New Honorary Member of the OePG  (Created: 2019-09-01)

On 28 August, 2019, a new honorary member of the OePG has been officially celebrated at the Joint Annual Meeting of the OePG and SPS 2019 in Zurich, Switzerland, for his continuous support of the Austrian Physical Society, and for increasing the visibility of Austrian physisists on a national and international scale:

Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schuster:

Curriculum Vitae:

Highlights:

• Triggered to establish an OePG Fachausschuss (division) "History of Physics" in 2004
• Started to look into the heritage of well known and not-so-well known Austrian physisists
• Started to straighten the inheritance of Christian Doppler, Josef Loschmidt and Nobel prize winner Victor Franz Hess
• Founder of the Victor Franz Hess Society in 2007
• Founder of the European Centre for the History of Physics – echophysics in Pöllau 2009
• Built an for Austria extraordinary exhibition in Schloss Pöllau (Pöllau, Styria) in 2010
• Strong engagement in the History of Physics group of the EPS - president of the History of Physics group from 2007 – 2017
• Peter managed to get 4 EPS Historic Sites to Austria:
  • Institut fuer Radiumforschung Vienna (distinguished as an EPS Historic Site on 28 May 2015)
  • Atominstitut der TU Wien (distinguished as an EPS Historic Site on 22 May 2019)
  • Institut für Physik, University Graz (to be distinguished as an EPS Historic Site in autumn 2019)
  • Victor F. Hess Lab at the Hafelekar/Innsbruck (to be distinguished as an EPS Historic Site in 2020/2021)
• Named Professor by the Styrian Governor in 2016
• Extention of the echophysics museum in Pöllau by an exhibition „Particularium“ in a separate building next to the echophysics museum, showing exhibits about energy harvesting and energy storage; opens 19 September 2019

Prices, Awards and Honors (selection):

Honoring Ceremony: Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schuster and ÖPG-Präsident Prof. Dr. Gottfried Strasser; Foto © Karl Riedling

Winners of the OePG Awards 2019  (Created: 2019-09-01)

On 28 August, 2019, the following awards have been granted at the joint Annual Meeting of the OePG and the SPS 2019 in Zurich:

• Ludwig Boltzmann Award: Dr. Maksym Serbyn (IST Austria) für für seinen Beitrag zu einer Theorie der Thermalisierung und Lokalisierung von Vielteilchen-Quantensystemen
• Victor Franz Hess Award (section "Nuclear and particle physics"): Dr. Marlene Turner (CERN) for her thesis "First Observation of the Seeded Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma"

The following prices have been awarded at the "LehrerInnentag 2019" (Teachers' Day) of the Austrian Physical Society in Vienna on September 27, 2019:

• Students' Award of the OePG: Vanessa Pichler (TU Vienna) for her thesis "Ansätze zur Quantifizierung in der Mikro-XRF-Analyse unter Verwendung eines speziellen Spektrometers für leichte Elemente"
  and
  Magdalena Schneider (TU Vienna) for her thesis "Overcoming Blinking Artifacts in Nanocluster Detection Using Two-Color Single-Molecule Microscopy"

Fotos: © Karl Riedling 2019

Award Ceremony: Prof. Dr. Gottfried Strasser and Dr. Maksym Serbyn (l.t.r.)

Award Ceremony: Prof. Dr. Gottfried Strasser, Dr. Marlene Turner und DI Dr. Ilse Krätschmer (l.t.r)

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools 2019  (Created: 2019-09-26)

On September 27, 2019 the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the "LehrerInnentag" of the OePG in Vienna:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

• 3rd Place: Katharina Isser (WRG der Ursulinen (Innsbruck)): "Die Konsequenzen der Quantenphysik für unser Realitätsverständnis" (Teachers: Mag. Thomas Möst, Mag. Manuel Franz)
• 2nd Place: Johannes Wolf (BRG Kremszeile (Krems)): "Eine experimentelle Untersuchung des Mpemba-Effekts und der Faktoren die ihn beeinflussen" (Teacher: Mag. Dr. Klaus Misof)
• 1. Preis:Johannes Windisch (BG/BRG Fürstenfeld): Der Teslatransformator - Bau, Analyse und Funktion des nach Nikola Tesla benannten Resonanztransformators zur Erzeugung hochfrequenter Wechselspannun" (Teacher: MMag. Dr. Michael Uhl)

Austrian Team at the 48th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Tel Aviv, Israel

Silver Medal:

• Elias Hohl (Graz)

Bronze Medal:

• Lucas Hörl (Purkersdorf)
• Florian Moll  (Klagenfurt)

Honourable Mention:

• Stefan Gradauer (Wien)

Participation:

• Jakob Prettenthaler (Graz)

Austrian Team at the 32nd International Young Physicists' Tournament 2019 in Warsaw, Poland:

• Jonathan Costa
• Luca Entremont
• Simon Gfreiner
• Miro Joensuu
• Rohan Walia

Fotos: © Karl Riedling 2019

All students who received an award at the "SchülerInnen- und LehrerInnen-Tag 2019" and their supervisors

New Honorary Members of the OePG  (Created: 2018-09-05)

On September 12, 2018, three new honorary members of the OePG have been officially honoured at the 68th Annual Meeting of the OePG 2018 in Graz:

em. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günther Bauer:

University education:

 Scientific career (selection):

Awards (selection):

em. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erich Gornik:

University education:

 Scientific career (selection):

Awards (selection):

em. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Rauch:

University education:

 Scientific career (selection):

Awards (selection):

Prof. Rauch, Prof. Bauer, Prof. Gornik; Foto © Karl Riedling

Prof. Bauer, Prof. Koch, Prof. Gornik, Prof. Rauch; Foto © Wolfgang Ernst

Prof. Rauch; Foto © Karl Riedling

Winners of the OePG Awards 2018  (Created: 2018-09-04)

On September 12, 2018, the following awards have been granted at the 68th Annual Meeting of the OePG 2018 in Graz:

• Fritz Kohlrausch Award: Dr. Johannes Fink (IST Austria) for the development of a new quantum electro-mechanics platform and its application as an on-chip microwave circulator
• Roman Ulrich Sexl Award: ao. Univ.Prof. Dr. Gernot Pottlacher for his excellent achievements in teacher training and for his great public relation work in the area of physics
  and
  
