SURE Project Descriptions
Applications are now closed for SURE 2010
PHYSICS:
1. Nano-materials for UV and White Light Emission - Dr Louise Bradley
2. Electric Field induced modification of magnetic anistropy in magnetic systems - Professor JMD Coey
3. Nanomechanics in medical devices - Dr Graham Cross
4. Formation and photonic properties of single quantum wires - Professor John Donegan
5. First principles theory of multiferroic materials - Dr Claude Ederer
6. Ordered Foams - Dr Stefan Hutzler
7. Pulsed laser deposition of hafnium oxide nanoparticles - Professor James Lunney / Professor JMD Coey
8. Nanomesh formation on Germanium (001) Surfaces - Professor Iggy McGovern
9. Foam as granular matter - Dr Matthias Möbius
10. Transparent Conducting Oxides - Dr Charles Patterson
11. Time-dependent quantum transport in organic materials - Professor Stefano Sanvito
CHEMISTRY:
1. CO2 Functionalisation: Fine Chemicals from Waste - Dr. Robert Baker
2. Combinatorial Catalysis - Dr. Enda Bergin
3. Radical straategies for the modification of amorphous carbon surfaces with organic molecules - Dr. Paula Colavita
4. Intercalated Graphenes: Single Storey to Multi-Decker Sandwich Complexes - Professor Sylvia Draper
5. Colorimetric Luminescent Sensors for Nitroaromatic Explosives Detection - Dr. Rachel Evans
6. Activity Evaluation of Novel Spiropyran-Based Ion Sensors - Dr. Silvia Giordani
7. Quantum dot based materials for biomedical applications - Professor Yurii Gun'ko
8. Semiconductor nanowires for solar energy conversion - Professor John M. Kelly
9. Nanosized Clusters and Bio-Inorganic Network Structures for Sustainable Energy Applications - Dr. Wolfgang Schmitt
ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
1. Development of a reliable method for the analysis of Raman and infrared spectra of thin amorphous and microcrystalline silicon layers for solar cells - Dr. Tatiana Perova
2. Liquid Crystalline based Displays - Professor J.K. Vij
Please Note that stipends may vary for particular projects. The top 16 student applicants will be awarded full SURE funding, as part of the SFI UREKA Site, and will receive a weekly stipend of €300. Other successful applicants beyond these 16 will be funded at the discretion of the supervisor of the research projects, and directly by that supervisor at a rate which may vary from that reserved for the fully funded UREKA Site students.
Please also note that 50% of the places on the programme are reserved for non-TCD students.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES WITH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- SANTA BARBARA
****Open to TCD students only****
Trinity College Dublin and The International Centre for Materials Research in the University of California, Santa Barbara usually offers a number of summer internship exchanges to TCD and UCSB students each summer (10-12 weeks, June 21st 2010 – August 25th 2010).
TCD students interested in applying for a summer placement in UCSB should look at the website for the Materials Research laboratory at UCSB www.mrl.ucsb.edu/mrl/info/index and choose a research area from the list at www.mrl.ucsb.edu/mrl/research. Your application should consist of:
- A full CV
- A personal statement of interest in the specific research area (300-500 words)
- A copy of your latest academic transcript (years 1 and 2)
- A letter of recommendation, to be provided by a chosen academic referee from within your Departments / School
E-mail your application as an attachment to sure@tcd.ie. All documents should be in pdf format and can be scanned into pdf format if necessary.
To be eligible for this exchange your passport must be valid for six months after the date you enter the States. This is required to apply for the US visa should you be selected. Please check the US Embassy website for current entry Visa requirements.