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ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES of a career in physics is that it can give
you an opportunity to travel. UNSW graduates in physics are probably
more widely spread around the globe than those from any other discipline.
The reason: the principles of physics are independent of where you happen
to live.
Recent and current UNSW Physics Honours students can testify to
the excitement of being part of an international physics community.
Jessica Dempsey (Hons 99) and Jill Rathborne (Hons 98) had the time
of their lives working on astronomical experiments at the US
Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station during January 2000.
Jamie Lloyd (Hons 95) wintered at the Pole in 1996 and 1997 the
first person to winter during two consecutive years. Jamie is now completing a
PhD in Astrophysics at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Rita McKinnon (Hons 00) was working in the Centre for Quantum
Computing over summer when Professor Bob Clark asked her whether she would like
to visit Japan that week. Rita spent 11 days in Tokyo at the Institute for
Solid State Physics helping to design cryostats for electromagnetic flux
compression measurements of YBCO.
Similarly, Carlin Yasin (Hons 00) found herself whisked off to Florida
in February 2000 for a four-day workshop with her supervisor,
Dr. Michelle Simmons.
Regardless of where these talented young people establish careers, we
hope that they will remember with fondness their association with the School
of Physics, UNSW.
Michael Ashley
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