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News 2016
PhD Student wins Rosse Medal, Institute of Physics
1 Mar 2016
PhD Student wins Rosse Medal at the Institute of Physics in Ireland Spring Meeting
Rosse Medal Competition
A key part of the event was the Rosse Medal Competition for postgraduate students for physics communication. 37 entrants presented posters earlier in the day to the judging panel leading to six finalists giving 5-minute presentations to the full audience on their work. The finalists were:
Mark Coughlan, Queen’s University Belfast
Sarah Guern, University of Limerick
Niamh Kavanagh, Tyndall Institute/UCC
Mark Kennedy, UCC
Andrew Swann, QUB,
Dawn Thompson, QUB
The winner was announced at the conference dinner - Niamh Kavanagh, Tyndall Institute, for her presentation on Opening a new transmission window for telecommunications