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If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means,
and if you find truth you will become invincible.
In line with the University of San Carlos (USC) School of Arts and Sciences’ SAS Week 2021, the Carolinian Physics Society (PhySoc) and USC Astronomy Society will celebrate Physics Days 2021 with the theme Our Grand Unified Theory: How Physics Connects Us All in These Trying Times on 12-16 April 2021.
This event is a series of activities and contests that aim to promote passion and appreciation for Physics and to emphasize its importance in national development.
For more information on Physics Days 2021, please visit the USC Physics and Astronomy Society Facebook page.
Academician Jose B. Cruz, Jr. will be the keynote speaker for the 38th SPP Physics Conference in Legazpi City, Albay. He will share his ideas and thoughts on Complexity Challenges in Engineered Systems.
Jose B. Cruz, Jr. received the BS degree (summa cum laude) from the University of the Philippines, SM degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and PhD degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), all in electrical engineering. He had been Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio State University (OSU), Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and Associate Head of the ECE Department at UIUC. He is Professor Emeritus at UIUC, UCI, and OSU.
Dr. Cruz is a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). He received the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award; the IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal; the ASEE Curtis W. McGraw Research Award; the IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award; and the IEEE Education Society William E. Sayle III Achievement Award. He is a Member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and an Academician of the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines.
Dr. Cruz authored or coauthored seven books and more than 300 journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters on sensitivity analysis in circuits and systems, and feedback strategies in decision making for complex systems.
Dr. Cruz served as President of the IEEE Control Systems Society, a member of the IEEE Board of Directors, IEEE Vice President for Technical Activities, and IEEE Vice President for Publications. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Illinois and Ohio and a Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer (PEE) in the Philippines.
SPP is a member society of the AAPPS and is now accepting nominations for the AAPPS-APCTP Chen-Ning Yang Award. Nominees should demonstrate a commitment to both excellence in scientific research and development of leaders in physics in the Asia Pacific region. Please send your nomination package to hq@spp-online.org on or before 15 February 2022.
The following award guidelines are provided in the C.N. Yang Award website.
Background
The CN Yang Award has been established to honor young researchers with prominent research achievements and to promote the development of leaders in physics in the Asia Pacific region. The Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) and the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) have jointly established the AAPPS-APCTP Chen-Ning Yang Award (C.N. Yang Award).
Eligibility
Nomination Package
Selection Process
A selection committee, appointed by the AAPPS Division, the AAPPS and the APCTP, shall determine the recipient of the prize from the nominations, taking into account the overall quality and significance of the contribution and the creativity exhibited in the contribution.
Prize
The prize consists of a US$1000 monetary prize and a certificate for each recipient. The prizes will be presented to the awardees by the AAPPS President at the C.N. Yang Award Ceremony at the AAPPS HQ, and the recipients are invited to give talks and publish review papers to the AAPPS Bulletin.
Job Description:
The SPP Administrative Staff aids in managing, operating, and maintaining the Samahan. They help the Secretary General in processing official documents, preparing and managing the Physics Congress, and organizing official files in the SPP Office. They also help the Treasurer in managing the bank accounts and preparing the financial report of the Samahan. Other duties may be assigned to the Staff by the National Council as the need arises.
Some of what you’ll do:
Qualifications:
Expected compensation:
Php 15,000-20,000 per month, depending on experience.
Interested and qualified applicants should send an application letter and a copy of their resume to hq@spp-online.org (with Subject: “Job Application 2022”) as soon as possible. Please address all letters to: Elmer Estacio, PhD, SPP President.
Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP) and Bicol University (BU) representatives met last 23 January 2020 at the Ateneo de Manila University to develop the framework for an outreach workshop for STEM teachers in the Bicol region.
The planned 2020 SPP-BU Physics Education Outreach Workshop (PEOW) is scheduled for 1-2 June 2020 at the Bicol University as a pre-conference event for the 38th SPP Physics Conference.
