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Faculties & Departments
Department of Experimental Physics
News Index
European Space Agency Press Release: HIFI first light (Orion Nebula)
On March 4th a spectacular spectrum of the Orion nebula was released to the public showing new information about the chemistry of star forming regions of space.
The Terahertz Space Optics Group from the Experimental Physics Department has contributed significantly to the development and calibration of the HIFI instrument for the Herschel Space Observatory. For full details - Click here
FIELD TRIP to JODRELL BANK, Manchester, UK
March 15th 2010
Students will be travelling to Jodrell Bank Observatory, home to the world's third-largest steerable radio telescope, and the the MERLIN National Facility. Students will see the 76m Lovell telescope, tour the visitor centre and Control Room, learn about the e-MERLIN and Eurpean VLBI networks, and perform their own radio astronomy observations by detecting 21cm emissions from the Milky Way Galaxy using the 6.4m radio telescope built by Marconi.
2010 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME for UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
The Department of Experimental Physics will have a number of vacancies for undergraduate students including and in addition to the NUIM SPUR ( Summer Programme for Undergraduate Research). This programme is intended to give undergraduate students a taste of what university research is like and to expose students to the research undertaken in the Department of Experimental Physics and also to the benefits of postgraduate research study at NUI Maynooth. Application forms and further details through the Research Support Office: Link here
4th year Astrophysics research project : observations taken at Obsevatoire de Haute-Provence, France, October, 2008
View photos of the Obsevatoire de Haute-Provence trip here
Astrophysics field trip to Jodrell Bank, England, 2008
View photos of the Jodrell Bank trip here
4th year Astrophysics research project : observations taken at Obsevatoire de Haute-Provence, France, October, 2007
View photos of the Obsevatoire de Haute-Provence trip here
May 2007 Field Trip to European Space Agency Labs at Noordwijk, Holland
View photos of ESA field trip here
2nd year Astrophysics field trip to Jodrell Bank, England, 2007
View photos of the Jodrell Bank trip here
NUI Maynooth Society Astro2 wins prestigious award
Astro2, the Astronomy and Physics Society at NUI Maynooth, was presented with the Nexus Award for Best Student Physics Society in the UK and Ireland on 19 January 2006. Nexus is the student branch of the Institute of Physics, the professional body for physicists in the UK and Ireland. Visit the Astrophysics Section of this website here.
Pictured above l to r: President of the Institute of Physics, Professor Sir John Enderby is pictured with Emily Duffy, Astro2 President, and Eoin Butler, Astro2 Vice-President.
2nd year Astrophysics field trip to Jodrell Bank, England, 2006
View photos of the Jodrell Bank trip here
4th year Astrophysics research project : observations taken at Obsevatoire de Haute-Provence, France, October 2005
View photos of the Obsevatoire de Haute-Provence trip here