CHEM3700 Research Project

Associate Professor Martin Johnston

2011

4.5

1 x 100-hour project work per semester

Approval of Topic Coordinator required for enrolment in this topic.

1 of CPES3029, CPES8700 has been successfully completed

It is assumed that students will have successfully completed the Second Year of an undergraduate degree including study in either Chemistry or Physics.

Students undertaking the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Science (Nanotechnology) will have automatic approval to undertake this topic although prior to enrolment they will need to discuss their project/placement with the topic co-ordinator. Entry to the topic for other students is by application to the topic coordinator, in the first instance, with successful admission being based on academic merit.

In this topic students can undertake an individual research project. Projects will be offered in one of the research laboratories in the School, the areas available depending on staff availability. In principle any area may investigated, but this will be limited by the availability of a suitable academic supervisor.

An alternative pathway to the completing of this topic is by successfully undertaking a work placement outside of the university. This may or may not involve the carrying out of scientific experiments, but must nevertheless be relevant to the university studies of the student.

The aim of this topic is to provide students with an introduction to research in their chosen field of chemistry or physics. This introduction requires that students design and carry out an individual research project suitable for third year level students. The students will gain exposure to how a research project is initiated, planned, costed and executed. Alternatively the students undertaking the work placement aspect of the topic will be exposed to chemistry and physics in a non-university setting.

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Initiate, design, cost and carry out an individual research project

Execute experiments to test the hypothesis under investigation

Potentially be involved in a relevant work placement outside the university setting

Interpret the result obtained from experiments undertaken

Evaluate and present results from laboratory work in written and oral form

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2011 are no longer published.

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