Physics Subchapter, UWI Alumni Association Trinidad and Tobago

15/05/2025

Greetings Alumni, Have you heard of 𝗨𝗪𝗜 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧?
UWI Connect (https://uwiconnect.com/) is an interactive forum designed to bring together 𝗨𝗪𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶, 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
🌟 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 – Reconnect with fellow graduates, reminisce about your time at UWI, see what they’ve been up to, and stay in touch.
🎓 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 – Share your experience by mentoring, introducing, and offering opportunities to graduating students.
💼 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 & 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 – Discover exciting internship placements and job openings through our dedicated platform for job seekers.
🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱– Leverage your professional network to connect with influential people and grow your reach.
With UWI Connect Users can access the expertise of 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗨𝗪𝗜 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆!

📢𝑱𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝑼𝑾𝑰 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒏𝒊 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚

Connect: Find and reminisce with fellow graduates, see what they have been up to and stay in touch. Give back: Introduce, employ and offer to act as a mentor to our graduating students. Expand: Leverage your professional network to get introduced to people you should know.

05/11/2024

This week 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 features, the department's Lab Technician, as they discuss 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 ❄️
🗓️ 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳 📍 𝗙𝗦𝗧 𝟰𝟭𝟮 ⏰ 𝟭-𝟮 𝗣𝗠. 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗭𝗢𝗢𝗠 💻. Check out original post for ZOOM meeting information.

This week on 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨,🥶𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦🥶 Join our Lab Technicians for an exciting foray into the world of liquid Nitrogen.
🗓️Date: Thursday 7 November, 2024
🕒 Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: FST 412, 3rd Floor Natural Sciences Building, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.
Tune in Virtually: https://sta-uwi-edu.zoom.us/j/94851872871?pwd=RXmFdSynuDiT6TkkUfuBbXbs20OuUS.1

23/10/2024

This week 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 features, , Ms. Priscilla Sahadeo, as she discusses the topic: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆🍫 📅 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 , 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 24𝘁𝗵 📍 𝗙𝗦𝗧 𝟰𝟭𝟮 𝟭-𝟮𝗽𝗺

This week on 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, join our featured speaker, Ms. Priscilla Sahadeo, for an engaging talk on 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆🍫

🗓️Date: Thursday 24 October, 2024
🕒 Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: FST 412, 3rd Floor Natural Sciences Building, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

12/10/2024

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿? 🌟

For just 𝗧𝗧$𝟮𝟭𝟬 𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗦$𝟯𝟬, you can secure a 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 and receive a 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗨𝗪𝗜𝗔𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱, giving you access to a range of . ✨

In the next few posts, the Subchapter will be highlighting these in more detail. For more information, visit https://www.uwi.edu/ALUMNIONLINE/membership/pelican-perks or UWI Alumni Association (Trinidad and Tobago Chapter) You can also comment or message the Subchapter. We’ll be happy to answer any questions.

This is an opportunity to 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿! 🤝📚🎉

08/10/2024

This week 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 features, 𝗠𝗿. 𝗭𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱, as he discusses the topic: "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩: 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥."🌍🔋📅 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 , 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 📍 𝗙𝗦𝗧 𝟰𝟭𝟮 𝟭-𝟮𝗽𝗺

02/10/2024

This week 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 features 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲, as he discusses the topic: “𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (𝘪𝘯)𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯?” 🌍🔋📅 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝗿𝗱 📍 𝗙𝗦𝗧 𝟰𝟭𝟮 𝟭-𝟮𝗽𝗺

This week on 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 , hear from our featured speaker, Dr. Ricardo Clarke, as he discusses the topic: "𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 (𝘪𝘯)𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯?"

📅 Date: Thursday 3 October, 2024
🕒 Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: FST 412, 3rd Floor Natural Sciences Building, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

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02/10/2024

Do you enjoy engaging in 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀? 🧑‍🔬📚 The Department of Physics, UWI St Augustine presents their weekly 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 series 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 1-2pm 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗦𝗧 𝟰𝟭𝟮. 📅✨

Join us for 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀—our weekly research talk where we delve into the fascinating world of physics. 💡👨‍🔬🚀 🦾⚛️🧲🩻 Whether you're a physicist or simply curious about the wonders of science, this is an event not to be missed!

📅 Date: every Thursday
🕒 Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: FST 412, 3rd Floor Natural Sciences Building, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

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30/09/2024

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, Collin Samaru, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺. 🎉 His group of Presentation College students earned a 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹🥉𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲. We're proud of all of you!🌟🤖🇹🇹

21/07/2024

Greetings, Alumni! 🌟
The Subchapter extends heartfelt gratitude to everyone who attended our Meet and Greet sessions held in April and July. We extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who participated in these events and helping us establish the Subchapter’s presence. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, Collin Samaru, 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 Ten Phillip, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿 Aakash Keshav Gajadhar 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 Vanita Ali 𝗮𝗻𝗱 Patricia Nakhid 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 🙌
As we move forward, we hope that our alumni community will continue to engage with us and we look forward to seeing you at our future events! 🎉

18/07/2024

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶!🌟
Are you intrigued by the 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 among major powers and tech giants? Check out this insightful article from 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. It highlights Australia’s investments to lead the global quantum industry, the potential national security risks of this technology, and 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆.

Tech giants, major powers and top research universities are all in a race to build viable quantum systems. Why now?

13/07/2024

Welcome to the Physics Subchapter, UWI Alumni Association Trinidad and Tobago!

UWI Alumni Association (Trinidad and Tobago Chapter)