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First Biennial African Conference on Fundamental Physics and Applications

from Thursday, June 28, 2018 (8:30 AM) to Wednesday, July 4, 2018 (8:00 PM)
Namibia University of Science and Technology (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Jun 28, 2018
Jun 29, 2018
Jun 30, 2018
Jul 1, 2018
Jul 2, 2018
Jul 3, 2018
Jul 4, 2018
AM
8:40 AM
Opening - Dharm Singh (Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)) (until 9:40 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
8:40 AM Director of Ceremony   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
8:50 AM Welcoming Address - Vice Chancelor (NUST)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM Guest Honor Address - Minister of Higher Education, Training and Innovation   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:20 AM Acknowledgments - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:40 AM
Nuclear and Particle physics - Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR)) Dave Charlton (University of Birmingham (GB)) Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) (until 10:40 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:40 AM Standard Model and Higgs physics - Dave Charlton (University of Birmingham (GB))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:05 AM Searches for Physics beyond the Standard Model at the LHC - Jory Sonneveld (Hamburg University (DE))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:40 AM --- REGISTRATIONS ---
11:00 AM
Astrophysics & Cosmology - Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica (TW)) Eli Kasai (University of Namibia) (until 11:30 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:00 AM Status of Astronomy in Namibia - Michael Backes (University of Namibia)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:30 AM
Nuclear and Particle physics - Dave Charlton (University of Birmingham (GB)) Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR)) (until 1:00 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:30 AM Physics with radioactive ion beams - Joakim Cederkall (Lund University (SE))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:55 AM Neutrino Physics - Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:20 PM Studying hadrons with electron beams - Mark Dalton (JLab)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
8:55 AM
Material Physics - Esmeralda Yitamben (ASP) Dipti Ranjan Sahu (NUST) (until 10:25 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
8:55 AM Graphene: The Wonder 2D-material of the 21st century - Prof. Chandra Ray Sekhar (UNISA)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:20 AM Ultrasmall Angle Xray Scattering (USAXS) and WideAngle Xray Scattering (WAXS) Studies on the Complex Metal Hydride NaAlH4 - Prof. Tabbetha Dobbins (Rowan University)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:45 AM Chalcogenide Glasses-New advances - Stephen Sathiaraj   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:30 AM --- BREAK and POSTER SESSION ---
11:00 AM
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics - Marco Silari (CERN) Christine Darve (European Spallation Source) Caterina Biscari (until 12:00 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:00 AM Plasma Accelerators / Compact Accelerators - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:30 AM Research at iThemba LABS and Long Range Plan - Kobus Lawrie (iThemba LABS)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM
EXCURSION or FREE (until 5:00 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM
EXCURSION or FREE (until 5:00 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM
Physics Education - Kenneth Cecire (University of Notre Dame) (until 10:35 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM Physics Education : Contextual Review, Assessment of Impact and Advice on the Way Forward - Dr Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:30 AM Self-Made Particle Detectors for High Schools and Universities - Andreas Christian Dudder (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE)) Matthias Schott (Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz (DE))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:55 AM Physics Education : Panel Discussion - Mrs Saara Namwandi (Physics teacher from Omaheke, Namibia) Prof. Riann Steenkamp (University of Namibia) Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg) Kenneth Cecire (University of Notre Dame)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:35 AM --- BREAK and POSTER SESSION ---
11:05 AM
Physics Communication - Christine Darve (European Spallation Source) Mario Campanelli (University College London (UK)) (until 11:35 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:05 AM Communicating science: from the experience at CERN to a worldwide aoutreach - Mario Campanelli (University College London (UK))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:35 AM
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics - Christine Darve (European Spallation Source) Marco Silari (CERN) (until 12:05 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:35 AM Updates on the African Synchrotron Light Source (AfLS) Project - Prof. Tabbetha Dobbins (Rowan University)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM
Renewable energies and Energy efficiency - Diouma Kobor (Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor (Senegal)) (until 10:30 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM Solar Energy Applications - Vittorio Palmieri (TVP SOLAR)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:30 AM Growth and fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells on multilayer transparent conductive film - Dipti Ranjan Sahu (NUST)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:00 AM General Situation of Energy Production and Consumption in Africa - Daniel Egbe (ANSOLE & BALEWARE)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:30 AM --- BREAK and POSTER SESSION ---
