SAIP 2011

Name: SAIP 2011
Start: 2011-07-12T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2011-07-15T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Saint George Hotel

12-15 July 2011

Saint George Hotel

Africa/Johannesburg timezone

SAIP 2011 Support

saip2011@saip.org.za

Speaker List

Ahmed Abdelhady
- Speaker at Wave-packet scattering off a soliton
Anas Abdelwahab
- Speaker at Density-matrix renormalization group study of the electro-absorption in conjugated polymers
Nicholas Ade
- Speaker at A synthetic diamond probe for both low-energy mammography X-rays and high-energy electron therapy beams
MICHAEL AFFUL
- Speaker at Validating The Auroral Zone Lower Ionosphere Model
Ali Abdub Guyo Ali
- Speaker at Synthesis and Characterization of Y2O2S:Eu Nanophosphors Using Sol-combustion Method
Warren Alistoun
- Speaker at Monitoring a grid-assist photovoltaic system
Emirant Bertillas Amabayo
- Speaker at Multi-instrument observations of spread F irregularities over South Africa
Abayneh Ambushe
- Speaker at Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for monitoring heavy metals in soils
Ken Amos
- Speaker at A Century of Nuclear Theory: a greatly condensed treatment
Richard Andrew
- Speaker at Theoretical study on possible structures for crystalline silicon dicarbide
Emily Aradi
- Speaker at Characterization of the Phase Transition of h-BN - c-BN Nanoparticles by Ion Implantation
Ketevi Adikle Assamagan
- Speaker at Higgs Searches with the ATLAS Detector Using Data Collected in 2010 at the LHC
Racheal Athieno
- Speaker at Investigating the effect of atmospheric dymanics on HF propagation
Mathieu Aurousseau
- Speaker at Search for Higgs boson to 4 leptons through new gauge bosons
- Speaker at Study of di-photon events in the ATLAS detector at the LHC : cross-section measurement and application to Higgs searches in the di-photon channel
Peter Baricholo
- Speaker at Dielectric barrier discharge CO2 TEA laser operated at frequencies up to 400 Hz
Rob Bark
- Speaker at The IThemba LABS Radioactive Beam Project
Pieter Barnard
- Speaker at Determining the bulk concentration of S in Fe-S: a Auger electron spectroscopy study
- Speaker at Investigation of S diffusion in bulk Fe – a DFT study
Humairah Bassa
- Speaker at One-way Quantum Computing with Photonic Orbital Angular Momentum
Evans Benecha
- Speaker at Energetic stability and charge states of 3d transition metals in diamond: Towards a diamond based diluted magnetic semiconductor
Mario Benecke
- Speaker at Optical design of low concentration photovoltaic modules
George Bepete
- Speaker at Tuning Carbon Nanotubes for Application in Photovoltaic Devices
Jacques Bezuidenhout
- Speaker at Determining the impact of anthropogenic activities on the environment by using In Situ gamma ray measurements.
Driaan Bisschoff
- Speaker at Searching for signatures of nearby sources of cosmic rays in their local chemical composition
Ilana Boshoff
- Speaker at Current Status of Ultrafast Electron Diffraction at the Laser Research Institute
Andre Erasmus Botha
- Speaker at Optimised Hyperchaotic Modes of a Triple Pendulum
- Speaker at On the Possibility of Visualizing and Minimizing Student Disappointment
Hassan Bourhrous
- Speaker at CMB Tensor Anisotropies in f(R) Gravity
Nanette Brand
- Speaker at A Quantum Hall Effect without Landau Levels in a Carbon Nanotube.
