PHY396Y0 Research Topic Abroad in Switzerland
Course credit for research or field studies abroad under the supervision of a faculty member. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirement =The Physical and Mathematical Universes (category 5)
Prerequisites
• At least 8.5 Full Course Equivalents and no more than 17.0 Full Course Equivalents by April 30, 2024
• Strong interest in physical sciences, comfort working with advanced software no specific programming language is required, but knowledge of C and/or C++ will be of benefit), and a minimum CGPA of 3.0.
• Applicants may be asked to attend an interview.
PHY396Y0 – Course Outline 2024
Research Supervisors
Professor Nikolina Illic has been working with the ATLAS collaboration since 2008, and the DUNE collaboration since 2019. On ATLAS she has contributed to Higgs and Exotic particle searches as well as various hardware systems including readout upgrades, tracker upgrades, and calorimeter operations. On DUNE she has worked on commissioning the data acquisition system and optimizing it for detection of solar, supernova and tau neutrinos.
Professor Richard Teuscher has been a member of the ATLAS collaboration since 1999, and played leadership roles in the development of the ATLAS detector and the search for new types of particles and forces. Stationed full-time at CERN, he has been head of the ATLAS working group responsible for measuring the properties of jets and missing energy, and focused his research effort on the search for and study of the Higgs boson. He is currently the ATLAS Canada Deputy Spokesperson.