Earlier this week, Prof. Ian Chubb stepped down and welcomed in Australia's new Chief Scientist: Dr Alan Finkel. Dr Finkel received his PhD. from Monash University in electrical engineering in 1981, and since then did post-doctoral research in neuroscience at Australian National University. … [Read more...]
Crash Course in Atom Splitting
So last term in Physics we covered Nuclear Physics, which my friends would know is something I'm somewhat kinda really interested in. Nukes are pretty cool, the ones that generate electricity, I mean. When anyone talks about nuclear technology or uranium, people immediately begin thinking about the … [Read more...]
Reflections on a Summer at MIT
Having been back in sunny old Noosa for a week now, the past 6 weeks at the Research Science Institute at MIT seem like a strange dream. Sure I have 80+ new friends on facebook, a paper written on nuclear material science and a couple of souvenirs, but it's difficult to not help but wonder - wow, … [Read more...]
Four weeks of RSI
It's remarkably difficult to find a nice quiet hour or so to write a post without worrying about assignments, social life or activities at RSI, without finding yourself up at ridiculously late/early hours. However I now find myself over 65% of the way through the Research Science Institute, and … [Read more...]
Delving into the CRUD
So the first week of mentorships at RSI are now well underway, and my research project is on CRUD. I should probably start from the beginning. So I've been placed into the Short Lab at NW-13 on the MIT Campus, which is the heart of the Nuclear Science and Engineering department. My mentor is the … [Read more...]