News and Events (See also Colloquia/Seminars)
World's thinnest wire a quantum leap forward
UNSW physicists have invented the world's narrowest conducting silicon wire – 10,000 times thinner than a human hair – with the same capacity to conduct electricity as a traditional copper wire. The nanowire, four atoms wide and one atom high, is a significant advancement for the team, which is part of an international race to build the world's first quantum computer. The research paper is in the journal Science. A popular version is in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Casual Laboratory Demonstrators - First Year Physics Teaching Laboratory
The School of Physics invites expressions of interest from enthusiastic, suitably qualified people to work as demonstrators in First Year Physics laboratory classes. Enquire from Jan 3rd 2012.
Top-Up PhD Scholarship in Astrophysics
School of Physics, University of New South Wales
A top-up scholarship, valued at A$5,000 per annum for 3-years, is available for international and Australian PhD students enrolled at UNSW to work with Professor Michael Burton on an ARC-funded Discovery Project entitled “Dark Gas and the Formation of Molecular Clouds”. Further Information
Ph.D. openings in Nanoelectronics for 2012 (pdf flyer)
The Nanoelectronics group (Micolich) is looking to recruit Ph.D. students for 2012. Projects offered will be on the electronic properties of devices based on semiconductor nanowires. Full details of the groups research can be found at http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/nanoelectronics/
Visit UNSW
High achieving final year undergraduate students interested in a PhD at UNSW can get free flights to Sydney and accommodation to come and visit the School of Physics, and meet staff and students. Applications to visit UNSW are now open, and should be placed well before 15 October - see here for details.
New courses at the School of Physics
PHYS1160 Introductory Astronomy - a new, online only, first year course in astronomy. Suitable as an elective or as a General Studies subject for non-science students. Further information
PHYS1211 Energy and Environmental Physics - an introduction to the physics of energy use and the environment. Suitable as an elective course in first year or as a General Studies subject for non-science students. Further information
Also see the First Year Physics website for contact details
Ph.D. openings in Quantum Nanoelectronics for 2010/11 (pdf flyer) The Quantum Electronic Devices Group (Hamilton/Micolich) is looking to recruit Ph.D. students for 2010/11. Projects offered will be in the area of the spin properties of hole-based nanodevices. Full details of the groups research can be found at http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/QED |
