AINSE Winter School

Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol45 Issue10 9–13 March 2020

2020 Winter School

Monday 6th July – Friday 10th July 2020

Applications are now open!

Visit the AINSE Winter School Website for more information

The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE Ltd.) offers scholarships to its Member Universities to enable a nominated student to attend the Winter School on applications of nuclear techniques. The School will be held at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s (ANSTO’s) Lucas Heights campus, located approximately 30km south of Sydney. The 24th AINSE Winter School will run over five days from Monday 6th to Friday 10th July 2020.

The scholarship is open to all senior undergraduate students to whom a knowledge of nuclear analysis techniques would be of interest. Such techniques have applications in areas ranging from agriculture to zoology, including physics, chemistry, biology, environmental science, geography, geology, and archaeology. The Winter School provides an ideal opportunity for students in their final year of undergraduate STEM studies to explore potential options for future research projects and meet potential collaborators.

The Winter School involves a mixture of lectures, experimental sessions and demonstrations, and includes hands-on experience in experiments using:

• Neutron scattering (instruments on the OPAL multipurpose reactor);
• Ion beam accelerators (techniques of ion beam analysis of materials and applications to environmental analysis);
• Gamma irradiation (chemical and biological effects of ionizing radiation and radiation processing);
• The use of natural radioactivity in environmental studies (sedimentation rates and erosion, late quaternary problems, geomorphology, climate change); and
• Using nuclear techniques in soil and ground water studies (nuclear probes for metals in soils, radioactive tracers in flow studies, pollution).

Tours to inspect other major facilities at ANSTO’s Lucas Heights campus are also included in the program.

A social program including networking dinners and speakers encourages students to discuss important current social issues involving science and technology.

AINSE pays for flights, accommodation, all meals and social activities during the program.

The AINSE Councillor at each university is responsible for coordinating the selection of a scholarship student.  Please contact your University Councillor, or AINSE administration, to find out more about the AINSE Winter School.

Applications close 15th May 2020.

List of AINSE Councillors.

Contact information for AINSE Ltd.