Moritz Braun
- Speaker at Finite Element Calculations for Molecules with multiple Coulomb Centers
- Speaker at Using Python in Computational Physics
Renier Burger
- Speaker at NON-SPECIALIST: Cosmic-ray modulation studies – why Parker needed Dirac and Kolmogorov
Liesl Burger
- Speaker at Intra-cavity beam control: a comparison of spatial light modulators and adaptive mirrors
Suzan Phumudzo Bvumbi
- Speaker at Transitional 150Sm and 152Gd
Claude Carignan University of Cape Town
- Speaker at Mass Distribution in Galaxies using Multi-Wavelength 3D Spectroscopy
Warren Carlson
- Speaker at Black-Hole Decay and Detection at LHC
Miguel Cavero
- Speaker at The Mechanical and Structural Properties of the Pt-Ti and Ir-Ti Alloy Systems
Phil Charles
- Speaker at NON-SPECIALIST: The Recommissioning of SALT
Albert Chawanda
- Speaker at Electrical and surface morphological studies of palladium and ruthenium Schottky diodes on n-Ge (100)
Hao Chen
- Speaker at Tailoring of Mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of polymers composite: A micro fuel cell perspective
Zivayi Chiguvare
- Speaker at Non-linear Fowler-Nordheim plots in thin film polymer-fullerene composite devices: Transition from electron-only to hole-only conduction
George Chimowa
- Speaker at Conductivity crossover in hot filament CVD grown nano-crystalline diamond films doped with nitrogen.
Kaumba Chinyama
- Speaker at Photoluminescence Surface Mapping as a Probe for Quantum Well Disorder
Max Chirwa
- Speaker at Elemental magnetic vector charges linked to zero outward magnetic flux from any surface enclosing non-dipolar magnetic sources
- Speaker at Magnetic vector charges in the mystery of a circular current’s pair of distinct Cartesian elemental magnetic dipoles
- Speaker at Magnetic vector charges in the realization of nonzero magnetic work
- Speaker at The pair-model of monopolar and dipolar moments of elemental electric scalar and magnetic vector charges
Sujit Kumar Choudhary
- Speaker at Non-locality without inequality and generalized non-local theory
Wolfgang Christian Davidson College
- Speaker at Building a National Digital Library for Computational Physics Education at All Levels
- Speaker at Computational Physics And The Physics Curriculum
Moyahabo Chuma
- Speaker at Computational modelling of Zr-Nb alloys by solid solution approach
Douglas Clerk
- Speaker at Contrasts between student and examiner perceptions of the nature of assessment tasks
Jean Cleymans
- Speaker at Antimatter production in pp and in heavy-ion collisions at ultrarelativistic energies
Oliver John Philip Collett
- Speaker at Pulse Repetition Frequency locking by pump modulation in numerical simulations of a diode end pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber
Andrew Collier
- Speaker at Daytime modeling of VLF radio waves over land and sea, comparison to DEMETER satellite data.
- Speaker at Testing the Cosmic Ray-Lightning Connection Hypothesis
- Speaker at The extent of the chorus observed at Marion Island
Andrew Collier
- Speaker at PLASMON: Data Assimilation of the Earth's Plasmasphere
Ludwig Combrinck
- Speaker at Evaluation of satellites LAGEOS I and II; general relativistic accelerations in the Schwarzschild field of Earth
Simon Connell
- Speaker at Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson to WW with a hadronic tau channel
Martin Cook
- Speaker at Identification of isotopes using time differential, event-by-event gamma spectroscopy
- Speaker at Remote detection of light organic elements using PET
Anthony A. Cowley
- Speaker at Quasifree alpha cluster knockout studies
S Cronje
- Speaker at Measuring the effect of surface evaporation on the segregation process
Jacqui Crozier
- Speaker at Application of Electroluminescence and Thermal Imaging in Defect Identification in Photovoltaic Modules
Marie Chantal CYULINYANA
- Speaker at Comparative Efficiency Study of a Solar Trough Receiver: Hot mirror and Selective coating
Robert Czanik
- Speaker at Optical study of the Southern high mass star forming region RCW 34
Denise Dale
- Speaker at Four–year program students expectations and reactions
Kouadio Julien Dangbegnon
- Speaker at Minimization of optically active structural defects in MOCVD grown ZnO films using oxygen and NO
Viljoen Danièl
- Speaker at Brightest Cluster Galaxies - Ages and metallicities of stellar populations
Graham Daniels
- Speaker at Capabilities of Accelerator Beam Lines in Research and Development at Necsa
Isak Delberth Davids
- Speaker at On TeV Gamma-rays from Galactic X-ray Binary Systems with H.E.S.S. array
Evgeny Davydov
- Speaker at Einstein - Eddington generalized gravity
Frikkie De Beer
- Speaker at The Unique Capabilities of Radiation Beam Lines at Necsa as Probes
Francis Dejene
- Speaker at Structural features of the Cu-In-Ga-Se precursors for formation of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films by thermal reaction of InSe/Cu/GaSe alloys to elemental Se vapour.
