[Academic] PH450/550 projects early warning

Tue Jun 18 11:48:23 BST 2013

Dear all

the student numbers in 2013/14 classes are not quite finalised but we have a good idea on the basis of recent exam board outcomes: our continuing rapid growth has consequences for project provision in the 4th and 5th year.

In 2012/13, we coped with an unprecedented 50% increase in demand for projects. Next year the percentage increase will be somewhat smaller but the number of extra projects required will still be large. In addition, one third of projects offered by staff are not taken up by students. This results in an unequal share of the load when staff agree to 'double up' on projects from the booklet, or even invent new projects in a hurry. (For this relief, much thanks.) Remarkably, half of all the 67 projects offered last year originated from just 8 members of staff.

To be comfortable, we need to be able to offer ~90 project titles in 2013/14. With approximately 30 staff, this averages to 3 per member. I'm therefore requesting all staff to to demonstrate their commitment  by sending me  3 project titles as a matter of urgency. (The aforementioned Weighty Eight already exceed this target, but are very welcome to suggest other titles if they wish.) 

The deadline for the early warning exercise is Graduation Day, 27 June. Check the list below and if you don't have 3 titles, send me something new by that date. We expect to have project descriptions in place for the students arriving in mid-September, so that part of the exercise can wait. But I need the titles now.

