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Theses listed in reverse date order (most recent at the top).

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• Towards a search for the electric dipole moment of the muon at the Fermilab Muon g − 2 experiment Sam Grant, August 2022
• Differential cross-section measurements for four-lepton production and implications for new physics Dan Ping (Joanna) Huang, February 2022
• Preparations for the Mu3e experiment: Magnet commissioning, beamline studies and a study of fake tracks Ioannis Paraskevas, November 2021
• Search for exotic long-lived particles decaying into hadronic states in the calorimeter of the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider Alice Morris, August 2020
• Radon Background Studies for the SuperNEMO Experiment Fang Xie, July 2020
• Alignment of the straw tracking detectors for the Fermilab Muon g − 2 experiment and systematic studies for a muon electric dipole moment measurement Gleb Lukicov, June 2020
• Constraining new physics with fiducial measurements at the LHC David Yallup, September 2019
• Ad Lucem: Quantum Electrodynamic Parton Distribution Functions. Ricky Nathvani, September 2019
• Construction and commissioning of the tracker for the SuperNEMO Demonstrator Module and unfolding the 2vbb spectrum of Mo-100 from the NEMO-3 experiment. Ashwin Chopra, August 2019
• Measurement of the electron energy distribution at AWAKE Fearghus Keeble, August 2019
• Searches for new physics using pairs of jets containing b-quarks at the ATLAS detector Laurie McClymont, March 2018
• Measurements of ZZ production with the ATLAS detector and simulation of loop-induced processes with the Herwig event generator Stefan Richter, February 2018
• b-Tagging and Evidence for the Standard Model H -> bb Decay with the ATLAS Experiment Andy Bell, December 2017
• Search for dark matter in events containing jets and missing transverse momentum using ratio measurements Valentinos Christodoulou, November 2017
• Search for new resonances decaying to a Standard Model Vector boson (W/Z) and Higgs boson in proton-proton collisons at 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector Stephen Jiggins, November 2017
• Simulations of the physics and electronics in 2D semiconductor pixel detectors Ashley Joy, July 2017
• Sensitivity study and first prototype tests for the CHIPS neutrino detector R&D program Maciej Pfutzner, June 2017
• The development, testing and characterisation of a straw tracking detector and readout system for the Fermilab muon g-2 experiment Tom Stuttard, May 2017
• Low background techniques for the SuperNEMO experiment Xin Ran Liu, January 2017
• Dark Matter Searches with the LUX and LZ Experiments Sally Shaw, November 2016
• Three-flavour neutrino oscillations with MINOS and CHIPS Andrew Perch, November 2016
• A Search for Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays with ANITA-3 Ben Strutt, October 2016
• Measurement of vector boson pair production using hadronic decays of high transverse momentum W and Z bosons at the ATLAS detector David Freeborn, June 2016
• Measurement of the inclusive-jet cross-section in proton-proton collisions and study of Quark-Gluon Jet discrimination with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC Hilal Kucuk, May 2016
• Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers for Dark Matter and Neutrino Experiments Laura Manenti, April 2016
• Search for Higgs boson pair production in the bbbb final state at the Large Hadron Collider Rebecca Falla, February 2016
• Probing bb production with the ATLAS detector at the LHC Peter Davison, November 2015
• Generating brilliant X-ray pulses from particle-driven plasma wakefields Jimmy Holloway, December 2015
• Search for double-beta decay of 96 Zr with the NEMO-3 detector and ultra-low radioactivity measurements for the SuperNEMO experiment with the BiPo-3 detector Guillaume Eurin, October 2015
• Model Building and Phenomenology in Grand Unified Theories Tomas Gonzalo Velasco, September 2015
• Three flavour neutrino oscillations in MINOS+ Joseph O'Connor, September 2015
