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UPEI Physics Student Rising Star of Research
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UPEI physics student Mostafa Fatehi Hassanabad has been selected to take part in a prestigious national competition for Canada’s top undergraduate science and technology students at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The competition is called Rising Stars of Research.
“The Rising Stars of Research conference is a great opportunity for the next generation of researchers from across Canada to showcase their accomplishments and explore their passion for innovation,” says UPEI physics professor James Polson, Mostafa’s research supervisor.
Top research students from across the country will give poster presentations and compete for awards in six broad disciplinary areas: health sciences, biochemistry and cellular biology, natural resources and the environment, life sciences and psychology, computational sciences and technology, and physical and earth sciences.
Mostafa will present in the computational sciences field. His work involves using computer simulation methods to study polymer translocation through nanopores. This research may ultimately help in the development of a novel experimental technique to sequence DNA. The project has already been recognized with a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award.
The 2008 Rising Stars of Research event runs from August 21 to 23 at UBC. The event includes a workshop on writing winning scholarship applications for graduate school, an awards banquet in the Green College Great Hall, and an opportunity to visit a wide range of research laboratories and projects in BC.
Rising Stars of Research aims to boost participants’ expertise, skills and enthusiasm for research, to excite them about continuing on into graduate study, and to encourage their ongoing development as scientists. It is co-sponsored by numerous research and innovation organization and institutions, including UBC and NSERC Pacific.
“The Rising Stars of Research conference is a great opportunity for the next generation of researchers from across Canada to showcase their accomplishments and explore their passion for innovation,” says UPEI physics professor James Polson, Mostafa’s research supervisor.
Top research students from across the country will give poster presentations and compete for awards in six broad disciplinary areas: health sciences, biochemistry and cellular biology, natural resources and the environment, life sciences and psychology, computational sciences and technology, and physical and earth sciences.
Mostafa will present in the computational sciences field. His work involves using computer simulation methods to study polymer translocation through nanopores. This research may ultimately help in the development of a novel experimental technique to sequence DNA. The project has already been recognized with a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award.
The 2008 Rising Stars of Research event runs from August 21 to 23 at UBC. The event includes a workshop on writing winning scholarship applications for graduate school, an awards banquet in the Green College Great Hall, and an opportunity to visit a wide range of research laboratories and projects in BC.
Rising Stars of Research aims to boost participants’ expertise, skills and enthusiasm for research, to excite them about continuing on into graduate study, and to encourage their ongoing development as scientists. It is co-sponsored by numerous research and innovation organization and institutions, including UBC and NSERC Pacific.
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