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Today was a rather enjoyable day, after a decent night’s rest I packed up the final items for the trip and took the skytrain into Vancouver with some of my family. It was nice to spend part of the day walking around Vancouver before beginning my overnight flight to London. My flight departed at 5:05PM … Read more
Hello Everyone! Welcome to the LIYSF 2015 Blog! I’ll start off with a brief introduction. My name is Kevin, I’m 21 years old and just completed my third year of Chemistry at the University of the Fraser Valley this past winter. I am also extremely excited to be heading into my first year of the … Read more
Applications now open for the London International Youth Science Forum UFV will send one Science student to London, UK summer 2015 (all expenses paid) to attend LIYSF’15 from July 22 to August 5, 2015 liysf.org.uk/liysf-2015 We are looking for a student enrolled in a science program at UFV, who is not only academically outstanding, but … Read more
[two groans and one sigh]. The last night of little sleep was the worst! Besides, it’s not like I have the incentive to get up because of an exciting tour or lecture. There’s no faces to look forward to at the breakfast hall this morning let alone breakfast at all. Of course, the threat of … Read more
DAY 13 There is an unspoken awareness that today is our last day together. A Russian breakfast: Next was our participant’s forum where an informal debate is held amongst a selected student panel and the LIYSF body: The three questions discussed were: “Is it ethical to use embryonic when we can now use adult stem … Read more
Today was kind of quiet for everyone who didn’t go the optional visit of Buckingham palace. However, the specialist lecture I had this morning was one of the best at LIYSF. Roma Grewal was a head engineer on the design of the Shard: Western Europe’s tallest building: http://www.theviewfromtheshard.com/en/ The unusual 306m structure is composed of 11,000 … Read more
So as usual, the aftermath of late socializing blended with strong mochaccino and a tight schedule set the stage for our early trip to Hampton Court Palace. In hindsight, I was not prepared for the magnificence of the tour before us. Arthur from Brazil is a bright physics enthusiast and we started talking about energy … Read more
Wow, Boleslav can eat! We were all touched by the application of new science in the fight against blindness: Besides the graphic surgical images which soured some faces, the lecture communicated the joy of using science to change individual lives. It is profound to me how the technical and seemingly impersonal discipline that is science … Read more
This morning I was treated with one of the best lectures of the forum – Stacy Williams speaking on “Being a Scientist in the Financial Markets”: After starting his education as a physicist, Williams was swept into the mammon sector and soon became respected as a mathematical modelling expert. The nice thing about his presentation … Read more
As you know, I am writing this blog in retrospect and am desperately trying to catch up. This follows directly from LIYSF being so packed with tours, learning, activities, and socializing! Nonetheless, I will never forget this day of LIYSF because it marks my first and possibly last time tour of a Nuclear Fusion facility … Read more