Surrey Physics Blog

Thanks to the algorithms of social networks, I was reminded that I had taken a nice picture of campus ten years ago today. At that time I was living on campus as a warden in the student residences, and I took the very short walk in to my office quite early that morning as the […]

I have just completed a trip to Jefferson Laboratory in Virginia, USA.  I came because we have a University of Surrey Physics student on placement at the lab as part of his Research Year, and I was visiting him.  All Surrey MPhys students on Physics programmes (“Physics” and “Physics with …”) have a compulsory Research […]

Today, James Keeble became Dr Keeble by passing his PhD viva. Congratulations, James! His thesis was on the use of machine learning techniques in understanding atomic nuclei, applying neural networks to build up the fundamental quantum mechanical quantity that describes microscopic systems: The wave function. A part of his thesis work has already been published […]

Today was the graduation ceremony for our 2022 cohort of students. It’s the first time I’ve attended in person for a few years, thanks to pandemic restrictions. It was a hot day to dress up in academic dress, but I, along with a selection of other intrepid academics from Physics (and also the Electronic Engineering […]

Normally at this time of year we’d be enjoying the graduation ceremonies for our undergraduate students, and the reception that takes place in the big marquee on campus afterwards. For me, as a member of staff, it’s a chance to see some happy students and find out what they are up to next, meet their […]

By Professor Jeremy Allam, University of Surrey You might have seen yesterday’s announcement of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics. Here’s my attempt to explain the work of two of the recipients, with a bit more detail than most of the press releases – but hopefully not too much physics jargon. Why were Donna Strickland […]