  Prof. Mag. Dieter Winkler for his excellent achievements in the teaching of physics and in physics teacher training
• Max Auwaerter Award: Dr. Fabio Donati for his thesis "Investigation of individual magnetic atoms at surfaces"
• Victor Franz Hess Award (section "Nuclear and particle physics"):
  Dr. Erica Brondolin (CERN) for her thesis "Track reconstruction in the CMS experiment for the High Luminosity LHC"
• Students' Award: Dipl.-Ing. Sabrina Mayr, BSc (TU Wien) for her thesis "Studies of Few-Monolayer Zirconia Films and Metal Nucleation on Zirconia Surfaces"
  and
  Alexander Schlager, BSc MSc (Universität Innsbruck) for his thesis "Preparing adjustable polarization entangled photon pairs from a Bragg-reflection waveguide"

Fotos: © Karl Riedling, Wolfgang Ernst 2018

All awardees at the 68th Annual Meeting of the OePG

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools 2018  (Created: 2018-09-18)

On September 28, 2017, the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the "LehrerInnentag" of the OePG in Vienna:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

• 1. Tommaso Calpini: Spiralwellen - Experimentelle Untersuchung von Flüssigkeitsfilmen auf einer rotierenden Fläche
• 2. Marlene Freilinger: Grundlagen, Bau und Ergebnisanalyse einer Nebelkammer
• 3. Melanie Sophie Klingenschmid: Statische und dynamische Belastungen im Skisport
• Daren Thimm (Special Award): Algorithmen von Quantencomputern

Austrian Team at the 48th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Lisbon

• Elias Hohl (Silver  Medal)
• Julius Tesarek (Honourable Mention)
• Robert Babin (Honourable Mention)
• Florian Moll
• Lukas Hörl

Prof. Helmuth Mayr, Prof. Marianne Korner, Prof. Stefan Lorbek (Supervisors)

Austrian Team at the Young Physicists' Tournament 2018 in Beijing:

• Alexander Langreiter (Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg)
• Flora Philipp (WRG Salzburg)
• Anja Schwab (BG/BRG Freistadt)
• Jonathan Costa (BRG Innsbruck)
• Luca Entremont (BRG Innsbruck)

Dr. Peter Poier and Mag. Julian Ronacher (Supervisors)

Fotos: © Karl Riedling 2018

All awardees at the 68th Annual Meeting of the OePG

Petition zur kompetitiven Budgetausstattung des Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF)  (Created: 2018-09-08)

Fünfzig wissenschaftliche Gesellschaften, die zusammen mehr als 22.000 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler vertreten, darunter auch die ÖPG, unter Führung des Verbands der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften Österreichs (VWGÖ) fordern in einer gemeinsamen Petition eine kompetitive Budgetausstattung des Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF). Diese Petition wurde am 15. August 2018 dem Bundespräsidenten und den zuständigen Mitgliedern unserer Bundesregierung übermittelt.

(28.08.2018)

Inzwischen sind Antworten des Antworten des Herrn Bundespräsidenten, des Herrn Bundeskanzlers und des Herrn Vizekanzlers auf diese Petition eingegangen.

(29.10.2018)

Petition zur kompetitiven Budgetausstattung des FWF

Winners of the OePG Awards 2017  (Created: 2017-08-30)

On September 1, 2015, the following awards of the Austrian Physical Society have been granted at the joint Annual Meeting of the OePG and the SPS 2015 in Linz:

• Ludwig Boltzmann-Award (OePG): Mikhail Lemeshko (IST Klosterneuburg)
  for his discovery of a new quasiparticle, the "angulon", which explains the rotation of molecules in quantum solvents.
• Victor Franz Hess Award (Nuclear and particle physics section): Christian Kohlfürst (University of Jena)
  Topic: "Electron-positron pair production in inhomogeneous electromagnetic fields"
• Anton Paar Science Award for Physics (OePG; section "Solid state physics"; award sponsered by Santner Privatstiftung): Tobias Huber (University of Innsbruck)
  Thema: "Quantum dots as photon sources"

More prices of the OePG - the Roman Ulrich Sexl-Award, the Students' Award and the awards for special achievements of students at Higher Schools - have been awarded at the "LehrerInnentag" on Thursday, September 28, 2017, in Vienna.

EPL Best Poster Awards (granted on August 25th, 2017):

• Christoph Murer (ETH Zurich) et al.: "Magneto-optical detection of the spin Hall effect in Pt and W thin films"
• Martin Bawart (Medical University Innsbruck) et al.: "Multi-colour operation of tunable diffractive lenses"
• Abhishek Sharma (CERN; Oxford University): "E-TCT studies and thermal characterisations towards the ITK phase-II upgrade"

The following prices have been awarded at the "LehrerInnentag 2017" (Teachers' Day) of the Austrian Physical Society in Vienna on September 28, 2017:

• Roman Ulrich Sexl Award: Mag. Günther Vormayr for his remarkable and sustainable initiatives for boosting the teaching of natural sciences, in particular, physics
  and
  Mag. Josef Gröchenig for his achivements in teacher training, for leading the "ARGE Physik" Carinthia, and for the training of students by visits to European research sites and their student labs
• Students' Award: DI Lukas Semmelrock for his thesis "Dissipative Losses in Self-Interacting Dark Matter Collisions"
  and
  DI Raphaela Wutte  for her thesis "Near Horizon Boundary Conditions for Spin-3 Gravity in Flat Space"

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools 2017  (Created: 2017-09-29)

On September 28, 2017, the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the "LehrerInnentag" of the OePG in Vienna:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

• 3rd Place: Julian Pichler (BG/BRG Wieselburg): "Fallbewegungen: „Freier Fall“ und Fall mit Luftwiderstand" (Teacher: OStR Prof. Mag. Wolfgang Klingenböck)
• 2nd Place: Kevin Kutlesa (BG/BRG Leoben): "Methoden der Werkstoffprüfung - Zerstörungsfreie und nicht-zerstörungsfreie Werkstoffprüfung" (Teacher: Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Gerhard Haas)
• 1. Preis:Iris Borns (Konrad Lorenz BG/BRG Gänserndorf): "Experimentelle Beschreibung der physikalischen Grundprinzipien zum Schutz vor ionisierender Strahlung" (Teacher: Mag. Katharina Sator)

Austrian Team at the 48th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Honourable Mention:

• Erwin Pfeiler (BRG Graz)
• Konstantin Mark (BG Feldkirch)

Bronze medal:

• Jonas Bodingbauer (HTL Leonding)
• Katharina Bogner  (BRG Rohrbach)
• Katharina Buczolich (HTL Eisenstadt)

Austrian Team at the Young Physicists' Tournament 2017 in Singapore:

• Amir Dellali (BRG Salzburg)
• Jakob Fiechter (Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck)
• Jonathan Hell (Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg)
• Philipp Reindl (HTL Leoben)
• Valentin Wiesinger (Akademisches Gymnasium, Salzburg)

Donations to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible also in 2016  (Created: 2016-11-07)

Donations (but not membership fees) to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible expenses in Austria. They have been tax-deductible since 2005, and by a decision of the tax office in charge dated October 10, 2016, will also be tax-deductible in 2016.