- Speaker at Synthesis and Characterization of Ba1-xMgxAl2O4:Eu nanophosphors Prepared Using Solution – Combustion Method.
- Speaker at Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of CaxSiyOz:Tb3+ nanophosphors prepared using solution-combustion method.
Robert de Mello Koch
- Speaker at The Giant Graviton Oscillator
John Garrett de Villiers
- Speaker at Numerical Field Analysis of the Magnets for a proposed Ionisation Beam Profile Monitor for High Current Synchrotron and Cooler Rings.
Simon Dhlamini
- Speaker at Cathodoluminescence and energy transfer between Er3+, Tm3+and Ho3+ rare earth ions in SiO2 nanoparticles
M Diale
- Speaker at Schottky contact on GaN
Jacobus Diener
- Speaker at Ferromagnetic neutron stars
- Speaker at Ferromagnetism in nuclear matter
TSEPO DINOKO
- Speaker at Search for Low Spin Collective Structures in 158Er and 159Er
JAPPIE DOLO
- Speaker at XPS analysis and luminescence properties of commercially Gd2O2S:Tb powder phosphor
Makhosonke Dubazane
- Speaker at Magnetic properties of carbon nanospheres at low temperatures
Angela Dudley
- Speaker at Stable interferometer for orbital angular momentum sorting
Mart-Mari Duvenhage
- Speaker at Blended thin films of tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminium (Alq3) embedded in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS).
George Ellis UCT
- Speaker at Top Down Causation and the Emergence of Complexity
Christian Engelbrecht
- Speaker at Pulsating B stars in the LMC
JAPIE ENGELBRECHT
- Speaker at The Infrared Plasma Resonance of P in SiC
Nicolas Erasmus
- Speaker at Compression of highly charged electron pulses for single shot femtosecond time-resolved electron diffraction experiments
Benita Erasmus
- Speaker at Learners’ and prospective teachers’ productive intuitive conceptions in magnetism
FRANCISCO ESQUEMBRE Universidad de Murcia
- Speaker at Easy Java Simulations: A Computational Tool For Science Education and Research
Matthew Jan Daniel Esser
- Speaker at 2 µm pumped HBr Oscillator-amplifier
Mopeli Fabiane
- Speaker at Defects and Reconstructions in Electron Beam Irradiated Graphene Sheets
Phil Ferrer
- Speaker at Miniaturization of electrostatic space thrusters using ionization/acceleration coupling in discharge mode
Derek Fish
- Speaker at Visualizing Physics: Good Vibrations
Kewele Emily Foka
- Speaker at Synthesis and Characterization of CaAl204:Tb3+ Phosphor using Solution – Combustion Method.
Andrew Forbes
- Speaker at Structured Light
Deatrick Foster
- Speaker at Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in Nearby Galaxies
Fabio Frescura
- Speaker at Stellar perturbation via Lie derivatives.
Marina Frontasyeva
- Speaker at Nuclear and related analytical techniques for biotechnology
Gyözö Garab Biological Research Center, Hung. Acad. Sci.
- Speaker at The structure and flexibility of the photosynthetic machinery in plants and algal cells
Kevin Garapo
- Speaker at Derivation of the master equation for a particle in an external field which is subject to continuous measurement.
