News & Announcements

9 June 2017

Physics Enrichment Camp (PEC) 2017 has came to and end on 9 June 2017. It is an annual Physics outreach programme targeted at Secondary School and Junior College students. A wide variety of activities include:

1. Highly entertaining lectures and live demonstrations by our faculty staff.
2. Research/teaching lab tours where students peek into the working principles behind state-of-the-art instruments and utilities of research centres such as Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA) and Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT).
3. Interactive hands-on activities, designed by student members of the NUS Physics Society, that aim to illuminate Physics concepts and their interesting applications.

Our deepest appreciation goes to staff and student organisers of PEC 2017, including Dr. Nidhi Sharma, Mr. Samuel Wu Tong Meng, Mr Lim Geok Quee and PEC Director Mu Young Kim. We thank all lecturers, experiment and student guides who are paramount to the success of the event. Special thanks also to photographers Seah ZongLong and Clarence Liu. Most of all, we thank you students for your keen participation in this outreach programme and hope you find PEC 2017 both fun and enriching!

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You may find photos taken during the event below:
Secondary School
Junior College

6 - 9 June 2017

Targeted at secondary and junior college-level students, the Physics Enrichment Camp primarily aims to instil an interest in Physics amongst the students through providing a highly interactive learning experience.

20 - 22 July 2017

Dear incoming physics freshmen, we welcome you to join the Physics Orientation Camp 2017, makes friends and get a feel of how NUS Physics is like prior to school start!

Date: 20 - 22 July 2017 (3 days 2 nights)

Sign up at https://tinyurl.com/POC17Freshmen. We look forward to seeing you!

6 March 2017

The long-awaited new Physics shirt is now available for purchase!

As you, Physics undergraduate, may have guessed, the design was inspired by our Physics Department lecturer, Dr. Wang Qinghai. We thank him for being so sporting to have donned on the shirt for our publicity. We also like to thank Park Kun Hee (Year 2 Physics Major) for creating most part of the design.

For those who have pre-ordered, we have reserved the sizes of your choice. Drop by Physics Society room at S13-M-06 to collect them now! If you are interested in purchasing the Spherical Cat shirts, we regret to inform that there are only blue ones left with limited sizes. (Opening hours from 10.00am to 6.00pm are subject to the Management Committee members' availability.)

7 February 2017

Wong Su Yi Esther joined us as our Honorary Physics Orientation Camp Director.

The members of the 30th Management Committee are as follows:

President: Soh Yong Qi
Vice President: Lai MingRui
Honorary General Secretary: Ravinraj S/O Ramaraj
Honorary Treasurer: Dexter Huang Lu Ming
Honorary Events Master (Internal): Koh Jun Hao
Honorary Assistant Events Master (Internal): Lim Kian Hwee
Honorary Events Master (External): Fong Cheng Hung
Honorary Assistant Events Master (External): Jonathan Lau Wei Zhong
Honorary Publicity Director: Chin Chia Joo
Honorary Design Director: Khoo Shi Hui
Honorary Publications Director: Chen Jia Pern Neville
Honorary Resource Director: Ng Yu Heng Nicholas
Honorary Physics Enrichment Camp Coordinator: Kim Mu Young
Honorary Academic Director: Kim Mu Young
Honorary Physics Orientation Camp Director: Wong Su Yi Esther

Congratulations, and all the best!

10 November 2016

In the Extraordinary General Meeting on 10 November 2016, Chen Jia Pern Neville joined us as our Honorary Publications Director.

The members of the 30th Management Committee are as follows:

President: Soh Yong Qi
Vice President: Lai MingRui
Honorary General Secretary: Ravinraj S/O Ramaraj
Honorary Treasurer: Dexter Huang Lu Ming
Honorary Events Master (Internal): Koh Jun Hao
Honorary Assistant Events Master (Internal): Lim Kian Hwee
Honorary Events Master (External): Fong Cheng Hung
Honorary Assistant Events Master (External): Jonathan Lau Wei Zhong
Honorary Publicity Director: Chin Chia Joo
Honorary Design Director: Khoo Shi Hui
Honorary Publications Director: Chen Jia Pern Neville
Honorary Resource Director: Ng Yu Heng Nicholas
Honorary Physics Enrichment Camp Coordinator: Kim Mu Young
Honorary Academic Director: Kim Mu Young

Congratulations, and all the best!

3 November 2016

Come join us for Spark The Gap on Wednesday (3 November, 6.15pm)!

Spark The Gap (STG) is a talk series in which staff/students are invited to speak about various physics topics.

