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In a remarkable display of timing, James Burch, Adam Fleming, and Xin Li have all passed their PhD Vivas within one week of each other! As is tradition, all three were soaked at the location of the now paved over Physics and Astronomy Pond. We wish all three the very best in their future careers, which include Patent Law, Systems Engineering, and Mobile Technology Design and Fabrication. James Burch, for a thesis entitled: Flexible Holographic Metasurfaces Adam Fleming, for a thesis entitled: Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Silica Aerogel Xin Li, for a thesis entitled: Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials for Optoelectronic Applications

As always at this time of year, PhD student assessments take place. The 2nd years must give a 15 minute talk on their research area. Adam Fleming, Alasdair Fikouras, James Burch, and Xin Li from the Synthetic Optics Group all gave very well received talks. For the 2nd year in a row, a member of the Synthetic Optics Group has won the Arthur Maitland Prize for best talk. Congratulations to Alasdair Fikouras, for his talk titled “Biolasers: Photonic Nano-Disk Resonators for Intracellular Exploration.” Congratulations to James Burch also, who came 3rd, for his talk titled “Conformable Holographic Metasurfaces”