Thanks for your co-operation,

Kevin

Title of Project	1st Supervisor	2nd Supervisor
Radiation Reaction	Dino Jaroszynski	Adam Noble
Non-linear Optics in Plasma: Raman Amplification and Frequency Mixing	Dino Jaroszynski	Bernhard Ersfeld
Electron Beam Transport and Diagnostics	Dino Jaroszynski	Enrico Brunetti
Capillary Discharge Waveguides for Laser-Plasma Interactions	Dino Jaroszynski	Mark Wiggins
Laser Wakefield Acceleration and Betatron Gamma Ray Radiation	Dino Jaroszynski	Ranaul Islam
Radiotherapy using Beams from Laser-plasma Accelerators	Dino Jaroszynski	Silvia Cipiccia
Biodegradable Choline-based Surfactants for Improving Stability of Carbon Nanoparticle Dispersions in Water	Maxim Fedorov	David Birch
Effects of Alcohols on Stabilization and Bundle Formation of Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Dispersions Stabilized by Surfactants	Maxim Fedorov	David Birch
Effects of Salts (Inorganic, Organic and Ionic Liquids) on Stabilization and Bundle Formation of Carbon Nanotubes in Liquid Dispersions	Maxim Fedorov	Neil Hunt
Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Adaptation to Extreme Ionic Environments	Maxim Fedorov	Neil Hunt, David Palmer
Predicting Solvation Thermodynamics of Bioactive Molecules	Maxim Fedorov	Neil Hunt, David Palmer
Helical Waves in Optical Cavities	Gian-Luca Oppo	Alison Yao
Simulations of Coupled Laser Networks	Gian-Luca Oppo	Thorsten Ackemann
Simulations of Spin-Polarized Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers	Gian-Luca Oppo	Thorsten Ackemann
Interaction of Spatial Optical Solitons	Gian-Luca Oppo	Willie Firth
A Pedagogy Study of the Effectiveness of Hands-on, Simulated and Remote Access of Laboratory Learning	Tom Han	Ivan Ruddock
Design, Modelling and Interfacing of a 3rd-yr Undergraduate Experiment: Coupled Harmonic Oscillators	Tom Han	Kevin O'Donnell
Photo-thermal Measurements of Optical Absorption	Tom Han	Nick Lockerbie
Optical Properties of ZnO Powder Doped with Lanthanide and Transition-metal Ions	Tom Han	TBA
BEC Simulations	Gordon Robb	Aidan Arnold
Bose Einstein Condensate (BEC) Simulations	Gordon Robb	Aidan Arnold
Nonlinear Wave Mixing in Atomic Gases	Gordon Robb	Aidan Arnold
Colour Digital Photography	Daniel Oi	Ben Hourahine
Adaptive Bayesian Quantum System Identification	Daniel Oi	Shash Virmani
Super resolution Free-space Single-photon Distribution	Daniel Oi	Shash Virmani
Surface Fields in Nano and Micro Particles	Francesco Papoff	Ben Hourahine
Electromagnetic Resonances in Nanoparticles	Francesco Papoff	Ben Hourahine, Yu Chen
Fluctuations and Noise in Cold Atoms	Francesco Papoff	Gordon Robb
Energy Transfer as a Nanoscale Ruler	Yu Chen	Olaf Rolinski
Optical Properties of Nanoparticles	Yu Chen	Olaf Rolinski
Quantum Cascade Laser Sensing of Gaseous Isotopes	Nigel Langford	Geoff Duxbury
Resonant and Non-resonant Optical Cavities	Nigel Langford	Geoff Duxbury
Understanding the Optics of Marine Diatoms	Ben Hourahine	Francesco Papoff, Alex Cunningham
Renormalization of Alloys	Ben Hourahine	Gian-Luca Oppo
Modelling 4th Generation Light Sources	Brian McNeil	Gordon Robb
Resonant Electron Beam-light Interactions	Brian McNeil	Gordon Robb
Modelling the Scattering of Light in the Sea	David McKee	Alex Cunningham
Quantitative Hyperspectral Beam Attenuation Meter	David McKee	Alex Cunningham
Historical Physics Equipment	Erling Riis	Kevin O'Donnell
Coherent Population Trapping in Atomic Vapours	Erling Riis	Paul Griffin
The Physics of DNA	Neil Hunt	Katrin Adamczyk, Glenn Burley
A Physical Investigation of Protein-drug Binding	Neil Hunt	Paul Hoskisson
Fabricating Amyloid Functional Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis	Olaf Rolinski	Yu Chen
Intrinsic Fluorophores in Sensing Applications	Olaf Rolinski	Yu Chen
Characterisation of Bulk and Thin film Semiconductor Layers for Solar Cells	Rob Martin	Michael Yakushev
Modelling the Interaction of Electron Beams with Semi Conductor Devices	Rob Martin	Paul Edwards
Self-organized Patterns in Rb Vapour	Thorsten Ackemann	Aidan Arnold
Polarization and Feedback Dynamics of VCSELs	Thorsten Ackemann	Erling Riis
Luminescence Hysteresis	Kevin O'Donnell	Paul Edwards
Inter and Intra-band Spectroscopy of GaN Quantum Dots	Kevin O'Donnell	Rob Martin
High Energy Ion Acceleration in Intense Laser-plasma Interactions	Paul McKenna	Ross Gray
High Energy Radiation from Intense Laser-solid Interactions	Paul McKenna	Ross Gray
Nanoscale Characterisation of Nitride Semiconductors using Electron Channelling Contrast Imaging	Carol Trager-Cowan	Paul Edwards
Modifying Melanin’s Structure	David Birch	Jens Sutter
Bose-Einstein Condensate Experiments	Aidan Arnold	Erling Riis
Ocean Colour Radiometry – Data Processing and Image Interpretation	Alex Cunningham	David McKee
Diffusion Distances in Complex Networks	Ernesto Estrada	Gian-Luca Oppo
Quantum Optical Computational Toolbox 	John Jeffers	Gian-Luca Oppo
Sweep Frequency Microwave Pulse Compression using a Helically Corrugated Waveguide	Kevin Ronald	Wenlong He
Testing for gravitational coupling to Entropy.	Nick Lockerbie	Tom Han
Design and Simulation of Millimetre Wave Cavities	Adrian Cross	Helen Yin
Excitation of Heavy Atomic Species for ITER	Nigel Badnell	Bob Bingham

K.P. O'Donnell
Professor of Semiconductor Spectroscopy
University of Strathclyde
SUPA Department of Physics
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