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| First-year Astronomy courses |
We run four first-year Astronomy courses, spread over 2 years. In the 2009/2010 academic
year the courses are Discovering Astronomy S : Stars and Planets in semester 1 and
Astronomy 1G : Galactic and Cosmological Science in semester 2. The course
homepages can be accessed on WebCT through the MyEd portal
http://www.myed.ed.ac.uk.
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| Computational Astrophysics |
Computational Astrophysics is a Senior Honours course that is also run as a
SUPA graduate school course. The course homepage can be accessed through the My.SUPA portal
http://my.supa.ac.uk.
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| Undergraduate Research Projects |
I generally supervise 1 MPhys and 1-2 Senior Honours research projects every year. Some recent projects are
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Jack Mayo, MPhys 2008-2009
"The role of disc self-gravity in the formation of stars"
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Anthony Hollingsworth, MPhys 2007-2008
"How stellar mass influences the formation of planets"
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David Hogg, MPhys 2006-2007
"Are hot Jupiters a consequence of stalled migration"
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Laura Dodd, 2006-2007
"Core growth in protoplanetary discs"
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