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Astrophysics
Determining the orbital characteristics of a constellation of nano-sats orbiting the Moon


Optimising a Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory
Dr Bram Slagmolen, Dr Lilli (Ling) Sun, Dr Vaishali Adya, Distinguished Prof David McClelland
Active orbital control systems for nano-sats orbiting the Moon
Design a rail gun to operate in vacuum producing a force of 1mN
In space, no-one can hear you scream. Is this true?


Exotic nuclear structure towards the neutron dripline


Space radiation modelling
Launching nano-satellites from the Earth's Moon
Reducing Entropy in Lunar Supply Chains
Atomic and Molecular Physics


Interactions between Antimatter and Ultracold Atoms
Dr Sean Hodgman, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek


Positron applications in medical physics
A/Prof. James Sullivan, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek


Optical quantum memory
Electron scattering from surfaces at high energies
Biophysics


Positron applications in medical physics
A/Prof. James Sullivan, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek
Engineering in Physics
Fibre Optic Sensor Arrays for Vibrometry and Acoustic Sensing
Dr Chathura Bandutunga , , Dr Paul Sibley, A/Prof Malcolm Gray
Determining the orbital characteristics of a constellation of nano-sats orbiting the Moon


Optimising a Neutron Star Extreme Matter Observatory
Dr Bram Slagmolen, Dr Lilli (Ling) Sun, Dr Vaishali Adya, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Exploring physics with neural networks
Dr Aaron Tranter, Professor Ben Buchler, Professor Ping Koy Lam
Active orbital control systems for nano-sats orbiting the Moon
Design a rail gun to operate in vacuum producing a force of 1mN
In space, no-one can hear you scream. Is this true?


Nuclear structure studies with particle transfer reactions
Dr AJ Mitchell, Professor Gregory Lane, Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi


Vibration control for optical interferometry
Launching nano-satellites from the Earth's Moon


Understanding energy dissipation in colliding quantum many-body systems
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Dr Ian Carter, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Professor David Hinde
Engineering Inter-spacecraft laser links


Ultra-fast lifetime measurements of nuclear excited states
Professor Gregory Lane, Dr AJ Mitchell, Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi
Environmental Physics
Reducing Entropy in Lunar Supply Chains
Materials Science and Engineering


Nanowire Photodetectors for Photonic and Quantum Systems


Mathematical making


Measurement of optical and mechanical losses of mirror coatings
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Higher-order spatial mode optical cavity analysis for thermal noise measurements
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland
Electron scattering from surfaces at high energies


Developing wearable sensors for personalized health care technologies and solutions
Dr Buddini Karawdeniya, Prof Dragomir Neshev, Prof Patrick Kluth, Professor Lan Fu


Creating new materials using pressure and diamond anvil cells
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology


Nanowire lasers for applications in nanophotonics


Quantum-well nanowire light emitting devices
Professor Lan Fu, Dr Ziyuan Li, Professor Hoe Tan, Professor Chennupati Jagadish


Nanowire infrared avalanche photodetectors towards single photon detection


Micro-ring lasers for integrated silicon photonics


Developing wearable sensors for personalized health care technologies and solutions
Dr Buddini Karawdeniya, Prof Dragomir Neshev, Prof Patrick Kluth, Professor Lan Fu
Photonics, Lasers and Nonlinear Optics


Machine learning for optics and controls
Fibre Optic Sensor Arrays for Vibrometry and Acoustic Sensing
Dr Chathura Bandutunga , , Dr Paul Sibley, A/Prof Malcolm Gray


Nanowire lasers for applications in nanophotonics


Nanowire Photodetectors for Photonic and Quantum Systems


Measurement of optical and mechanical losses of mirror coatings
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Low-noise offset-phase locking and heterodyne interferometry with 2µm-band lasers
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Higher-order spatial mode optical cavity analysis for thermal noise measurements
Dr Johannes Eichholz, Dr Bram Slagmolen, Distinguished Prof David McClelland


Quantum-well nanowire light emitting devices
Professor Lan Fu, Dr Ziyuan Li, Professor Hoe Tan, Professor Chennupati Jagadish


Nanowire infrared avalanche photodetectors towards single photon detection


Micro-ring lasers for integrated silicon photonics


Satellite based geodesy


Quantum squeezed states for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors
Distinguished Prof David McClelland, Professor Daniel Shaddock, Dr Bram Slagmolen
Physics of the Nucleus


Towards a global understanding of nuclear fission
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Professor David Hinde, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta


Nuclei that fall apart: understanding the role of sub-zeptosecond processes in reactions of weakly-bound nuclei
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Professor David Hinde


Nuclear batteries: Energy-storage applications of nuclear isomers


Creating new superheavy elements
Dr Taiki Tanaka, Professor David Hinde, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta


Characterisation and optimisation of an ionization detector system for probing dissipation effects
Dr Ian Carter, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Professor David Hinde, Mr Ben Swinton-Bland


Nuclear structure studies with particle transfer reactions
Dr AJ Mitchell, Professor Gregory Lane, Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi


Exotic nuclear structure towards the neutron dripline


Space radiation modelling


Understanding energy dissipation in colliding quantum many-body systems
Dr Kaitlin Cook, Dr Ian Carter, Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Professor David Hinde


Ultra-fast lifetime measurements of nuclear excited states
Professor Gregory Lane, Dr AJ Mitchell, Professor Andrew Stuchbery, Emeritus Professor Tibor Kibedi
Quantum Science and Technology


Interactions between Antimatter and Ultracold Atoms
Dr Sean Hodgman, Professor Stephen Buckman, Dr Joshua Machacek


Exploring physics with neural networks
Dr Aaron Tranter, Professor Ben Buchler, Professor Ping Koy Lam


Quantum super resolution


Beam matching using machine learning


Quantum multi-parameter estimation


Dual torsion pendulum for quantum noise limited sensing


Optical quantum memory


Vibration control for optical interferometry


Experimental quantum simulation with ultracold metastable Helium atoms in an optical lattice


Satellite based geodesy


Quantum squeezed states for interferometric gravitational-wave detectors
Distinguished Prof David McClelland, Professor Daniel Shaddock, Dr Bram Slagmolen
Theoretical Physics


Mathematical making


Quantum multi-parameter estimation


Introduction to quantum integrable systems


Stochastic dynamics of interacting systems and integrability
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