Friday May 25 2012

FROM THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

It's appropriate to end this week with pictures of innovative students who found a good alternative to sitting inside and sweat during the exam preparations. One can wonder if it's the indoor climate, the outdoor climate or simply the lack of space inside that is the reason for students to move outside.

It is interesting to study the number of applicants where more and more students prefer science. IFT recruits well to physics with 53 first choice applicants, up 26% from last year. The bomb, however, is that the PTEK program has 208 first choice applicants, up 73% from last year. See also the application overview for UiB.

It is also know that there will be 40 new places for UiB (of 1005). Of these, 20 go to science, 10 to medicine, while 10 are undistributed, see the complete list. The 10 undistributed should go to the PTEK program!

Happy weekend,
Geir Anton

NEWS AND generAL information

 

  Parts of UiB is on strike

As everyone is aware of, part of the UiB staff is on strike. This includes most of the IT department and that may have consequences for our network. Those who work with online applications to the Research Council should add these continuously since changes can be made in the applications until the deadline.

  Registration of absence from the department

We again remind that ALL employees with more than 20% position should ALWAYS notify absence from the institute of 1 day or more. The institute's registration form for absence must be used – and it doesn't take long. This applies to all absences, like vacations, work travel, illness and working from home or elsewhere in the city. As far as it is possible, a contact number should be provided for all absences not due to vacation or illness. A mobile phone number is preferred, alternatively phone number to hotel, visiting institution and so on. This is so the department can be able to make contact or pass on contact from others about matters that are important and urgent. This also means that it is important to provide information about the destination so that time zone differences can be taken into account.

  Workshop - ERC grants

NFR is arranging workshops to inform and motivate you about European Research Council Starting, Consolidator, Advanced and Synergy Grants. The workshop is also intended to provide training on how to formulate and write a good ERC proposal. The course wil be held in Bergen on 8th June 2012. More information and registration. Other Starting and Consolidator grant workshops will be held in:

·      Oslo June 7th. More information and registration.

·      Trondheim June 19th. More information and registration.

·      Advanced Grant:
 Oslo August 23rd. More information will be published here.

Please note that the Starting Grant will most probably be split into 2 streams with separate call announcements and submission deadlines:

·      Starting Grant: 2-7 years after PhD

·      Consolidator Grant: 7-12 years after PhD

Expected dates for call announcements - submission deadlines:

·      ERC-2013-StG: 10 July 2012 - 17 October 2012

·      ERC-2013-AdG: 10 July 2012 - 22 November 2012 !!!! PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE IS EARLIER COMPARED TO PREVIOUS CALL ANNOUNCEMENT CYCLES!!!!

·      ERC-2013-SyG: 10 October 2012 - 10 January 2013

·      ERC-2013-CoG: 7 November 2012 - 21 February 2013 !!!! PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A NEW STREAM TO BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR WITH A SEPARATE CALL PUBLICATION DATE AND SUBMISSION DEADLINE!!!!!

Changes in the budgets for the various grants are also proposed (€):

·      Starting Grant: 1 500 000

·      Consolidator Grant: 2 000 000

·      Advanced Grant: 2 500 000

·      Synergy Grant: 15 000 000

Researchers may only submit applications to one call published in a Work Programme as opposed to previous years where the restriction was only one application per calender year.

  The Ocean of Tomorrow 2013 I EU FP7 2013

The European Commission has published an “Orientation Paper” (containing information which is expected to be published in the FP7 2013 Work Programmes) with information on “The Ocean of Tomorrow 2013: Joining Research Forces to Meet Challenges in Ocean Management” joint call. It should be noted that the Orientation Paper is a working document which has not yet been endorsed by the European Commission. Indicative budgetary information has been removed and contents are still subject to change. The final version of the 2013 Work Programmes (with the final information on the Oceans of Tomorrow 2013 call) are expected to be published in around early to mid-July 2012.

This Oceans of Tomorrow 2013 call is expected to be a joint call between the FP7 Co-operation themes on:

·      Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology (FAFB/KBBE);

·      Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies (NMP);

·      Environment (including Climate Change);

·      Transport (including Aeronautics); and

·      Energy. 

 It follows on from other FP7 joint calls on ‘The Oceans of Tomorrow’ in previous years. The Orientation Paper contains details of four topics which are expected to be included in the Oceans of Tomorrow 2013 call:

·      OCEAN 2013.1 - Biosensors for real time monitoring of biohazard and man made chemical contaminants in the marine environment;

·      OCEAN 2013.2 - Innovative multifunctional sensors for in-situ monitoring of marine environment and related maritime activities;

·      OCEAN 2013.3 - Innovative antifouling materials for maritime applications; and

·      OCEAN 2013.4 - Innovative transport and deployment systems for the offshore wind energy sector.

