SEPnet Summer Placement Opportunities 2013 1 Dear SEPnet Student I am delighted to be able to present the opportunities available for SEPnet funded work placements in 2013. There are 35 industry placements and 12 research placements in total. Please read through the list of projects carefully – they offer a great opportunity for you to gain valuable work experience this summer. Details about the scheme are set out in the FAQs section below. Please make a note of the deadline dates, in particular, the application deadline of FRIDAY 29 MARCH. If you have any questions you can contact me on my email address below. I wish you all the best with your applications! Veronica Veronica Benson Keep up-to-date with SEPnet Director of Employer Liaison www.facebook.com/SEPnet South-East Physics Network Twitter @SEPhysics [email protected] www.sepnet.ac.uk FAQs How much will I get paid? Successful candidates will receive a bursary of £1,360 which is for eight weeks work in the summer holidays. How does the scheme work? 1. You need to register your details before you start applying. Go to the following page on our website and click on the link called Student Registration Form at: http://www.sepnet.ac.uk/employer_services/summer_internships/information_students.html NB: You will not be able to take up a placement if you have not registered here first. 2. Read the project descriptions in this booklet carefully. We recommend you apply for more than one placement and you may wish to apply for several but remember to target your applications to the projects that really interest you and check the location of the placement to make sure you can get there! 3. Visit your Careers Service for advice on your CV, covering email and preparing for interview. 4. Send us a copy of your CV for our records. 5. Apply direct to the contact given for each placement that interests you before Friday 29 March with a brief covering email and CV. The covering email should explain why you have chosen that placement, why you feel you are suitable for the role and when you are available for interview and work. Make sure your CV fits with what the employer is looking for. continued/… 2 6. Each organisation has its own recruitment process. Some may invite you to interview, some may ask you for a telephone interview, some may select on the basis of CV alone. 7. Organisations should contact you by Friday 26 April to let you know if you have been successful. If you are offered and accept a placement, your bursary will be paid during the second week of the placement. Who is eligible? You are eligible for the scheme if you are a physics undergraduate in your 2nd year of a 3-year course, in your 2nd or 3rd year of a 4-year course or in your 1st year at some universities (check http://www.sepnet.ac.uk/employer_services/summer_internships/information_students.html for details of eligibility). I am an international student – am I able to take part? Yes! Certain organisations can only offer places to British Nationals as they are involved with defence and security. However the majority of placements are open to all. The project descriptions should state the cases where there are specific requirements. What financial help is available? SEPnet pays you a bursary of £1,360 for eight weeks’ work. This is intended to cover all your expenses over that time. Regrettably we cannot offer reimbursement for the following: Travel to interview. However it’s worth asking your host company because some organisations may pay interview expenses. Accommodation expenses. Your bursary should help to cover these costs. What are the deadlines? You need to complete and submit all of your applications by Friday 29 March. You may then be called to interview or have a telephone interview. If you have been successful in securing a placement, you will find out by Friday 26 April. How do I find out further information? If you have any enquiries you can email [email protected]. Accommodation swap SEPnet has set up a SEPnet Facebook group for students on placement. Join the group to ask students near where your placement project will take place about opportunities for sharing or swapping accommodation over the summer. To join the group and link up with other SEPnet students, visit http://www.facebook.com/groups/413954718691439/ 3 Placements in Industry 4 Company AMEC Your contact Paul Smith 01305 851214 [email protected] Address of placement Kimmeridge House, Dorset Green Technology Park, Winfrith Newburgh Dorchester, Dorset DT2 8ZB Dates of placement Proposed start date - early July 2013 Proposed end date - end August 2013 Company profile AMEC is one of the leading providers of technical consultancy to the nuclear industry, engineering services and programme and asset management to the nuclear industry. For details of AMEC’s overall nuclear business, please view the website www.amec.com. Placement title Modelling Transient Criticality in Fissile Solutions Placement description The project will be based on modelling criticality in fissile solutions using the CRITEX computer code developed by AMEC staff (and its pre-cursor organisations including UKAEA). The project will provide the student with experience of setting up computer models of uranium and/or plutonium solutions, executing them and analysing the results. Assessment of the adequacy of various inputs including the available nuclear data will be required. The project will include a literature review and provide practice to the student in reporting a significant piece of work that is useful to industry. The CRITEX code models the transient criticality of a fissile solution in cylindrical geometry, with a free surface enabling the solution to expand vertically due to thermal expansion and radiolytic gas production. The power is calculated using point kinetics modelling. AMEC will make available to the student, for the duration of the project, appropriate versions of the CRITEX code and other necessary supporting software (e.g. graphics software). The student will develop models and obtain results for a set of different criticality conditions with uranium and plutonium fuels. These results will then be analysed and compared against available data and benchmarks. Student specification Useful skills include: The ability to edit text files on a PC to create input files The ability to run programs and plot results Possibly also FORTRAN programming 5 Company BAE Systems Your contact Kelvin Davies/Markus Deittert 0117 302 8073 [email protected] Address of placement Advanced Technology Centre, BAE Systems, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7QW (There might be a possibility of a lift from the Bristol area; however Bristol also has a very good public transport network). Dates of placement Proposed start date June 2013 (flexible) Proposed end date September 2013 (flexible) Company profile BAE Systems is one of the UK's largest engineering companies, producing a large range of civilian and defence related technologies and systems (see www.baesystems.com). The Advanced Technology Centre is based in Bristol and is part of the company's centralised research and development centre, offering a range of advanced technologies (see http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_027492). Placement title Project Title: Probabilistic helicopter localisation Job title: Team Member of the Information Processing Capability, Advanced Technology Centre Placement description The project will implement a helicopter navigation system that localises the helicopter using a downward facing sensor and a known terrain map. The helicopter’s position will be modelled and test flying (using a model helicopter) will occur at the BRL’s flying arena at the University of the West of England. This project requires basic programming skills in C/C++ and Matlab. Student specification An enthusiastic individual with basic programming skills in basic programming skills in C/C++ and Matlab . 6 Company BAE Systems Your contact Graham Hornby/Henry Tse 01276 603120 [email protected] Address of placement BAE Systems, Lyon Way, Frimley, Surrey, GU16 7EX Dates of placement Proposed start date: 1st July 13 approx Proposed end date: 23rd Aug 13 approx Company profile BAE Systems is a global defence, aerospace and security company employing around 93,500 people worldwide. Our wide-ranging products and services cover air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology, and support services. Within Defence Information we combine the latest technologies with our own domain knowledge and intellectual property and deliver them through a range of innovative services and products which help the customer gain information superiority. On an internship with us you will find out what it is like to work for a business which specialises in information-intensive systems and services. Placement title Research/Project Liaison and Analysis Placement description Specifically, this placement will require you to become aware of research activities which are carried out by the BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, some of which have been assessed as having possible value to current projects or future prospects, and, by gaining further knowledge of the research areas and projects, to help determine whether the research might be pulled through into the “real world”. It will also provide: Team working within a multi-disciplinary project team Experience of the culture of working in a major engineering company You will be required to use your skills and