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MPhys project options.md

MPhys Projects

Experimental

  • Advanced Manufacturing for Bioengineering Applications

    • Dr Scott Lewis (scott.lewis@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Using e-beam lithography to create structures for building synthetic biological cells
      • learn to use e-beam lithography
      • fabricate resist material that works at low res
      • use python to convert SEM scans of kidneys to something lithographable
      • lithograph it
      • fill it with cells?
    • Pros
      • Really cool
      • Bioengineering!
      • Nice mix of doing stuff and programming stuff
    • Cons
      • Bit matieralsy? Not necessarily a bad thing
      • What if we can't fabricate the material?
      • Not very theoretical

  • Securing the Future of Moore's Law

    • Dr Scott Lewis (scott.lewis@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Fabricate better materials fo use with Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography
      • learn to use EUVL
      • make a material based on monte-carlo designs of electron scattering
      • test it
    • Pros
      • Pretty cool
    • Cons
      • Not as cool as above

  • Quantitation in MALDI Mass Spec

    • Dr Adam McMahon (adam.mcmahon@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Try to improve precision of MALDI techniques
    • Pros
      • Pretty cool
      • Biophys
      • Programming to simulate optics sounds neat
      • Christie-based
    • Cons
      • Don't know much chemistry. Dan might.
      • Christie-based
      • Not very theoretical

  • Building control and data-acquisition systems for undergrad experiments

    • Prof Andrew Murray (andrew.murray@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Dr Matthew Harvey (matthew.harvey@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Using Arduinos to make undergrad lab not shit
    • Pros
      • Doing actual work to fix exactly what I always say is wrong with undergrad labs
      • Plenty of programming
    • Cons
      • Andy Murray may still think I'm an idiot
      • Not very theoretical
      • Not necessarily very physicsy either

  • Fractal structures in urban development

    • Dr Ingo Dierking (ingo.dierking@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Using fractal dimension techniques to study the shape of urban developments in different continents and different types of cities like rapidly-grown ones versus old ones aaaaugh
    • Pros
      • Oh my god it's fractals and cities and doing maths to history and it's like all of my favourite things came down and birthed a lab project
      • Plenty of opportunity for data-vis, I reckon
      • Image processing to automate fractal dimension-counting, maybe?
    • Cons
      • Does it not having a C next to it mean he doesn't anticipate/want much computering?

  • Measuring the tactile input to the brain from whiskers

    • Dr Tom Waigh (t.a.waigh@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Using models and video of animal whiskers to understand how they deform and correlating this to electrical impulses to better understand the "world-brain interface"
    • Pros
      • Programming!
      • Biomechanics!
    • Cons
      • Not theoretical at all

  • Observing Matter/Antimatter differences in Charm

  • Lepton Flavour Violation at LHCb

    • Prof Christ Parkes (chris.parkes@cern.ch)
    • Different projects but both use ROOT to do particley stuff. First one looks fairly similar to 3rd yar
    • Pros
      • Can already use ROOT
    • Cons
      • Means we have to use ROOT (might get to try using python instead though)
      • Need to convince Chris we're not still idiots
      • Probably quite contested by PPRSC nerds

  • First LHCb Analysis for CERN Open Data Portal

    • Prof Chris Parkes (chris.parkes@cern.ch)
    • Design a research project for cool teens based on our 3rd-year lab project
    • Pros
      • Very cool and outreachey
      • Have work published on CERN website if successful!
    • Cons
      • Probably hotly contested by PPRSC nerds
      • Need to convince Chris we're not still idiots

Theoretical projects

  • Stochastic dynamics of cancer evolution

    • Dr Tobias Galla (tobias.galla@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Michael's thing!
    • Pros
      • Plenty of cool programming for the stochastic tunnelling
      • Cool stats
      • Tobias!
      • Curing cancer

  • Evolutionary multi-player games in switching environments

    • Dr Tobias Galla (tobias.galla@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Game theory multi-player thingy, bunch of stochastic stuff
    • Pros
      • Cool stochastic programming
      • Tobias!
    • Cons
      • Don't understand a bloody word of it

  • Idiots in a queue

    • Dr Tobias Galla (tobias.galla@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Queueing theory simulations
    • Pros
      • Qualify us for jobs at disneyland
      • Plenty o' programming
      • Tobias!
      • Opportunity for analytical approach also
    • Cons
      • Looses out on the Cool Factor

  • Plasma Wakefield Acceleration (M)

    • Dr Guoxing Xia (guoxing.xia@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Dr Oznur Mete (oznur.mete@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Analysing and simulating physics in wakefield accelerators
    • Pros
      • Bunch of different aspects to study
      • Exceedingly cool next-gen-accelerator stuff
      • Analytical and programming segments
    • Cons
      • Wasn't planning on taking Frontiers, might not have to though

  • Particle-in-cell computer simulation of a plasma (M)

    • Prof Philippa Browning (p.browning@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Simulating a plasma
    • Pros
      • Fairly straightforward-sounding model-construction in language of our choice
      • Philippa's pretty cool
    • Cons
      • Don't know much about plasmas

  • "Avalanche" modelling of solar flares

    • Prof Philippa Browning (p.browning@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Simulating circumstances leading to solar flares
    • Pros
      • Statistical model programming's always fun
      • Philippa's pretty cool
    • Cons
      • Don't know much about plasmas

  • Time evolution in quantum mechanics and high frequency stabilisation of atoms (M)

    • Prof Niels Walet (niels.walet@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Using FFTs to time-evolve quantum systems computationally
    • Pros
      • FFTs are very cool
      • Plenty o' programming
      • Niels is scary but I like him

  • Quantum Chaology (M)

    • Prof Niels Walet (niels.walet@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Computationally studying two different models for quantum chaos
    • Pros
      • Sweet jesus this is a sexy-looking project
      • Plenty o' programming
      • Niels is scary but I like him
      • Let me re-emphasise how sexy this looks
    • Cons
      • It also looks completely terrifying

  • Modelling The Variable Radio Emission from Star Forming Regions In Our Galaxy (A)

    • Prof Gary Fuller (g.fuller@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Identifying and modelling the way stars of different types emit radio
    • Pros
      • Sounds pretty useful
      • Opportunity for fun data-vis?
    • Cons
      • Gary (might well be better one-on-one though)

  • Water flow in confined nano graphene channels

    • Dr Jichen Li (j.c.li@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Simulating water diffusion through graphene channels of various shapes and sizes in order to understand biological nanostructues
    • Pros
      • As ways to apply nanoscience to biology go, this is a pretty cool one
      • Graphene is pretty sexy too
    • Cons
      • Unclear if actual physical graphene is involved
      • Full year only

  • Predicting and understanding of heart diseases and heart vessels problems

    • Dr Jichen Li (j.c.li@Manchester.ac.uk)
    • Prof HG Zhang (h.zhang- 3@manchester.ac.uk)
    • Fouriering ECG graphs to predict heart defects
    • Pros
      • Medical awesomeness
      • Would love to try programming with fouriers
      • May discover heart defects in selves
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