Department of Physics

University of Toronto

SURF Meeting - 9 May 2012

1. Some Physics News

   • Life scientists unlock mystery of how 'handedness' arises,

         i.e. Local chiral symmetry breaking in triatic liquid crystals

   • Geophysicists fingerprint sea-level rise,

         i.e. Estimating the sources of global sea level rise with data assimilation techniques

   • Motion tracking in undergraduate physics laboratories with the Wii remote.

2. Administrative details

• Introductions
• Payroll forms
• Obtaining a Social Insurance Number (SIN)

  Nearest Service Canada Centre

3. Progress and Challenges:

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

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

Tracking Snapshots

• Spectra (Slavo, Mike)

Na Spectra from LEOI-101

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, 16 May, room MP713

Past Meeting Pages

• 21 June 2011
• 7 June 2011
• 31 May 2011
• 24 May 2011
• 17 May 2011
• 10 May 2011

Last updated on 9 May 2012 by David Bailey