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DOCTORATS DÉCERNÉS
PHD PHYSICS DEGREES AWARDED BY CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
DOCTORATS EN PHYSIQUE DÉCERNÉS PAR LES UNIVERSITÉS CANADIENNES
DECEMBER 2007 TO NOVEMBER 2008 / DÉCEMBRE 2007 À NOVEMBRE 2008
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
COJOCARU, C., "End-cap calorimeter performance and identification of the t-channel single
top quark process with the ATLAS detector"
(M. Vincter), May 2008, now a Research
Associate at IRS-INMS-NRC Ottawa.
MYINT, K., "Dose Errors in the Treatment Planning
Process of Cancer Radiotherapy" (L. Gerig),
May 2008, now a medical physics resident in
Radiation Oncology at Northwestern
University in Chicago.
SCHRAM, M., "Performance of the ATLAS
Forward Calorimeter and Search for the
Invisible Higgs via Vector Boson Fusion at
ATLAS" (G. Oakham), May 2008, now a
Research Associate at McGill University.
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
TIMMONS, A., "Visible Changes in Lithium-Ion
Electrodes upon Lithium Insertion and
Removal", (J. Dahn), May 2008, now Research
Scientist with General Motors, Detroit,
Michigan, USA
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE
MONTRÉAL
BEAUSOLEIL, A., “Modélisation de la croissance
de couches minces par combinaison de la méthode Monte Carlo cinétique et du formalisme
des courbes de niveaux (Level Set)”,
(Alain Rochefort/Patrick Desjardins), automne
2008.
BERON, F., “Propriétés magnétostatiques de
réseaux de nanofils via les courbes de renversement du premier ordre”, (Arthur Yelon), octobre 2008, maintenant Stagiaire postdoctoral à
l'Universidade Estudual de Campinas(UNICAMP), au Brésil.
CHILLIAN-TURTOI, C., “Extending neutron activation analysis to materials with high concentrations of neutron absorbing elements”,
(Greg Kennedy/Lubomir Zikovsky),
avril
2008, maintenant responsable Slowpoke en
genie nucléaire au Département de génie
physique de l’École Polytechnique de
Montreal.
COIA, C., “Microstructure and growth kinetics of
Ni silicide ultra-thin films synthesized by
solid-state reactions”, (Patrick Desjardins /
Christian Lavoie), automne 2008.
DION, C., “Étude des mécanismes fondamentaux et
de la dynamique d'inter-diffusion dans les
boîtes quantiques auto-assemblées InAs/InP”,
(Patrick Desjardins/François Schiettekatte/
Sylvain Raymond), juin 2008, maintenant
Stagiaire postdoctoral à INRS-EMT.
LAMARRE, J.-M., “Propriétés optiques linéaires et
non-linéaires de nanocomposites métal/diélectrique
anisotropes”,
(Ludvik Martinu /
Michel Lequime), juin 2008, maintenant
Stagiaire postdoctoral au Département de génie
physique de l’École Polytechnique de
Montreal.
LAROUCHE, S., “Méthodes avancées pour le
design de filtres optiques avec des indices de
réfraction
intermédiaires
arbitraires”,
(Ludvik Martinu), juillet 2008, maintenant
Stagiaire postdoctoral au Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke
University.
LIZÉ, Y., “Optical differential phase-shift keyed
signal generation, transmission and detection”,
(Nicolas Godbout/Alan A. Willner),
mars
2008, maintenant Senior Optical Designer,
Stratalight Communications à Los Gatos,
Californie
SEDDAOUI, D., “Étude des harmoniques de la
magnétoimpédance géante dans les microfils
magnétiques”, (Arthur Yelon), Automne 2008.
TURCOTTE, S., “Propriétés optoélectroniques
d'hétérostructures
de
Ga(In)AsN”,
(P. Desjardins / R. Leonelli), juin 2008, maintenant avec Scientist R&D de San Jose, CA,
USA.
XU, Z., “Microfluidic applications of oppler optical
coherence tomography”, (Romain Maciejko),
août 2008, maintenant Stagiaire postdoctoral à
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY.