• An Estimate of the Hadron Production Uncertainty and a Measurement of the Rate of Proton Emission after Nuclear Muon Capture for the Comet Experiment Andrew Edmonds, March 2015
• Searching for the Higgs boson in the bb decay channel with the ATLAS experiment Ines Ochoa, February 2015
• A Search for Cosmogenic Neutrinos with the Askaryan Radio Array Jonathan Davies, October 2014
• First observation of electroweak Z boson plus two jet production Christian Gütschow, October 2014
• Search for double-beta decay of 48 Ca in NEMO-3 and commissioning of the tracker for the SuperNEMO experiment Cristovao Vilela, September 2014
• Characterisation of the MuSIC muon beam and design of the Eu-XFEL LPD/CCC interface firmware Sam Cook, September 2014
• Electrical Tests of the ATLAS Phase-II Strip Tracker Upgrade Samer Kilani, September 2014
• Studies of hadronic decays of high transverse momentum W and Z bosons with the ATLAS detector at the LHC Rebecca Chislett, August 2014
• Boosted bb bar decays with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC Luke Lambourne, June 2014
• Constraining the sources of ultra-high energy cosmic rays with multi-messenger data Foteini Oikonomou, March 2014
• Search for double beta decay of 82 Se with the NEMO-3 detector and development of apparatus for low-level radon measurements for the SuperNEMO experiment James Mott, Sep 2013
• Inclusive Measurement of the Charm Contribution to the Structure Function of the Proton Kenan Mujkic, Sep 2013
• Measuring the Disappearance of Muon Neutrinos with the MINOS Detectors Alexander Radovic, August 2013
• Two b or not two b jets: Measurements of inclusive and dijet b -jet differential cross-sections with the ATLAS detector Stephen Bieniek, June 2013
• Measurements of the total transverse energy in pp collisions and a new technique for model independent missing transverse energy searches with ATLAS Peter Wijeratne, June 2013
• Double beta decay of 48 Ca with NEMO3 and calibration development for SuperNEMO Ben Richards, June 2013
• Optimisation of the COMET experiment to search for charged lepton flavour violation and a new simulation to study the performance of the EMMA FFAG accelerator Richard D'Arcy, September 2012
• Studies of Jets, Subjets and Higgs Searches with The ATLAS Detector Sarah Baker, September 2012
• Modelling Energy Loss Mechanisms and a Determination of the Electron Energy Scale for the CDF Run II W Mass Measurement Thomas Riddick, June 2012
• A Function-Analytic Development of Field Theory David Houseman, June 2012
• Jet physics with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC James Robinson, March 2012
• A Search for Ultra-high Energy Neutrinos and Cosmic Rays with ANITA-2 Matthew Mottram, February 2012
• Search for the neutrinoless double beta decay of 100 Mo with the NEMO3 detector and calorimeter research and development for the SuperNEMO experiment Anastasia Basharina-Freshville, September 2011
• Simulation, Software and First ATLAS Physics Alex Richards, June 2011
• Exploring Electroweak Symmetry Breaking with Jet Substructure at the ATLAS Experiment Adam Davison, September 2010
• Investigation of the discovery potential of a Higgs boson in the tt bar H 0 , H 0 → bb bar channel with the ATLAS experiment Catrin Bernius, September 2010
• PDF and QCD effects in the precision measurement of the W boson mass at CDF Dan Beecher, September 2010
• Electron Neutrino Appearance in the MINOS Experiment Anna Holin, February 2010 (ESL)
• Using ATLAS to Investigate the Associated Production of a Higgs Bososn with a Pair of Top Quarks Lily Asquith, December 2009
• Precision Measurement of the Mass and Width of the W Boson at CDF Sarah Malik, September 2009
• A study of the top quark production threshold at a future electron-positron linear collider Filimon Gournaris, September 2009
• Beauty in photoproduction at HERA II with the ZEUS detector Sarah Boutle, August 2009 (ESL)
• Supersymmetry or Universal Extra Dimensions? Utilizing the ATLAS Experiment at CERN Thomas Byatt, January 2009
• Measurement of the Double Beta Decay Half-Life of 100 Mo to the 0 1 + Excited State, and 48 Ca to the Ground State in the NEMO 3 Experiment Shiva King, October 2008 (ESL)
