| Unit name | Exploratory Training Project II |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYSM0033 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Hayden |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None. |
| Co-requisites |
None. |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This is an optional unit that may be taken instead of the Partner Placement unit. This unit consists of a deeper laboratory- or theory- based assignment designed to increase students' awareness of the breadth of condensed matter physics. The aim is to instil a multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving and inform their main project choices, while learning new experimental and theoretical techniques. Exposing students to a specific short-term project will broaden a student's research experience, stimulate innovative working practices and develop the students ability to think "outside the box" in their subsequent PhD project. Examples of projects include: using nanofabrication techniques for developing new probes capable of measuring the purest micron-sized single crystal samples or calculation of the quasi-particle properties of a new material.
On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:
The unit will take place in research labs alongside post doctoral research fellows and students already engaged in PhD research. The students will undertake the Exploratory Research Projects in pairs, with the pairs chosen so that the students have complementary backgrounds and can thus learn from each other.
Each student will prepare a 30 minute presentation.
References and reading will be provided by the academic members responsible for each Exploratory Research Project.
