Stories from 2007
Inaugural Rosse Medal presented at Spring Weekend
The Institute of Physics in Ireland
12 April 2007
Institute of Physics in Ireland finalists for the Rosse Medal Award.Thejesh Bandi of the Cork Institute of Technology, Barry Fitzgerald, University of Limerick, Jonathan Anderson, UCD, Iris Choi, UCC (winner), Lord Rosse, Dr Vincent Casey, Chairman of the Institute of Physics in Ireland pictured in front of the giant telescope at Birr Castle.
The winner of the inaugural award of the Rosse Medal for graduate research in Physics is Iris Choi of the Tyndall Institute and University College Cork for her presentation of her work in Quantum Cryptography. The medal commemorates the 3rd Earl of Rosse (Sir William Parsons K.P., P.R.S) and his contributions to science.
Ms Choi, originally from Hong Kong, gave details of her work which seeks to securely encode and transmit information at the quantum level. Second place went to Jonathan Anderson, UCD for work in the field of particle physics. Barry Fitzgerald of the University of Limerick took third place for his presentation on granular matter, while a special award for visual impact was made to Thejesh Bandi of the Cork Institute of Technology for work in the area of quantum optics. Forty eight posters prepared by postgraduates were on display. Ten institutions from across the island of Ireland were represented in the competition.
Click here for more information and background to the medal.