2013
Jesse Swanson from Engineering Physics program Dresden – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Placement Information Year you started your placement 2013 Placement period May – August, September – December Supervisor’s name Hao Tjeng Project Details Overview My work term has consisted of becoming familiar with ultra-high vacuum (UHV) experimental setup used to grow and characterize thin films in situ, design and draw a protective holder for a sensitive […]
Jon Parnell from Physics and Astronomy program Stuttgart – Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Placement Information Year you started your placement 2013 Placement period January – April, May – August, September – December Supervisor’s name Christian Ast Project Details Overview Over the last 6 months, I’ve been working on a computer simulation that simulates graphene (a carbon-based 2D lattice). The simulation was done via implementing MATLAB scripts. Over my […]
Robin Newhouse from Physics and Astronomy program Berlin – Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Placement Information Year you started your placement 2013 Placement period May – August, September – December Supervisor’s name Sergey Levchenko Project Details Overview I have been working with the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin Germany. The FHI is involved with research of the main characteristics of atoms, molecules and electrons […]
Samuel Wu from Engineering Physics program Stuttgart – Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Placement Information Year you started your placement 2013 Placement period May – August, September – December Supervisor’s name Mathieu Le Tacon Project Details Overview This project involves using Raman spectroscopy to try to gain insight into the the crystal and magnetic structure of Sr3Fe2O7 at different oxygen dopings. Project objectives Use Raman spectroscopy to probe […]
Sung Jin Park from Chemistry program Dresden – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Placement Information Year you started your placement 2013 Placement period May – August, September – December Supervisor’s name Marc Armbruester Project Details Overview My team’s work mostly involves exploring different intermetallic compounds in hopes of finding a more efficient catalyst for many chemical reactions required in the industry today. Many different intermetallic compounds are currently […]
Yingyu Yao from Physics and Astronomy program Berlin – Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Placement Information Year you started your placement 2013 Placement period May – August Supervisor’s name Luca Ghiringhelli Project Details Overview Implementation of a saddle point searching algorithm in a hyper dimensional space. Project objectives Developing and implementing an algorithm capable of finding an transition state for a chemical reaction. Project status Completed Presentation My Co-op […]