Please note: Due to changes in the pertinent legislation, the OePG would be required to report the personal data of donors to the tax office. The procedure required by the Ministery of Finance is exceedingly complex; the cost of its implementation would exceed the current annual volume of donations by far. The OePG has therefore decided to cancel its tax-deductibility status by December 31, 2016. Only donations given to the OePG prior to December 31, 2016 are tax deductible!

Official decision

Winners of the OePG Awards 2016  (Created: 2016-09-29)

On September 27, 2016, the following awards have been granted at the 66th Annual Meeting of the OePG 2016 in Vienna:

• Fritz Kohlrausch Award: Rinaldo Trotta (JKU Linz) for the conception and development of a novel class of semiconductor-piezoelectric devices which allows arbitrary quantum dots to be used as sources of entangled photons for quantum networking
  and
  Thomas Monz (Univ. Innsbruck) for the realization of Shor’s algorithm according to Kitaev in a quantum computer with trapped ions
• Roman Ulrich Sexl Award: Lothar Bodingbauer for his science-to-public activities in radio broadcasts „Physiksoiree“, „Vom Leben der Natur“ and „Radiokolleg“
  and
  
  Peter Schmid for his valuable inputs in further education and in the training of physics teachers
• Victor Franz Hess Award (section "Nuclear and particle physics"):
  Max Riegler for his thesis “How general is holography?“
• Anton Paar Science Award for Physics (section "Solid state physics"; award sponsered by Santner Privatstiftung):  Andreas Pospischil for his work on generation and detection of light in two-dimensional material
• Max Auwaerter Award: Barbara A. J. Lechner for her work “Studying complex surface dynamical systems using He-3 spin echo spectroscopy”
• Students' Award: Philipp Stanzer (TU Wien) for his thesis “Holographic entanglement entropy in heavy ion collisions”
  and
  
  Christoph Tietz (Univ. Wien) for his thesis “Investigation of the structure of lithium borate ionic glasses”

EPL Poster Awards (granted on September 29, 2016):

• Karin Hain (Univ. Wien), "Detection of Pu in Pacific Ocean water by AMS with respect to the Fukushima accident"
• Anna Weitzer (Univ. Graz), "Investigation of transitions conditioned by temperature and composition change in a 4 component lipid-only system"
• Jakob Alexander Genser (Montanuniversität Leoben), "Epitaxy of Highly Ordered Conjugated Organic Semiconductors Supported by Hexagonal Boron Nitride"

Fotos © Dipl.-Ing. Robert Alexander Herbst, POINT OF VIEW; poster awards: Computational Physics Group, Uni Wien

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools  (Created: 2016-09-29)

On September 27, 2016, the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the 66th Annual Meeting of the OePG 2016 in Vienna:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

• 3rd place: Stefan Unterweger (Bischöfliches Gymnasium Graz): "Innovation in Elektronik und Beleuchtungstechnik" (Teacher: Mag. Dieter Winkler)
• 2nd place: Nicolas Griebenow (Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster): "Abstandsmessung mittels Lasertriangulation" (Teacher: Prof. Gerhard Bergmair)
• 1st place: Rebecca A. Frank (AHS 22 Theodor Kramer Straße): "Mechanische Eigenschaften und physikalische Prozesse von künstlichen Muskelfasern" (Teacher: Mag. Juanina Oppel-Equiluz)

Austrian Team at the 47th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Zurich

Honourable Mention:

• Alexander Theis (BG/BRG St. Johann)

Bronze medal:

• Jonas Bodingbauer (HTL-Leonding)
• Katharina Buczolich (HTL-Eisenstadt)
• Florian Rudinger (Europagymnasium Linz)

Silbermedaille:

• Michael Pfeifer (BRG Klagenfurt)

Austrian Team at the Young Physicists' Tournament 2016 in Yekaterinburg, Russland:

Bronze Medal:

• Rebecca Frank (AHS Theodor Kramerstr., Wien)
• Johanna Hofer (BG/BRG Freistadt)
• Markus Niese (Akademisches Gymnasium, Salzburg)
• Luisa Schrempf (AHS Theodor Kramerstr., Wien)
• Alexey Zagorulko (Schottengymnasium der Benediktiner, Wien)

Fotos © Dipl.-Ing. Robert Alexander Herbst, POINT OF VIEW

Donations to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible also in 2016  (Created: 2015-11-17)

Donations (but not membership fees) to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible expenses in Austria. They have been tax-deductible since 2005, and by a decision of the tax office in charge dated October 12, 2015, will also be tax-deductible in 2016.

Official decision

Photo Presentation on the International Year of Light 2015  (Created: 2015-09-18)

In honour of the International Year of Light, Prof. Dr. Monika Ritsch-Marte has created a photo presentation from her photographic oevre that is truly worth to be seen:

(all photos © Monika Ritsch-Marte)

Winners of the OePG and SPS Awards 2015  (Created: 2015-09-01)

On September 1, 2015, the following awards have been granted at the joint Annual Meeting of the OePG and the SPS 2015 in Linz:

• Ludwig Boltzmann-Award (OePG):Josef Pradler (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Energy Physics, Vienna)
  for his series of works concerning the astrophysical, cosmological and direct detection probes of Dark Photons.
• ABB Award (SPS Award for General Physics, donated by ABB Schweiz AG): Gregor Jotzu (ETH Zurich)
  talk: "Experimental realisation of the topological Haldane model with ultracold fermions"
• Victor Hess Award (OePG; Nuclear and particle physics section): Valentin Knünz (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Energy Physics, Vienna)
  talk: "Measurement of quarkonium polarization to probe QCD at the LHC: From puzzles to understanding"
• IBM Award (SPS Award for Condensed Matter Physics, donated by the IBM Research Laboratory Rüschlikon): Simon Gerber (Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
  talk: "Switching of magnetic domains reveals spatially inhomogeneous superconductivity"
  and
  Bastien Dalla Piazza (Nanolive SA)
  talk: "Fractional excitations in the square lattice quantum ferromagnet"
• Anton Paar Science Award for Physics (OePG; section "Solid state physics"; award sponsered by Santner Privatstiftung): Dominik Göbl (Institute of Experimental Physics, JKU Linz)
  talk: "Electronic stopping and charge exchange of slow light ions in metals and semiconductors"
• Oerlikon Award (SPS Award 2013 for Applied General Physics, donated by OC Oerlicon): Branimir Radisavljevic (ABB Corporate Research, Dättwil)
  talk: "Single-layer MoS₂: Electronics in two dimensions"
• Roman Ulrich Sexl Preis (ÖPG): Gerhard Rath (Karl Franzens University Graz, and BRG Keplerstraße 1, Graz)
  for the integration of theory and practice in the field of physics education and the research-implementation of current trends into physics teaching and teacher-education
• METAS Award (SPS): Peter Rickhaus (Dept. of Physics, University of Basel)
  talk: "Electron-Optics in suspended Graphene"
• Students' Award (OePG): Claudia Gollner (Institute of Semiconductor and Solid State Physics, JKU Linz)
  for her master's thesis "Random Lasing in CdSe/CdS core/thick-shell Nanocrystals"
  and
  Dominik Kreil (Institute of Theoretical Physics, JKU Linz)
  for his master's thesis "Spin Sensitive Structure Factors and Response Functions in the two dimensional Electron Liquid"
• CHIPP Award (SPS): Lilian Witthauer (Departement Physik, Uni Basel)
  talk: "η-Photoproduction off Quasi-Free Protons and Neutrons Bound in Light Nuclei"

