Postgraduate Students
Timothy Colegate
Transient Cosmic Phenomena and their Influence on the Design of the SKA Radio Telescope
Supervisor: Prof Peter Hall
Tim Colegate with partially constructed dish
I commenced my PhD studies in 2008, am now looking at how we can better design the SKA to explore the time-variable events that occur in the sky. This involves an analysis of known and likely time-domain phenomena and their underlying astrophysics, as well as investigating areas of unexplored parameter space. The aim is to use this information as an input to the current performance and cost modelling effort being undertaken for the SKA, which Curtin is involved in.
What I enjoy most about my research is being involved in the worldwide cooperative effort which is necessary for a project such as the SKA to succeed, as well as learning about the challenges of building such a mega-science project, possibly right on our doorstep. Two trips to the University of Cambridge in the UK over the last couple of years has certainly been a great opportunity to see what work other groups are doing for the SKA.
Mark Gargano
Measuring the Effectiveness of Specialist Science Programs in Changing Student's Attitudes and Motivation, and Teacher's Confidence and Self-Efficacy Through Participation in Authentic Astronomy Research
Supervisors: AProf Marjan Zadnick, Prof David Treagust
John Goldsmith
Culture, Cosmos and Landscape; Documenting , Learning and Sharing Indigenous Astronomical and Sky Knowledge in Contemporary Society
Supervisors: Prof Steven Tingay, David Norris, Kevin Cameron
David Herne
High Fidelity Mapping And Calibration Of Earth's Ionosphere To Low - Frequency Radio Signals
Supervisor: Prof Mervyn Lynch
Christopher Lord
A Low Frequency Array of Simple Radio Telescopes for the Detection of Solar X-Ray and Radio Flares, and the Study of the Ionosphere
Supervisor: Prof Steven Tingay
Email: c.lord@student.curtin.edu.au
Mehran Mossammaparast
Radiometric Receiver for Measuring Red-Shifted 21cm Hydrogen Monopole During EoR
Supervisor: Prof Steven Tingay
Divya Palaniswamy
The High Resolution Dynamic Radio Sky
Supervisor: Prof Steven Tingay
Hayden Rampadarath
Applications of Wide-Field VLBI
Supervisor: Prof Steven Tingay
Thomas Russell
The connection between inflow and outflow around accreting stellar-mass black holes
Supervisor: Dr James Miller-Jones
Bruce Stansby
An Economical Survey Telescope to Study the Rate of Radio Astronomical Transient Events
Supervisors: Prof Steven Tingay, Dr Randall Wayth
Michael Todd
Transient Astronomy using the 1-metre Zadko Telescope
Supervisor: AProf Marjam Zadnik
During my undergraduate degree I was engaged in a research project in Optical Astronomy which involved working with Curtin University’s Meade optical telescope, conducting experiments and testing various pieces of equipment. My supervisor for this project was Professor Merv Lynch (Remote Sensing Group).
In 2009 I undertook Physics Honours and was engaged in Asteroid Tracking and Detection research using the 1 metre Zadko Telescope near Gingin in Western Australia. My supervisors for this project were Dr David Coward (UWA) and Assoc. Professor Mario Zadnik (Curtin).
What I enjoy most about this course is the variety of interesting experiments offered to students and learning about the latest developments in science.There is an amazing amount of ground breaking work being conducted right here in Western Australia and as a student I am offered the chance to be involved in current projects.
