PEMS Scholarship available

Scholarships are also available at UNSW @ ADFA for postgraduates to study in the School of PEMS. For further information about staff research interests, refer to the research fields below and links to academic research pages from our staff directory. Our postgraduate student directory provides links to current students and descriptions of postgraduate research currently being undertaken in the School.

See http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/student/future/pr_whattodo.html for how to apply to a PhD program.

Prospective students can apply to do postgraduate research (PhD or Masters) in the following research fields within PEMS: Advanced Materials Applied and Industrial Mathematics (AIM) Astronomy & Astrophysics Biological Chemistry Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry Environmental Systems Geographic Information Science Laser Spectroscopy Lower Atmosphere Research Molecular Design and Reaction Mechanisms Optics & Photonics Physical Oceanography Science Education Society & Space Statistics

The School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences encompasses the disciplines of Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics, Oceanography and Physics and is one of five Schools at UNSW@ADFA, the academic component of the Australian Defence Force Academy located in Canberra. UNSW@ADFA - The School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences The School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences (PEMS) carries out cutting edge multi-disciplinary research which is underpinned by well-funded campus facilities, equipment and IT support. We have 51 academic staff active in research, and 35 postgraduate research students who come to us from all over Australia and from overseas. Collaborations with international and other Australian institutions are a feature of our research activity.

Facilities e.g.

• Acoustic and electromagnetic wind profilers
• Anton Paar DMA 5000 Vibrating Tube Densimeter (0 < T /°C < 90)
• Analytical instrumentation
• Computer Facilities
• Cryostats
• Electronic Workshop
• Geographical research equipment and remote area field work
• Global Positioning System
• High Presure Falling-Body Viscometer (p < 400 MPa, -15 < T /°C < 50)
• High Pressure Modified 20 MHz Bruker NMR for Self-diffusion. Measurements in Fluids ( p < 400 MPa, -50 < T /°C < 80)
• Infra-red Spectrometers
• Laser Systems
• Libraries (including map library)
• Low Temperature Refrigerators
• Magnetometers
• Materials Preparation and Characterisation Laboratory
• Mechanical Workshop
• Mooring - Jervis Bay
• Mössbauer Spectrometers
• NMR spectrometers
• Radiochemistry Laboratory
• Radioisotope Implanter
• Sediment Laboratory
• Spectrometers/interferometers/polarimeters
• Vehicles - Road and Marine, research vessels for inshore work
• Vibration Testing Facility

Access to Large Facilities e.g.

• Bruker 800 MHz NMR facility at The Australian National University
• Electron microscopy unit (EMU) at The Australian National University
• High resolution mass spectrometer facility at The Australian National University
• Insect Monitoring Radars (IMRs) - located at Bourke, in northwestern NSW, and Thargomindah, in southwestern Queensland
• Neutron scattering and µSR (muon spin resonance) experiments are carried out routinely at national (HIFAR, Lucas Heights) and international facilities (ISIS, UK, BENSC, Germany)
• Optical and Radio telescopes (Siding Springs, Parkes, ...)
• Stratospheric Balloon Launching Station
• Telescopes/Observatories - e.g. time on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope