MDPH480/PHYS480/ASTR480/MAPH480
Research Projects 2009
Project Titles
Investigation of devices made with atomic clusters
Dr Pierre Convers / Prof Simon Brown
Averaging and back reaction in a lumpy universe
Dr David L. Wiltshire
Pulsed Laser Deposition of KY 3F 10 Thin Films Doped With Praeseodymium
Prof. Roger Reeves and Dr Jon Wells
Modelling of excited state absorption and femtosecond dynamics of lanthanide phosphors
Assoc Prof Mike Reid and Dr Jon-Paul Wells
Extracting a parametrized Hamiltonian from first-principles calculations
Assoc Prof Mike Reid
Lung tumour modelling for radiotherapy
Dr. Juergen Meyer, Dr Phil Wilson (Mathematics & Statistics)
Atmospheric Tides and Turbulence from Radar Remote sensing.
Prof Jack Baggaley
Atmospheric Airglow Emissions
Prof Jack Baggaley
Clifford’s geometric algebra (projects 1, 2, 3, 4)
Prof Phil Butler (P&A), Peter Renaud (Maths and Stats)
MARS biomedical imaging research topics 2009 (topics 1-10)
Prof Phil Butler, Dr Juergen Meyer, Dr Richard Watts and/or other staff of UC and Otago University
Photometric measurement of nitrogen in stars and globular clusters
Dr Michael Albrow
Deconvolution photometry
Assoc Prof Michael Albrow
Where are the EBHB stars in NGC 2808?
Dr Michael Albrow
Do flashing LEDs in IceCube look like neutrino induced electromagnetic cascades?
Dr Jenni Adams
Dark gravity
Dr D. V. Ahluwalia
Investigation of bismuth thin films on graphite.
Dr Pawel Kowalczyk and Prof Simon Brown
Investigation of quantum noise limit for ring laser gyros
Dr Bob Hurst, Dr Jon-Paul Wells
R Coronae Borealis – the most enigmatic group of stars
Assoc Prof Peter Cottrell
Stellar nucleosynthesis
Assoc Prof Peter Cottrell, Clare Worley
Further advice
If you have further questions, direct them as appropriate to:
400 Level Supervisor of Studies
Dr Jon-Paul Wells room
804, phone 364 2533
email: jon-paul.wells@canterbury.ac.nz
Head of Department
Room 710, phone 364 2404
email hod@phys.canterbury.ac.nz
or any of the lecturers concerned.