Local and Overseas Summer Programs for Undergraduate Students 2024
Our Department is soliciting applications from undergraduate students majoring or planning to take Physics related majors for the following undergraduate local and overseas summer programs in 2024.
(a) 2024 CERN Summer Program
The department will recommend one student to the CERN program with the details available at:
https://home.cern/summer-student-programme
(b) Research at other overseas universities
The participant(s) will be assigned to work on a frontier science research project supervised by a professor or scientist overseas upon mutual agreement based on an interested research field. Previously, successful candidates had been placed in prestigious institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Caltech and Stanford. Accepted participants are also required to apply for the Virtual-Overseas Research Fellowship of the Faculty of Science.
Duration: Minimum 8 weeks (Exact start/end days and working hours to be determined after discussions with the research supervisor)
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the Introductory Level course requirements for either Astronomy/Maths-Physics/Physics majors
Financial support: Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme (URCP)of the Faculty of Science if successful
Target group: Current third year majors who would like to gain experience conducting research in an overseas research institution. Special considerations may be given to second year majors with exceptional performances.
Selection criteria: The selection will be based on the following factors: academic performance, relevant experience and aptitude for research.
Relation to Capstone Experience: For participants who have completed the requirements for the Capstone Experience (http://www.scifac.hku.hk/ug/current/bsc/curriculum/capstone-req), they may register for the course PHYS4966 Physics Internship before the commencement of this activity and no later than 1 July, 2024. Details will be announced in due course. Participants may use PHYS4966 to satisfy the Capstone Experience requirement for graduation.
Description: This year, the following local internship possibilities are available:
The work requirements for the positions in the last summer are as follows:
(b) Hong Kong Space Museum:
The main work is to assist with their public activities and astronomy projects.
(c) Ho Koon Nature Education cum Astronomical Centre (1-2 positions):
The main work is to help them to develop new educational programs in astronomy for both school children and school teachers. The intern is expected to also work in some nights.
(d) Secondary School teaching experience (3-4 positions):
* Remarks: For students who would like to claim financial support for these activities, the expense claims, accompanied by original receipts [and used air ticket(s) if reimbursement of airfare is requested], must be submitted to Department Office not more than 30 days after the end of the activity. Expenses claimed after this period will not be allowed.
Undergraduate Overseas Experiential Learning Activities 2023-24
Our Department is soliciting applications from undergraduate students majoring or planning to take Physics related majors for the following undergraduate experiential learning activity for 2024. These activities will take place during the summer of 2024. Students who had already applied for the Local and Overseas Summer Programs for Undergraduate Students 2024 may also apply to these activities. It should be noted though that the internship candidate need to receive prior approval from their internship supervisors before they can participate in these activities.
Description:
If there is any question, please contact Dr. Jenny Lee (jleehc@hku.hk).
Description:
The Practical Observational Astronomy program will be held over 2 nearly-contiguous periods:
The program in Spain will be conducted at the Galactica (https://www.cefca.es/galactica_en/general), a Centre for Astronomy, Education, and Outreach located near the village of Arcos de las Salinas, Teruel. We will stay at the Hotel El Cierzo Javalambre (https://elcierzodejavalambre.es), which provides full board (accommodation and all meals), in the village of Arcos de las Salinas. We will also make visits to the Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambre (OAJ), a research class astronomical observatory where a unique sky survey of its type is being carried out. A visit to the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA), the organization that operates both the Galactica and OAJ and which is located in the city of Teruel, is also planned.
The purpose of this program is to apply the technical concepts introduced in PHYS3650 (Observational Astronomy) to the astronomical issues introduced in both that course and in PHYS2650 (Modern Astronomy). Students must have taken at least one of these courses, but need not worry if they have not taken both courses: refresher lectures on concepts and issues relevant to this program will be provided at HKU in preparation for the tasks to be carried out at the Galactica.
The number of students participating in this program is limited to fourteen. Successful applicants will be provided partial financial support from the Faculty. The out-of-pocket cost for individual participants will depend on two factors, airfare and the total number of participants. Assuming an airfare of HK$10K and fourteen students attending, the out-of-pocket cost for individuals is estimated to be about HK$6.5 K.
Interested students can apply by replying to this recruiting email by 5 pm, 5 May 2024, with the following details:
Selected students may be invited for interview.
If there is any question, please contact Prof. Jeremy Lim (jjlim@hku.hk)
* Remarks: Eligible items include travel expenses, accommodation and registration/programme fee (if applicable). Meals and local (Hong Kong) travel cost are not supported. For students who would like to claim financial support for these activities, the expense claims, accompanied by original receipts [and used air ticket(s) if reimbursement of airfare is requested], must be submitted to Department Office not more than 30 days after the end of the activity. Expenses claimed after this period will not be allowed.
Summer Research Fellowship (SRF) and Overseas Research Fellowship (ORF) Schemes 2025 for Science Students Research
Openings and Opportunities for Undergraduate Students in Department of Physics
1. Summer Research Fellowship (SRF)
| Supervisor | Research Topic |
| Prof. H.F. Chau |
1. Readings in Sociophysics 2. Modeling Biological Evolution3. Readings in Quantum Computation |
| Prof. X.D. Cui | 1. Computer Automation |
| Prof. L.X. Dai | 1. Simulations of black hole accretion disks and jets |
| Prof. A.B. Djurišić | 1. Perovskite materials and devices |
| Prof. D.K. Ki | 1. Experiments on Atomically Thin 2D Crystals 2. Metal-assisted exfoliation of 2D materials |
| Prof. J.H.C Lee | 1. Nuclear mass calculations using deformed relativistic Hartree Bogoliubov theory in continuum |
| Prof. J.J.L. Lim | 1. Astrophysical Applications of Gravitational Lensing 2. Star Formation and Active Galactic Nuclei in Elliptical Galaxies of Galaxy Clusters |
| Prof. F.C.C. Ling | 1. Experimental Defect Studies of Semiconductor Materials 2. Transparent High-dielectric Constant Oxide Thin Film via Acceptor-donor Co-doping 3. Defects in SiC MOSFET |
| Prof. T.T. Luu | 1. Thickness Measurement of Thin Films Using White-Light Interferometry 2. Measurement of Laser Beam Profile at the Focus 3. Finding Temporal Overlap of Two Femtosecond Laser Pulses |
| Prof. Z.Y. Meng | 1. Computations of quantum phase transitions 2. Computational quantum many-body physics |
| Prof. S.C.Y. Ng | 1. High Energy Emission from Pulsars 2. Measuring pulsar velocities |
| Prof. S.Q. Shen | 1. Novel Topological States of Condensed Matter |
| Prof. C.J. Wang | 1. Topological Phases of Matter with Strong Correlation |
| Prof. Z.D. Wang | 1. Quantum Computing 2. Geometric Phase |
| Prof. Y. Yang | 1. Light-matter interaction |
| Prof. W. Yao | 1. Valley Physics in Monolayer Materials |
| Prof. S.Z. Zhang | 1. Physics of Very Degenerate Atomic Gases |
2. Overseas Research Fellowship
Related to the Overseas Research Fellowship, the Physics Department organized the Physics Summer Undergraduate Overseas Research Program. In that program, participants will be assigned to work on a frontier science research project with a professor or scientist overseas upon mutual agreement based on their interested research field as indicated in their applications. Previously, successful candidates had been placed in prestigious institutions such as Cambridge, CERN, Princeton and Stanford. Accepted participants for this Program are also required to apply for the Overseas Research Fellowship of the Faculty of Science.
For further inquiries regarding this Program, please contact Prof. F.C.C. Ling (ccling@hku.hk).