• An Investigation into the Feasibility of a Sea Water and Ice Based Acoustic UHE Neutrino Telescope Simon Bevan, October 2008
• A Direct Measurement of the W Decay Width Troy Vine, Aug 2008
• The study of D +- and D 0 meson production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA II with the ZEUS detector Daniel Nicholass, Aug 2008 (ESL)
• Laser Interactions with High Brightness Electron Beams Stephen Malton, Feb 2007
• Study of WW scattering in the absence of a light Higgs boson using the ATLAS Detector at the LHC Efstathios Stefanidis, Jan 2007
• An investigation of the Higgs Boson production channel tt bar H 0 , H 0 → bb bar with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Janice Drohan, Sep 2006
• A Measurement of the Production of Jets in Association with a W Boson in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at the Tevatron using Data Collected with the CDF Experiment Ben Cooper, Sep 2006 (ESL)
• An Investigation into Transport Protocols and Data Transport Applications Over High Performance Networks Yee-Ting Li, Aug 2006
• Beauty Photproduction at HERA II with the ZEUS experiment Silvia Miglioranzi, June 2006
• Dijet Photoproduction and the Structure of the Proton with the ZEUS detector. Chris Targett-Adams, Feb 2006
• A Measurement of the W+ W- production cross section in ppbar collisions at √s=1.96 TeV in the DiLepton channel and limits on anomalous WWZ/γ couplings Dustin McGivern, Sept 2005 (ESL)
• Charm at HERA I and HERA II with the ZEUS experiment John Loizides, June 2005
• Design and Implementation of the Object-Oriented Fast Simulation Program for the ATLAS experiment and its use to determine the discovery potential of the Higgs Boson via the channel h → Z 0 Z 0* → bb bar l + l - Richard Steward, Nov 2004
• Measurement and Simulation of the Performance of High Energy Physics Data Grids Paul Crosby, June 2004
• Dijet Production and MultiScale QCD at HERA Matthew Lightwood, June 2004
• Calibration of the MINOS detectors Ryan Nichol, Oct 2003 (ESL)
• Jets and Energy Flow in Photoproduction using the ZEUS Detector at HERA Claire Gwenlan, Sep 2003
• An eikonal model for multi particle production in hadron-hadron scattering Ivan Borozan, Dec 2002
• Calibration of the MINOS detectors and extraction of neutrino oscillation parameters Chris Smith, Nov 2002
• Charm and the Virtual Photon at HERA and a Global Tracking Trigger for ZEUS Ben West, August 2001 (ESL)
• Dijet Photoproduction and the Structure of the Photon Eileen Heaphy, June 2001
• Measurement of the Triple Gauge Boson Couplings and W Polarization in W-Pair Production at LEP2 Jonathan Couchman, Oct 2000 (ESL)
• Measurement of the low x behaviour of the Photon Structure Function F 2 γ Edmund Clay, June 2000
• A Measurement of the triple Gauge Boson Couplings from e + e - Collisions at 183-189 GeV Stephen Betts, July 1999
• The Study of Heavy Quark Production in High E T Photoproduction at HERA using the ZEUS Detector Matthew Wing, January 1999 (ESL)
• An analysis of the hadronic final state and jets in deep inelastic e-gamma scattering events using the OPAL detector at LEP Anthony M. Rooke, September 1998
• Charm in Dijet Photoproduction at HERA Mark R. Sutton, August 1998
• An Investigation of Singly and Doubly Tagged Photon-Photon Scattering Using the OPAL Detector at LEP Edward A. McKigney, September 1998 (ESL)
• A Measurement of Dijet Photoproduction at HERA using the Zeus Detector Robert L. Saunders, September 1997 (ESL)
• Investigation of the Performance of Microstrip Gas Detectors for X-rays and Evaluation of their Application to Mammography Antonis Papanestis, July 1997
• Measurements of the Tau Lepton Polarisation Asymmetries Using TAU --> MUON MUON-ANTINEUTRINO TAU-NEUTRINO Decay Identified in the OPAL Detector at LEP. Clive M. Lewis, December 1996 RAL-TH-97-002 (ESL)
• A Study of Photon Structure with Special Attention to the Low-x Region Jason J. Ward, August 1996 RAL-TH-96-014 (ESL)
• Energy flows in deep inelastic scattering at HERA Philip B. Kaziewicz, November 1995
• Measurement of charged particles from the hadronic final state of electron-proton deep inelastic scattering at a centre of mass energy of 296 GeV Corinna Catterall, September 1995