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
ARMSTRONG-BROWN, A., “Sub-nanosecond
dynamics in low-dimensional systems”, June
2008, working in England
ASHARIZADEH, S., “X-ray reflectivity study of
GMR and porous silicon thin layers”, June
2008, Assistant professor in the Science
Department, Sahand University of Technology,
Tabriz, Iran
AVESQUE, S., “Ion implantation in quantum hall
systems”, June 2008, working in England
BEATH, A., “Phase diagrams of bond and site frustrated magnetic material: experiments and theory”, June 2008, Postdoctoral Fellow at The
Center for Theoretical Biophysics at University
of California, San Diego under the supervision
of Terrance Hwa
BERNDSEN, A., “String theoretic models of the
early universe”, June 2008, NSERC
Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University
BOURQUE, F.-A., “J/u dissociation by light
mesons”, June 2008, Plans unknown
GONZALEZ, M., “X-ray observations of young
neutron stars”, June 2008, NSERC Postdoctoral
Fellow in the Physics Department at the
University of British Columbia working with
Professor Ingrid Stairs
HEATH, E., “4D Monte Carlo investigation of
organ motion in radiotherapy for lung cancer”,
June 2008, plans unknown
LEFEBVRE, J., “Superconductivity in metallic
glasses (FexNi-xZr2); from transport and magnetization properties to vortex dynamics”,
November 2008, Postdoc Fellow at McGill
University
MKHONTA, S., “Mechanics of liquid-crystal networks”, November 2008, Assistant professor in
the Physics Department, University of
Swaziland, Swaziland, Africa
MUELLER, C., “Observations of the high-energy
peaked BL lac object H1426+428 with the solar
tower atmospheric cherenkov effect experiment”, November 2008, working at Sander
Geophysical Limited, Ottawa, Ontario
PATIL, S., “Enhanced symmetries, duality invariance and moduli stabilization in string gas cosmology”, June 2008, Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany
QIN, G., “Penetrating probes in relativistic heavy
ion collisions”, November 2008, Postdoc fellow at Physics Department, Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH, USA
SHAM, E., “Physical parameters of very small
diameter 10 MV X-ray beams for Linac-based
stereotactic radiosurgery”, June 2008, plans
unknown
ZHANG, Y., “X-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy of the ordering in Cu3Au”, June 2008,
teacher at Vanier College in Montreal
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
KLASSEN, P., “Gas Kinematics of High Mass Star
Forming
Regions”,
(Christine Wilson),
September 2008, now Fellowship at the
European Southern Observatory, Munich,
Germany.
MACDOUGALL, G., “ìSR and Susceptibility of the
Normal
State
of
Unconventional
Superconductors”, (Graeme Luke), September
2008, now Postdoc at Oakridge National Lab.
YANG, J., “Optical Studies of Metamaterials and
Bosonic Spectra of High-Tc Superconductors“,
(Thomas Timusk), August 2008, now faculty
position, School of Materials Science and
Engineering, Tianjin University, China
ZHAO, Y., “X-ray and Neutron Scattering Studies
of Underdoped La2-xBaxCuO4 Single
Crystals”, (Bruce Gaulin), October 2008, now
Postdoc at Johns Hopkins University &. NIST
Center for Neutron Research
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MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF
NEWFOUNDLAND
ABU ALRUB, T., “Superconductivity in the Heavy
Fermion System PrOs4Sb12”, (S. Curnoe),
October 2008, now working as a Research
Assistant at the Department of Physics and
Physical Oceanography, Memorial University,
St. John’s, NL.
KENNEDY, K., “Fingering Instabilities in
Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids”,
(J. de Bruyn), May 2007.
SCHNURR, O. “A Spectroscopic survey of the
WNL Stars in the large Magellanic cloud:
General Properties and Binary Status”,
(A. Moffat/N. St-Louis), 2008 janvier. Boursier
postdoctoral à l’Université de Sheffield (UK).
GOMEZ PEREZ, N., "Planetary magnetic fields in
the solar system: A numerical study of dynamo
models", (M. Heimpel), November, 2007
UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE
KUBIZNAK, D., "Hidden Symmetries of HigherDimensional
Rotating
Black
Holes",
(V. Frolov), November, 2008
SAHEBSARA, P., "Competing phases in strongly
correlated electron systems with frustration",
(D. Sénéchal), Septembre 2008.
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
SHAKERIPOUR, H., "Supraconductivité non-conventionnelle et criticalité quantique dans le
composé métallique à fermions lourds CeIrIn5",
Juillet 2008.
