Group prize
Annual PhD Thesis Prize
Terms of reference
The Committee of the Institute of Physics Computational Group has endowed an annual thesis prize for the author of the PhD thesis that, in the opinion of the Committee, contributes most strongly to the advancement of computational physics.
A total prize fund of £250 will be awarded at the discretion of the Committee.
Eligibility
Applications are encouraged across the entire spectrum of computational physics. Entry is open to all students from an institution in the UK or Ireland, whose PhD examination has taken place during the calendar year prior to the year of the competition.
Call for nomination
The call is now open for the 2011 Thesis Prize. Nominations are encouraged across the entire spectrum of Computational Physics and the competition is open to all students from a UK or Irish institution, whose PhD examination has taken place in 2011.
Submission Format: 4 page (A4) abstract + citation from PhD supervisor (up to 1 A4 page) + confidential report from external thesis examiner (up to 1 A4 page).
Please enclose contact details, including an email address.
Further details may be requested from shortlisted candidates.
Nominations should be sent to: Dr Vera Hazelwood Vera.hazelwood@industrialmaths.net
Deadline
Monday 30 April 2012
| Previous recipients | ||
| 2010 | Frank Siegert Durham University | |
| 2009 | Marco Pinna University of Central Lancashire | |
| 2008 | Vanessa de Souza Cambridge University | |
| 2007 | No prize awarded | |
| 2006 | Vera Hazelwood Southampton University | |
| 2005 | Joint 1st | Zhongfu Zhou Oxford University Alex Robinson Imperial College London |
| 2004 | Joint 1st | Neil Drummond Cambridge University Nick Parker Durham University |
| 2nd | Arash Mostofi Cambridge University | |
| 2003 | No prize awarded | |
| 2002 | 1st | David Walters University of Wales, Swansea |
| 2nd | Hans Fanghor Southampton University | |
| Joint 3rd | Patrick Rinke University of York Emiliano Spezi University of Wales, Cardiff | |
| 2001 | Paula Sanchez-Friera University of York | |