Department of Physics

University of Toronto

SURF Meeting - 13 June 2012

1. Some Physics News

   • 181st Birthday of James Clerk Maxwell
     • Completed the unified theory of classical electromagnetism, i.e. Maxwell's Equations
     • One of the founders of classical thermodynamics, e.g. the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution
     • Sometime poet, e.g. "Molecular Evolution"

2. Administrative details

• Let David know when you will be finishing.
• Only 1 weeks left for those of you who have not taken any days off.
• Priority now is written summary of what you have done.

3. Progress and Challenges:

We typically go around the table (by project) and briefly describe what is happening.

• AFM/OPT (Jake, Jimmy)
• Python (Anthony, Fabian)
• New Experiments/Coriolis(Yih Tang, Tony, Elisse, Jody)
• Granular Patterns (Chao, Aaron)
• Spectra (Slavo, Mike)
• Knots (Dylan, Adrian)

If you have a plot/picture/report/… to show, either email it to dbailey@physics.utoronto.ca or just bring it to the meeting on a USB key.

4. Next Meeting - 2:10pm Wednesday, 13 June, room MP307

Past Meeting Pages

• 16 May 2012
• 9 May 2012
• 21 June 2011
• 7 June 2011
• 31 May 2011
• 24 May 2011
• 17 May 2011
• 10 May 2011

Last updated on 6 June 2012 by David Bailey