FYSICA 2010

FYSICA 2010 took place in Utrecht in the Beatrixgebouw on Friday April 23rd. The Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging (Netherlands Physical Society) and the Belgian Physical Society (BPS) cooperated in the organization of FYSICA 2010.

Welcome to FYSICA 2010!
We promise an exciting day.

Registration

Online registration for FYSICA 2010 has been closed. If you want to visit FYSICA 2010 please register at the registration desk in the Beatrixgebouw.

To book a hotel in the neighbourhood of Utrecht follow this link http://www.hotels.nl/nl/utrecht.

Master the Universe

In the afternoon we plan to offer limited entry to a sneak preview of the exhibition Master the Universe, about the development of field theory. The exhibition takes place in the Universiteitsmuseum in Utrecht. Visitors of FYSICA will get a 50% discount coupon for the exhibition, which can be used at another date.

Programme

You can find the programme of FYSICA 2010 here.

There are several interesting plenary lectures given by:

Carl Wieman (Nobel Prize 2001);
Klaus von Klitzing (Nobel Prize 1985);
Rienk van Grondelle (Physica Lecture);
Mirjam Leunisse (Minerva Prize 2010);
Inge Peters (Lecture about Nobel Prize 2009 for the invention of the CCD chip).

In the afternoon you can attend the focus sessions. Click here for an overview, click on the links below for the abstracts.

Nanophysics
Quantum matter and materials
Statistical physics and soft matter
Physics of life
Astro-, geo- and plasmaphysics
Nuclear and particle physics
History and foundations of physics
Physics education

Poster Presentation

Although there is no poster contest, young physicists are invited to present a poster on their research. Registration for the poster presentation has been closed. An overview of the posters and the abstracts can be found here. The size of the boards is 1m (width) x 1,5m (height).

Young Scientist Award

Young physicists are invited to the Speakers Contest, sponsored by European Physical Journal. The prize for the best oral contribution, the "Young Scientist Award", consists of 750 EUR and a certificate. For rules, click here. Registration for the speakers contest has been closed.

Prizes at FYSICA 2010

The result of the Young Scientist Award is:

1. Stefan Witte (Shining light on the brain: high-resolution imaging of brain tissue using nonlinear microscopy)
2. Ventsi Valev (Novel Ways to Observe the Handedness of Chiral Optical Metamaterials)
3. Paul McFadden (The Holographic Universe)

The result of SPIN Bachelor Project Contest is:

1. Bram van den Bos and Mart Jansink (Influencing cryosurgery ice ball shape by introducing a high thermal conductivity agent in a target tissue)
2. Thomas Wasserman (Gravitational Waves from Bubble Collisions during First-Order Phase Transitions)
3. Erik van Beekum (The bathtub vortex)

The result of Best Belgian Master Thesis (in alphabetical order):

* Annick Bay (Influence de l'ultra-structure de la lanterne abdominale des lucioles du genre Photuris sur le rendement externe de leur émission de lumière)
* Nansheng Lin (Dynamics of Vortex Shells in Mesoscopic Superconducting Corbino Disks)
* Yvan Paquot (Opto-electronic implementation of an artificial intelligence system based on the concept of reservoir)

The result of the NTvN-prize is:

1. Koos Gubbels (Ultrakoude Fermi-mengsels zijn super)
2. Eduard Driessen (Flinterdun maar perfect zwart)
3. Timon Idema (Structuur, vorm en dynamica van biologische membranen)

(This prize is sponsored by Specs Nanotechnology)

The result of the 'Natuurkundedocent van het Jaar'-verkiezing) is:

1. Giuseppe Salvati (Spinoza Lyceum Amsterdam)

FYSICA 2010 is sponsored by

ASML

Molenaar Optics

Philips

Shell

Unilever

FOM

STW

Universiteit Utrecht

European Physical Journal

More info:

Cristiane de Morais Smith (chair committee): c.demoraissmith[at]uu.nl
Jacques Tempere (chair committee BPS): jacques.tempere[at]ua.ac.be
Noortje de Graaf (head of NNV-office): verenigingsmanager[at]nnv.nl

Organizing committee

On behalf of the BPS:
Jacques Tempere (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Francois Peeters (Universiteit Antwerpen)
Xavier Urbain (UC Louvain)
Christian van den Broeck (Universiteit Hasselt)
Patrick Wagner (Universiteit Hasselt)
Fabrice Louche (Koninklijke Militaire School)
Jean-Rene Cudell (Université Liège)
Marc Debusschere (Science on Stage Belgium)

On behalf of the NNV:
Cristiane de Morais Smith (Universiteit Utrecht)
Pieter Thijssen (Universiteit Utrecht)
Jos van Haaren (Philips)
Rembert Duine (Universiteit Utrecht)
Peter van der Straten (Universiteit Utrecht)
René van Roij (Universiteit Utrecht)
Astrid Kappers (Universiteit Utrecht)
Michiel van den Broeke (Universiteit Utrecht)
Thomas Peitzmann (Universiteit Utrecht)
Dennis Dieks (Universiteit Utrecht)
Harrie Eijkelhof (Universiteit Utrecht)
Lou Fé Feiner (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven)
Nikki Bisschop (A-Eskwadraat)

NNV-office:
Noortje de Graaf (head of office)
Anja Al (registration)
Debora van Galen Last (registration)