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Meet Our Graduates

"One of my favourite memories was an organised trip to CERN. It was great fun and helped everyone get to know each other better."

Dr Anthony Kiely, Lecturer, Department of Physics, UCC

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"I don’t think I’d be working at Riot Games today if it wasn’t for UCC."

Eoin Murphy, Insights Analyst at Riot Games

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"UCC instilled in me a sense of confidence and independence which has helped me throughout my PhD and my current role."

Frances Lordan, Senior Process Engineer at Intel Ireland

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[My best memory in UCC] "Small group of 20 or physics students who were all quite like-minded people and all got on really well"

Ian O'Driscoll, Associate Director, R&D, Alcon Ireland

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"To a lot of employers out there, a physics degree seems to be seen as a problem-solving degree and almost every industry needs a problem-solver every now and then."

Joseph Cashell, Secondary Science Teacher

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"UCC gave me a great foundation in teaching physics that I have continued to develop through my career."

Kieran McCarthy, Head of A-Level Physics and PSHE Coordinator at St James’ Catholic High School

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I had the opportunity to learn how to become a hands on scientist, trained to think outside the box and grasp complex concepts and ideas both quickly and easily.

Laura Horan, Technical Project Lead and Sensor Specialist

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"UCC had a large role in getting me where I am right now. My Physics degree provided a great background in critical thinking and problem solving, which I use daily in my current role."

Padraic Morrissey, Technology Manager of PIXAPP, World’s First Open Access Photonic Packaging Pilot Lin

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[What appeals to you most about your current role?] "Relevance to real world, faster pace, applied role. Lots of data to play with."

Sorcha Healy, Data Analyst, McAfee

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"I would never have assumed doing a Physics degree could provide these opportunities and UCC gave me the ability to create a pathway through life that has been varied and unexpected."

Vince McCarthy, Co-founder & CEO of The Festival of Curiosity

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Latest News from Physics

13 Sep 2024

Aepinus Condenser

The Aepinus Condenser is an early type of variable capacitor. A capacitor is a device used to store electric charge. 
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11 Sep 2024

Attendance at QTech 2024 and oral presentation

Dr. Andreas Ruschhaupt has attended the international conference on quantum technology QTech 2024 from 10-12 September in Berlin (Germany) (https://premc.org/conferences/qtech-quantum-technology/). During the conference, he also gave an oral presentation on the latest results of the SFI Frontiers for the Future Project "Shortcut-Enhanced Quantum Thermodynamics".  
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06 Sep 2024

Exoplanet Formation Publication

‘Exoplanet Formation’ Research group lead, Dr. Bertram Bitsch, recent publication.  
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12 Aug 2024

Twist-and-turn dynamics of spin squeezing in bosonic Josephson junctions: Enhanced shortcuts-to-adiabaticity approach

The Quantum Control via Shortcuts to Adiabaticity in Quantum Optics group, School of Physics, UCC which is led by Dr. Andreas Ruschhaupt who announced that the paper on "Twist-and-turn dynamics of spin squeezing in bosonic Josephson junctions: Enhanced shortcuts-to-adiabaticity approach" has just been published in Physical Review A 110, 022610 (2024) Link: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.110.022610. This work has been done in collaboration with Vladimir M. Stojanovic (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany). The paper emanated from research supported in part by a Grant from Science Foundation Ireland under Grant number 19/FFP/6951 (“Shortcut- Enhanced Quantum Thermodynamics”).
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