[Academic] REMINDER PH952 call for MSC projects, PLEASE RESPOND BY 9/1/2020

Wed Jan 8 12:14:30 GMT 2020

Dear All,

Following on from Thorsten's email below, please note that the deadline for project descriptions is tomorrow 9th January.

Kind regards,
Melanie

Melanie McInanny
Department of Physics
Tel: 0141 548 3362

From: Academic <academic-bounces at phys.strath.ac.uk><mailto:academic-bounces at phys.strath.ac.uk> On Behalf Of Thorsten Ackemann
Sent: 18 December 2019 16:54
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Subject: [Academic] REMINDER PH952 call for MSC projects, PLEASE RESPOND BY 9/1/2020

Dear All,

As indicated at the dept. committee, I have only 6 submission of projects (plus mine 2)  in spite of two calls. Every academic in experimental optics/lasers/microscopy/solid-state/nanoscience needs to supply at least one project and research staff is strongly encouraged. In addition there are about 2-3 needed in theory and again 2-3 needed in plasmas. Please consider also whether two students could do an experiment together and write up different aspects of data in the end. I am very aware of the limitations to all our time, in particular in summer, but the MSc constitute an important element of strategy of the department. We need to be flexible to arrange absence at group or colleague level.

If you have issues to provide space or material, we can look at using experiments in the 3rd year lab https://classes.myplace.strath.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=15591 with the script as starting point from which the students can be more explorative. There are several experiments on optical fibres, SHG, Michelson interferometers, laser diodes, microwaves, operational amplifiers etc, which might be suitable. Please let Melanie and me know if you are looking favourably at this.

The very FINAL DEADLINE is 9/1/2020. Please give generously.

I wish you a good Christmas break and a happy new year,

Regards
Thorsten

From: Melanie McInanny
Sent: 28 October 2019 16:08
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Subject: PH952 call for projects, please respond till 29/11/2019

*Sent on behalf of T.Ackemann*
Dear All,
PGT recruitment has been very successful this year with 24 students in the new cohort and four further from the former cohort possibly progressing to project provided they pass resit exams. As in previous years, interest is not equally distributed over the departmental research groups with maybe 2-3 projects in theory and the same in plasmas but the majority in nanoscience/solid state science, lasers, optics. This means that every academic in the latter areas will need to provide at least one project and I encourage research staff to consider to propose also a project in collaboration with your supervisor.
Please supply the project descriptions on the attached template to Melanie, melanie.mcinanny at strath.ac.uk<mailto:melanie.mcinanny at strath.ac.uk>, till 29th Nov 2019.
Projects will be allocated earlier this year than in the previous years with the selection process finished middle of February 2020. Then students will do a literature survey supervised by the prospective project supervisors as part of the transferable skills class PH949 to prepare for the project. This will be light touch (pass/fail, no mark) but supervisors must feedback on scientific writing, referencing and critical analysis.
If a student negotiates with you a bespoke project (not in the project booklet) till middle of January, he/she can bypass the selection process. However, every project in the project booklet must be assigned centrally via me.
Please see timeline below.

*         13/11/2019, 14.00-17.00 JA 5.06, introduction to research groups and project opportunities (for group leaders only)

*         29/11/2019 deadline for project propositions

*         16/12/2019 project Handbook supplied to students

*         4/2/2020 students makes project choice

*         10/2/2020 project allocated

*         12/2/2020 literature survey starts

*         9/3/2020 Literature survey submitted

*         8/6/2020 (TBC): project start in June after decision of  first exam board

*         end of July/early August: Project progress workshop (only students and project coordinator)

*         24/8/2020, 12.00 noon: Hand-in deadline for report

*         31/8-4/9/2020 (or slightly before/after): Assessment by talk and vivas
Thank you very much for providing project opportunities.
Regards
Thorsten

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