Recent content by ChristinaJ

Yes. All of them.

Introductory accelerator schools such as CAS (CERN accelerator school) and USPAS (US particle accelerator school) are generally attended early in a graduate degree, though you can attend as an undergraduate, and can in some cases be used for credit. More specialized schools, which deal with...

Accelerator physics is rarely offered at undergraduate level, it is often just an aside in particle physics studies. I had a grand total of 4 hours of Accelerator physics lectures at undergrad, I actually found my interest during my final year project. I would say that most of my formally...

I'm pretty sure hands on experience is not necessary for such a position but if you come up against candidates of similar academic calibre but also with hands on experience you may loose out. Good luck!

Not being a phd engineer I may be wrong, but won't you have to do lots of hands on work to get the PhD in the first place?

Absolutely!

I personally champion the John Adams Institute as I had a great experience and was given the chance to perform parts of my graduate work in Japan and the USA.

The John Adams Institute, which is a collaboration between Oxford, Imperial college and Royal Holloway, and the Cockroft Institute which is a collaboration between Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster Universities.

Tasty Cupcakes Fun tasty cupcakes make me happy.

Desert wise, I'm no trifler The custardy side of physics.

Please provide your code.

I found this link http://www.edaboard.com/thread180440.html a while ago. It lists some free software. If you want COMSOL etc you have to contact the company direct to get a price list. There's normally an online request form and a sales person will contact you.