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Introduction
The Faculty of Science offers postgraduate
programs in Computational Science through the Schools of Chemistry,
Mathematics and Physics and through CANCES,
the Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering and
Science. Computational Science courses are offered in various disciplines
including Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Environmental Modelling.
It provides training in computational simulation of complex scientific
and engineering phenomena and leads to engineering or science based
careers in industry, universities, or government institutions such
as CSIRO.
This is a brief outline of the projects
that are available for a postgraduate program in Computational Physics
at UNSW.
Projects
Professor Jaan Oitmaa
Professor Jaan Oitmaa has interests
in statistical physics and condensed matter theory. Current research
programs include models of phase transitions, magnetism, superconductivity
and lattice vibrations. All of these problems involve extensive
numerical computations.
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Associate Professor Chris Hamer
Associate Professor Chris Hamer works
with lattice models, either of crystalline magnetic materials, or
of quarks within the proton.
Areas of interest include critical phenomena
and finite-size effects, using computational techniques such as
exact matrix diagonalization, series expansions, and Monte Carlo
simulations.
He has written some 80 scientific papers.
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Associate Professor Robert Stening
Associate Professor Robert Stening develops
global models of the ionisation density in the ionosphere. This
work is valuable for HF communications and the Jindalee over-the-horizon
radar installation.
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Dr Paul Curmi
Dr Paul Curmi is interested in the structure
of biological macromolecules such as proteins. Computer methods
are used to model and analyse x-ray crystallography data on these
molecules, and to determine their structure and properties.
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Dr Gary Morriss
Dr Gary Morriss studies non equilibrium
statistical mechanics and chaotic dynamical systems, with particular
application to the calculation of thermal transport coefficients
in dense liquids.
He is the author of more than 70 research
papers, including the monograph "Statistical Mechanics of Non equilibrium
Liquids".
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Dr Michael Box
Dr Michael Box studies the interaction
of solar and terrestrial radiation with the earth's atmosphere.
He uses perturbation theory to model radiative effects of atmospheric
aerosols, ozone depletion, and other atmospheric phenomena.
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Computational Physics Coordinator
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