Category Archives: News

IAPS in the web

Posted on January 2, 2011 by admin

The IAPS Executive Committee wishes you a happy new year. To celebrate the new decade, you can now become a fan of IAPS on facebook. Most students check facebook more often than this page, so we hope that more people … Continue reading →

jIAPS writing contest: deadline extended

Posted on November 15, 2010 by admin

jIAPS, the journal of the International Association of Physics Students, is holding a writing contest. The idea is simple: write an article on a physics-related topic. This can be, for example, about your research, a physical phenomenon that you find … Continue reading →

Rudolf Ortvay International Problemsolving Competition in Physics 2010

Posted on October 24, 2010 by admin

The Hungarian Association of Physics Students is happy to announce, the 41st and for the 12th time international Rudolf Ortvay International Problemsolving Competition in Physics. http://ortvay.mafihe.hu Date: 21st October – 2rd November, 2010 The competition is online, so you are … Continue reading →

The University Physics Competition

Posted on October 6, 2010 by admin

A new tournament for physics students is organized in the USA. Here is the basic information we got from the organizers: The University Physics Competition (www.uphysicsc.com) is a new international contest for undergraduate students, who will work in teams of … Continue reading →

Results of the IAPS AGM 2010

Posted on August 24, 2010 by

The annual general meeting of IAPS (AGM) was held during the ICPS in Graz. The minutes are not published yet, but here are the most important results: ICPS 2012 will be held in Utrecht, Netherlands in cooperation with university Twente. … Continue reading →

2/2010 issue of jIAPS is online

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

IAPS celebrates its 23rd birthday this year, and in the edition of jIAPS  that can be downloaded from here, Jim Grozier tells us about his experiences in managing, and trying to organise, the archives of our association. In this issue … Continue reading →

Bid for ICPS 2012 from the Netherlands

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

The study associations A–Eskwadraat from Utrecht and S.V. Arago from Twente are bidding together to host ICPS 2012. They present their bid on http://icps.a-eskwadraat.nl.

Nanogeneration, bringing a dream into reality

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

The international Nanoscience student Conference - INASCON will take place from 20th August through 22nd August 2010 at Baarlo, Netherlands. The conference has been successfully held in Denmark and Switzerland for three consecutive years. The goal of the conference is to attract Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD level students from around Europe in order to facilitate scientific collaboration … Continue reading →

jIAPS 1/2010 is online

Posted on May 31, 2010 by

The new issue of jIAPS in over a year can be downloaded here (10MB). With contributions from all over the world the issue includes highlights from ICPS 09, an account of how to perform experiments in low gravity from Joshua … Continue reading →

Balaton Summer School in Physics 2010

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

The Hungarian Association of Physics Students organises the International Balaton Summer School in Physics. The school aims to introduce the most recent results in four areas of physics: Astroparticle physics: The section includes an introduction to general relativity, and then will move on to star models, … Continue reading →