AINSE Winter School Scholarships
The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) is offering a scholarship to each of its member universities to enable a nominated student to attend the Winter School on Applications of Nuclear Techniques. The School will be held at the Lucas Heights Science and Technology Centre (ANSTO), about 30km south of Sydney.
The scholarship is open to all senior undergraduate students in which knowledge of nuclear techniques of analysis would be of interest. Such techniques have applications in areas ranging from agriculture to zoology and include physics, chemistry, biology, environmental science, geography, geology, and archaeology.
The Winter School involves a mixture of lectures, experimental sessions and demonstrations including hands-on experience in experiments in neutron scattering (instruments on the OPAL nuclear research reactor), ion beam accelerators and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) (techniques of ion beam analysis of materials and applications to environmental analysis) , gamma irradiation (chemical and biological effects of ionizing radiation and radiation processing), the use of nuclear techniques in environmental studies in soil and ground water (nuclear probes for metals in soils, radioactive tracers in flow studies, pollution) and radiation safety (dose measurement, principles of radiation protection and decontamination).
Tours to inspect other major facilities at ANSTO will be included.
A social program including dinners and speakers, encourages students to discuss important current social issues involving science and technology.
ANSTO provides for the costs of the experiments and ANSTO staff involvement, and AINSE pays for travel, accommodation, all meals and social activities during the program.
Your University's AINSE Representative is responsible for coordinating the selection of a scholarship student. The contact details are:
Professor John Carver
08 8313 3110
john.carver@adelaide.edu.au
For more information about Winter School contact Professor John Carver, or ANSTO: Enquiries@ansto.gov.au
