It is “almost” perfect !!!

“Symmetry, as wide or as narrow as you may define its meaning, is one idea by which man through the ages has tried to comprehend and create order, beauty and perfection.” H. Weyl

Dr Nicolae-Alexandru P. Nicorovici (Nikorowicz)

Senior Physicist

The University of Sydney 
nicolae@physics.usyd.edu.au

University of Technology, Sydney 
Nicolae.Nicorovici@uts.edu.au

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Tertiary Education

• Diploma in Nuclear Physics (University of Bucharest, Romania, 1967). Thesis: Symmetry Laws in the Decay of Polarized Neutrons.
• PhD Physics (Institute of Atomic Physics, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, 1972). Thesis: Interpretation of the Relations Between Partial Cross Sections for pp, Kp and pp Interactions by Unitary Symmetries (abstract in INIS database at International Atomic Energy Agency, #04-069883).

Experience

2006 – present

Research Fellow, School of Physics, The University of Sydney (Australia).

2005 – present

Honorary Associate (CUDOS), Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). Also:

•   2005 – 2006

Senior Research Consultant, Computational Research Support Unit (CRSU), Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).

2003 – 2005

Research Associate, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).

1998 – 2003

Research Associate, Theoretical Physics Group, School of Physics, The University of Sydney (Australia). Also:

•   2000

Research Scientist, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).

•   1998 – 1999

Instructional Designer and Programmer, School of Mathematical Sciences (Mathematics Education), University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).

1991 – 1998

Research Associate, The Sir Frank Packer Department of Theoretical Physics, School of Physics, The University of Sydney (Australia). Also:

•   1995

Senior Research Assistant, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney (Australia).

1990 – 1991

Head of Documentation Office (and also INISLiaison Officer for Romania), Institute of Atomic Physics (Bucharest, Romania).

1986 – 1990

Physicist, Nuclear Apparatus Factory (Bucharest, Romania).

1976 – 1986

Physicist, Institute of Atomic Physics (Bucharest, Romania).

1973 – 1976

Analyst, Computing Center, University of Bucharest (Romania).

Citations

• Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering.
• Marquis Who's Who in the World.
• Dictionary of International Biography

Professional Societies

• Australian Optical Society.
• Optical Society of America.
• American Institute of Physics.
• European Physical Society.

Publications 

• Co-author: Group Theory and Its Applications in Mechanics and Physics (1985), Applications of the Theory of Groups in Mechanics and Physics (2004), co-editor: IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves in Structured Media (2001), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Electrical Transport and Optical Properties of Inhomogeneous Media — ETOPIM 7 (2007). Also author/co-author of 10 book chapters, and numerous refereed papers on theoretical physics and conference papers.

Research Interests

• Photonic and phononic band gap materials
• Wave diffraction by periodic structures
• Transport properties of composite materials
• Computational techniques in electromagnetism
• Symmetry properties of differential equations

Some Preferred Links

Some Good Quotations.

Photonic Crystals

• Sea Mouse Images 
• Photonic & Sonic Band-Gap Bibliography
• Yurii Vlasov's Ultimate Collection of Photonic Band Gap Research Links at NEC
• The Joannopoulos Research Group at MIT
• Ames Laboratory, PBG Homepage
• Photonic Crystal Group, Institute for Theory of Condensed Matter, University of Karlsruhe
• Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle
• L'Institut Fresnel, Marseille
• PBG Research Group, University of Glasgow
• Theoretical Group of Photonic & Acoustic Crystals, Physics Department, University of Athens
• Van Der Waals - Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam
• Wave Crystal Group, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales, Madrid

Software

• Wolfram Research, Inc. Makers of Mathematica
• Front End Programming
• Netlib
• Completely Free Software
• Component Software Makers of CS-RCS
• Amazon.com – Earth's Biggest Selection

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