SAIP2012

Session

Plenary

10 Jul 2012, 09:30

Conveners

Plenary

• Patricia Whitelock (SAAO and UCT)

Plenary

• Andrew Collier (Hermanus Magnetic Observatory)

Plenary

• Izak Snyman (NITheP)

Plenary

• Diane Grayson (University of Pretoria)

Plenary

• Chris Theron (University of Pretoria)

Plenary

• Simon Mullins (iThemba LABS (Gauteng))

Plenary

• Malebo Tibane (University of South Africa)

Plenary

• Japie Engelbrecht (NMMU)

Plenary

• Frikkie De Beer (Necsa)

Contribution list Timetable

563. Plenary - Gamma-ray bursts and other transients: Ephemeral tests of extreme physics

Prof. Ralph Wijers (Astronomical Institute 'Anton Pannekoek', University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

10/07/2012, 09:30

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

531. Plenary - An Introduction to Space Weather: How it Impacts South African Technology and Society

Prof. Mark Moldwin (University of Michigan)

10/07/2012, 12:30

Track D2 - Space Science

Oral Presentation

529. Plenary - Spin caloritronics – more than spin-dependent thermoelectrics

Prof. Gerrit Bauer (Institute of Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan and Kavli Institute of NanoScience, TU Delft, The Netherlands)

10/07/2012, 16:30

Track G - Theoretical and Computational Physics

Oral Presentation

532. Plenary - Some things physicists have learned about physics education by doing research in cognitive science

Prof. Ramon Lopez (The University of Texas at Arlington)

11/07/2012, 09:30

Track E - Physics Education

Oral Presentation

528. Plenary - Communicating Science – How to wake the sleeping, gray cat

Mrs Elsabe Brits (Die Burger)

11/07/2012, 12:00

Track E - Physics Education

Oral Presentation

530. Plenary - From RISING at GSI to the DESPEC Fast-Timing Project at FAIR: The New Nuclear Spectroscopy of the Most Exotic Isotopes

Prof. Patrick Regan (University of Surrey, UK)

12/07/2012, 09:30

Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics

Oral Presentation

372. Plenary Talk - Widening the net: Attracting and keeping women in physics

Prof. Diane Grayson (University of Pretoria)

12/07/2012, 12:30

Track E - Physics Education

Oral Presentation

533. Plenary - <i>In situ</i> RBS and XRD investigation of thin film formation

Prof. Andre Vantomme (Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Belgium)

13/07/2012, 09:30

Track A - Division for Condensed Matter Physics and Materials

Oral Presentation

527. Plenary - Neutron imaging – a powerful set of methods complementary to X-rays

Dr Burkhard Schillinger (Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II))

13/07/2012, 12:30

Track F - Applied Physics

Oral Presentation