PhysPhest is a celebration of the research being conducted in the Physics Department by M.Sc. and Ph.D. students who are completing their first year in the program. This year, PhysPhest was held on September 6th with 10 students presenting their research to the department in a series of short (~ 10 - 12 minute) talks. The best speakers were selected by the general audience.

The top speakers for 2017 are:

• 1st: Eamonn Corrigan (Tidal Interactions and Black Hole Perturbation Theory)
• 2nd: Dylan Dingwell (Optimizing Solid-State NMR Sample Preparation of Human Aquaporin-1)
• 3rd: Matt Steffler (Investigations into Laboratory Content and Delivery in Large-Enrollment IPLS Courses)