CLARK, K., “A New and Improved SpinDependent Dark Matter Exclusion Limit Using
the PICASSO Experiment”, (A.J. Noble),
October 2008, now post doc at Case Western
Reserve University
UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À
TROIS-RIVIÈRES
KOS, M., "Low Energy Solar Neutrino Analysis of
the Salt Phase of the Sudbury Neutrino
Observatory", (A.L. Hallin/A.B. McDonald),
May 2008, now post doc at Syracuse University
PSIACHOS, D., “Ab initio Studies of Indium
Clustering on the Ge(111)-5x5 Surface”,
(M.J. Stott), May 2008, now post doc at The
University of Arizona
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
BAGHERI-NAJMI, S., “Organometallic vapor
phase epitaxial growth and characterization of
carbon doped InAs”, (Simon Watkins), July
2008
GORELOV, A., “Positron-neutrino correlation
measurements in the beta-decay of magnetooptically
trapped
38mK
atoms”,
(Peter Jackson), August 2008. Now a Research
Associate with the TRINAT Group in the
Science Division at TRIUMF (supervisor: John
Behr).
JIANG, W., “Spontaneous Atomic Ordering in
MOVPE Grown GaAsSb”, (Simon Watkins),
July 2008. Now a postdoctoral fellow at the
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department at the University of Virginia.
PETERSEN, J., “Nonlinear-optical and terahertz
investigations
of
complex
oxides”,
(Steve Dodge), October 2008 He has a postdoctoral fellow position at Oxford University in the
UK.
UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL
BENACÈNE BOUDAN, M. “Contribution à l'étude
de l'inactivation de micro-organismes par plasma”, (M. Moisan), 2008 février, complète
présentement une maîtrise en physique médicale à l’Université de Montréal.
GORNEA. R. “Détection directe de la matière sombre avec le détecteur à gouttelettes surchauffées
dans le cadre du projet PICASSO”,
(L. Lessard), 2008 février, Boursier postdoctoral à l’Université de Berne en Suisse.
MUNGER, D. “Stabilité magnétohydrodynamique
des cuves d'électrolyse: aspects physiques et
idées nouvelles”, (A. Vincent), 2008 septembre.
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NATARAJAN, S.K.,"Novel Carbon Nanostructures
as Catalyst Support for Polymer Electrolyte
Membrane Fuel Cells" (Jean Hamelin), novembre 2008. Maintenant Chercheur postdoctoral à
l'UQTR.
SICARD, R., "Étude de l'inspection ultrasonore par
ondes de Lamb et de l'algorithme d'imagerie
SAFT via un processus de compensation de dispersion pour la détection de corrosion sur des
plaques métalliques", (Jacques Goyette), septembre 2007. Maintenant Vice-président
recherche chez Tecscan Inc.
UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL
BROUSSEAU, D., "Comportement spatial de
miroirs déformables à base de liquide magnétique", (E.F. Borra), janvier 2008, maintenant
Postdoctorat, Université Laval, Québec.
GÉNÉREUX, F., "Inversions périodiques profondes
sur une coupe X du niobate de lithium",
(R. Vallée), octobre 2008, maintenant
Chercheur à l’INO, Québec.
MASSEY, S., "Étude de la dégradation de films
polymères minces sur substrats métalliques
soumis à des électrons de basses énergies",
(D. Roy), juillet 2008, maintenant Postdoctorat,
Université Laval, Québec.
MOISAN, J., "Analyse et caractérisation des résidus
lourds produits dans les réactions 129Xe +
natSn entre 8 et 25 AMeV", (R. Roy /
A. Chbihi), septembre 2008, maintenant
Postdoctorat, Université Laval, Québec.
HRYCIW, A., "Optical properties of rare-earthdoped silicon nanocomposites", (A. Meldrum),
June, 2007
LIU, Z., "Magnetization dynamics in the presence of
nanoscale
spatial
inhomogeneity",
(M. Freeman/R. Sydora), November, 2007
LUCHKO, T., "Molecular Modelling of ProteinProtein/Protein-Solvent
Interactions",
(J. Tuszynski/A. Kovalenko), November, 2008
MACDONALD, R., "A Precision Measurement of
the Muon Decay Parameters Rho and Delta",
(R. Moore), November, 2008
MARSH, R., "Deterministic and stochastic models
of drug transport and reaction kinetics in heterogeneous media", (J. Tuszynski/T. Riauka),
June, 2007
MEZZACAPO, F., "Structure, Superfluidity and
Quantum Melting of Hydrogen Clusters: A
Quantum
Monte
Carlo
Study",
(M. Boninsegni), June, 2008
MISRA, S., "Global optimization with application
to Geophysics", (M. Sacchi), November, 2008
MONAJEMI, T., "Cadmium tungstate scintillators
in contact with silicon photodiodes as detectors
for megavoltage computed tomography",
(G. Fallone/S. Rathee), November, 2007
PAK, A., "Precision calculations in heavy fermion
decays", (A. Prus-Czarnecki), November, 2008
SCHINKEL, C., "Clinical applications of TCP and
NTCP models: Incorporation of NTCP models
into modern inverse planning optimization and
investigation of the applicability of populationaveraged and non-averaged TCP models for the
purpose of parameter estimation", (G.. Fallone),
November, 2007
SNYDER, J., "Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Editing Techniques of Coupled Spin Systems at
High
Field",
(A. Wilman/F. Fenrich),
November, 2008
STANESCU, T., "Towards magnetic resonance
imaging guided radiation therapy (MRIgRT)",
(G. Fallone), June, 2008
SU, X., "Integrated Microfluidic Waveguide
Cytometer",
(W. Rozmus/C. Capjack
/C. Backhouse), June, 2008
OLIVIER, O., "Interactions de solitons dans les
lasers à fibre", (M. Piché), avril 2008, maintenant Postdoctorat, Université Laval, Québec.
