2007 CAP MEDAL WINNERS:
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The CAP/DIAP Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial and Applied Physics is awarded to:
Roman Maev, University of Windsor, for his outstanding work in the field of acoustic microscopy. His research interests include the fundamentals of physical acoustics and ultrasonic imaging as well as studies of properties of heterogeneous micro-structures of materials and biomaterials. His inventions are now widely used in a range of assembly line manufacturing processes. |
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The CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is awarded to:
Joel Feldman, University of British Columbia, for his outstanding research in mathematical physics including, in particular, his work with Knoerrer and Trubowitz on the theory of Fermi liquids in two dimensions. |
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The CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal (for Outstanding Experimental or Theoretical Contributions to Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) is awarded to:
Sajeev John, University of Toronto, in recognition of his pioneering work on light localization and photonic bandgap materials. |
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The CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded to:
Robert I. Thompson, University of Calgary, for making major contributions in a broad range of areas related to undergraduate teaching including laboratory and curriculum development, student consultations, Honours thesis presentations, production of educational materials, and arranging departmental seminars by researchers in physics education, in addition to being an outstanding classroom teacher. |
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The CAP Herzberg Medal (for outstanding achievement by a physicist aged 40 or less) is awarded to:
Barth Netterfield, University of Toronto/CITA for his work in experimental cosmology; in particular for the knowledge gleaned about the early universe from the cosmic microwave background. |
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The CAP Medal for Achievement in Physics is awarded to:
David J. Dunlop, University of Toronto at Mississauga for his work in fine-particle magnetism, and its application to the study of the history of the Earth's magnetic field, and the behaviour of magnetic minerals on the Moon and Mars. |
Several recipients have been invited to give a plenary lecture during the 2007 CAP Congress at the University of Saskatchewan, from June 17-20. The recipients will be honoured during the Congress banquet to be held on 2007 June 19th.