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Students and staff from the Centre for Doctoral Training in Condensed Matter Physics (CDT-CMP) at the Universities of Bristol and Bath

• The importance of outreach

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on October 4, 2016

  

  My name’s Rebecca and I love Physics. Find out why science outreach is so important and the recent outreach experience I have gained with the CDT-CMP and the Multiphoton Nanophotonics group at the University of Bath.

• Our top 10 highlights of the year

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on August 5, 2016

  

  As their first year comes to a close find out what has been our cohort’s 10 best bits of the year. So in no particular order…

• Controlling matter with light

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on July 7, 2016

  

  For a recent colloquium at the University of Bath, Professor Andrea Cavalleri spoke about his work on ‘controlling solid phases with light’.

• Experimental or theoretical physics?

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on June 20, 2016

  

  It’s the age old question – experimental or theoretical physics. Find out which Emma chooses as she explores both in her first year as a PhD student.

• Adventures in the Netherlands

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on May 20, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Dewan Chowdhury describes the challenges he faced while on overseas placement in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

• Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: An Introduction

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on April 19, 2016

  

  What are TMDs? And why is it important to develop new techniques to make them? Elisha Mercado has spent her time at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology finding out.

• Stepping into the world of industry

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on March 22, 2016

  

  Academia vs Industry – find out the differences between the two and what you can gain from an industry placement. Plus information from insider Dr Rod Bateman, a systems engineering manager at Oxford Instruments.

• Career options for Condensed Matter Physicists

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on March 4, 2016

  

  Taking the big step from a PhD to the working world can be an exciting time. One of the current CDT-CMP students shows just some of the possible career options for condensed matter physicists, including some of the things he’ll be thinking about when selecting his future job.

• Journal club – thoughts on preparing for the presentation

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on January 20, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  What is a Journal Club? What skills and knowledge do you learn being part of one? Find out as one PhD student prepares to give his first presentation.

• Introduction to the Hall Effect

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on January 5, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Vortex Melting in a High Tc Superconductor, the Hall effect and the struggles of experimental physics – Hannah Robart shares her experiences about her first exploratory training project.

• High Pressure Methods: Ramping up the Pressure

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on December 15, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Read about some of the considerations you need to make when exploring pressure, and what the current, active areas of research are.

• What is Condensed Matter Physics?

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on December 2, 2015

  

  And why it not only matters to the staff and students of the CDT but everyone.

• Rise of CDTs: what are they and why were they started?

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on October 22, 2015

  

  Read why more and more investment is being placed into Centres for Doctoral Training and how they prepare physics graduates for a career in research.

• Welcome to the CDT-CMP guest blog!

  By Guest Blogger: Bristol and Bath CDT-CMP on October 9, 2015 • ( 15 )

  

  We are the Centre for Doctoral Training in Condensed Matter Physics (CDT-CMP), run jointly by the Universities of Bristol and Bath in the UK. We’ll be bringing you a series of blogs written by our new cohort of students on a range of topics related to their PhD studies in Condensed Matter. Come and find out more about them.