Undergraduate Summer Placements Titles 2015
The deadline for applications for funded summer placements is Wednesday 14th January at 1pm.
Project Title
Supervisor(s)
No of
Research
Spaces Group
Observational studies of young stars
Professor Rene Oudmaijer
1
Astrophysics
Massive Star Formation
Dr Stuart Lumsden
2
Astrophysics
The radiative overstability of dusty shocks
Dr Julian Pittard
1
Astrophysics
The effect of simplified physics on the results of numerical
models
Dr Sven Van Loo
1
Astrophysics
Splash Landing – Dropping clouds onto galactic discs
Professor Thomas Hartquist
1
Astrophysics
Surface acoustic waves and magnetic domain walls
Dr Thomas Moore
1
Condensed
Matter
Chiral domain walls in ultrathin magnetic films
Dr Thomas Moore
1
Condensed
Matter
Readily kicked-off high frequency dynamics in chiral spin texture:
for future non-volatile fast speed memory
Dr Satoshi Sagomoto &
Professor Chris Marrows
1
Condensed
Matter
Molecular spin capicitators
Dr Oscar Cespedes
1
Condensed
Matter
Spin coupling in topological insulators
Dr Oscar Cespedes
1
Condensed
Matter
Pure Spin Currents
Professor Brian Hickey
1
Condensed
Matter
Spin Hall Magnetoresistance
Professor Brian Hickey
1
Condensed
Matter
Unconventional Superconductivity proximity effects in YttriumIron-Garnet/Niobium/Co trilayers
Dr Gavin Burnell
& Professor Brian Hickey
1
Condensed
Matter
Periodically-driven topological phases
Dr Zlatko Papic
2
Condensed
Matter
Emergent non-Abelian quasiparticles in condensed matter
Dr Zlatko Papic
2
Condensed
Matter
Multiplexed single molecule counting immunoassay
Dr Jung-uk Shim
1
Molecular &
Nanoscale
Cell capturing in a microfluidic device
Dr Jung-uk Shim
1
Molecular &
Nanoscale
Patterning of surfaces with crystals
Dr Hugo Christenson
2
Molecular &
Nanoscale
Ispectroscopy
Professor Steve Evans
1
Molecular &
Nanoscale
Cell Deformation
Professor Steve Evans
1
Molecular &
Nanoscale
Laser cooling of a force sensor to an effective temperature of < 3
Kelvin
Dr Simon Connell
1
Molecular &
Nanoscale
Compressive and shear modulus of hydrogel nanospheres
Dr Simon Connell
1
Molecular &
Nanoscale
Topological Quantum Memories
Dr Jiannis Pachos
2
Quantum
Information
Hidden Quantum Markov Models
Dr Almut Beige
2
Quantum
Information
Entanglement spectroscopy of Quantum Matter
Dr Zlatko Papic & Dr Almut Beige
1
Quantum
Information
Saving the world one molecule at a time
Dr Mike Reis
3
Soft Matter
Making Maxwell’s equations app-etising
Dr Mike Reis
1
Soft Matter
Output of microwave expert for first year laboratory
Dr Peter Hine
1
Soft Matter
Updating the Leeds 2D image analyser
Dr Peter Hine
1
Soft Matter
What is the relationship between student’s careers aspirations
and effective learning in Physics
Dr Alison Voice
1
Teaching
Enhancement
and Education
Is conceptual understanding of Mathematics essential for the
learning of Physics?
Dr Samantha Pugh
1
Teaching
Enhancement
and Education
Supporting the move from year 1 to year 2 in Physics
Dr Samantha Pugh
1
Teaching
Enhancement
and Education