10:55 AM
Renewable energies and Energy efficiency - Diouma Kobor (Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor (Senegal)) (until 11:55 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:55 AM Biomass to energy an opportunity for Africa - Lat Grand Ndiaye (Université de Ziguinchor Senegal)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:25 AM Dielectric and ferroelectric properties of PZN-4.5PT thin films on nanostructured silicon substrate - Diouma Kobor (Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor (Senegal))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:55 AM
Nuclear and Particle physics - Dave Charlton (University of Birmingham (GB)) Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR)) Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) (until 12:25 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:55 AM Precision Physics at High Energy - Herman White (Fermilab)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM
Astrophysics & Cosmology - Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica (TW)) Eli Kasai (University of Namibia) (until 9:55 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:00 AM Optical Astronomy in South Africa - Prof. Patrick Woudt (University of Cape Town)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:25 AM From ANTARES to KM3NeT neutrino telescopes in the Mediterranean Sea - Mohamed Chabab (Cadi Ayyad University)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:55 AM
General - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Dharm Singh (Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)) (until 10:35 AM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
9:55 AM OVERVIEW OF THE LOW-ENERGY RHIC ELECTRON COOLING (LEReC) PROJECT AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY - Lee Hammons (BNL)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:15 AM Use of Diatomaceous Earth Wastes and Plant derived Binders in Water Purification Systems - Mary Taabu Simiyu (University of Nairobi)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
10:35 AM --- BREAK and POSTER SESSION ---
11:00 AM
High Performance Computing - Robert Quick (Indiana University) bruce becker (Meraka Institute) Horst Severini (University of Oklahoma (US)) (until 12:30 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:00 AM Developments in SADC Cyber-infrastructure for Open Data and Open Science: Opportunities in Space Sciences - Tshiamo Motshegwa (University of Botswana)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:25 AM Python in Africa - Jessica Upani   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
11:50 AM Modern BigData technologies to store and access metadata for the ATLAS experiment - Dario Barberis (Università e INFN Genova (IT))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
PM
1:00 PM --- LUNCH / POSTER SESSION / REGISTRATIONS ---
2:10 PM
Material Physics - Dipti Sahu (NUST) Esmeralda Yitamben (ASP) (until 3:10 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:10 PM Theoretical studies of two dimensional systems - Nithaya Chetty (Universty of Pretoria)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:40 PM Auto-stabilzed Electron - Prof. Munawar Karim (St. Johan Fisher College, USA)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:10 PM --- POSTER SESSION ---
4:30 PM
General - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Dharm Singh (Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)) (until 6:10 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:30 PM An Astrophysics Journey from the Kalahari to the Edge of the Universe - Lerothodi Leeuw (UNISA)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:05 PM Physics and Psychology – an interdisciplinarity journey - Kitty Dumont (UNISA)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:00 PM
Astrophysics & Cosmology - Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica (TW)) Eli Kasai (University of Namibia) (until 12:30 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:00 PM A Study of the Front-End Electronics of the Compact High Energy Camera prototype for the Gamma-Ray Cherenkov Telescope Project of the Cherenkov Telescope Array - Sana Nekwaya (UNAM)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:30 PM --- LUNCH and POSTER SESSION ---
2:00 PM
Astrophysics & Cosmology - Eli Kasai (University of Namibia) Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica (TW)) (until 3:00 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:00 PM Future of astronomy at SALT and SAAO - Prof. Petri Vaisanen (South African Astronomical Observatory)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:30 PM From Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions to Neutron Star Mergers - the Equation of State of Dense Matter as signalled by Gravitational Waves - Azwindini Muronga (Nelson Mandela University)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:00 PM
Nuclear and Particle physics - Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR)) Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) Dave Charlton (University of Birmingham (GB)) (until 3:30 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:00 PM Overview of results from heavy-ions collisions at ultra-relativistic energies - Edith Zinhle Buthelezi (iThemba LABS, National Research Foundation (ZA))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:30 PM --- BREAK and POSTER SESSION ---
4:00 PM
