Higher Degree by Research Application Portal

Ground rotation sensors have wide applications, such as precision instrumentation, environment monitoring, and rotational seismology, as well as for improving the sensitivities of gravitation wave detectors.  Currently available rotation sensors have issues of either low sensitivities or too fragile/too large to be used in the field. At UWA we are developing a compact, and robust with a high sensitivity rotation sensor using many innovative technologies.  This PhD project is to build, characterise and field test the rotation sensor. 

The student will have the opportunity to work with a team of physicists and engineers in the UWA gravitational wave instrumentation group and develop skills in precision mechanics and control, optical readout systems and noise analysis. This work will be conducted in collaboration with research groups from across Australia and around the world.

• Honours or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Experimental Physics. 
• Meet the UWA PhD entrance requirements with adequate English.  
• Have a high academic achievement in the coursework.  
• Demonstrated research capabilities through high quality research thesis and/or published peer-reviewed journal papers.

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Send EoI with CV, Academic records to li.ju@uwa.edu.au

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