EPL Best Poster Awards (granted on September 4th, 2015):

• Simone Schuler (Photonics Institute, TU Wien) et al.: "Graphene-based integrated photonics"
• Daniel Moser (Atominstitut, TU Wien) et al.: "Investigation of systematic effects of PERKEO III"
• Qi Liang (Atominstitut, TU Wien): "Calorimetry of a Bose-Einstein condensed photon gas"

Slideshow: Winners of the OePG and SPS Awards 2015

Group picture of the awardees of September 1, 2015

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools  (Created: 2015-09-11)

On September 1, 2015, the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the joint Annual Meeting of the OePG and the SPS 2015 in Vienna:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

• 3rd place: Lena Schwarz (Lise Meitner Realgymnasium Graz): "Vorstellungen von LehrerInnen und SchülerInnen von 3. und 7. Klassen des BRG 1 zu nicht-sichtbarer Strahlung" (Teacher: Gerlinde Glück)
• 2nd place: Christoph Scherounigg (Bischoefliches Gymnasium Graz): "Zur experimentellen Untersuchung des Meißner-Ochsenfeld-Effekts an Hochtemperatursupraleitern" (Teacher: Mag. Elisabeth Decker)
  and
  Matthias Diez (Bischoefliches Gymnasium Graz): "2D-Gravitationssystem" (Teacher: Prof. Mag. Dieter Winkler)
• 1st place: Richard Sadek (BRG Kepler): "Entwicklung einer App zur physikalischen Analyse von Bewegungen in Videos" (Teacher: Mag. Dr. Gerhard Rath)

Awardee at "Physik im Advent 2014":

• Petra Thurner, Innsbruck

Austrian Team at the 28th Young Physicists' Tournament in Thailand:

• Rebecca Frank (AHS Theodor Kramerstrasse, Vienna)
• Luisa Schrempf  (AHS Theodor Kramerstrasse, Vienna)
• Iris Seitz (RG SSM, Salzburg)
• Markus Niese (Akademisches Gymnasium, Salzburg)
• Amir Dellali (BRG Akademiestraße, Salzburg)

Austrian Team at the 46th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in in Mumbai, India

Participation:

• Jakob Bachler (HTL Eisenstadt)
• Julius Piso (BGRG-4 Wien)

Honourable Mention:

• Michael Pfeifer (BRG Klagenfurt)

Bronze medal:

• Matthias Diez (Bischoefliches Gymnasium Graz)
• Lukas Wimmer (BRG Zell am See)

Slideshow: Award ceremony for School Awards

Group picture of the awardees of September 1, 2015

International Year of Light 2015  (Created: 2014-12-31)

On 20 December 2013, The United Nations (UN) General Assembly 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015).

This International Year has been the initiative of a large consortium of scientific bodies together with UNESCO, and will bring together many different stakeholders including scientific societies and unions, educational institutions, technology platforms, non-profit organizations and private sector partners.

You can find all information on the International Year of Light on its website, where there is also a calendar of all pertinent events.

Scientific events concentrating on the physical aspects of light:

 
Other aspects of light may be handled by various other organisations:

• Österreichisches Institut für Licht und Farbe

Official website of the International Year of Light 2015

Donations to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible also in 2015  (Created: 2014-10-30)

Donations (but not membership fees) to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible expenses in Austria. They have been tax-deductible since 2005, and by a decision of the tax office in charge dated October 3, 2014, will also be tax-deductible in 2015.

Official decision

Winners of the OePG Awards 2014  (Created: 2014-10-02)

On September 25, 2014, the following awards have been granted at the 64th Annual Meeting of the OePG 2014 in Poellau:

• Fritz Kohlrausch-Preis: Katrin Amann-Winkel (University of Innsbruck)
  for her studies on amorphous ice phases and their relation to ultraviscous liquids.
• Max Auwaerter Award: Stefan Förster (Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg)
  talk: "From ultrathin perovskites to oxide quasicrystals"
• Victor Franz Hess Award (section "Nuclear and particle physics"): Susanne Friedreich (ETH Zürich)
  for her studies on microwave spectroscopic study of the hyperfine structure of antiprotonic helium-3.
• Anton Paar Science Award for Physics (section "Solid state physics"; award sponsered by Santner Privatstiftung):  Rene Hammer (Materials Center Leoben)
  Talk: "Lattice simulation of Dirac fermions without fermion doubling: application to spintronics"
• Students' Award: Christian Prehal (Montanuniversität Leoben)
  for his master thesis "In-situ SAXS study on the ion dynamics in microporous carbon based supercapacitors"
  and
  Jakob Salzer (Vienna University of Technology)
  for his diploma thesis "The Cosmological Constant as a Thermodynamic Variable in 2d Dilaton Gravity"

Photos of the award ceremony

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools  (Created: 2014-10-02)

On September 25, 2014, the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the 64th Annual Meeting of the OePG 2014 in Poellau:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

• Industry Award (funded by Hans Höllwart Forschungszentrum für Integrales Bauwesen): Benjamin von Berg (Keplergymnasium Graz): "Die Möglichkeiten des 3D-Drucks mit dem Verfahren des Fused Deposition Modeling anhand des RepRap Prusa Mendel I2" (Teacher: L. Brandl);
• 3rd place:  Julia Salapa (Akad. Gymnasium Vienna): "Interferometrie von Materiewellen" (Teacher: E. Kronberger)
• 2nd place: Michael Fellner (BRG Wörgl): "Die Automatisierung einer Carrera-Rennbahn" (Teacher: Ch. Pronegg)
• 1st place: Philipp Haim (BRG Wels): "Von Lasern und Legierungen" (Teacher: P. Kragl)