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Developing a Copyright Literacy Community at UCL

By Christina Daouti, on 29 April 2024

Copyright literacy – the ‘knowledge, skills and behaviours that individuals require when working with copyright content in the digital age’ ( Morrison and Secker, 2015 ) – is an essential part of academic and professional skillsets. It is also much more than complying with licences and the law. It is about understanding how copyright came to be, what it seeks to achieve, whose interests are relevant and how it can be used as a tool to make knowledge more open and collaborative.

At UCL we have a service, a range of resources and an education programme to support and advise staff and students on various aspects to copyright.  This is informed and constantly updated based on feedback from participants, common queries that we receive, and developments that raise new issues to address, such as copyright in AI-generated works. However, to develop copyright literacy in ways that are most relevant and helpful to you, we would like to work with you.

‘Apple harvest’ by Camille Pissarro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

We are setting up the UCL Copyright Literacy Community to give all UCL staff and students the opportunity to shape copyright literacy further. We would like to work with you to make the UCL community even more knowledgeable and confident around copyright. Whether you are a student (undergraduate, postgraduate, research student) or a member of staff in a research, teaching or professional services role, we value your ideas and experiences.

• You don’t need to be a copyright expert to join: we anticipate that members of the community will have different levels of copyright knowledge and will learn from eah other. What is needed is an understanding of the relevance of copyright literacy in your area, and a willingness to embed it into your practice.
• As part of the community, you will have the opportunity to advise on the further development of the existing programme, bring forward your own suggestions and prioritise areas where further support is needed. You will work with us to translate these ideas into projects that are directly relevant to your area.
• You will be part of a supportive peer network that discusses all things copyright. We will provide enough steering and resources for you to take the community in directions that help you and your practice area.

In the first instance, we invite UCL staff and students to join a core community of 20 people. The first meeting is being scheduled in late June. We anticipate a broader community to develop later.

If you are interested in joining or would like more information, please contact [email protected] .

Related articles: ‘Getting comfortable with uncertainty’: developing students’ critical copyright literacy in the age of genAI , by Christine Daoutis and Hazel Ingrey. UCL Education conference blog, April 2024.

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Fully funded PhD studentship on the future role of UK refineries in a net zero transition

22 April 2024

Applications are now open for a studentship 'The future role of UK refineries in a net zero transition' available to UK students, to be awarded by the UCL EPSRC DTP.

About the project

Project title:  The future role of UK refineries in a net zero transition Project supervisor:   Professor Paul Dodds Industry partner:  Fuels Industry UK Project ID: 2228cc1445 (You will need this ID for your application)

Oil refineries manufacture a wide range of products from fossil fuels. Demands for some refinery outputs, such as diesel, are expected to greatly during the 2030s.

The six UK refineries could change the way their units operate or invest in new equipment to change the proportions of each petroleum product that is produced. Low-carbon hydrogen and carbon capture and storage could reduce the lifecycle emissions of their products, in line with the UK strategy for decarbonising industrial clusters. For example, offshore wind could power electrolysers to produce hydrogen for manufacturing synthetic jet fuel. The aim of this PhD is to investigate potential options for oil refineries to contribute to net zero, particularly through the use of low-carbon hydrogen. You will work with UCL researchers in the EPSRC HyRES hydrogen research centre.

The primary analysis tool will be the UK TIMES energy system model, which the UK Government used to generate scenarios for the UK’s Net Zero Strategy (2021). You will use the model to explore decarbonisation pathways for sectors using petroleum products. You will develop a much more sophisticated representation of the six oil refineries and their options for future developments, to understand how they might adapt to changing demands in the future and whether existing refineries might be adapted to use and low-carbon hydrogen and biomass-derived fuels to produce lower-carbon petroleum products.

Fuels Industry UK, a trade association that represents refineries, is sponsoring this PhD. You will benefit from the substantial technical knowledge within Fuels Industry UK about the UK’s oil refineries and will have the opportunity to visit the refineries.

The project is ideally suited to a quantitative individual with a chemical or process engineering background who is motivated to work on problems that can have a real-world impact in supporting the transition to a decarbonised energy system.

This studentship will have an enhanced stipend.

About the Supervisory Team

Professor Paul Dodds , Professor of Energy Systems in the UCL Energy Institute, will be the principal supervisor. Paul specialises in engineering and technoeconomic modelling. He created and leads the development of the UK TIMES energy system model in partnership with the UK Government, who have adopted it as their principal in-house energy system model. He has been PI of 14 research projects, including three large UKRI projects. Dodds is a Co-I of a number of major research centres including the UK Energy Research Centre. He has supervised five PhD students to completion.

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Funder:   UCL ESPRC DTP-CASE studentship  - This project involves industrial collaboration. Industrial partner: Fuels Industry UK Value:  Fees, Stipend (at least £21,622 per year, plus a £3500 enhancement) Duration:  Up to 4 years (thesis to be submitted within funded period) Eligible Fee Status:  Home (UK) Study Mode:  Full or Part time (at least 50% FTE) Primary Selection Criteria:  Academic merit Project ID: 2228cc1445 (You will need this ID for your application) Application Deadline: 6 May 2024

How to apply

Before applying, all applicants must read the full eligibility criteria and application guidance on the  UCL EPSRC DTP website . 

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