What is it?
A chance for our students to take up summer research projects in leading institutes overseas, so that they can gain invaluable experience and exposure to forefront research.
Who are eligible to apply?
If you are an undergraduate student majoring in PHYS in the year after you return from SURE, you are eligible to apply. You should also have a good academic record and good command of English. We look for motivated students who have a solid physics or materials science background, who are independent, creative, and get along well with collaborators.
How about stipend and airfare?
Successful applicants will be offered financial support of HK$20,000 for the summer*. Participants will have to arrange and pay for all travel and other expenses.
*If the project is conducted online and no travel expense is incurred, the
financial support will be capped at HK$10,000.
Schedule
| Late November | Announcement of topics and supervisors |
| December 19, 2022 | Deadline of application |
| Mid-Late December, 2022 | Interview with short-listed applicants |
| Late December, 2022 | Successful applicants will be informed |
| Early January, 2023 | Successful applicants will be confirmed |
| February - Mid May, 2023 | Preparation and Coaching program |
| June, 2023 | Start working on the project |
Tentative List of projects for Summer 2023
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CERN Experiments (2 projects, for Year-3 students only) https://home.cern/students-educators/summer-student-programme |
CERN Summer Program | CERN (Switzerland) |
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Event Horizon Telescope https://www.as.arizona.edu/people/faculty/chi-kwan-chan |
Dr. Chi-Kwan Chan | University of Arizona (USA) |
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Experimental studies of micro/macro entangled https://uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/people-profiles/david-cory |
Prof. David Cory | IQC and Chemistry, U Waterloo (Canada) |
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Measuring masses of galaxy clusters with weak gravitational
lensing https://vivo.brown.edu/display/idellant |
Prof. Ian Dell'antonio | Brown University (USA) |
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1. Experiment: quantum matter (cold molecular beam, cold Rydberg
gas, atoms traps in solid matrices, correlated ion/electron
sources from cold atom beam) 2. Experiment: nanoparticles (interface with biology, microscopy) 3. Theory: quantum chemistry (ultracold collisions, cold molecules, quantum physics) http://www.lac.universite-paris-saclay.fr/?page_id=1047&um_user=o.dulieu |
Dr. Olivier Dulieu | Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, University of Paris-Saclay (France) |
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Computational Astrophysics (multiple projects) https://www.simonsfoundation.org/people/shirley-ho/ |
Prof. Shirley Ho | Flatiron Institute (USA) |
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Topics in theoretical quantum optics and quantum information
science (for Year-3 students only)
https://www.sfu.ca/physics/people/faculty/hoikwanl.html |
Prof. Hoi-Kwan Lau | Simon Fraser University (Canada) |
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Gravitational-wave Astrophysics*
https://ligo.caltech.edu/ |
LIGO Lab | LIGO Scientific Collaboration (USA, UK, Belgium) |
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Charting the growth of galaxy evolution https://phas.ubc.ca/users/allison-man |
Prof. Allison Man | University of British Columbia (Canada) |
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Topological
superconductor platform towards topological quantum computation (for Year-3 students only)
https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/profile/g2miao |
Prof. Guo-Xing Miao | IQC & ECE, University of Waterloo (Canada) |
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Tuning quantum materials through lattice strain https://sites.brown.edu/plumblab/ |
Prof. Kemp Plumb | Brown University (USA) |
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Measuring patterns formed by a spreading bacterial colony over
agar surface https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jxtang |
Prof. Jay Tang | Brown University (USA) |
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Nuclear Physics/Astrophysics https://people.nscl.msu.edu/~tsang/ |
Prof. Betty Tsang | Michigan State University/National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (USA) |
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1.
SNO+ neutrino research 2. LSST cosmological survey http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~tseng/ https://www.lsst.org/ https://snoplus.phy.queensu.ca/index.html |
Prof. Jeff Tseng | Oxford University (UK) |
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Micro-organism Swimming and Force Sensing https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jvallesj |
Prof. Jim Valles | Brown University (USA) |
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Star formation https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/people/qizhou-zhang |
Dr. Qizhou Zhang | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (USA) |
Briefing session
A briefing session will be held on November 22 (5:30 pm, Tuesday, SC G25), 2022.
Presentation
SURE and OPUS presentations would be held in CUHK Physics Student Conference.
Participants' responsibilities
- Successful applicants have to complete a coaching program before departing from Hong Kong. Poor performance in the program may lead to his/her disqualification.
- After returning to Hong Kong, each student has to give both an oral and a written report on his/her research project.
- A successful applicant has to apply for an entry VISA by himself/herself.
FAQ
Q: Can a participant still do a final-year project?
A: This is up to your potential final-year project supervisor. It is your responsibility to tell your potential supervisor that you plan to go overseas in the summer. You may have to make a choice between going overseas and a final-year project.
Q: What is the coaching program about?
A: A successful applicant has to read papers, which provide a general background of his/her summer project. If necessary, training in using lab equipment and/or computers will also be provided.
Q: Can I take summer courses if I take up an on-line project?
A: No. You are expected to commit full-time to your project.
Inquiry: Leung Po Kin 3943-4078 pkleung@cuhk.edu.hk
Designed by: LO Man Hei, LEE Hiu Laam