Austrian Team at the 27th Young Physicists' Tournament in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom:

Christian Fellinger (BRG Geblergasse, Vienna)
Rebecca Frank (AHS Theodor Kramerstrasse, Vienna)
Vanessa Majnaric (AHS Theodor Kramerstrasse, Vienna)
Iris Seitz (RG SSM, Salzburg)
Paul Worm (captain) (Seebacher Gymnasium Graz)

Teachers: Th. Lindner, A. Usunov

Austrian Team at the 45th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in in Astana, Kasachstan

Honourable Mention:
Matthias Diez (Bischoefliches Gymnasium Graz)
Michael Pfeifer (BG/BRG Moessingerstrasse, Klagenfurt)

Bronze medal:
Florian Kanitschar (HTBL Eisenstadt)
Simon Jusner (BG/BRG Moessingerstrasse, Klagenfurt)

Gold medal and Special Reward of the OePG:
Oliver Edtmair (BG / BRG St. Martiner Strasse, Villach):

Teachers: H. Mayer, E. Stütz

Photos of the award ceremony

Walter Thirring, 29. April 1927 - 18. August 2014  (Created: 2014-08-22)

Die Österreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft trauert um em. o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. Walter Thirring, der uns allen als großer Mensch und  als Wegbereiter der theoretischen und mathematischen Physik in Österreich in Erinnerung bleiben wird. Walter Thirring, der mit Albert Einstein diskutierte, bei Erwin Schrödinger lernte und mit Werner Heisenberg und Wolfgang Pauli arbeitete, ist am 18. August 2014 im Alter von 87 Jahren verstorben. Mit ihm verliert Österreich einen Physiker von internationalem Format.

Die Österreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft hat Walter Thirring 1997 zu ihrem Ehrenmitglied ernannt.

In den vergangenen Tagen haben viele Einzelpersonen, aber auch die öffentliche Presse das Leben Walter Thirrings von verschiedenen Seiten beleuchtet und seine ruhige und brillante Größe in dankbarer Erinnerung gewürdigt.

Insbesondere danken wir hier einem seiner nahestehenden Kollegen, o. Univ. Prof. Jakob Yngvason, dass er sich bereit erklärt hat, einen ersten Nachruf unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der physikalischen Arbeiten von Walter Thirring zu verfassen, den er auch der ÖPG zur Veröffentlichung zur Verfügung gestellt hat. Ebenso möchten wir Frau ao. Univ. Prof. Heide Narnhofer danken, die im Namen der an der Universität Wien verbliebenen ehemaligen Schüler von Walter Thirring einen Nachruf verfasst hat.

(22.08.2014)

Nachrufe:

Nachruf von Jakob Yngvason

Nachruf von seinen Schülern, die am Institut für theoretische Physik an der Universität Wien geblieben sind

Universität Wien

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

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Wissenschaftsstadtrat Andreas Mailath-Pokorny

Sonderausgabe der ESI News des Internationalen Erwin Schrödinger Instituts für Mathematische Physik anlässlich des 80. Geburtstags von Walter Thirring
 

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Stellungnahme der ÖPG zur Ausbildung künftiger PädagogInnen  (Created: 2014-01-19)

Derzeit werden an Universitäten und Pädagogischen Hochschulen Curricula für die neue PädagogInnenausbildung entwickelt. Die Österreichische Physikalische Gesellschaft sieht es als Verpflichtung an der Gesellschaft bzw. der Ausbildung unserer Jugend, zu diesem wichtigen Prozess einen konstruktiven Beitrag einzubringen. Aus diesem Grund wurden, ausgehend von den Erfahrungen der schulischen und universitären Mitglieder der ÖPG und im Vergleich mit Curricula anderer Länder, eine Stellungnahme und Empfehlungen für die Gestaltung der Ausbildung künftiger PädagogInnen im Fach Physik erstellt. Die ÖPG ersucht, die angesprochenen Punkte in die Diskussionen einzubringen bzw. die Empfehlungen an die entsprechenden Gremien weiter zu geben.

(13.01.2014)

PädagogInnenbildung NEU - Stellungnahme und Empfehlungen seitens der Österreichischen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (ÖPG)

Appell der ÖPG an die neue Bundesregierung  (Created: 2013-12-16)

Die österreichischen Physiker verfolgen mit Besorgnis die Budgetreduzierungen im Bereich der Förderung von Grundlagenforschung. Diese Reduzierungen stehen in klarem Widerspruch zu den Aussagen der FTI-Strategie des Bundes aus dem Jahr 2011, wo es zum Thema Grundlagenforschung hieß:

Die Grundlagenforschung bildet eine wesentliche Basis für radikale Innovationen und ermöglicht der Gesellschaft, sich durch die Erweiterung der Grenzen wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnis weiterzuentwickeln. Als Kernbereich staatlicher Verantwortung ist Grundlagenforschung daher unverzichtbarer Bestandteil einer Innovation-Leader-Strategie. Der Anteil der Finanzierung der Grundlagenforschung am BIP ist mit 0,44% (2007) in Österreich niedriger als in wichtigen OECD-Benchmark-Ländern.

(16.12.2013)

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Donations to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible also in 2014  (Created: 2013-10-28)

Donations (but not membership fees) to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible expenses in Austria. They have been tax-deductible since 2005, and by a decision of the tax office in charge dated September 19, 2013, will also be tax-deductible in 2014.

Official decision

Winners of the OePG and SPS Awards 2013  (Created: 2013-09-11)

On September 4, 2013, the following awards have been granted at the joint Annual Meeting of the OePG and the SPS 2013 in Linz:

• Ludwig Boltzmann-Award (OePG): Claudiu Genes (University of Innsbruck)
  for his ground breaking work in the field of cavity-optomechanics, especially for his investigation of the coupling between light fields and nanomechanical motion and the creation of entanglement in optomechanical systems.
• ABB Award (SPS Award for General Physics, donated by ABB Schweiz AG): Titus Neupert
  talk: "Fractional quantum Hall states at zero magnetic field"
• Victor Hess Award (OePG; Nuclear and particle physics section): Claudia Lederer (University of Frankfurt)
  for her thesis "Neutron Capture Measurements on ⁶²Ni, ⁶³Ni and ¹⁹⁷Au and their Relevance for Stellar Nucleosynthesis" at the University of Vienna
• IBM Award (SPS Award for Condensed Matter Physics, donated by the IBM Research Laboratory Rüschlikon): Jelena Klinovaja
  talk: "Exotic Bound States in Low Dimensions"
• Anton Paar Science Award for Physics (OePG; section "Solid state physics"; award sponsered by Santner Privatstiftung): Heiko Groiss (JKU Linz)
  for his thesis "Structural Investigation of Novel Semiconductor Systems by Transmission Electron Microscopy"
• Oerlikon Award (SPS Award 2013 for Applied General Physics, donated by OC Oerlicon): Iris Crassee
  Talk: "Magneto-optical spectroscopy of epitaxial graphene"
• Students' Award (OePG): Max Riegler (Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU Vienna)
  for his masters thesis "Asymptotic Symmetry Algebras in Non-Anti-de-Sitter Higher-Spin Gauge Theories"
  and
  Richard Wollhofen (Institute for Applied Physics, JKU Linz)
  for his diploma thesis "STED-Lithography at the 55 nm Node"
• Roman Ulrich Sexl Award (OePG): Michael Stifter (HTBLuVA Wiener Neustadt)
  for the outstanding successes he has achieved together with his students at international robotics competitions;
  and
  Hans Heimo Tentschert (BG Rein)
  or his didactical work, in particular for his achievements in the area of free-hand experiments in physics classes.

EPL Poster Awards (granted on September 6, 2013):

• Reinhold Wartbichler (MU Leoben) et al.: "Influences of rippled titania surfaces on to the growth morphologies of 6P thin films"
• Laurin Ostermann (Univ. Innsbruck) et al.: "Dipole-dipole influenced Ramsey interferometry"
• Cezarina Cela Mardare (JKU Linz) et al.: "Al-Si thin films for hydrogen reference materials"

Viewgraphs of the award ceremony on September 4, 2013

Group picture of the awardees of September 4, 2013

Caption of the group picture of the awardees

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools  (Created: 2013-09-11)

On September 4, 2013, the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the joint Annual Meeting of the OePG and the SPS 2013 in Linz:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

• Industry Award: Florian Hechenberger (BORG Karajangasse Wien): "Das Plusenergiehaus" (Teacher: Mag. Ch. Balauschik); Award: One month of paid scholarship at the Hans Höllwart Forschungszentrum für Integrales Bauwesen
• 3rd place: Stefan Purkhart (BRG Hamerlingstraße Linz): "Stringtheorie - Grundgedanken und ihr Einfluss auf Teilchenphysik und Kosmologie" (Teacher: Mag. E. Stütz)
• 2nd place: Bianca Neureither (Gymnasium St. Ursula Salzburg): "Schwerelosigkeit und Mikrogravitation" (Teacher: Mag. S. Eder)
• 1st place: Maximilian Heinz Ruep (BRG Wallererstraße Wels): "Introduction to Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy" (Teacher: Mag. P. Kragl)

Austrian Team at the 26th Young Physicists' Tournament in Taiwan:

Fabian Exner (Gymnasium Geblergasse Wien)
Marc Gyöngyösi (Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg)
Stefan Kitic (Akademisches Gymnasium Salzburg)
David Schöngrundner (Seebacher Gymnasium Graz)
Paul Worm (Seebacher Gymnasium Graz)

Teachers: Th. Lindner, A. Usunov

Austrian Team at the 44th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Kopenhagen

Oliver Edtmair (BG Villach): Silver medal

Christian Schuster (BRG Brucknerstraße Wels): Bronze medal

Honourable Mention:
Florian Kanitschar (HTBL Eisenstadt)
Florian Riedl (HTL-Bulme Graz)
Moritz Theissing (BGBRG Klusemannstraße Graz)

Teachers: H. Mayer, E. Stütz

Viewgraphs of the award ceremony on September 4, 2013

Group picture of the awardees

Caption of the group picture of the awardees

Wolfgang E. Ernst elected as a Fellow of the EPS  (Created: 2013-04-11)

The current president of the Austrian Physical Society, Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang E. Ernst, has been elected as a Fellow of the EPS at the EPS Council Meeting in Strasbourg, France. He is the first Austrian to receive this honour. The long citation for his fellowship is:

For his world-recognized scientific contributions in high-resolution molecular spectroscopy, his advances in the optical spectroscopy of atomic and molecular species in quantum droplets, and for his outstandig service in the scientific physics community.

Currently there are 72 Fellows among the about 3500 individual members of the EPS, which amounts to approximately 2 %.

EPS website - EPS Fellows

Presentation of the new EPS Fellows at the EPS Council Meeting

Donations to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible also in 2013  (Created: 2012-10-05)

Donations (but not membership fees) to the Austrian Physical Society are tax-deductible expenses in Austria. They have been tax-deductible since 2005, and by a decision of the tax office in charge dated October 1, 2012, will also be tax-deductible in 2013.

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Winners of the OePG Awards 2012  (Created: 2012-09-24)

The following awards have been granted at the Annual Meeting 2012 in Graz:

• Fritz Kohlrausch Award: Dr. Alexander Franz Jesacher, Section for Biomedical Physics, Med. Univ. Innsbruck
  for his contributions to the field of modern optical microscopy
  and
  Dr. Daniel Kiener, Department Materials Physics, University Leoben
  for his contributions to the field of the plasticity in nanoscale dimensions
• Roman Ulrich Sexl Award: Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Nicolette Doblhoff-Dier, Gymnasium Maria-Regina, 1190 Vienna
  for a series of impressive school projects, e.g. „Sir Isaak Newton“ (study year 2011/12)
• Students' Award: Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Pospischil, Photonics Institute, TU Vienna
  for his diploma thesis „Electrical transport in atomically thin MoS₂ layers“
• Victor Hess Award: Dr. Tobias Jenke, Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, TU Vienna
  for his doctor's thesis “qBounce - vom Quantum Bouncer zur Gravitationsresonanzspektroskopie“
• Anton Paar Science Award: Dr. Martin Kaltenbrunner, Institute of Experimental Physics JKU Linz
  for his doctor's thesis
• Max Auwärter Award: Dr. Giuseppe Mercurio, Research Center Jülich
• Poster Prize for Scientific Contributions (sponsored by Europhysics Letters): Birgit Brandstätter, University Innsbruck
  for her poster "An ion-photon interface mediated by a cavity"
• Poster Prize "Physics and School": Engelbert Stütz, JKU Linz
  for his Poster "Mit Magnetfeldern hören"

Pictures of the prize award ceremony (Fotos Dr. Christian Teichert, MU Leoben) (text in German only)

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools  (Created: 2012-09-24)

On September 19, 2012, the following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the Annual Meeting of the OePG in Graz:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

1st place: Stefan Mazuheli (BG/BRG Knittelfeld): Die Teslaspule in Theorie und Experimenten

2nd place: Nadine Schmalzer (BR/BRG Enns): Materiewelleninterferometrie, and Thomas Kamencek (Neues Gymnasium Leoben): Halbleiter und Charakterisierung von Halbleiternanostrukturen