Happison Gavi
- Speaker at Non-resonant microwave absorption in FeSi thin films
Michael Gaylard
- Speaker at An African VLBI Network of Radio Telescopes
Jacques Gerber
- Speaker at On the Thermal and Electrical Properties of Low Concentrator Photovoltaic (LCPV) Modules
Anne Ghesquiere
- Speaker at Entanglement dynamics in an oscillating bipartite Gaussian state coupled to reservoirs with different temperatures
SARIT KUMAR GHOSH
- Speaker at Magnetic and strong correlation effect in CeT2Al8 (T=Fe,Co)
Timothy Gibbon
- Speaker at Cross phase modulation induced depolarization of a probe signal and its impact on polarization mode dispersion compensators
Filippo Giraldi
- Speaker at Designing reservoirs for 1/t decoherence process in Jaynes-Cummings model
MOHIT GODBOLE
- Speaker at Dependence of Aspect Ratio of InSb Self-Assembled Quantum Dots on Thickness and Indium Mole Fractions of Spacer Layers
Malcolm Govender
- Speaker at Tungsten Oxide Nanostructures synthesized by Laser Pyrolysis
Kevindran Govender
- Speaker at International Astronomical Union Global Office of Astronomy for Development
Jan Greben
- Speaker at Bilinear expansion of the photon quantum field and the emergence of classical mechanics from quantum field theory
James Gumbart
- Speaker at Protein localization and folding mechanisms revealed by molecular dynamics simulations
Marek Gusowski
- Speaker at Spectroscopic studies of nanofluorides doped with Ln3+ synthesized via thermal decomposition of organic precursors
Alpha Hamadou Ibrahim
- Speaker at Validation of a numerical simulation to study the decoherence of quantum orbital angular momentum entanglement due to atmospheric turbulence
Richard Harris
- Speaker at Monte Carlo Simulations of Magnetite Nanoparticles Stabilised With Sebaccic Acid and 1, 10-Decanediol Surfactants
Jonathan Hartman
- Speaker at Monte Carlo simulation using GEANT 4 of MuSR
Kerstin Haupt
- Speaker at First time resolved diffraction experiments with the Stellenbosch Ultrafast Electron Gun
W. Dieter Heiss
- Speaker at The Physics of Exceptional Points
Attie Hendriks
- Speaker at Femtosecond amplifier pulse characterization: FROG and shaper-assisted techniques
Mark Herbert
- Speaker at The Extended Curriculum Programme (ECP) Physics at University of the Western Cape (UWC): Giving students’ access to study the physical sciences in higher education, particularly further studies in physics.
- Speaker at Using classroom response systems as a tool to enhance interactive engagement and formative assessment in the classroom
Jakobus Hoffman
- Speaker at Ionizing Radiation as Imaging Tool in Coal Characetrization and Gasification Research
Matthiam Hoffman
- Speaker at A comparison of purification schemes for treating the idempotency condition on the density matrix in electronic structure calculations
Nicolette Houreld
- Speaker at Laser Irradiation: A Complementary Treatment for Wounds?
Roger IANJAMASIMANANA
- Speaker at Properties of the Interstellar medium in nearby galaxies
Yaseera Ismail
- Speaker at Accurately and precisely determining the strength of an optical trap
Cobus Jacobs
- Speaker at Digital control of a pulsed Ho:YLF ring laser
Bincy Susan Jacobs
- Speaker at Exploratory investigation of spin density wave behaviour of a (Cr86 Re14)100-y Vy alloy system
Carmen Jacobs
- Speaker at Simulation of a pencil proton beam in a water phantom using various monte carlo codes.
Charl Jafta
- Speaker at The Surface Orientation Dependence of the Pre-Exponential Factors Extracted from the Segregation Profiles of a Cu(111/110) Bi-crystal
Kudakwashe Jakata
- Speaker at Isochronal annealing of argon ion bombarded GaAs with Raman and surface Brillouin scattering
Thulani Jili
- Speaker at The study of the distortion of F- and Ba- sublattices in superionic BaF2 at elevated temperatures using positron annihilation technique.
Maxwell Jingo
- Speaker at Fine Structure of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance: a survey with (p,p') scattering at zero degrees
Ignatius John
- Speaker at Aspects of DC circuits: a fine grained investigation of student conceptions
Jeaneth Thokozile Kabini
- Speaker at The soilid-state interaction of palladium on 6H-SiC
Steven Karataglidis
- Speaker at Algebraic density functionals
- Speaker at Mirror symmetry for nuclei near or beyond the proton drip line
Aletta Karsten
- Speaker at Resin phantoms as skin simulating layers
Richmore Kaseke
- Speaker at The effective ionization region and its variation with geometrical and electrical properties of the HVDC transmission system
Jonathan Keartland
- Speaker at Active Learning in the Third Year Statistical Physics Course at the University of the Witwatersrand
- Speaker at Characterization of nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres using electron magnetic resonance
- Speaker at The electric field gradient in mercuric chloride
Garreth Kemp
- Speaker at The neutron superfluid in the interior of neutron stars.
