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A degree, cap to show successful graduate thesis defense

2026 Summer PhD/MSc/MASc Thesis Defences

Sep 09, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Goyal, Dr. Lefebvre, Dr. Ye, Dr. Hatch, Dr. Boukhtouchen, Dr. Al Kayed, and the master’s students for successfully defending their theses!

Dr. Yilda Boukhtouchen, Physics Department of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

Congratulations to Dr. Yilda Boukhtouchen

Aug 25, 2026

Yilda Boukhtouchen has successfully defended her PhD. Congratulations, Dr. Boukhtouchen!

Minya Bai, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Best Poster won by Minya Bai

Aug 07, 2026

Poster is titled, "Time of Flight Calibration for the High Energy Light Isotope eXperiment (HELIX)". Congratulations Minya!

Melanie Phillips, Dean's Scholar at Queen's University, chosen as one of the 12 leading innovators from the Class of 2026.

Melanie Phillips is one of the leading innovators from the Class of 2026

Aug 01, 2026

Featured in The Logic - Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom

Dr. Chloe Lefebvre at Queen's University, Kington, Ontario

Congratulations to Dr. Chloe Lefebvre

Jul 06, 2026

Chloe Lefebvre has successfully defended her PhD. Congratulations , Dr. Lefebvre!

Dr. Patrick Hatch, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Hatch

Jun 29, 2026

Patrick Hatch has successfully defended his PhD. Congratulations , Dr. Hatch!

Dr. Tianai Ye

Congratulations to Dr. Tianai Ye

Jun 22, 2026

Dr. Ye has successfully defended her PhD defence. Congratulations Dr. Tianai Ye!

A young visitor experiences standing inside a giant soap bubble.

Science Rendezvous Kingston 2026

Jun 19, 2026

A great turnout for the annual event once again. Visitors explored hands-on science activities at more than 60 stations presented by over 480 dedicated volunteers!

Prof. Laura Fissel from Queen's Physics Department and members of the Balloon-Borne Very Large Baseline Interferometry Experiment (BVEX) student team with the balloon-borne radio telescope system they are helping to design and build.

Building and designing a balloon-borne radio telescope system

May 12, 2026

Prof. Laura Fissel and students of the Balloon Borne Very Large Baseline Experiment (BVEX) are working hard to launch by late summer of 2027 at Palmas, Brazil.

A degree, cap to show successful graduate thesis defense

2026 Winter PhD/MSc/MASc Thesis Defences

May 05, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Corning, Dr. Rochfort and three master's students for successfully defending their theses!

2026 IceCube Masterclass

2026 IceCube Masterclass 

Apr 23, 2026

Collaborating with the McDonald Institute, Prof. Park and her group members, Dr. Jessie Thwaites and Bryan Owens, organized IceCube Masterclasses on April 11th and April 18th.

Stirling Hall, abuzz with senior year thesis presentations by the students.

2025-2026 Senior Thesis Presentations

Apr 17, 2026

A packed thesis presentations by senior physics and engineering physics students at Stirling Hall.