27 October 2016

On 27th and 28th October, Science Club organised its annual Halloween event for the Faculty of Science (FoS). Student-led clubs and society under FoS were invited to set up booths along the walkway near the newly opened Science Student’s Hub. The theme for this year’s Halloween was ‘The Last Train’, inspired by the well-received movie ‘Train to Busan’. Apart from the manning of booths, areas around our familiar campus were given a temporary facelift to create an atmosphere befitting of the event.

5 October 2016

Come join us for Spark The Gap on Wednesday (5 October, 6.15pm)!

Spark The Gap (STG) is a talk series in which staff/students are invited to speak about various physics topics.

Register now at www.tinyurl.com/PhysocSTG16-3. Limited seats available. Light refreshments will be provided.

15 September 2016

Come join us for Spark The Gap on Thursday (15 September, 6.15pm)!

Spark The Gap (STG) is a talk series in which staff/students are invited to speak about various physics topics.

Register now at www.tinyurl.com/physocSTG16. Limited seats available. Light refreshments will be provided.

14 Sep 2016

Physoc is hosting the annual Mid-Autumn Festival celebration again. Come join us for a fun evening of games and food, together with the other Physics students and faculty staff!

Time: 14 Sep 2016 (Wed), 6.00pm
Venue: Science Canteen Level 2 (Multipurpose Hall)
Free admission with buffet provided

Hope to see you there on Wednesday!

23 August 2016

Come join us for Spark The Gap on Thursday (25 August, 6.30pm)! Spark The Gap (STG) is a talk series in which staff/students are invited to speak about various physics topics.

Register now at www.tinyurl.com/physocSTG16. Limited seats available. Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is over. Click here to watch the talk!

8 August 2016

Interested to study with other physics major? Join Student Mentor Group Chat(SMGC)!

SMGC is a student-initiated group aimed to help out students with academic needs. Interested freshmen and sophomores will be assigned to a tutor through Whatsapp group. You may post their academic queries or arrange study group sessions on the group chat.

Leave us a message on facebook or email us at physoc@u.nus.edu for registration!

24 August 2016

On Monday, 22 August, NUS Physics Society held our 30th Annual General Meeting, during which the 30th Management Committee was elected.

The 29th Management Committee would like to thank everyone for your support throughout the past year, and we hope that you will continue to lend your support to the newly minted 30th Management Committee in the upcoming year. Fresh and brimming with enthusiasm, the new team promises to deliver yet another exciting year ahead. The members of the 30th Management Committee are as follows:

President: Soh Yong Qi
Vice President: Lai MingRui
Honorary General Secretary: Ravinraj S/O Ramaraj
Honorary Treasurer: Dexter Huang Lu Ming
Honorary Events Master (Internal): Koh Jun Hao
Honorary Assistant Events Master (Internal): Lim Kian Hwee
Honorary Events Master (External): Fong Cheng Hung
Honorary Assistant Events Master (External): Jonathan Lau Wei Zhong
Honorary Publicity Director: Chin Chia Joo
Honorary Design Director: Khoo Shi Hui
Honorary Publications Director: Liu Song Qing
Honorary Resource Director: Ng Yu Heng Nicholas
Honorary Physics Enrichment Camp Coordinator: Kim Mu Young
Honorary Academic Director: Kim Mu Young

Congratulations, and all the best!

5 June 2016

Hi there, NUS Freshies!

NUS Physics Society is organizing a Physics Orientation Camp (POC) this year for all the potential Physics freshmen! The details are listed below:

Title - The Determinator
Date - 13th-15th July 2016 (Wed - Fri), 3D2N camp
Fee - $28 (early bird sign ups) / $30 (after 30 May)

Why should you sign up for POC'16?
The camp will be a great avenue for you to interact with your other fellow like-minded freshies and make new friends. Additionally, you can expect great fun and games throughout the camp, mixed with an engaging storyline! Your seniors will also be interacting with you and sharing their experiences and advice on life as a physics major in NUS! They will also come back on the day of NUS module bidding to assist you with the confusing bidding process. Lastly, it doubles up for networking with seniors who will be able to guide you when you need help with physics.

Camp Storyline sneak peek:
"Your Race is among one of the few that have been called upon by the Intergalactic Union to retrieve the lost Artifact known as "the Determinator". It will be no easy task. You will be expected to pass stringent tests of ability, escape from challenging situations, solve intricate riddles and venture through the vast uncharted Space. Only then can you hope to find the whereabouts of the Artifact, retrieve it safely, and bring glory to your Race. Yet, nobody knows how the future will unfold, and surprises may await you..."

The sign up link is: www.tinyurl.com/poc16
You may contact us at poc16enquiry@gmail.com/ 93886217 or through our Facebook page for more details! We look forward to your participation in POC 2016 (:

31 May 2016 - 3 June 2016

Targeted at secondary and junior college-level students, the Physics Enrichment Camp primarily aims to instil an interest in Physics amongst the students through providing a highly interactive learning experience. A wide variety of activities include:

- Highly entertaining lectures by our faculty staff, commonly accompanied by captivating live demonstrations.