THOMAS, S., "Dose verification in image guided
adaptive
radiotherapy",
(G. Fallone),
November, 2007
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
TURNBULL, J., "The search for condensed superfluid molecular hydrogen", (M. Boninsegni),
November, 2008
CADEAU, C., "Implications of rapid rotation for
pulse profile models of millisecond-period Xray pulsars", (S. Morsink), June, 2007
WANG, F., "Electron energy-loss spectroscopy of
nanosctructures",
(R. Egerton/M. Freeman
/M. Malac), June, 2007
COOKE, D., "Time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy
of bulk and nanoscale semiconductors",
(F. Hegmann), June, 2007
YAO, Y., "LUCID and QUARTIC Detector
Development in the Forward Region of
ATLAS", (J. Pinfold), June, 2008
DAY, J., "Fundamental properties of quantum solid
4He", (J. Beamish), June, 2007
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UNIV. OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
FERDMAN, R., “Binary pulsars: evolution and fundamental physics”, (Ingrid Stairs), May 2008,
GHAFARI BANAEE, M.R., “Classical and quantum nonlinear optics in confined photonic structures”, (Jeff Young), May 2008,
MARSDEN, G., “Observing the galactic plane with
the
balloon-borne
large-aperture”,
(Mark Halpern), May 2008
MCCUTCHEON, M., “Nonlinear Optics of Multimode Planar Photonic Crystal Microcavities”,
(Jeff Young), May 2008
MILETTE, M.-P., “Direct optimization of 3D dose
distributions using collimator rotation”,
(Brenda Clark), May 2008.
PEETS, D., “Why be Normal?: single Crystal
Growth and X-ray Spectroscopy Reveal the
Startlingly Unremarkable Electronic Structure
of TI-2201”, (Douglas Bonn), May 2008.
PEREIRA, R., “Dynamical correlations of S=1/2
quantum spin chains”, (Ian Affleck), November
2008, now Post Doctoral Fellow at KITP, Santa
Barbara, CA.
RAMADANOVIC,
B.,
“The
AdS/CFT
Correspondence And String Theory on the Ppwave”, (Gordon Semenoff), November 2008,
now Research Fellow at SFU.
ROWE, J., “Spacebased photometry of the transiting exoplanetary system HD209458 with the
MOST satellite. Contraining the albedo of an
exosolar giant planet”, (Jaymie Matthews),
May 2008.
SMITH, M., “A Mass Measurement of the Shortlived Halo Nucleus 11Li with the TITAN
Penning Trap Spectrometer”, (Jens Dilling),
May 2008.
SUBRAMANIAN, M., “Lifetimes of states in 19Ne
above the 15O + alpha threshold”,
(Paul Hickson), November 2008, now Research
Associate at the US Naval Research Lab
(NRL), Washington, DC.
VAN ANDERS, G., “Aspects of Su(214) symmetric
field theories and the Lin-Maldacena geometries”, (Mark Van Raamsdonk), November
2008, now Research Fellow with Michigan
Center for Theoretical Physics, Ann Arbor, MI.
VANDERVOORT, E., “Improving attenuation corrections obtained using singles-mode transmission data in small-animal PET”, (Vesna Sossi),
May 2008,
WEBER, A., “Supramolecular organization, conformation and electronic properties of porphyrin
molecules
on
metal
substrates”,
(Johannes Barth), November 2008, now
Research Fellow at University of California,
Berkeley.