Astrophysics & Cosmology - Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica (TW)) Eli Kasai (University of Namibia) (until 5:15 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:00 PM Probing the Reionization epoch with the SIMONS Observatory - Ms Margaret Ikape (Dunlap institute for Astronomy and AStrophysics, University of Toronto)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:20 PM The African Millimetre Telescope - Rhodri Evans (UNAM)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:40 PM Modelling the high energy gamma-ray component of the nearest radio galaxy, Centaurus A - Isak Delberth Davids (UNAM)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:15 PM
General - Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) Dharm Singh (Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)) (until 5:55 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:15 PM Catalysts for African Development and Advancement [CADA] - Omololu Akin-Ojo (ICTP East African Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:40 PM DETERMINATION OF THE NATURAL RADIONUCLIDE CONTENT AND ASSOCIATED RADIATION HAZARDS IN SOIL SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE OHORONGO CEMENT PLANT NEAR OTAVI, NAMIBIA - Mrs Monica Nambinga (University of Namibia)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:05 PM
Astrophysics & Cosmology - Eli Kasai (University of Namibia) Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica (TW)) (until 12:35 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:05 PM Type Ia supernova spectral features and applications to dust reddening and light-curve standardisation - Eli Kasai (University of Namibia)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:35 PM --- LUNCH and POSTER SESSION ---
2:05 PM
Nuclear and Particle physics - Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) Dave Charlton (University of Birmingham (GB)) Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR)) (until 3:35 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:05 PM The ABC of Feynman Integrals - Johannes Henn   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:30 PM Revisiting the Dark Photon Interpretation of the Muon g-2 anomaly - Gopolang Mohlabeng (BNL)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:55 PM Argon Emulation in The Simulation of The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker - Hassane Hamdaoui (Universite Mohammed V (MA))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:15 PM Dark Matter searches with the ATLAS Detector - Othmane Rifki (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:35 PM --- BREAK and POSTER SESSION ---
4:05 PM
Nuclear and Particle physics - Tord Johan Carl Ekelof (Uppsala University (SE)) Ulrich Goerlach (Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (FR)) Dave Charlton (University of Birmingham (GB)) (until 5:25 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:05 PM Searches for Dark Sector States with ATLAS - Diallo Boye (University of Johannesburg (ZA)) Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:25 PM Phase-2 Upgrade of the CMS Tracker - David Bertsche (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:45 PM The ATLAS experiment and the high luminosity LHC program. Detector upgrade and Physics expectations - Rachid Mazini (Academia Sinica (TW))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:05 PM Preliminary results coupling SMF and BLOB with Geant4 - Carlo Mancini Terracciano (Sapienza Universita e INFN, Roma I (IT))   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:25 PM
Material Physics - Dipti Ranjan Sahu (NUST) (until 6:15 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:25 PM High Efficiency Terahertz Generation in Periodically Poled Lithium-Niobate by Pulse Recycling - Lu Wang (DESY)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:30 PM --- LUNCH and POSTER SESSION ---
2:00 PM
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics - Caterina Biscari Marco Silari (CERN) (until 3:40 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:00 PM The LHC, HL-LHC and FCC - Mike Lamont (CERN)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:30 PM The European Spallation Source as a new tools for discovery - Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:55 PM Building medical physics capacity in East Africa to reduce radiation toxicities and manage radiotherapy care for cancer treatment - Stephen Avery (UPenn)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:20 PM Indoor Radon levels and the associated effective dose rate in selected buildings at the Namibia University of Science and Technology - Munyaradzi Zivuku   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
3:45 PM --- BREAK and POSTER SESSION ---
4:10 PM
Accelerator, Medical and Radiation Physics - Marco Silari (CERN) Caterina Biscari (until 5:50 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:10 PM Medical Accelerators - Marco Silari (CERN)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
4:40 PM Radioisotope Production - Cathy Cutler (BNL)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:10 PM Health risk assessment of natural occurring radionuclides in shore sediment collected from Ovambo beach, Walvis Bay, Namibia - Sylvanus Onjefu (NUST)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
5:30 PM Excess lifetime cancer risk due to natural radioactivity in soils: Case of Karibib town in Namibia - Munyaradzi Zivuku (NUST)   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
12:30 PM --- LUNCH and POSTER SESSION ---
2:00 PM
ASP Forum - Michael Backes (University of Namibia) Christine Darve (European Spallation Source) Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (Brookhaven National Laboratory (US)) (until 7:00 PM) (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
2:00 PM ASP Forum Agenda   (Auditorium 1, Brahms Street)
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