- Research lab tours where students gain a rich insight into the research work by Centre for Advanced 2D materials, Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), Centre for Ion Beam Applications (CIBA), etc.

- Teaching lab tours where students can learn the principles of laser, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and discover some of the experiments that are part of our Physics undergraduate curriculum.

- Students also get to experience interactive hands-on activities, conducted by NUS Physics majors (a few non-Physics majors too), that aim to illuminate Physics concepts and their interesting applications.

This year's PEC has been a success owing to the dedication of many NUS staff and student helpers. In particular, Physoc Committee Members together with staff of Physics Department have invested commendable efforts in the planning of PEC 2016. We also like to thank all Secondary School and Junior College participants of PEC for their kind support and keen attitude towards exploring Physics. Above all, we hope the experience had been an eye-opener and an inspiration to the young and curious!

View PEC 2016 photos at our facebook page or the gallery section.

14 Jan 2016

In the coming 2016 Chinese New Year festival, Physoc is organising a steamboat dinner open to all staff and students of the Physics department.

Steamboat dinners are traditionally a gesture of reuniting. Through this event, Physoc offers the warmth of company, the resonance of laughter and dearly hopes to promote the interaction of staff and students. Spend an evening with us on the 2nd February to savour a hot pot meal as you catch up with your friends and make your presence a joy to others. Sign up for the steamboat dinner at http://tinyurl.com/physocCNY16. We look forward to seeing you!

A post-event article can be found here.

03 Oct 2015

The annual NUS Physics Society T-Shirt Design Competition is here again! Display your creativity through this opportunity to express what Physics means to you.

Simply send in your original designs with the following requirements:

1. Include the words "NUS Physics"

2. Limited to a maximum of three colours

3. Brief description of the design concept

The contest will be open till 12 Oct 2015. To participate, send in your designs, together with the short write-up, to publicity.physoc@u.nus.edu. The most popular designs stand to win attractive prizes! For more details on the rewards, please refer to the poster attached.

14 Sep 2015

The NUS Physics Society will be holding our annual Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations this coming Thursday (14 Sept):

Venue: In Front of LT29 (Near Carpark 9)
Time: 6.00 pm – 8.30 pm

Come join us for an fun and heart-warming evening of games, good food and friendship! An exciting range of activities await you. Take the opportunity to interact and mingle with fellow physics students and even faculty, all while enjoying a barbeque dinner under the night sky. Participate in our various carnival games and stand a chance to win attractive prizes. Relive your childhood days with sparklers and gaze together at the moon.

Looking forward to the event already? Because we ourselves certainly are! Hope to see you there on Thursday!

31st Aug 2015

The 28th Management Committee of the NUS Physics Society held its final Annual General Meeting last Thursday, during which the new Management Committee was elected.

We are pleased to announce the members of the 29th Management Committee:

President	Aaron Chong Jun Hao
Vice President	Ignatius William Primaatmaja
Honorary General Secretary	Wong Chi Yan
Honorary Assistant General Secretary	Jonathan Yeo Jian Wei
Honorary General Treasurer	Ng Kian Fong
Honorary Assistant General Treasurer	Lisa Goh Wan Khee
Honorary Publications Director	Cheah Chung Yin
Honorary Publicity Director	Soh Yong Qi
Honorary Assistant Publicity Director	Khoo Shi Hui
Honorary Event Master (Academic)	Wesley Wong Lee Wei
Honorary Event Master (Non-Academic)	Lee Yoke Ling
Honorary Assistant Events Master	Kow Yong Sheng
Honorary Welfare Secretary	Kam Mao Quan, Gabriel
Honorary Public Relations Director	Ang Wee Lin Joyce
Honorary Resource Director	Szeto Dee Loon Dillon

The 29th Management Committee looks forward to a fruitful and exciting year ahead with plenty of events, both academic and non-academic, in store for the physics community!

16 August 2015

he 29th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NUS Physics Society will be held on 20th August 2015 (Thursday), 6.30 pm, at LT31 (S16 Level 3). All Physics students and interested parties are welcome to attend. The 29th Management Committee (MC) will be elected at this event.

The provisional agenda of the AGM is as follows:
1. Opening Address by the 28th MC President
2. Presidential Address by the 29th MC President
3. Minutes of the 28th AGM
4. Annual Report for AY14/15
5. Audited Financial Statements for AY14/15
6. Election of Office-bearers for the 29th MC
7. Closing Address by the 29th MC President

11 August 2015

Welcome back to a fresh new semester! Here's wishing everyone a great year ahead!