WONG, W.Y., “Cosmological Recombination”,
(Douglas Scott), November 2008,
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
ABU SARA, Z., “Laser Spectroscopy of CCO and
Jet Spectroscopy of Isotopomers of He-OCS
and Higher Clusters, (N. Moazzen-Ahmadi),
June 2007, now a Post-Doc in Kinesiology at
the University of Calgary
APPEL, J., “A Light-Atom Quantum Interface
based on Electromagnetically Induced
Transparency”, (A. Lvovsky), November 2007.
BRYANT, C., “Indepth Analysis of the Substorm
Recovery Phase Using Electron and Proton
Induced
Emissions
From
Satellite
Observations”, (J.S. Murphree), June 2008,
now a Post-Doc, at the University of
Saskatchewan.
FIGUEROA BARRAGAN, E., “Electromagnetically-Induced Transparency with Squeezed
Light”, (A. Lvovsky), November 2008, now at
Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics,
Munich, Germany
HARDING, S., “An Automated Spectral Energy
Distribution Fitter for the Classification of
Young Stellar Objects”, (R. Plume), June 2008.
MORRIS, A., “Quantum Hall Effect in Rotating
Bose Gases”, (D. Feder), November 2008.
PLOQUIN, N., “Geometric Accuracy in Radiation
Therapy: Dosimetric, Imaging and Economic
Considerations”, (P. Dunscombe), November
2007, now at the department of Medical
Physics, Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre.
STAFF, J., “Gamma Ray Bursts Inner Engines”,
(R. Ouyed), June 2007, now a Post-Doc at
Purdue University.
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPHWATERLOO
HAAS, R., “Self-force on point particles in orbit
around a Schwarzschild black hole”,
(E. Poisson), August 2008, now a Post-Doctoral
Research Fellow at the Centre for Relativisitic
Physics Centre for Relativisitic Physics,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA.
HOPMAN, T., “Characterization of Energy
Dispersive Semiconductor Detectors for X-Ray
Spectroscopy”, (I. Campbell), November 2008,
continuing in his career as a grade 11 chemistry
teacher at a private school in Fergus, Ontario,
Canada.
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
ANSARI, M.H., “The Statistical Footprints of
Quantum Gravity”, (L. Smolin/R. Mann), June
2008, now a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in
the Department of Applied Mathematics at the
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada.
BRICHTA, J.P.O., “Laser-Initiated Coulomb
Explosion Imaging of Small Molecules”,
(J. Sanderson), August 2008, now a Post
Doctoral Research Fellow with the Photonics
Group in the Physics Department at the
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
CHANACHOWICZ, M., “On the Classification of
the R-separable Webs for the Laplace Equation
in E3”, (R. McLenaghan/R. Mann), April
2008. Follow up information is currently
unavailable.
GUTHRIE, S., “Physical Properties of Shear
Oriented Cocoa Butter”, (J. Kycia), January
2008, now a Recruitment Assistant in the
Centre for Contact Lens Research, Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada.
HU,
A., “Interaction of Nanosecond and
Femtosecond Laser Pulses with Carbon:
Deposition of Carbon Films having Novel
Compositions”, (W.W. Duley/Q.-B. Lu), March
2008, now a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in
the Department of Mechanical Engineering at
the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada.
KERNER, R., “Black Hole Thermodynamics and
the Tunnelling Method for Particle Emission”,
(R. Mann), June 2008. Follow up information
currently unavailable.
LAFOREST, M., “Error Characterization and
Quantum Control Benchmarking in Liquid
State NMR Using Quantum Information
Processing Techniques”, (R. Laflamme),
September 2008, now a Research Assistant at
the Technical University of Delft, the
Netherlands.
RYAN, C., “Characterization and Control in Large
Hilbert Spaces”, (R. Laflamme), October 2008,
to start January 2009 as a Post Doctoral
Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA.
SILVA, M., “Suppression and Characterization of
Decoherrence
in
Practical
Quantum
Information
Processing
Devices”,
(R. Laflamme/F. Wilhelm-Mauch), July 2008,
now Post Doctoral Research Fellow at
Université de Sherbrooke,
TABEI, S.M.A., “Interplay of Disorder and
Transverse-Field
Induced
Quantum
Fluctuations in the LiHoxY1-x Ising Magnetic
Material”, (M. Gingras), July 2008, now a Post
Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of
Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois, USA.
