Some pictures taken at the AUPAC 2005 meeting held at SMU.
Featuring: Adam Chaffey, Melissa Hutchings, Michelle Chouinard, Daniel Doucette, Brynle Barrett, Chris Geroux, Rory Chrisholm, Jackie Glister, Jonathan Savoy, Jayme Derrah, Joel Tanner, Jesse MacLean, Jessica Evans, Nathan Deg, Meredith Wills, Claire Cohalan, Emily McCullogh, Chad Bennett, Nick MacDonald, Patrick Rogers, Andrea Misner, Carolyn Tilley, Sarah Seif el Nasr, Steve Duncan, Elie Khoury, Beth Sampson, Prof. Jaymie Matthews, Prof. Ian Short, Prof. David Guenther, Prof. Adam Sarty
Waiting for the next talk.
Almost time to begin.
The Boss is thirsty.
The Boss.
Second year students.
Time for a beverage.
M & J.
B. (Insert witty caption here).
"Quiet everyone, I'm talking here."
Peace, brother.
You smile. No, you smile.
Come to SMU and take your Ph.D. in Astronomy.
I'm walking here.
M&M. Jaymie Matthews after the talk.
----Pictures and Commentary by Jayme Derrah (& DD)----
A demonstration of the force that holds up the moon.
Nick performing his award-winning demo
Dan and Sarah setting up the air cannon
The Vanna White of evacuated drop tubes?
Oops, Nathan, did we give you a malt beverage or Buckley's Mixture?
Jesse learns the wonders of physics
Michelle as the Justita of Physics.
Horray for fire!
Air cannon at close range
Melissa loves getting her picture taken... she's the clearest one in the image too =P
The hole in the ceiling of the Conference hall, thanks to the air cannon, fired by Dan and Sarah
Andrea presents "Cosmic Rays and the art of including promotional emblems in photographs"
Note Chris's SMU-coloured maroon dress shirt...
...and Jackie's white. My, we sure are proud Huskies. :)
The inimitable Brynle plays the crowd.
"Richard Feynmann is a magician of the highest calibre." Jesse is no mean physics student, himself.
No, really, S0's have gas! I swear!
A pick or a scratch? You be the judge.
Meredith also acts like Dr. Evil, in case you were wondering.
I've got a lovely bunch of second-years. There they are all sitting in a row...
AUPAC's co-chairs, Adam and Melissa, who both did a fantastic job with the planning and execution of the event. They deserve more credit and less criticism than they received.
The photographer of the first batch of pictures (see above). Thanks, David!
The only picture where Nathan isn't scowling...
As if you needed a reason to go into physics... :-)
Andrea gets embarrassed on her birthday at the banquet =)
Carolyn and the mountain of dessert
Chad and Emily, resident uber-astronomers.
Don't ask me to explain the lighting effects...
-> Maybe the shutter was stuck in a not-quite-closed position for a second or two.
Pat and Claire, great minds alike.
Nathan isn't a pirate, but he sure acts like it.
One of Canada's foremost astronomers, Jaymie Matthews.
I'll rage and I'll pillage and I'll page and I'll plunder! I'll wreck and I'll village and I'll deck and I'll wonder!
Now get the $%&# out of our school!