For students who want a little more
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If you have a high UAI (or equivalent) then there is a special physics program for you! The School of Physics Talented Student Program (TSP) is part of the Faculty of Science Talented Student Program. The program is offered by invitation of the Dean of Science on the basis of UAI score for first year students, and examination performance and Weighted Average Mark (WAM) for students in subsequent years (see the Faculty information for details). In special circumstances, Physics may allow a small additional number of highly achieving students to participate in Physics TSP activities. This program extends the physics course by special seminars and project work, together with a major excursion in the second semester break to a location of interest. The seminar program has a theme each year. In recent years the themes have been `communications', `the quantum world', `the arrow of time' and `self organised systems'. In 2005 we focussed on the International Year of Physics which celebrated the 100th anniversary of Einstein's miracle year. In 2006 we will introduce you to research highlights in the School of Physics, with presentations by staff, postdoctoral fellows and postgraduate students. The special project work introduces students directly to research activities in the School and to other staff members and postdocs. The aim is to broaden your knowledge of physics and give you an insight into how physicists think and how a real research project is tackled. There is also an emphasis on cross disciplinary subjects and the relation of physics to the community as a whole. Check out below the diverse range of topics covered in the 2005 and 2004 TSP projects. All the oral presentations were made in PowerPoint, and you can download selected presentations by clicking on the title pages. Why do a program that involves extra work? Students in the program are the top students of their year. You will get special tuition and attention. As well, you will enjoy the company of other talented students working on special projects. The TSP coordinators are Prof Dick Hunstead, Dr Zdenka Kuncic and Prof David McKenzie. Contact them for more information. |
In 2004, the Physics TSP excursion visited facilities in the Canberra region. 
Jonathan, Michaela, Dalibor and Yue at the University's Molonglo radio telescope 
Some fancy plumbing at ANU's Research School of Physical Sciences See here for more TSP 2004 photos |
| The 2005 TSP excursion visited observatories at Parkes, Siding Spring and Narrabri. | |
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Laurie and Michael support the Parkes telescope... |
... and Elie, George, Jason and James stand on one of the dishes of the Australia Telescope Compact Array |
In search of more massive
protostars (1.8 MB)
A new phase in
imaging (4.1
MB) 
Time dependent
response of polymers: PEEK performance (3.6 MB)
Magnetic fluctuations in high density pulsed plasma (1.7 MB) 
The Lycurgus cup runneth over: surface plasmon resonance... (4.7 MB)