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Hi Thorsten,</div>
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I am happy to take Zinuo, Lingxi and Sichen.</div>
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Best,</div>
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<div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Dr. Yu Chen</font></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Academic <academic-bounces@phys.strath.ac.uk> on behalf of Thorsten Ackemann <thorsten.ackemann@strath.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> academic@phys.strath.ac.uk <academic@phys.strath.ac.uk>; research@phys.strath.ac.uk <research@phys.strath.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Academic] PH952 MSc project allocation</font>
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<span style="">Dear All</span></p>
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<span style="">Please find enclosed the project allocation for the MSc projects Ph952. It was released to students 28/2/2020 already but (apologies) I did not manage to inform staff due to the strike and Covid-19 disruption. Then I thought it is better to wait
until university plans became clearer, at least somewhat.<br>
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<span style="">Thank you very much to those who proposed projects. There were not enough experimental projects in optics and solid-state science submitted and hence four students were assigned to do extended versions of 3rd year lab experiments. Situation is
that we have 24 projects assigned with supervisor. I still need supervisors for 6 projects (see below).</span></p>
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<span style="">The undergraduate internships were cancelled and although there is no official guidance, yet, the assumption is that on-campus teaching does not resume over summer but that the projects need to be delivered in a virtual research environment.
(</span><span style=""><span style=""><span style="">The faculty indicated that projects could be delayed to summer 2021, if students insist on a lab based project, but we do not want to encourage this to avoid overload next year. One could also think of Sept-Dec
2020, if a supervisor would be have capacity parallel to PH450/PH550 and if projects lab-based projects are running then.)
</span></span>Current thinking is that projects should still start on 8/6/2020 and closing on 24/8/2020 with assessment only via report and supervisor's mark. We should try to deliver project fields as indicated but maybe one can change emphasis in view of
the situation. Things to consider are <br>
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<li><span style="">Projects advised as theoretical/computational can go ahead as planned</span></li><li><span style=""><span style="">Other projects will be centred on a critical literature survey, one could augment where appropriate with
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<li><span style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol"><span style=""><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="">Where supervisors have code: add computational component/"numerical experiment" with students
analyzing output data </span></span><span style=""></span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="">Where students feel competent to do so: add computational components including some novel coding (this won't float with many of our current students)</span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="">provide existing experimental data to (re)analyse.</span></li></ul>
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<p><span style=""> If you have any ideas, suggestions, input please indicate.</span></p>
<p><span style="">My first priority now is that I need supervisors for the four students (in yellow) and the two students in academic suspension probably proceeding to project (in orange).</span></p>
<p><span style="">This is mainly directed towards academics or research staff who do not supervise a project, yet. Please propose possible subjects in the optics, laser and BCP and nanoscience area. The project subject can be linked to the title of the 3rd
year experiment currently assigned but does not need to be be. It should match their rough interest
</span><span style="">(column F). There is also still the option to adapt some of the proposed projects not taken up.
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<p><span style="">Can you provide feedback till morning of May 6th, please</span></p>
<p><span style="">- agreement to supervise one of the students in yellow or orange with subject related their interest (column F) or the chosen 3rd year project.<br>
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<p>- any issues with adapting the currently assigned projects to the off-campus delivery.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your engagement.<br>
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<p>Regards</p>
<p>Thorsten<br>
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Thorsten Ackemann Dr. rer. nat. FInstP FOSA
Professor of Nonlinear Photonics
Department of Physics
University of Strathclyde
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