Department of Physics and Technology, UoB IFT-posten 24. June 2011

A Word from Department Administration

This is the last IFT-posten this side of summer, the next issue will come out on Friday, August 26. We wish you all a great holiday, whether it starts now or later – make sure you leave plenty of time for doing nothing.

News and general information

Semester Start Autumn 2011

According to the tradition, for all new students the semester starts in week 33, while the actual lectures start in week 34 (August 22). Student course registration deadline is Thursday, August 18. The very last deadline for exam registration and confirmation of the educational plan is September 1. Timetable and the list of course books is available here.

Course providers are responsible for putting up a refreshed course book list in due time. If you are not sure how to upload the updated course book list on ”Mi side”, the guidelines are available in the previous issue of IFT-posten (week 24).

The link to the exam plan for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is provided here. These include all the written exams, including those not taught this semester.

Physics Show on YouTube

Watch Physics Show Bergen’s dust explosions filmed with a high-speed camera and played in slow motion.

Seminar on research ethics 2011 Date:  7. - 8. September 2011 Place:  Solstrand Hotel

UoB’s Integrity Committee arranges a seminar on research ethics which is this year divided into two main topics:  Day 1:  Impartiality in Research Day 2:  Publishing and Authorship  The main target group are researchers working at the universities or colleges, but the seminar is also open for others working with and interested in the above listed topics. Registration deadline is July 20. There is a limited number of participants. See here for programme and registration details.

Masternews

Master thesis presentation at the Department of Mathematics on Friday, 24. June 2011, at 14:00 (room 640, Carl Godskes house, Johs. Brunsgt. 12 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Kristian Fossum	Petroleum technology – Reservoir mechanics: "Value of Different Data Types for Estimation of Permeability”	Trond Mannseth, Uni

Master thesis presentation at our department on Monday, 27. June 2011, at 11:00 (room 366 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Thomas Christopher Solem	Physics – Core physics: "Performance of the High Level Trigger γ –conversion chain in the ALICE central tracking detectors”	Dieter Rørich

Master thesis presentation at our department on Monday, 27. June 2011, at 13:00 (room 366 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Arild Velure	Physics – Micro-electronics: "Design, implementation and testing of SRAM based neutron detectors”	Kjetil Ullaland

Master thesis presentation at our department on Monday, 27. June 2011, at 15:15 (room 366 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Eivind Farestveit Larsen	Physics – Core physics: "Characterization and Application of SRAM based Neutron Detector”	Dieter Rørich

Master thesis presentation at our department on Monday, 27. June 2011, at 13:30 (room 546 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Grete Lunestad Dybdahl	Physics – Measurement science and instrumentation: "Utvikling av testrigg for ultralyd volum og sraimålinger i hjarta”	Knut Matre and Renate Grüner

Master thesis presentation at the Department of Mathematics on Wednesday, 29. June 2011, at 09:00 (room 640, Carl Godskes house, Johs. Brunsgt. 12 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Svenn Tveit	Petroleum technology – Reservoir mechanics: "Numerical Methods for Hydrobolic Conservation Laws with a Discontinuous Flux Function”	Ivar Aavatsmark, Uni

Master thesis presentation at the Department of Mathematics on Wednesday, 29. June 2011, at 14:00 (room 640, Carl Godskes house, Johs. Brunsgt. 12 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Brede Rem Bergo	Petroleum technology – Reservoir mechanics: "Quality of the Analysis Step in ENKF”	Trond Mannseth, Uni

Master thesis presentation at our department on Friday, 1. July 2011, at 11:00 (room 316 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Ørjan Dale	Physics – Particle physics: "Discovering SUSY with τ+ τ - over tt Background – Evaluation of ATLAS Potential with 2010 Data”	Anna Lipniacka and Thomas Burgess

Master thesis presentation at our department on Friday, 1. July 2011, at 14:00 (room 316 ):

Candidate	Subject area / thesis title	Supervisor(s)
Siri Fløgstad Svensson	Physics – Particle physics: "Observation of the Decay B+/- -> J/ψ K+/- in the ATLAS Detector”	Gerald Eigen

PhD-news

Seminar on a self-chosen topic

MSc. Vijayshankar Asokan holds a seminar on a self-chosen topic by the following title:

Solar cells - recent innovations and development
Onsdag 29. Juni 2011 kl 13.15 i rom 546, IFT

All are welcome to attend!

Forthcoming disputation

Cand. scient. Stig Olsen will hold a PhD disputation of the following title: On Automatic Data Processing and Well-Test Analysis in Real-time Reservoir Management Applications Thursday, 30. June 2011 at 09:15 in Auditorium 2, Realfagbygget

Publications (ISI)

· Aad G, Abbott B, Abdallah J, Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Measurements of underlying-event properties using neutral and charged particles in pp collisions at root s=900 GeV and root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C Volume: 71 Issue: 5 Article Number: 1636