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PhD student wins SET award in Parliament

Emma Wisniewski-Barker a PhD student in the Optics Group won Third Prize in SET for Britain, a poster competition held in the Houses of Parliament.

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Congratulations to Dr. Stéphanie Rossit who is the 2012 recipient of the British Psychological Society Award

Congratulations to Dr. Stéphanie Rossit who is the 2012 recipient of the British Psychological Society Award for OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY for her thesis entitled ‘Action and Rehabilitation in Hemispatial Neglect’.

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Major accolade for University of Glasgow refrigeration expert

Professor Robert Hadfield, Professor of Photonics in the University’s School of Engineering, received the J&E Hall Gold Medal from the Institute of Refrigeration. This international prize is awarded annually for the ‘most noteworthy contribution to refrigeration and related technologies’.

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Tweezers work well under pressure

Writing in Physical Review Letters, Richard Bowman of the Optics Group has optically trapped micron-sized particles at Giga Pascal Pressures – comparable to the pressures found in stars.

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Optical Angular Momentum plenary lecture

Professor Miles Padgett gave talk at Photonics West 2013 in San Francisco

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Optics Group to host ICOAM 2013

The Optics Group will host international conference in The Burrell Collection, one of Glasgow's historic Museums.

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Optical Tweezers in 'The Cube'

Optics Group technology commercialised by partner

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IEEE Fellow named at University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow academic receives highest award from IEEE

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Great College Postgrad Win

Congratulations to David Ellis, whose debut publication in PLoS ONE made a huge splash in the media on Friday.

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Fellowship for University of Glasgow optics and photonics expert

Each year, SPIE (international society for optics and photonics) promotes members as new Fellows of the Society. In 2013 SPIE will honor 69 new Fellows of the Society this year.

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