A single stage evaluation process is expected to be used.

STUDENTS

 

  M.Sc. thesis examination

Karoline Sønnesyn will take final M.Sc. examination  in process technology with the thesis:

  • CFD Modeling of Gas Explosions with Hydrogen Sulfide – Air, Hydrogen Sulfide – Natural Gas – Air, and Hydrogen Sulfide – Carbon Dioxide - Air

Friday May 25 at 10:15 in room 366, Department of Physics and Technology. Supervisor: Bjørn Arntzen, IFT


Line Karstad Opstvedt will take final M.Sc. examination in process technology with the thesis:

  • Influence of Viscosity Ratio and Surfactants on Droplet Break-up in a Shear Field

Tuesday May 29 at 13:30 in room 366, Department of Physics and Technology. Supervisor: Alex Hoffman, IFT

  h-bar

We remind you that h-bar is open every friday from 19:00 to 01:00. H-bar is run by Fagutvalget at the department, and is primarily for the department's students – employees are also welcome!

 

  Annual general meeting of the physics and technology committee

The physics and technology committee has its AGM on Friday June 1st at 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in auditorium B, Auditorium building, Allégaten 66. H-bar opens when the meeting has been completed.

IFT iN THE media

 

·      Bjørn Kvamme: Vil skape ny energikilde VG May 20

·      Nikolai Østgaard: 29 SFF applicants continue to final round nortrade.com May 21

·      Instituttlederne ved MN-fakultetet: Konsekvenser av økt dekningsbidrag for Mat.-nat.-instituttene, På Høyden May 25

Publications registered in ISI web of science

 

o   ATLAS Collaboration: 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.: Study of jets produced in association with a W boson in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV with the ATLAS detector PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 85 Issue: 9 Article Number: 092002 DOI: 10.1103/ PhysRevD.85.092002

o   ATLAS Collaboration: 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.: Search for Scalar Bottom Quark Pair Production with the ATLAS Detector in pp Collisions at root s=7 TeV PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS Volume: 108 Issue: 18 Article Number: 181802 DOI: 10.1103/ PhysRevLett.108.181802

o   Csernai L. P.; Strottman D. D.; Anderlik Cs.: Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in high-energy heavy-ion collisions PHYSICAL REVIEW C  Volume: 85 Issue: 5 Article Number: 054901 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.85.054901

o   ATLAS Collaboration: 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.: Search for diphoton events with large missing transverse momentum in 1 fb(-1) of 7 TeV proton-proton collision data with the ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 710 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 519-537   DOI: 10.1016/ j.physletb.2012.02.054

o   ATLAS Collaboration: 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.: Search for extra dimensions using diphoton events in 7 TeV proton-proton collisions with the ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 710 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 538-556   DOI: 10.1016/ j.physletb.2012.03.022

o   ALICE Collaboration: Aamodt K, Abel N, Abeysekara U, Alme J, Bablok S, Djuvsland O, Fehlker D, Haaland O, Huang M, Kanaki K, Klovning A, Larsen DT, Liu L, Nystrand J, Øvrebekk G, Pommersche B, Skjerdal K, Ullaland K, Wagner B et al.: Light vector meson production in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV ALICE Collaboration PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 710 Issue: 4-5 Pages: 557-568 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.038

o   ATLAS Collaboration: 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.: Measurement of the centrality dependence of the charged particle pseudorapidity distribution in lead-lead collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV with the ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 710   Issue: 3   Pages: 363-382   DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.02.045

o   ATLAS Collaboration: 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.: Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the decay channel H -> ZZ((*)) -> 4l with 4.8 fb(-1) of pp collision data at root s=7 TeV with ATLAS PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 710 Issue: 3 Pages: 383-402 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.03.005

o   ALICE Collaboration: Aamodt K, Abel N, Abeysekara U, Alme J, Bablok S, Djuvsland O, Fehlker D, Haaland O, Huang M, Kanaki K, Klovning A, Larsen DT, Liu L, Nystrand J, Øvrebekk G, Pommersche B, Skjerdal K, Ullaland K, Wagner B et al.: Measurement of event background fluctuations for charged particle jet reconstruction in Pb-Pb collisions at root s(NN)=2.76 TeV JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS  Issue: 3     Article Number: 053   DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2012)053

o   Helseth L. E.: Contactless hybrid sensor for simultaneous detection of light reflectance and eddy currents SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL  Volume: 173 Issue: 1 Pages: 17-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2011.10.002

 

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