

The AIP have just launched the Australian Physics Forum, a web-based discussion forum designed to provide a focus for discussion and debate within the Austrsalian Physics community.
 

AIP members are invited to attend the joint National Conferences of AMOS and MSNZ as well as the International Conference on Storms.
 

The proceedings of the 27th Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting are now available on-line.
 

A newly published study sponsored by the American Physical Society raises serious questions about the viability of the USA's Missile Defense Strategy.
 

A revised version of the AIP Constitution and By-Laws will be put to AIP members at the 2004 AGM. Copies of the ammended documents are available on the AIP web site.
 

The AIP Council Meeting will be held in the Physics Conference Room, School of Physics, University of Melbourne on 12-13 February 2004. The AGM will be held on Thursday 12th February at 6:00pm.
 

The 16th Biennial Congress of the AIP, Physics for the Nation is being held from January 31 - February 4, 2005 at The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
 

Please note that our postal address and many of the email addresses on this page have changed.
 

The 2003 BOAS Medal was awarded to Prof. Gerard Milburn
 

The University of Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge received the Sir William Hudson Award for Outstanding Excellence at a November award ceremony in Canberra
 

John Prescott receives an Outstanding Service to Physics Award for his contribution to the AIP and its members.
 

Cathy Foley receives a 2003 Eureka Award for Science Communication
 

The 2003 Bragg Medal for the best PhD thesis from an Australian university has been awarded to Michael Bromley from Charles Darwin University.
 

FASTS plans to counter the fairly narrow policy focus on developing and commercialising IP by demonstrating the much broader benefits of investing in science.
 

An article in the Adelaide 'Sunday Mail' newspaper notes that William Bragg's Adelaide house is in danger of being domolished or redeveloped.
 

Prof John Sydney MAINSTONE received a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to education in the fields of physics and atmospheric research, and to the community.
 

Four Federation Fellowships were awarded to Australian Physicists in the latest round.
 

A new US report entitled "The Physics of the Universe: A Strategic Plan for Federal Research at the Intersection of Physics and Astronomy," has just been released and may be of interest.
 

Prize for best 5 minute multimedia presentation of Einstein's special theory of relativity.
 

The AIP is offering support to individuals and organisations planning outreach activities on the theme of the International Year of Physics 2005.
 

The AIP 2004 Education Medal is awarded to Marjan Zadnik who has brought the benefits of physics education research into the classroom.
 

The AIP 2004 Alan Walsh Medal for Service to Industry is awarded to Brian Sowerby and James Tickner of CSIRO.
 

We have just been advised that the campaign to have Bragg's house heritage listed was successful.
 

A National ITER Forum will be held at the University of Sydney on October 18 to discuss a possible Australian involvement in ITER, the next step to magnetically confined fusion.
 

Prof. George Dracoulis of the Australian National University has been awarded the 2004 BOAS Medal for his outstanding contributions to the understanding of nuclear structure.
 

Questacon provided the perfect venue for the launch of the AIP's Einstein International Year of Physics and its 16th Biennial Congress.
 

16th biannual AIP Congress is underway in Canberra with 950 delegates from around Australia and many international participants
 

Minutes of the 41st AIP Annual General Meeting are available from this link.
 

John Henry Carver, a distinguished Australian physicist died in Canberra on 25 December 2004.
 

John Henry Carver, a distinguished Australian physicist died in Canberra on 25 December 2004.
 

Bragg's Adelaide residence has been Heritage listed and was recently used to present the Morrison Award to the winners during Science week.
 

The Department of Defence has provided two scholarships for final year honours students studying Physics. These awards are to be administered by the AIP.
 

Quality education is facing a major threat from an educational philosophy called Outcome-Based-Education (OBE) that can be applied to the assessment process with disastrous consequences.