Applying for PhD Programmes
After a few months of research and deliberation, I’m happy to say I’ve accepted an offer for a PhD starting in September. Doing a PhD after completing an undergraduate course is becoming increasingly common in steps towards a career in both industry and academia, and generally consists of 3-4 years spent on a very specific […]
Numerical methods, argon plasma and planning for the future
The second term is now well underway and it already feels considerably different to before Christmas. With microcontrollers soldered beyond recognition and the report handed in, the fourth year programming module now focuses on numerical methods, which are used to approximate solutions to functions that can’t be solved exactly. One of the best-known examples of […]
Attending a spectroscopy and dynamics conference
This week I got the opportunity to attend the annual meeting of the Spectroscopy and Dynamics Interest Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Taking place over three days at Nottingham University, around 150 delegates from across the UK and as far as America and Iceland came together to discuss current developments in the field. […]
Getting back in the lab
With some initial computational work out of the way and a somewhat interesting eye test, this week I started work in the laser spectroscopy lab as part of my masters project. The plan is to identify the spectra of novel molecules that might be found in the interstellar medium. Not surprisingly, achieving this requires a […]
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