Kenneth Kgatwane
- Speaker at Atomistic Simulation Study on Lithiated Manganese Dioxide Nanostructures
ESRA Khaleel
- Speaker at Study of fusion evaporation channels in the 18 O+ 18 O reaction at 65 MeV
Saleh Khamlich
- Speaker at Black Cr/α-Cr2O3 Nanoparticles Based Solar Absorbers: Growth Kinetic
MOHAMMED KHENFOUCH
- Speaker at Vibrational properties of Mass produced graphene monolayer by chemical method
Joshua Khoele
- Speaker at Deposition and structural properties of Silicon Carbide thin films for solar cells applications
Zakhelumuzi Khumalo
- Speaker at The annealing effects on Pt-Mo coating mophology
Wayne Koen
- Speaker at Demonstration of a wavelength tuneable mid-IR molecular laser
Anna Kozakiewicz Wits
- Speaker at Ion irradiation effects on the formation of metal nanoparticles in crystals
R E Kroon
- Speaker at The impurity levels of lanthanide ions in silica
Thomas Kubai
- Speaker at Computational study of the effect of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) side chain size and spacing on the mobility of the polyethylene oxide (PEO).
Chamunorwa Oscar Kureba
- Speaker at Fine structure of the Isoscalar Giant Quadrupole Resonance and 2+ level densities in spherical to deformed nuclei across the isotope chain 142,144,146,148,150Nd using the (p,p') reaction
Dolly Langa
- Speaker at Heat treatment of glassy carbon implanted with strontium at room and high temperatures
Lerothodi Leeuw
- Speaker at A Magnetic Field Study Using Polarized Dust Emission of Nearby Starburst Galaxies
Mantile Lekala
- Speaker at From few-body to many-body problems
Mirriam Lemmer
- Speaker at “Seeing is believing”: Visual perceptions and the learning of kinematics
Mantwa Annah Lephoto
- Speaker at Synthesis and photoluminescence studies of (Ba1-xSrx)Al2O4:Eu2+;Nd3+ prepared by combustion method
NDANDULENI LESLEY LETHOLE
- Speaker at Stabilities of low and high pressure structures of CoPO4 and MnPO4
Robert Lindsay
- Speaker at Coulomb excitation of light nuclei.
Igor Litvin
- Speaker at Implementation of intra–cavity beam shaping technique to enhance pump efficiency
- Speaker at The behavior of an instantaneous Poynting vector in the laser beams
Christian Litwinski
- Speaker at NON-SPECIALIST: Spectroscopy in Chemistry
Enrico Lombardi
- Speaker at High Performance Computing in Solid State Physics
Blaine B. D. Lomberg
- Speaker at Emittance measurements of ion beams extracted from a prototype microwave ion source using the Slit-Grid technique
Stefan Lotz
- Speaker at Pc3 pulsations during low density events
Justin Mabiala
- Speaker at Characterization of Cluster States in 16O with the (p,t) reaction
Augusto Machatine
- Speaker at Intervalley and Intravalley Scattering in Diamond Structure, Si and Ge
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- Speaker at Vanadium dioxide based on nano-devices for photonic apllications
Moshawe Madito
- Speaker at AES and XRD study of In/Cu thin films deposited onto SiO2 by electron beam evaporation
- Speaker at Ion sputtering yield coefficients from In thin films bombarded by different energy Ar+ ions
khomotso Maenetja
- Speaker at xygen adsorption on (110) surfaces of Pyrolusite MnO2 and Anatase TiO2
Mhlambululi Mafu
- Speaker at Towards the unconditional security proof for the Coherent-One-Way (COW) protocol
Cosmas Mafusire
- Speaker at Analysis of aberrations generated in aerodynamic random media using computational fluid dynamics
- Speaker at Phase calibration of the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor using a phase-only spatial light modulator
- Speaker at The mean focal length of an aberrated lens
Shimul Kumar Maharaj
- Speaker at Frequency spectrum of nonlinear electric field structures in a magnetized dusty plasma
Mokete Mahladisa
