The CAP would like to thank and congratulate everyone that participated in this year’s 2021 CAP Virtual Congress and Best Student Presentation Competition, from the ~325 student competitors and 81-member judging team, to everyone who attended the talks and visited the posters. Your support and participation was vital to the success of the event.
As always, this year was met with a series of fantastic poster and oral presentations and all presenters should be proud of their hard-work and accomplishments!
The 2021 Best Student Presentation Competition CAP National Award Recipients:
The CAP Best Overall Student Oral Presentation Awards:
These awards were sponsored by the Canadian Light Source.
1ST PLACE
Nikhil Kotibhaskar / University of Waterloo
Towards a large scale fully programable trapped
ion quantum simulator
2ND PLACE
Pramodh Senarath Yapa / University of Alberta
Triangular Pair-Density-Wave in Confined Superfluid 3He
3RD PLACE
Max Yuan / University of Alberta
Towards the atomic scale readout of single acceptor
states in p-doped Si
HONOURABLE MENTION
Layale Bazzi / University of Windsor
Mapping Magnetic Field Around Metal with Pure Phase Encoding Magnetic Resonance Imaging
HONOURABLE MENTION
Naomi Bourbeau / Université de Montréal
Statistical analysis of pulsed spark discharges in
dielectric liquids
HONOURABLE MENTION
Marianna Moore / University of British Colombia
Using Underground Nuclear Accelerators in the
Quest for Dark Matter
HONOURABLE MENTION
Matthew Stukel / Queen’s University
KDK: Measuring the unique third forbidden electron capture decay of K-40 for backgrounds in rare-event searches
HONOURABLE MENTION
William Woodley / University of Alberta
A Modern High-Precision Calculation of Deep
Underground Cosmic Ray Muons
The CAP Best Overall Student Poster Presentation Awards:
These awards were sponsored by University of Waterloo’s Institute of Quantum Computing (IQC).
1ST PLACE
Wen Yi Song / York University
POS-J87 — Magnetic monopole production in heavy-ion ultraperipheral collisions at the LHC
2ND PLACE
Kaihim Wong / University of Winnipeg
POS-D27 — Moving toward faster measurements of micron-sized axon diameters in vivo
3RD PLACE
Stephen Harrigan / University of Waterloo’s IQC
POS-F47 — Microwave resonators for global control of electron spins qubits
HONOURABLE MENTION
Joseph Lindon / University of Alberta
POS-E30 — Quantum Gates in a Cold Atom System
HONOURABLE MENTION
Spencer Sillaste / University of Waterloo
POS-H79 — Homonuclear diatomic molecule properties from an orbital-free-related density functional theory
HONOURABLE MENTION
Yasaman Yousefi Sigari / University of Saskatchewan
POS-C10 — Vertical phase space measurement at Canadian Light Source
The 2021 CAP Division Student Presentation Awards Recipients:
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada (DAMOPC):
Poster Recipients:
1ST PLACE:
Joseph Lindon, University of Alberta
2ND PLACE:
Jacob Stephen, University of Windsor
Oral Recipients:
1ST PLACE:
Nikhil Kotibhaskar, Institute for Quantum Computing/Uniiv. of Waterloo
2ND PLACE:
Tushar K Saha, Simon Fraser University
3RD PLACE:
Yi Hong Teoh, University of Waterloo
Applied Physics and Instrumentation (DAPI)
Poster Recipients:
1ST PLACE:
Yasaman Yousefi Sigari, University of Saskatchewan
2ND PLACE:
Patrick Hunchak, University of Saskatchewan
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Thomas Domingo, McMaster University
2ND PLACE (TIE):
Giacomo Gallina, TRIUMF/Univ of British Columbia
2ND PLACE (TIE):
Hicham Benmansour, Queen’s University
NRC Quantum Sensors and Metrology
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Max Yuan, University of Alberta
2ND PLACE:
Prasoon Kumar Shandilya, University of Calgary
3RD PLACE:
Edith Yeung, University of Ottawa
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (including Magnetic North) (DCMMP)
Poster Recipients:
1ST PLACE:
Stephen Harrigan, Institute for Quantum Computing/Univ. of Waterloo
2ND PLACE:
Austin Lindquist, University of Toronto
3RD PLACE:
Clinton Potts, University of Alberta
HONOURABLE MENTION:
Michael Dunsmore, Univ. of Alberta
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Pramodh Senarath Yapa, Univ. of Alberta
2ND PLACE:
David Purschke, University of Alberta
3RD PLACE:
Laurent Molino, University of Ottawa
Gender Equity in Physics (DGEP)
Poster Recipient
1ST PLACE
Wen-Yi Song, York University
Nuclear Physics (DNP)
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Matthew Stukel, Queen’s University
2ND PLACE:
Wolfgang Klassen, University of British Columbia
3RD PLACE:
William Porter, TRIUMF/University of British Columbia
Physics in Medicine and Biology (DPMB)
Poster Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Kaihim Wong, University of Winnipeg
2ND PLACE:
Emma Blanchette, University of Windsor
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Layale Bazzi, University of Windsor
2ND PLACE:
Xingyuan (Kate) Zou, McMaster University
3RD PLACE:
Kyle Bromma, University of Victoria
Theoretical Physics (DTP)
Poster Recipients:
1ST PLACE:
Spencer Sillaste, University of Waterloo
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Marianne Moore, University of British Columbia
2ND PLACE (TIE):
Georgios Palkanoglou, University of Guelph
2ND PLACE (TIE):
Simran Nerval, Queen’s University
HONOURABLE MENTION:
Maria DiMarco, University of Waterloo
Particle Physics (PPD)
Poster Recipients:
1ST PLACE:
Danika MacDonell, Univ. of Victoria
2ND PLACE:
Wen-Yi Song, York University
3RD PLACE (TIE):
Melissa Baiocchi, SNOLAB
3RD PLACE (TIE):
Freyja Wang, University of Alberta
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
William Woodley, Univ. of Alberta
2ND PLACE:
Jakub Stacho, Simon Fraser University
3RD PLACE:
Richard Germond, Queen’s University/TRIUMF
Plasma Physics (DPP), Physics Education (DPE), Surface Sciences (DSS)
Oral Recipients
1ST PLACE:
Naomi Bourbeau, University of Montreal
2ND PLACE:
Joel Moreno, University of Saskatchewan
3RD PLACE:
Matheus Adam, University of Western Ontario
DPP Oral Recipients
HONOURABLE MENTION:
Heba Bsharat, University of Saskatchewan
DPE Oral Recipients
HONOURABLE MENTION:
Samantha Clark, Concordia University
DPE Poster Recipients:
HONOURABLE MENTION:
Daniel Dobrowolski, McMaster University