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Student case studies
The students featured on this page give an example of some of the bursary placements that were carried out recently.
Student name: Jennifer Crowhurst
School: Sutton High School
Project title: Studies of the Phase Behaviour of Biological Amphiphiles
Host: Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, Summer 2007
Project category: Chemistry
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Student name: Pavan Shah
School: Monks Walk School, Wlewyn Garden City
Project title: An investigation to assess heavy metal content in evasive Louisianan crayfish, native freshwater crabs and the effect they have to the Cape Clawless Otter populations in Kenya
Host: The Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire, Summer 2006
Project category: Environmental
Click here to find out more about this bursary, and to read a diary of Pavan's bursary placement.
Student name: Heather Reynolds
School: Sale Grammar School
Project title: Measuring the similarity between dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI images
Host: Division of Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, Manchester University, Summer 2007
Project category: Mathematics/computing
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Student name: Varsha Kadaba
School: Howell’s School, Llandaff in Cardiff
Project title: The use of digital imaging in the early diagnosis of glaucoma
Host: The Department of Opthalmology in the School of Medicine at Cardiff University, Summer 2006
Project category: Biomedical
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Student name: Jenny Best
School: Collyers College, Horsham
Project title: Behavioural traits of Green Turtle and Logger head turtle at the Sea Life Centre, Brighton
Host: Sea Life Centre, Brighton, Summer 2006
Project category: Environmental
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Student name: Malcolm Hutchison
School: Harris Academy, Dundee
Project title: Assessing Gastro-Intestinal Stability of Phenolic Compounds and Anthocyanins in Strawberries
Host: Quality, Health & Nutrition Department at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Summer 2006
Project category: Biochemistry
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Student name: Rebecca Downs
School: Lancaster Girls Grammar School
Project title: Site Directed Mutagenesis of Polymerase Beta
Host: Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster University, Summer 2006
Project category: Biology
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Student name: David Oppenheimer
School: St Edward's School, Oxford
Project title: The use of fine resolution hydrological data in improving the estimation of generation potential for run-of-river hydropower schemes
Host: CEH Wallingford and Wallingford Hydrosolutions, Summer 2006
Project category: Engineering
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Student name: Karishma Jaycee
School: St Pauls Roman Catholic School, Leicester
Project title: Quality Assurance for Computed Radiography
Host: Leicester Royal Infirmary, Summer 2006
Project category: Physics
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Student name: Amir Hajizamani
School: Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Project title: Looking at stereoscopic viewing in vital environments
Host: School of Computer Science, Manchester University, Summer 2006
Project category: Mathematics/computing
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Last Updated Wed, 6 August 2008