- Speaker at The reduction of melting temperature with size in Gold
Rosinah Mahlangu
- Speaker at Variation of different compositions of Ti-Pt within the B2 region using solid solution method employed in CASTEP
zwelithini Mahlubi
- Speaker at Electrical Resistivity and magnetic properties of (Ce1xTbx) Pt2Si2 (0  x  1)
Siyabonga Majola
- Speaker at Search for Tetrahedral symmetries in 156Dy
Dinah Makgai
- Speaker at Computational modelling study of PtAs2 and PtAsS structures
Lucky Makhathini
- Speaker at Developing a laser ionization test bench for radioactive beams
Maibi Malape
- Speaker at Spectral response as a diagnostic tool for PV and PC solar cells
Vusi Malaza
- Speaker at Study of rare modes of "collinear cluster tri-partition" of 252Cf(sf)
Johan Malherbe
- Speaker at Assessment of glassy carbon as a high-level nuclear waste containment material
Sampson Mamphweli
- Speaker at Performance monitoring of a downdraft System Johansson Biomass Gasifier™
Sampson Mamphweli
- Speaker at Enhancement of hydrogen production using biomass gasification process
Edwin Mapasha
- Speaker at Forces: A difficult area for the students
Marco Mariola
- Speaker at Quantum cryptography for satellite communication
Cliffton Masedi
- Speaker at Ab initio studies on stabilities of products related to Li/S and Li/O batteries
Matete Mashapa
- Speaker at Studies of thermodynamic, structural and electronic properties of substitutional defects in models of single-walled carbon and boron nitride nanotubes
Bathusile Masina
- Speaker at Thermal damage study on diamond tools at varying laser heating power and temperature by Raman spectroscopy
Dithlase Masita
- Speaker at Spectral method for studying nuclear four-body reactions
Peace-Maker Masukume
- Speaker at Mathematical Modeling of a Concentrator-Diffuser Wind Energy system
jabulani Paul maswanganye
- Speaker at Variability of methanol maser in the massive star formation regions
Bhekumusa Mathe
- Speaker at Light scattering studies of boron carbide films grown by laser ablation: thin-film surface quality and elasticity
Ramaite Thomas Mautjana
- Speaker at Learners’ Understanding of Ammeter and Voltmeter in a DC Schematic Circuit
Vela Lincoln Mbele
- Speaker at Spectroscopy with a mode-locked Femtosecond Laser Frequency Comb
Pontsho Sylvia Mbule
- Speaker at Low Temperature Synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and Nanorods via Wet Chemistry Route
Ross McIntosh
- Speaker at Low-temperature Electrical conductivity and Magneto-resistance of Reduced Graphene Oxide Layers
Melanie McLaren
- Speaker at Comparison of phase-dependent only and complete Laguerre-Gaussian beams using modal decomposition
Mofuti Mehlape
- Speaker at Computer simulation of cobalt pentlandite
W. E. Meyer
- Speaker at Electrical characterisation of the interface in a Au \ Ni \ n -Al0.18Ga0.82N Scottky contact system
Walter Meyer
- Speaker at Electrical characterization of two metastable defects introduced in GaN by Eu-ion implantation
Gugu Mhlongo
- Speaker at Effects of ZnO and Ce3+ incorporation on the photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence intensity of Pr3+ doped SiO2.
- Speaker at The influence of Pr3+ co-doping on the photoluminescence and cathodoluminescence properties of SiO2:Eu3+ /Tb3+.
Motlalepula Rebecca Mhlongo
- Speaker at Pre knowledge of physics 1 students on vectors
Christopher Middleton
- Speaker at KIC Rumple, the binary system with eclipses and δ Scuti pulsations
Joele Mira
- Speaker at Quasi-elastic binary breakup in the interaction of 12C with 12C, 93Nb and 197Au at 400 MeV incident energy
Abdul Mirza
- Speaker at Industrial application for Global Quantum Communication
Simiso Mkhonta
- Speaker at Nanoscale manipulataion of lamellar copolymers using electric fields.
