Program

The Workshop will be held at the Physics Department in the room AULA 109 starting at 8.45, on February 9th 2011.

Opening

8.45 - prof. Giuseppe Dalba, head of the department of Physics

First Morning Session

9.00 - 10.30
chair: dr. Lidia Pieri

  • Gabriele Calzā - Education, teaching and communication of Physics
  • Giovanni Acquaviva - The interpretation of horizon temperature through tunnelling methods and Unruh-deWitt
  • Anna Battisti - Computer simulation studies of biological molecules
  • Marco Larcher - Understanding Disorder Using Ultracold Atoms
  • Federica Bianco - Nonlinear optics in strained silicon waveguides

Coffee break

Second Morning Session

11.00 - 12.30
chair: dr. Paolo Bettotti

  • Alessandra Santini - Nano-materials and nano-particles for hydrogen production
  • Rajesh Pandiyan - Effect of Neodymium (Nd3+) doping on the structure, optical and photoluminescence properties of nanostructured TiO2 thin films
  • Massimo Eccher - Development of a photovoltaic dense array based on multijunction solar cells
  • Giovanni Paternoster - Silicon Solar Cells for Concentration Photovoltaic Applications
  • Fabrizio Sgrignuoli - Nanocrystalline Silicon Down-Shifter for Silicon Solar Cell

Conclusive Remarks

12.15 - Prof. Stefano Giorgini, deputy coordinator of the PhD School in Physics

Lunch break

Poster Session

14.30 - 15.30

Opening of the Academic Year

15.30 - Prolusion by prof. Lorenzo Pavesi, director of the PhD school in Physics

15.45 - 16.45
chair: prof. Ignazio Lazzizzera
Stefano Dusini - Lectio Magistralis: neutrino oscillations physics

Scientific break (coffee & physics)

16.45 - 18.00

Social dinner

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