TEICHROEB, J., “Selected Experiments with
Proteins at Solid-Liquid Interfaces”, (J. Forrest
/L. Jones), October 2008. Follow up information currently unavailable.
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
KAVALCHUK, E., "Perturbative Calculations in
Many-Particle
Systems",
(R. Kobes /
M. Carrington), October 2008.
KE, Z., "A Cooler Ion Trap for the TITAN On-Line
Trapping Facility at TRIUMF", (G. Gwinner /
W.T. H. van Oers), October 2008.
POTREBKO,
P.,
"Geometry-based
Beam
Orientation Optimization for Intensity
Modulated Radiation Therapy", (B. McCurdy),
May 2008.
SUKHOVICH, A., "Waves Phenomena in Phonic
Crystals", (J.H. Page), October 2007.
UNIV. OF NEW BRUNSWICK
DU, J.,"A Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere
Dynamics Study Using the Extended Canadian
Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM)",
(W. Ward), January 2008, now Post Doctoral
Fellow at DAMTP, Cambridge University,
England.
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DEGREES AWARDED
ZHANG, Z.,"Magnetic Resonance Imaging of
Operational PEM Fuel Cells and Related
Materials", (B.J. Balcom), April 2008, now
Post Doctoral Fellow at Yale University, USA.
BERNIER, J.-S., “Emergence of Unconventional
Phases in Quantum Spin Systems”, (Y.B. Kim),
November 2008, now PDF at Ecole
Polytechnique de Paris, France.
TAYLOR, J.R., “Assessment of Trace Gas
Observations from the Toronto Atmospheric
Observatory”, (K. Strong), November 2008,
PDF at University of Waterloo, ON.
UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
BHAT, N.A.R., “Quantum and Classical Optics of
Dispersive and Absorptive Structured Media”,
(J.E. Sipe), November 2008.
VAUDREVANGE,
P.M.,
“Inflationary
Trajectories”, (L. Kofman), June 2008, now
PDF at Case Western University, Cleveland,
OH, USA.
FREDERICK, S., “Microactivity Designs for an
InAs/InP Quantum Dot Fibre- compatible
Single Photon Source”, (R. Williams), October
2008. maintenant / now chercheur postdoctoral
à l’Institut Walter Schottky, Technische
Universität München, Allemagne/Germany
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
BOURASSA, A., “Stratspheric Aerosol Retrieval
from OSIRIS Limb Scattered Sunlight
Spectra”,
(D. Degenstein/E.J. Llewellyn),
October 2007, now Post-Doctoral Fellow,
NASA, Langley
CHEN, W., “Synthesis of Carbon and Tungsten
Based Thin Films by Plasma Enhanced
Chemical Vapor Deposition”, (A. Hirose
/C. Xiao), October 2007, now Post-Doctoral
Fellow,
Risoe
National
Laboratory,
Copenhagen, Denmark
FURSA, M., “ Plasma-Assisted Deposition of
Nitrogen-Doped Amorphous Carbon Films onto
Polytetrafluoroethylene
for
Biomedical
Applications. (A. Hirose) November 2007
KHALZOV, I., “Equilibrium and Stability of
Magnetohydrodynamic Flows in Annular
Channels” (A. Smolyakov) January 2008,
Postdoctoral fellow with Center for Magnetic
Self-Organization
and
Turbulence
in
Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
BAYER, J., “Gravitational Lensing and the
Maximum Number of Images”, (C.C. Dyer),
November 2008, now a Lecturer in the
Department of Physics, University of Toronto.
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CHAN, T.Y.M., “A Theoretical Roadmap for
Optical Lithography of Photonic Band Gap
Microchips”, (S. John), June 2008, now a software engineer at MacDonald, Dettwiler, and
Associates Ltd, Vancouver, BC.
FRASER, A.C., “Arctic and Midlatitude
Stratospheric Trace Gas Measurements Using
Ground-Based UV-Visible Spectroscopy”,
(K. Strong), November 2008, now Research
Associate at University of Edinburgh, UK.
GOEHRING, L.A.Z., “On the Scaling and Ordering
of Columnar Joints”, (S.W. Morris), March
2008, PDF at Cambridge University, UK.
KASO, A., “Nonlinear Bloch Waves in Resonantly
Doped Dielectric and Metallic Photonic
Crystals”, (S. John), June 2008.
MA, X., “Quantum Cryptography: From Theory to
Practice”, (H.-K. Lo), November 2008, PDF at
Institute for Quantum Computing, University of
Waterloo, ON.
PASHAPOUR
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