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- Speaker at Computational study of hematite(Fe2O3) and ilmenite(FeTiO3) structures
Sihle Mkhwanazi
- Speaker at Deposition,Optical and Electrical Characterization of Silicon Carbide Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications
Daniel Mojalefa Moeketsi CSIR Meraka Institute (CHPC)
- Speaker at Overview of the Center for High Performance Computing
- Speaker at Practical demonstrations on the use of the CHPC Cluster.
Keoikantse Moses Mogotsi
- Speaker at A Comparison of the THINGS HI and HERACLES CO Velocity Dispersion in Nearby Galaxies
Badr Mohammed
- Speaker at Beyond the Planar Limit in ABJM Theory
CABLE MOJI
- Speaker at Training Senior student to be "IIL" competent Physics lecturers
Genene Tessema Mola
- Speaker at Germanium-Carbide Formation on Crystal Germanium Substrate
Paul Molefe
- Speaker at The transition from high school Physics to first-year Physics: How well prepared are our students?
Pulane Moleme
- Speaker at Optical properties of SrGa2S4:Ce3+ films prepared by pulsed reactive cross laser beam ablation method (PRCLA)
Jacob Ramodika Moloantoa
- Speaker at DRS, XRD and SEM studies of the effects of metal dopants (Pt, Au and Pd) on the structural and optical properties of TiO2.
Nosipho Moloto
- Speaker at Solution-processed CuSe Quantum Dots Photovoltaics
KATLEGO MOLOTO
- Speaker at Solar-cycle dependent relationship between cosmic-ray intensity and the heliospheric current sheet tilt angle
nametso Mongwaketsi
- Speaker at Synthesis & Characterization of Porphyrin Nanotubes/Rods for Solar Radiation Harvesting and Solar Cells
Maisela Morongwa
- Speaker at Electrical characterization of irradiated n-GaN
Bakang Moses Mothudi
- Speaker at Thermoluminescent properties of BaAl2O4:Eu2+,Gd3+phosphors prepared by combustion method at different initiating temperatures.
Isaac Motochi
- Speaker at Metal-Semiconductor Ohmic Contacts: An ab initio Density Functional Theory Study of the Structural and Electronic Properties of Metal-Diamond (111)-(1x1) Interfaces.
John Motsoeneng
- Speaker at The Pinhole Camera: A fascinating optical device for physics freshmen.
Kagiso Mpshe
- Speaker at Equivalent parameters for empirical pseudopotential and k•p models
Thabiso Vincent Mthimunye
- Speaker at The effect of ventilation on the thermal performance of an energy efficient house
Patience Mthunzi
- Speaker at The optical syringe for selective differentiation of pluripotent stem cells
Zolile Mtumela
- Speaker at An investigation of high velocity flows in HF radar data during northward interplanetary magnetic field, non-substorm intervals
Busiso Mtunzi
- Speaker at Direct water cooling effect on a photovoltaic module
Blessed Muchono
- Speaker at Spin-density-wave behaviour of the (Cr100-xAlx)95Mo5 alloy system
Mxolisi Mukhawana
- Speaker at Behaviour of iodine implanted in HOPG after heat treatment
Debashish Mukherji Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- Speaker at Molecular Dynamics Simulations : An experimental laboratory for a computational physicist.
- Speaker at Soft Matter Properties: What can we learn from computer simulations?
