Research Projects
The School of Physics carries out research in the following areas:
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Atom Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electron Diffraction and Electron Microscopy (LEEM, PEEM)
- Fundamental X-ray Physics
- Image Processing
- Instrumentation Development (x-ray and PET Cameras)
- Optics (using electrons and x-rays)
- Materials Science and Thin Films
- Particle Physics and Cosmology
- Physics Education Research
- Spectroscopy (EPR, Mössbauer)
- Synchrotron Science
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
List of current research topics.
A postgraduate programme in physics provides a unique opportunity to carry out your own original research, leading to the degree of MSc or PhD. All postgraduates are enrolled initially in the MSc programme and transfer to PhD after one year. Students are allocated two supervisors, and their progress is monitored by a panel, which comprises the supervisors, Postgraduate Coordinator and the Convenor of the School's Research Committee. Students are allocated an office, a "high-end" computer (including a range of software for computational physics and visualisation), and have access to all the Schools' facilities, including: photocopiers, scanners, imaging services, computer services, research laboratories, electronics and mechanical workshops and excellent technical support.
Postgraduate Scholarships
Outstanding applicants are invited to apply for the prestigious J. L. William PhD scholarships, which are valued at $28,000 pa. Applications for this scholarship can be found at:
www.physics.monash.edu.au/scholarships.html
In addition to the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), the university also offers a range of other postgraduate scholarships, including: international awards (IPRS, MIPRS), the Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS), the Sir James McNeill Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship, the Monash Silver Jubilee Postgraduate Scholarship, and the Faculty of Science Dean's Postgraduate Research Scholarship. Further details may be found at:
www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/index.html
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Research Facilities
The School of Physics has access to a wide range of research facilities, including:
- The new Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy, which provides state of the art equipment, including a FEG-TEM, a 3D Atom probe, high-resolution TEMs and SEMs, LEEM/PEEM, and scanning probe microscopy.
- Major synchrotron facilities in Japan (SPring-8, Photon Factory), Italy (Elettra), UK (Daresbury, SRS) and Canada (CLS), France (ESRF) and the US (APS). The School has a formal arrangement with the world’s largest synchrotron (SPring-8), which guarantees access to Beamline BL20B2.
- The new OPAL reactor in Sydney for neutron scattering, as well as access to neutron scattering facilities at the Institut Laue-Langevin (Grenoble), and to the ISIS pulsed neutron source at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory in the UK.
- Major astronomical observatories, including NOAO, Gemini, the AAO and space-based telescopes such as Spitzer and Chandra.
- Beamlines on the new Australian Synchrotron, in particular the Imaging and Therapy Beamline (BL10), which is being developed in collaboration with physicists In the Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science (hosted by the School of Physics).
- Major supercomputing facilities, via VPAC/APAC.
Research Centres
- Monash Centre for Synchrotron Science
- CRC for Biomedical Imaging Development
- Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science
- Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy
Atom optics laboratory at Monash (Alexis.Bishop@sci.monash.edu.au) |
