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Dr听Paul Bartlett (果冻影院 Physics & Astronomy) has set up a 鈥楴exus听Lab鈥�, where undergraduates volunteer as researchers alongside academics,听postgraduates, postdocs and industrial researchers to work on atomic magnetometers.
These are devices that detect magnetic fields with record sensitivity, by seeing how the energy levels of atoms are influenced. They can be used for a variety of purposes including measuring biological magnetic fields, land-mine clearance, and in geology and fundamental physics experiments.
" I tell the students that their degrees will get them job听interviews, but听it鈥檚 what they show they can do听that will听get them the job.鈥澨�Dr Paul Bartlett, 果冻影院 Physics and Astronomy.
Dr Bartlett has been given access to听拢30,000 for the Nexus Lab听from an industrial partner who is also enrolling one of its staff onto an associated PhD programme. 鈥淚n the past, we might have only听had third or fourth years involved in research,鈥� Dr Bartlett says, 鈥渂ut now it鈥檚 first and听second听years too, which is fantastic.鈥� He and听Professor Ferruccio Renzoni听have helped to听create many projects that students听can get involved in, and undergraduates have published papers as a result.
One third year听student working for the High Energy Physics group,听John Smeaton, has听been volunteering on an experiment that looks for new particles that decay into Higgs Boson and other particles. 鈥淭his has reaffirmed that I want to go into research,鈥澨齁ohn says. 鈥淚 have worked closely with staff and everyone has been very approachable.鈥�
Image: John Smeaton, High Energy Physics Group听漏听果冻影院 Physics & Astronomy
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