Patrick Mukumba
- Speaker at Batch anaerobic co-digestion of cow dung and donkey manure
Masilu Godfrey Mulaudzi
- Speaker at Ab-initio study of structural stability and electronic structure of monoclinic and cubic ZrO2-xSxx for 0 ≤ X < 2
Davison Munyaradzi Murape
- Speaker at Temperature dependent I-V characteristics of Sulphur passivated Au/n-GaSb Schottky barrier diodes
phathutshedzo murovhi
- Speaker at Comparison of thermal and structural Properties of HRT nuclear fuel Composite and nuclear graded graphite
Sean Murray
- Speaker at South African e-Infrastructure for physics applications
KWETANA MUSA LONWABO
- Speaker at Synthesis and Labelling of DISIDA (N-2,6-diisopropyl-phenylcarbamoylmethyliminodicetic) acid
Dibwe Pierrot Musumbu
- Speaker at Many-boson Quantum Walks on Graphs with Shared Coins
Bernard Mvula
- Speaker at Effect of Low Intensity Laser Irradiation (LILI) and Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) on Adult Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells (hADSCs)
I M Nagpure
- Speaker at Low voltage electron beam induced degradation and surface chemical changes of Zn3(PO4)2:Tb phosphor
Darryl Naidoo
- Speaker at Decomposition of the field within an apertured plano-concave resonator
- Speaker at Generation of a Laguerre-Gaussian TEM01 mode in a monolithic microchip laser
Deena Naidoo
- Speaker at Instructional Design Principles applied to Physics laboratory and tutorial courses
Takalani Ndanduleni
- Speaker at Application of Dual Energy X-ray Radiography/Tomography on Nuclear and Related Materials
Wilfrid Ndebeka
- Speaker at Efficiency Dependence of Tm3+ -Doped Silica Triple-Clad Fiber Laser
Cebo Ndlangamandla
- Speaker at Effect of pH on the morphology and orientation of Fe2O3 nanostructures grown using aqueous chemical growth
Gebhu Ndlovu
- Speaker at Investigation of broken symmetry of Sb/Cu(111) surface alloys by VT- STM
- Speaker at The decoration of vicinal copper polycrystalline surfaces by Antimony
Pieter Neethling
- Speaker at Time-domain Terahertz Spectroscopy: Principles and applications
Swikisani Nelwamondo
- Speaker at Synthesis and characterization of Water soluble Covellite Copper Sulphide Quantum Dots
Mahassin Nemair
- Speaker at Trajectories of electrons in a realistic model of the Earth's magnetic field
Zipho Ngcobo
- Speaker at Radiation Shielding calculations using MCNPX transport code for cost optimization of the shielding material to be used in the new cyclotron vault at iThemba Labs
Sandile Ngcobo
- Speaker at Superresolution beams
Chigomezyo Ngwira
- Speaker at Ionospheric response during the geomagnetic storm events on 24-27 July 2004: Long-duration positive storm effect
Tomas Nhabetse
- Speaker at Construction and thermal analysis of a parabolic collector for small scale concentrating thermal system
Peter Nicol
- Speaker at On the shape of rotating stars.
Steven Nkosi
- Speaker at Reversible Semiconductor – Metal Transition study in nano-FePt system
John S. Nkuna
- Speaker at Structure of Few-Hyperon Systems Studied with the Integro-Differential Equations Approach
Sive Noncolela
- Speaker at Low level counting using a NaI(Tl) detector
Luyanda Lunga Noto
- Speaker at Red emission of Pr3+ enhancement by addition of Ba2+ and In3+ in CaTiO3:Pr phosphor
Robert Nshimirimana
- Speaker at Identification of compounds in materials using tomography imaging, a possibility at the SANRAD facility
Emmanuel Korawinga Nshingabigwi
- Speaker at Transmission electron microscopy investigation of radiation damage caused by keV implantation in single-crystal diamond.
NDUMA NTIMANE
- Speaker at Computational study of some tin dioxide phases
- Speaker at Computational study of some tin dioxide phases.
Sifiso Senzo Ntshangase
- Speaker at Status of the Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources (ECRIS) at iThemba Labs
Tshepo Ntsoane
- Speaker at Depth-resolved studies of plasma sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings by means of diffraction techniques
OM Ntwaeaborwa
- Speaker at NON-SPECIALIST: Organic solar cells: An overview focusing on metal oxide buffer layer and post-fabrication annealing
Zebib Yenus Nuru
- Speaker at Pt –Al203 nanocoatings for high temprature concentrated solar thermal power applications
Chijioke Nwosa
- Speaker at Orbital Environment Risk Assessment for SumbandilaSAT
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