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27th SPP Physics Congress

CALL FOR PAPERS. You are invited to participate in the 27th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress which will be held at the Development Academy of the Philippines Convention Center in Tagaytay City, Philippines from October 28 - 30, 2009.

The Congress will include plenary, invited and contributed papers and workshops. The workshops will feature hands-on laboratory experiments, lively demonstrations and small-group discussions of Physics and Physics Education topics. The workshops will be conducted by leading physicists and experienced physics educators of the country today.

21 April 2009. Roskilde, Denmark. A collaborative team of researchers from the Danmarks Tekniske Unversitet (DTU), Denmark and the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UPD) has developed a novel method that utilizes random speckle patterns to analyze time-varying electromagnetic wavefronts [1]. Speckle patterns are random light distributions formed when a laser beam is transmitted or reflected from a rough object. Speckles are generally considered optical noise and are undesirable due to image degradation.

2008 NRCP Award for Physics

Dr. Christopher Monterola
25 March 2009. Manila, Philippines. The National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP ) conferred the 2008 Basic Research Achievers to twelve Filipino scientists in its 76^th General Membership Assembly at the Polkabal/Rigodon Halls of the Manila Hotel. The achievement award for Physics goes to Dr. Christopher Monterola of the National Institute of Physics (NIP ), University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Dr. Monterola has been awarded for his pioneering work in the innovative use of physical and mathematical concepts to the study of complex systems such as neural networks and self-organized criticality. His research sheds new light in understanding a wide variety of phenomena such as segregation of particle suspension, granular flow and avalanche, fracture propagation, classroom learning dynamics, and opinion forecasting among others.

Granular segregation by heating

12 March 2009. Quezon City, Philippines. A novel idea by researchers from the University of the Philippines - Diliman has potentials for significant industrial applications. Granular materials are the second most manipulated substance in the industry after water. Completely mixed cement, sand and gravel in the right proportions is vital in construction, while segregation is important in handling chemicals and drugs. This led to a surge in the number of granular materials research aiming to quantify the conditions needed for segregation and/or mixing. Rotating or vibrated tumblers have been shown to produce either phenomena for particular values of frequencies or under special configurations (e.g. baffled tumblers). But there is yet another possible driver of segregation or mixing that is relatively untouched: the convection cells of made by a fluid heated at the bottom and cooled at the top.

5 December 2008. Science Magazine. The Philippine government is hoping to reinvigorate its science base by improving science education, expanding scholarship programs, and raising research spending. But will it be enough to lure back expatriate scientists? Read more...

Low-energy hydrogen ion shower treatment of teflon

27 November 2008. Quezon City, Philippines. A team of researchers from the National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines has proposed tailoring the properties of Teflon by coating it with hydrogen to make it suitable for specific applications. Teflon or Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) has gradually developed to become the seminal material in numerous applications. By virtue of its incredibly versatile characteristics, its potential use in a modern technological society appears limitless- ranging from electrical and electronics, food packaging and processing, biomedical, chemical and mechanical to agricultural and aeronautical applications. The ease with which the surface attributes of PTFE can be manipulated without altering its bulk composition suggests that the logical focus should be towards tuning PTFE surface to suit a particular application. Surface modification allows for the change and improvement of the property of a material, making the processed material more useful in various aspects.