In the first half of the meeting, ideas were shared on recent trends in physics education research, features of a desirable physics education workshop, and expectations of the workshop participants. During the second half of the meeting, these ideas served as input in laying down specific plans for the workshop. The PEOW aims to promote knowledge and tools that will empower STEM teachers hailing from the Bicol region. Finally, follow-up meetings with facilitators were scheduled to map the activities for the workshop and also for a physics education session during the main Physics Conference.
There are many challenges in physics teaching, research, and extension especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. In line with our goal to build a strong tradition and capability in physics, we invite you to the Physics Academic Festival during the 38th SPP Physics Conference.
The objectives of the Festival are:
During the Festival, various universities will present their physics academic programs and research and, also, share their challenges and strategies in adapting to remote learning.
The Physics Academic Festival is scheduled on Day 1 of the SPP 2020 Physics Conference (20 October 2020 from 1:00PM to 3:50PM). It is open to students, teachers, researchers, and the public.
For the first time since 2019, the Philippines sent a delegation to the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO), the pinnacle physics competition for pre-university students.
The Philippines was represented in the event by the student contestants Franco Mari Cabral (Philippine Science High School – Main Campus), Harold Scott Chua (Philippine Science High School – Main Campus), Gabriel Angelo Vila (Philippine Science High School – Calabarzon Regional Campus), along with the Team Leaders Dr. Jose Perico Esguerra and Dr. Alexander De Los Reyes, and Invigilators Dr. Rhenish Simon and Niña Angelica Zambale. Mr. Cabral and Mr. Chua received a Bronze Medal and an Honorable Mention, respectively.
The contestants from the Philippines took their theoretical and experimental exams in Quezon City synchronously with other IPhO contestants around the globe. The five national winners of the 2022 Philippine Physics Olympiad, which was co-organized by the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP) and the Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao (SPVM), were invited to represent the Philippines in IPhO 2022. Mr. Cabral, Mr. Chua, and Mr. Vila accepted the invitation, and trained whole-day for close to a month in preparation for the contest.
According to the IPhO statutes: the cutoff-scores for the various awards should be set after the preliminary marking and before the moderation sessions, and should ensure that the top 8% of the contestants are awarded gold medals, the top 25% of the contestants are awarded gold or silver medals, the top 50% of the contestants are awarded gold, silver, or bronze medals, and the top 67% are awarded gold, silver, bronze, or honorable mention. This year’s examination is the most difficult set of IPhO problems ever: the cutoff-score for a gold medal of 23.7 out of 50 is much lower than the previous record low gold cut-off score of 27.2 out of 50 in IPhO 2019 and record high gold cut-off score of 42.2 out of 50 in IPhO 2015. The IPhO 2022 exam consisted of three theoretical problems (Permanent Magnets, James Webb Space Telescope, Scaling Laws) and two experimental problems (Planet, Cylindrical Diode).
The International Physics Olympiad in 2020 was canceled, and the Philippines was not able to participate in the 2021 International Physics Olympiad due to logistical challenges and mobility restrictions. IPhO 2022 was initially planned to be hosted by Belarus as a hybrid in-person and online event. But in April 2022, the IPhO International Board voted to revoke the status of Belarus as host and explore other possibilities for IPhO2022. Switzerland was officially announced as the new host country in late May 2022. IPhO 2022 was conducted as a distributed in-person event with local invigilation and online monitoring from Switzerland from 10 to 17 July 2022.
The next International Physics Olympiad will be held in Tokyo, Japan from 10 to 17 July 2023.
Left to Right:
Invigilators Rhenish Simon and Niña Angelica Zambale; Contestants Franco Mari Cabral (Bronze Medal), Gabriel Angelo Vila, and Harold Scott Chua (Honorable Mention); Team Leaders Jose Perico Esguerra and Alexander De Los Reyes.
Photo Credit: Rhenish Simon