Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental science

Na’im Anis Peyman spent four weeks working with Dr John Morton in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford.  The project was entitled ‘Building Devices’.

Hannah Blyth discovered new asteroids whilst working at at the Faulkes Telescope Project this summer.

Rebecca Martin spent her summer working at Northern Ireland Water Laboratories.

Tara Tosic looked at massive stars at the Armagh Observatory.

Rory McCaughan worked at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute this summer looking at soil analysis.

Sam Hillman's placement was at the National Physical Laboratory, and his project on nanoSQUIDS won him a trip to Texas.

Laura Doherty spent her summer at Bristol Myers Squibb in Merseyside working on different methods for testing the solubility of tablets.  She recently exhibited her work at the Big Bang Fair.

Jessica Wynn worked for North Herts Council looking at air pollution in her region.  She won the top prize in the Science & Maths category at the Big Bang Fair in March 2011.

Fiona Porter worked at GlaxoSmithKline in Summer 2010 and has recently been awarded the London International Youth Science Forum Prize at the Big Bang Fair.

Stephanie Tudgey spent 4 weeks working at Qinetiq identifying macro moths.  She was awarded the I-SWEEEP prize to go to an international science fair in Houston, Texas, where she won a Silver Medal.

Tim Smith worked with RCUK Academic Fellow Dr Simon Henley at the University of Surrey on nanoparticles.

Carol Moorehead worked with the RSPB in Northern Ireland looking at the effect of boat users on the marine environment of two Areas of Special Scientific Interest.

Fiona Claxton from Nottinghamshire worked with the British Geological Survey in Keyworth.

Robin Kerrison from Newcastle worked on soil analysis in the famous Williamson's Tunnels.

Tom Hearing's project saw him working at the Jurassic World Heritage Site in Dorset.

Nada El-Hariry's project involved a study of gamma ray transport through small penetrations at the AMEC in Knutsford.

Courtney Williams was based at the University of Sheffield. Her project was about acoustic cosmic rays. 

Lisa Howell's bursary pacement took her to Royal Holloway, University of London  where she researched Konic horses. Lisa documented her work in short films.