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The Department of Physics' project and master thesis proposals are published here.

Proposals for the academic year 2018-2019 is currently being published.

Information meeting about the master possibilities in physics, see post on Innsida.

Video from the Department's information meeting about the master possibilities [2017]

The proposals are relevant for the following programmes #

• Master of Science in Physics - MSPHYS
• Applied Physics and Mathematics (master's degree programme, 5 years) - MTFYMA
• Nanotechnology (master's degree programme, 5 years) - MTNANO
• Natural Science with Teacher Education - MLREAL
• Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering - MSISEE
  
  • study track Solar Cell Systems and Materials (Joint Nordic Master's Degree Programme)

Specialization Project at the Department of Physics #

• Specialization project at the Department of Physics [Norwegian]
  - relevant for MTFYMA, MTNANO, MLREAL and MSISEE

Master's Thesis at the Department of Physics #

• Writing your master's thesis

How is the Master's Thesis assessed? #

• Assessment Guidance for Master's Thesis at the Department of Physics
• Assessment Form for Master's Thesis at the Department of Physics

Project and thesis proposals from the Department's research divisions #

Applied Physics #

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• Atmospheric and Environmental Physics [2018] | contact: Patrick Espy
• Måling av egenspenninger i sikkerhetsglass [2018] | contact: Morten Kildemo
• Developmentof Spectroscopic Mueller Matrix Scatterometer [2018] | contact: Morten Kildemo
• Experimental characterization of hyper lensing properties of self assembled plasmonic hyperbolic metamaterial [2018] | contact: Morten Kildemo
• Chiral plasmonics [2018] | contact: Morten Kildemo
• Development of Spectroscopic Mueller Matrix Imaging Microscope [2018] | contact: Morten Kildemo
• Manufacture and optical characterization of array of core shell particles [2018] | contact: Morten Kildemo
• Spectrally and time resolved fluorescence imaging of biological systems [2018] | contact: Mikael Lindgren
• Intermediate band solar cells [2018] | contact: Turid Dory Reenaas

Biophysics and Medical Technology  #

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• Multifunctional nanoparticles and ultrasound to improve cancer therapy (several topics) [2018] | contact: Catharina de Lange Davies
• Synergistic-effects-in-DNA-condensation [2018] | contact: Rita de Sousa Dias
• Coarse grained modelling of nanoparticle polymer interactions [2018] | contact: Rita de Sousa Dias
• Development of novel methodologies to quantify turgor pressure levels in plant cells [2018] | contact: Rita de Sousa Dias
• Nanoparticles for tissue nanobridging and wound healing [2018] | contact: Rita de Sousa Dias
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Ultra-high field [2018] | contact: Pål Erik Goa
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging [2018] | contact: Pål Erik Goa
• Second harmonic generation microscopy of cartilage samples [2018] | contact: Magnus Borstad Lilledahl
• Construction of a laser scanning microscope [2018] | contact: Magnus Borstad Lilledahl
• Multiphoton Microscopy of Human Osteo arthritis [2018] | contact: Magnus Borstad Lilledahl
• Imaging and radiotherapy physics [2018] | contact: Kathrine Røe Redalen
• Second harmonic generation microscopy of collagen fibre structure in rectal cancer [2018] | contact: Kathrine Røe Redalen
• MR-based pseudo-CT images for radiotherapy planning [2018] | contact: Kathrine Røe Redalen
• Biological polymers: Mesoscale structure formation and interactions [2018] | contact: Bjørn Torger Stokke

Complex Materials #

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• Laboratory for Soft and Complex Materials Studies [2018] | contact: Jon Otto Fossum

Condensed Matter Physics #

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• DFT and MD simulations of oxygen migration and domain walls [2018] | contact: Jaakko Akola
• DFT simulations of the inoculation effect in cast iron [2018] | contact: Jaakko Akola
• DFT simulations of precipitate formation in titanium alloys [2018] | contact: Jaakko Akola
• Materials Physics [2018] | contact: Dag Werner Breiby
• TEM Gemini Centre [2018] | contact: Randi Holmestad og Antonius T. J. van Helvoort

Theoretical Physics #

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• Astroparticle Physics [2018] | contact: Michael Kachelriess

