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Undergraduate Research Internship Programme (URIP) 2014

Undergraduate Research Internships

NameSchoolSupervisorProject

BOOBIER, Samuel

Classics

Dr Jonathan Coulston

Isotopic analysis of 5th century remains from the slopes of Vesuvius

CHANG, Mun See

Mathematics & Statistics

Prof Kenneth Falconer

Average Distance Between Points in a Set

COOK, Morven

English

Dr Chris Jones

Dunn’s Archive: A Narrative of Grief

CULL, Matthew

Philosophy

Prof Katherine Hawley

Thinking about Gender: Explorations in Anti-Essentialism and Philosophical Methodology

EASTWOOD, Daniel

Physics & Astronomy

Prof Ian Bonnell

Investigating the Generation of Turbulence in Simulations of Spiral Shocks

FABISZEWSKI, Maxwell

Classics

Dr Roger Rees

Classical Language and Theme in Thomas Hardy’s Poetry

GOH, Shu Chin

Medicine

Prof Stephen Gillespie

Mutation rates of Mycobacterium smegmatis and marinum when exposed to oxidative stress

GRANT, Alasdair

History

Dr Angus Stewart

Pisa, Genoa and the Islamic World: A Comparative Study, ca. AD 1000-1150

IVANKOVIC, Jura

Philosophy

Dr Derek Ball

Is a zombie world conceivable?

KEMPNICH, Mary

Psychology & Neuroscience

Dr Akira O’Connor

Investigating the relationship between episodic and semantic memory

MELIN, Laura

Art History

Dr Kathryn Rudy

Touch me now: An Exploration of Touch in Medieval Art and Society

NELLIST, Clare

History

Dr Rory Cox

Warrior conduct in martial societies: a critical comparison of the Tale of Heike and Lancelot

POTTER, Charlotte

English

Dr Alex Davis

Royal Virginity: Lines of Succession

REDFEARN, Devon

Psychology & Neuroscience

Dr Gayle Doherty

Leptin: A potential therapeutic agent for Alzheimer’s Disease

SIVA-JOTHY, Jonti

Biology

Dr Nathan Bailey

Male-Male Copulation as a Method of Sperm Dumping in Tribolium castaneum

SWALLOW, Peter

Classics

Dr Jon Hesk

The Original Performance Context of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata

TIMMINS, Kimberley

Physics & Astronomy

Prof Kishan Dholakia

Designing and constructing a single optical fibre particle trap

URQUHART, Josephine

Psychology & Neuroscience

Dr Akira O’Connor

The awareness of novelty for strangely familiar words: A laboratory analogue of the déjà vu experience

WARD, Euan

Physics & Astronomy

Dr Graham Smith

Detecting small UAV’s using mm-wave radar

WHITE, Hamish

Classics

Dr Rebecca Sweetman

Compiling a Database of Inscription Squeezes from the Greek World

 

Undergraduate Research Internships: EPSRC

NameSchoolSupervisorProject

BARRIE, Stephanie

Mathematics & Statistics

Prof Stephen Buckland

Predicted Future Spread of Red Kites

CAWOOD, Emma

Chemistry

Prof James Naismith

Purification and crystallisation of Wzc – an E. coli membrane protein

FLEMING, Adam

Physics & Astronomy

Dr Andrea Di Falco

Characterising the Optical Properties of Gradient Density Silica Aerogel

JACKSON, Andrew

Physics & Astronomy

Dr Andrea Di Falco

Photo-Electroforming of metallic micro-apertures for use in photonics experiments

LEGG, Henry

Physics & Astronomy

Dr Chris Hooley

Applications of magnetohydrodynamics to condensed matter physics

LUND GUNNARSDOTTIR, Kristin

Physics & Astronomy

Prof Ian Bonnell

Thermal Instabilities in Galactic Scale Shocks and the Triggering of Star Formation

QIU, Alexander

Physics & Astronomy

Prof Kishan Dholakia

Seeing Life Through a Newer Light: The Refurbishment and Extension of a Science Outreach Programme

SAVICKAITE, Sarune

Psychology & Neuroscience

Prof Julie Harris

Complex binocular depth perception

SEEBERGER, Philipp

Chemistry

Prof James Naismith

Cyclic Peptides: New chemical biology for tailoring novel therapeutics

STEVENSON, Conor

Physics & Astronomy

Dr Jonathan Keeling

Modelling collective dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in an optical cavities

TACKNEY, Mia

Mathematics & Statistics

Dr Michail Papathomas

Simulating Genetic Data: Correlations and Clustering

WHITTON, Nicholas

Physics & Astronomy

Dr Chis Hooley

Phase Transitions In 2D Ising Models At Complex Temperatures