Industry Prize: Thomas Mülleder (BRG Kepler, Graz): Nanobeschichtungen. Nanotechnologie in Theorie und Praxis (Award: One month of paid scholarship at the Hans Höllwart Forschungszentrum für Integrales Bauwesen)

Austrian Team at the 43nd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Tallin:

Oliver Edtmaier (BG Villach) Silver medal

Tobias Karg (BRG Villach): Bronze medal

Maximilian Ruep (BRG Wels): Bronze medal

Martin Stadler (BRG Graz-Keplerstraße): Bronze medal

Cristoph Weis (BRG Graz-Carneri): Bronze medal

Austrian Team at the 24th International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) in Bad Saulgau, Germany - 8th place (among 28 participants):

Daniel Freidorfer (Bischöfliches Gymnasium Graz)

Gregor Diez (Bischöfliches Gymnasium Graz)

Matthias Diez (Bischöfliches Gymnasium Graz)

Tomas Kamencek (Neues Gymnasium Leoben)

Paul Worm (BG/BRG Seebacher)

Pictures of the prize award ceremony (Fotos Dr. Christian Teichert, MU Leoben) (text in German only)

The Odysseus contest of the European Physical Society  (Created: 2012-01-31)

The EPS together with Signosis, EA, and Space Expo, will be organising  a European contest for high school students, called Odysseus. The  project is open to teams of up to 5 students (ages 14 to 18) plus  their teacher/mentor.  They will be asked to develop a project on  themes relating to space and astronomy.

The contest opens in July 2012, when students can begin to upload their projects.

Projects will be selected at the national level (one per theme per country) to compete at the European level. The 3 best teams in each  theme will be invited to a final event for the presentation of their project and the awards ceremony, including a trip to ESA/ESTEC in  Noordwijk (NL).

Odysseus presentation

Odysseus dissemination

Odysseus website

Die OEAW geht auf die Straße - Aufschrei österreichischer Forscher(innen)  (Created: 2011-12-15)

Die Mitarbeiter/innen der steirischen ÖAW-Institute in Graz und Leoben kämpfen um ihren Fortbestand und laden deshalb zum Aktionstag "Rettet die Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften" am Montag, dem 19.12.2011, von 14-16 Uhr in der Herrengasse/Ecke Jungferngasse in Graz. Zeitgleich versammeln sich die Wiener Kollegen am Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz vor der Zentrale der ÖAW.

Die am 4. November 2011 unterzeichnete Leistungsvereinbarung zwischen dem Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung und der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften hat eine massive Kürzung des Budgets der größten und bedeutendsten außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtung unseres Landes zur Folge. Durch die entstehende Finanzierungslücke von 10-16 Mio. Euro drohen die Abgabe bzw. Schließung international anerkannter und nachweislich exzellenter Forschungseinrichtungen. Laut Aussage des Finanzdirektors der ÖAW bedeutet dies den Verlust von mindestens 300 eigenfinanzierten Vollzeitstellen für hervorragende Wissenschaftler/innen.

Ein derart drastischer Personalabbau ist beispiellos in der Geschichte der 2. Republik. Die gegenwärtige gesamtwirtschaftliche Situation kann als Begründung dafür nicht ausreichen. In keinem anderen Bereich sind vergleichbare Kürzungen vorgesehen. Da die von Kündigung bedrohten Mitarbeiter/innen selbst Drittmittelprojekte in der Höhe von ca. 22 Mio. Euro akquiriert haben, sind negative Multiplikatoreffekte zu erwarten.

Sie können helfen, diese Gefahr abzuwenden! Es gilt, die Öffentlichkeit für die dramatischen wissenschaftlichen, wirtschaftlichen und gesamtgesellschaftlichen Folgen dieses Abbaus zu sensibilisieren. Eine entsprechende Petition hat bis dato über 13.000 Unterstützer/innen gefunden.

Die gesammelten Petitions-Unterschriften werden am Montag, dem 19.12.2011 um ca. 15:30 Uhr symbolisch an lokale Politiker überreicht.

Petition der Mitarbeiter/innen der ÖAW

Awards for Special Achievements of Students at Higher Schools  (Created: 2011-10-07)

The following students at Austrian higher schools have received awards at the Physics Awards Day on September 22 in Linz:

Excellent theses in the area of physics:

Nicolas Huart (Evang. Gymnasium Wien): Neutrinos – Jagd nach den Geisterteilchen

Jennifer Neureiter (BRG St. Ursula-Salzburg): Faszination Fallschirmspringen – Physikalische Aspekte des Fallschirmsprungs

Martin Schnedlitz (BG/BRG Seebacher): PVC Phantoms for Photoacoustic Methods

Heinz-Georg Stangl (BG Horn): Funktionsweise von Rubidium- und Caesiumuhr und Beispiele ihrer Anwendung

Austrian Team at the 42nd International Physics Olympiad (IPhO):

Stephan Troyer (BG/BRG Lienz): Bronze medal

Christoph Weis (BG/BRG Carneri Graz): Bronze medal

Oliver Edtmair (BG/BRG Villach): Honourable Mention

Tobias Karg (BG/BRG Villach)

Alexander Pfleger (Akademisches Gymnasium Graz)

Austrian Team at the 24th International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) - 2nd place ("vice world champions"):

Katharina Ehrmann (WRG Ursulinen Innsbruck)

Daniel Freidorfer (Bischöfliches Gymnasium Graz)

Tomas Kamencek (Neues Gymnasium Leoben)

Maximilian Lasserus (BG/BRG Seebacher Graz)

Martin Schnedlitz (BG/BRG Seebacher Graz)

Zweiter Teil der jährlichen Mitgliederversammlung der ÖPG  (Created: 2011-08-26)

Der zweite Teil der Mitgliederversammlung der Österreichischen Physikalischen Gesellschaft findet im Rahmen des Physics Award 2011-Tages in Linz statt:

Alle Mitglieder der ÖPG sind eingeladen, nach Möglichkeit am Physics Award 2011-Tag und am zweiten Teil der Mitgliederversammlung teilzunehmen.

