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Physics student makes a ‘big bang’
Curtin University Physics Honours student, Mark Zammit, has completed a unique study into Debye plasmas which could maximise fusion energy production.
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Curtin honours the inventor of WiFi technology
Curtin University has recognised Dr John O’Sullivan’s ground breaking work in astronomy and wireless technologies by bestowing him with an Honorary Doctorate of Science.
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Applied Physics is one of the original “Science Departments” established at Curtin in 1966. The long-term success of the Discipline is reflected in the ‘birth’ and growth of the other areas within and outside Applied Physics by staff from the original Physics Department (e.g. Exploration Geophysics, Medical Imaging and the internationally renowned Science and Mathematics Education Centre).
Courses
The Discipline has approximately 100 undergraduate students, and 30 higher-degree-by research students (MSc and PhD) offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Physics and Astronomy. As one of the University’s principal service teaching providers the Discipline also teaches physics units to approximately 300 other students across the Divisions of Engineering, Science & Computing and Health Science.
As one of Curtin’s leading academic units, the Discipline’s commitment to improving the quality of teaching and learning is of the highest priority and is supported through flexible degree and elective programs, peer and staff mentoring programs for new students and special orientation programs for new students
Our students graduate with a remarkably useful set of skills and abilities, making them a highly marketable employment commodity. The employment flexibility offered by a physics degree surprises even some of our graduates who have few problems finding jobs in a wide variety of careers and disciplines, including business and commerce, all around the world.
Research
International researchers and students have been an important part of our operations at Curtin Physics for many years. The majority of our international students result from special links that have been developed with our Asian neighbours, but recently a number of international postgraduate students have come from further afield to work with our research and academic staff.
These international connections are reinforced through our highly successful Research and Consultancy using our world class research facilities. The majority of our research focuses on Western Australian resources development (materials, mineral, marine and atmospheric), environmental protection and health, and physics education issues. The quality and success of our research makes a valuable contribution towards all levels of our teaching through both the staff expertise and the state of the art equipment available to students