We are starting off the semester with the annual Physics Induction Workshop, which will be held in LT31 on 12th August (Wed), from 2.10 - 5.10 pm. The Physics Induction Workshop is organised to guide freshmen on how to maximize their learning experience here in NUS Physics. There will be notable faculty members speaking on various topics. The full programme can be found here.

Do come on down to join us in answering important questions such as:
1) How to approach physics problems?
2) What are the NUS resources and opportunities to enhance your physics education?
and many others. Refreshment will be provided for the event.

The workshop is compulsory for all physics freshmen. However, we would strongly encourage Year 2 and 3 students to attend the workshop as well.

25 July 2015

All too soon, another year has gone by, and it is time for the 28th NUS Physics Society Management Committee to pass down the baton to a new generation.

Have you enjoyed the events that have been put together by the NUS Physics Society? Or do you think that you can do better? If you would like to contribute towards the NUS Physics community, then do consider stepping up and joining the next Management Committee!

For more details on the positions available and the major activities that the NUS Physics Society is involved in, please click here. You may also want to browse around on our website to find out more about all the exciting happenings that have been going on.

To nominate yourself for the 29th Management Committee, please visit:
http://tinyurl.com/NUSPhysoc29thMC
Nominations are open until midnight of 16 August 2015 (Sunday). Freshmen are most welcome to apply. However, please take note that:

• The position of President is not open for nomination.
• The positions of Vice-President, General Secretary and Treasurer are classified as EXCO positions.
• Freshmen are only eligible for non-EXCO positions.
• Applicants interested in any of these three EXCO positions should follow the instructions in the nomination form.
• The Management Committee functions as a whole and members should expect to help out for most of the events.

For any further enquiries, please contact nus.physoc@gmail.com.

The 29th Management Committee will be formally elected during our 29th Annual General Meeting, which will be held on 20 August 2015 (Thursday), 6.30pm, at LT31 (S16 Level 3). All Physics students and interested parties are welcome to attend the event.

11 May 2015

Joining NUS Physics as a freshie in the upcoming academic year? Want to meet like-minded people, make new friends and have a fun bonding time before the academic year kicks off?

Wait no further: the NUS Physics Orientation Camp 2015 will be happening on 6-8 July 2015 (Mon-Wed)! There will be a fun-filled Campus Tour, cycling, as well as numerous other highlights that are sure to make your 3 days with us worthwhile!

For more details and to sign up for the camp, please visit:
http://tinyurl.com/NUSPhysicsFreshie2015.
Sign-ups are open until midnight of 30 June 2015 (Sun). For any further enquiries, please contact nusphysoc.events@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you at the camp!

27 Apr 2015

22 Apr 2015

Once again, the examination season looms by on the horizon. It is the time for mugging and of course, practicing past year exam papers. Did you know that the NUS Physics Society maintains a database of past year exam questions and solutions at
http://www.physics.nus.edu.sg/~physoc/beta/pyp-solutions.html​?

A dedicated team is in the midst of revamping and updating the solution database. The updated solutions are highlighted in yellow and have been verified by NUS Physics alumni. Currently, the solutions that have been updated are: PC1143 AY12/13 and PC1143 AY13/14. Of course, the solutions for the exams from the various other physics modules and years are still available as well, and these will be updated in due course.

We hope that these solutions will prove useful to you in your exam preparations, and we wish you all the best in the upcoming examinations!

19 Apr 2015

The Physics Department is currently recruiting helpers for the Physics Enrichment Camp 2015. The Physics Enrichment Camp is an annual day camp for secondary and JC students. It aims to instill an interest in and appreciation of Physics among the students through providing a highly interactive and wonderful learning experience.

If you are looking for something meaningful and engaging to do during the summer break or want to inspire youths through fun and exciting activities, then wait no further: sign up as a helper for the Physics Enrichment Camp today at
http://tinyurl.com/PEC2015!

There will a total of four sessions available - on the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th of June, and you may choose to help out on any one or more of the days. Helpers will be remunerated at an attractive rate of S$50/day, and breakfast and lunch will also be provided.

Do note that:
(1) There will be a briefing held on 12th May (Tues).
(2) There will be a trial run of the activities in the week before the actual event (to be held some time between 2 - 5 June).

For more details, please visit our website or contact us at nus.physoc@gmail.com.

26 Mar 2015

NUS Physics Orientation Camp '15 is now recruiting seniors! Enjoyed the inaugural orientation camp held earlier this year? Or have you heard about the great and exciting experience from your friends? Want to have fun with your friends and also shape the experiences of the future generation of physics majors?

Sign up today at
http://tinyurl.com/nusPOCsenior2015! Applications are open from now till 15th May.

The camp will take place from 6-8 July, with a prep camp on 22-23 June. For any inquiries or clarifications, please contact nusphysoc.events@gmail.com.