PDF-Version der Einladung und Tagesordnung

Tagesordnung der Mitgliederversammlung

1. Begrüßung, Genehmigung der Tagesordnung, Genehmigung des Protokolls des ersten Teils der Mitgliederversammlung
2. Bericht des Vorstandes
3. Rechnungsabschluss 2010 und Entlastung des Vorstandes
4. Berichte der Fachausschüsse
5. Festlegung der ermäßigten Mitgliedsbeiträge (siehe nachstehende Bemerkung)
6. Allfälliges

Bei der Mitgliederversammlung 2009 wurden die Mitgliedsbeiträge für die vollzahlenden Mitglieder aller Kategorien festgelegt; nicht festgelegt wurde die Höhe der ermäßigten Beiträge für Mitglieder assoziierter Vereine. Da es in der Folge zu Diskrepanzen zwischen der geübten Praxis und den vor 2009 geltenden Regelungen sowohl die Höhe der Ermäßigung als auch den betroffenen Personenkreis betreffend gekommen ist, wird die Mitgliederversammlung gebeten, durch Festlegung der ermäßigten Beiträge und des Personenkreises, auf den sie Anwendung finden sollen, für Rechtssicherheit zu sorgen.

Call for ESF Research Conference Proposals  (Created: 2011-07-18)

The European Science Foundation invites researchers to submit proposals for highlevel research conferences to take place in 2013 within the framework of its Research Conferences Scheme in the following scientific domains:
• Molecular Biology+
• Physics/Biophysics and Environmental Sciences
• Social Sciences and Humanities

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Winners of the OePG Awards 2011  (Created: 2011-06-20)

The following awards have been granted at the Annual Meeting 2011 in Lausanne:

• Ludwig Boltzmann Award: Dr. Barbara Kraus, University Innsbruck
  for her excellent achievements in the area of quantum information
  more information (in German only)
• Victor Hess Award: Dr. Markus Huber, University Graz
  for his doctor's thesis "On gauge fixing aspects of the infrared behavior of Yang-Mills Green functions"
  more information (in German only)
• Anton Paar Science Award for Physics: Dr. Igor Beinik, MU Leoben
  for his doctor's thesis "Electrical Characterization of Semiconductor Nanostructures by Conductive Probe Based Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques"
• AT&S Research Award: Dr. Bernhard Mandl, JKU Linz
  for his doctor's thesis "MOCVD growth of nanowires"

The Roman Ulrich Sexl Award has been presented at the Physics Day in Linz on September 22, 2011:

• Roman Ulrich Sexl Award: Mag. Leo Ludick
  for his lifelong excellent achievements in the area of education, in particular for the foundation of the Welios - Upper Austrian Science Center Wels

Communications of the Austrian Physical Society  (Created: 2011-07-13)

Due to the rising cost of printing and distribution, the publication of the OePG's periodical <Physik|AT> has been definitely discontinued by a resolution of the OePG's board at its meeting on May 30, 2011. The role of the printed communications has essentially been taken over by this website: The page "Current Scientific News and Contributions of the OePG" contains scientific news and reports that previously would have been published in the periodical, although with a much higher degree of topicality. Announcements of events, awards and jobs of interest for physicists and related scientists and engineers can be found under the appropriate sub-headings of the information pages. Older scientific contributions and reports and obsolete announcements are moved to the Archive pages of this website, where they remain for an unlimited time.

There is an authenticated access to information that ought to be restricted to members of the OePG. Authentification is based on the combination of name or member number and the OePG password. (Meanwhile, all members have received these data either by mail or by letter; furthermore, members may request their login data via this website.) In the restricted members' area we offer, among others, protocols of general assemblies and of board meetings, as announced at the general assembly on June 16, 2011 in Lausanne.

Those members that are not reachable by mail or have requested to get information in print will receive important information such as announcements of important events by letter. Such letters will be dispatched only if required, in irregular intervals.

Annual Meeting 2011 in Lausanne  (Created: 2011-06-20)

The annual meeting of the OePG took place in Lausanne between June 15 and 17, 2011, together with the annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society. Physicists from Austria and Switzerland jointly demonstrated the high level of physics and astronomy in both countries, enhancing the communication and cooperation between Austria and Switzerland.

Website of the Annual Meeting

Program of the Annual Meeting

Poster of the Annual Meeting

Location map EPF Lausanne

Program summary, including announcement of the OePG-Day of the Topical Committee "Physics and School"

Jährliche Mitgliederversammlung der ÖPG  (Created: 2011-06-01)

Die jährliche Mitgliederversammlung der ÖPG findet heuer im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Jahrestagung von ÖPG und SPG(15. - 17. Juni 2011, Lausanne) statt:

Alle Mitglieder der ÖPG sind eingeladen, nach Möglichkeit an der Jahrestagung und der Mitgliederversammlung teilzunehmen.

PDF-Version der Einladung und Tagesordnung

Tagesordnung der Mitgliederversammlung

1. Begrüßung, Genehmigung der Tagesordnung, Genehmigung des Protokolls der letzten Jahreshauptversammlung
2. Bericht des Vorstandes
3. Rechnungsabschluss 2010 und Entlastung des Vorstandes
4. Berichte der Fachausschüsse
5. Änderung der Statuten (siehe Bemerkungen unten)
6. Wahl des incoming Präsidenten (des Präsidenten für die Funktionsperiode 2013 - 2014)
7. Allfälliges

Hinweis zur Änderung der Statuten: Die Änderungen umfassen im Wesentlichen die folgenden Punkte:

• Änderung des Vereinssitzes: Es ist nicht praktikabel, wenn die reale Zustelladresse des Vereins, also die Adresse der Geschäftsführerin / des Geschäftsführers nicht mit dem offiziellen Vereinssitz übereinstimmt. Ein Konstrukt wie in der Vergangenheit ("Vereinssitz ist der Sitz der Geschäftsführung") ist gesetzlich nicht mehr zulässig. Es muss also bei einem Wechsel der Geschäftsführung der in den Statuten festgelegte Vereinssitz geändert werden.
• Befürwortung von Neu-Mitgliedern durch ein Mitglied: Da dies in den vergangenen Jahren nicht mehr konsequent praktiziert wurde, entfällt dieser Passus.
• Änderung des Termins für die Wahl der nächsten Präsidentin / des nächsten Präsidenten: Wie schon bei der Mitgliederversammlung 2010 in Salzburg berichtet, soll sich die nächste Präsidentin / der nächste Präsident ein Jahr vor ihrem / seinem Amtsantritt zunächst in der Funktion einer stellvertretenden Präsidentin / eines stellvertretenden Präsidenten in die Führung des Vereins einarbeiten können. Diese Regelung wurde jetzt in die Statuten übernommen.
• Eine analoge Regelung wurde aus den gleichen Gründen auch für die Geschäftsführerin / den Geschäftsführer vorgesehen.
• Die Statuten wurden Gender-neutral überarbeitet. Der (rechtlich ohnedies fragwürdige) letzte Punkt ("18. Sonstige Bestimmungen") der Statuten entfällt damit.

Entwurf der Statuten

Entwurf der Statuten (Änderungen markiert)