MPhys cover_19September2011.indd - Department of Physics ...

Foreword 5
The MPhys project report 6
Introduction 6
Target audience 6
The genre 6
Figures 6
Citations and Plagiarism 6
Joint projects 7
The front page of the report 7
Page limit 7
Resource Checklist 7
Presentation of your reports 8
University Policy on Intellectual
Property Rights 8
Frequently asked questions 8
Draft MPhys reports 9
Submitting your report at Examination
Schools 9
Examination Schools 10
Choosing your MPhys project 11
Project allocation 11
Project assessment 11
Weightings for the MPhys 12
Project outcomes 12
Project prizes 12
Project Prize winners in 2010- 2011 12
Project Prize winners in 2009- 2010 13
Examples of reports 13
Timetable for students 14
Timetable for supervisors 15
Guidelines for MPhys students 16
Student responsibilities 16
Schedule 16
Hilary Term (Weeks 1 - 8): Project work 16
Hilary Term (Week 9): Draft report 16
Trinity Term (Week 1):
Examination Schools 16
Trinity Term (Week 5): Project Assessment 16
Logbooks 16
Why three copies of your project report? 16
Why do I need a declaration of authorship? 16
Student feedback to the Department 16
Guidelines for MPhys project supervisors 17
Teaching duties of MPhys supervisors 17
Resources 17
Guidelines for writing the project report 17
Contents
Michaelmas Term (Weeks 7&8): 17
Compulsory meeting with supervisor 17
Hilary Term (Week 1): Final preparation 17
Hilary Term (Weeks 1 – 8):
Main project period 18
Hilary Term (Week 9): Draft Report 18
Hilary Term (Week 10):
Draft Report feedback 18
Trinity Term (Weeks 0 - 1):
Supervisor Report Form 18
Trinity Term (Week 1):
Examination Schools 18
Trinity Term (Week 5):
Project Assessment 18
Supervisor copy of the final project report 18
Supervisor feedback to the Department 18
MPhys project descriptions 19
Atomic and Laser projects 19
A&L01 Studying graphene in a Paul trap 19
A&L02 Electromagnetically induced transparency
(EIT) in hot Rb vapour 19
A&L03 Assembly and characterisation of
high-finesse optical cavities 19
A&L04 Error tolerant rotations for quantum
computation 19
A&L05 Two-wavelength laser system for 2-D
imaging of temperature in combustion 19
A&L06 An optical system for “stem cell farming”
– growing new hearts 20
A&L07 Quantum entanglement as a form of
curvature 20
A&L08 DNA as a (quantum) measurement
apparatus 20
A&L09 Studies of super-luminal wave-front
propagation 20
A&L10 Laser development for efficient plasma
generation 20
A&L12 Diagnostics of plasma generation for
efficient particle acceleration 21
A&L13 Ion Trap Quantum Computing 21
A&L14 tbc 21
A&L15 tbc 21
A&L16 Two-photon time-frequency entanglement
characterization 21
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