Center for Quantum Spintronics - QuSpin #

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• Spintronics for Next Generation Information Processing and Data Storage [2018] | contact: Arne Brataas
• Molecular Beam Epitaxy of high temperature Antiferromagnets [2018] | contact: Christoph Brüne
• A-strongly driven NV center as accurate magnetometer [2017]| contact: Jeroen Danon
• The persistent spin helix in the presence of hyperfine interactions [2017] | contact: Jeroen Danon
• Frustrated quantum antiferromagnets [2017] | contact: John Ove Fjærestad
• Quantum Condensed Matter Theory [2018] | contact: Jacob Linder

Center for Porous Media Laboratory - PoreLab #

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• Porous Media Laboratory [2018] | contact: Alex Hansen

NTNU's resource centre for STEM-education #

• Fysikk og fysikkdidaktikk [2018] Norwegian | contact: Rolf Jonas Persson
• Naturfag- og fysikkdidaktikk [2018] Norwegian | contact: Berit Bungum
• Oppgaver om formidling (Jærmuseet) [2018] Norwegian

External proposals in cooperation with the Department of Physics #

NTNU - IE-Faculty - Department of Electronic Systems

• Studying the impact of man-made noise on fish and invertebrates [2018] | contact: Hefeng Dong
• Characterization of sound channel under Arctic ice [2018] | contact: Hefeng Dong

Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience

• Studying the function of neural circuits in zebrafish brain [2018] | contact: Emre Yaksi
• Development of infrared fish tracking [2018] | contact: Emre Yaksi

Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt 

• Semiconductor and Quantum Physics [2018] | contact: Trond Brudevoll
• Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for distribution modelling for e.g. detection and recognition in images [2018] | contact: Eilif Solberg
• Pulsede infrarøde fiberlasere [2017] Norwegian | contact: Magnus W. Haakestad
• Design av en laserkilde for generering av nanosekundpulser i det infrarøde bølgelengdeområdet [2017] Norwegian | contact: Magnus W. Haakestad
• Optiske parametriske oscillatorer med høy pulsenergi [2017] Norwegian | contact: Magnus W. Haakestad

Gränges

• Precipitation Hardening in Two AL-MN-CU-MG-SI Alloys for Brazed Heart Exchangers [2018] | contact: Emmanuel Hersent

Norsk Titanium

• Titanium TEM Investigations of Microstructure in Additive Manufactured Aerospace Grade Titanium [2018] | contact: Hilde Løken Larsen

Norsk Hydro

• Nano and Micro structural characterization of aluminium 5xxx series alloy [2018] | contact: Jan Halvor Nordlien

Haukeland universitetssykehus

• Masteroppgaver innen røntgen og CT (flere oppgaver) [2018] Norwegian | contact: Kirsten Hansine Helene Nygaard Bolstad

Justervesenet

• Weighing photons [2017] | contact: Jarle Gran
• Photodiodes at cryogenic temperatures [2017] | contact: Jarle Gran

SINTEF Energi

• Complex Network Approaches to Analysing Large Blackouts [2018] | contact: Iver Bakken Sperstad
• Safe CO2 transport – Rapid depressurization of CO2-rich mixtures [2018] | contact: Svend Tollak Munkejord
• Elektrisk gjennomslag i isolasjonsvæsker [2017] Norwegian | contact: Øystein Hestad
• Numeriske beregninger på hydrogenflammer [2017] Norwegian | contact: Sigurd Sannan

SINTEF Industry - Biotechnology and Nanomedicine

• Nanoparticle degradation and drug release [2018] | contact: Einar Sulheim (Department of Physics: Catharina de Lange Davies)

SINTEF Ocean

• Parallel simulations of transport and mixing in the ocean [2017] | contact: Tor Nordam

SINTEF Multiphase Flow Laboratory

• Fluid Density Mapping with X-rays and -rays in Multiphase Pipe Flow [2017] | contact: Christian Brekken

St. Olavs hospital

• Parameter estimation in diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging [2018] | contact: Peter Thomas While
• Radiation therapy of cervical cancer Optimisation of treatment plans with simultaneous integrated boost [2017] | contact: Anne Beate Langeland Marthinsen
• Protonterapi ved Lungekreft [2017] | contact: Nina Levin

Woodsol

• FDTD model of the Woodsol prototype floor element | contact: Simone Conta

NTNU Bridge #

• Go to NTNU Bridge to get in contact with external institutions