Digital Image Analysis of Sunshine Cards for Meteorology

Supervisor: Dr Hong Wei

School: Systems Engineering
Department: School of Systems Engineering, Systems Engineering

Sunshine cards have been used to record daily sunshine duration and to monitor the direct-beam solar irradiance since 19th century. The project aims to digitise these sunshine cards by using advanced image analysis techniques.

Edutainment theory and practice in HIV/AIDS communication: A South African/UK Perspective

Supervisor: Sarah Cardey

School: Agriculture, Policy and Development
Department: Agric Policy and Dev, Agriculture, Policy and Development

The purpose of this project is to explore the planning, implementation, evaluation and outcomes in entertainment education. The student will carry out searches for reports and literature about entertainment education, assist in collecting data on two edutainment case studies in the UK, assist in analysing these case studies, and assist in writing up the results from the investigation.

Efficacy of behavioural interventions for reducing energy consumption

Supervisor: Professor Judi Ellis

School: Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
Department: Psychology, Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences

Analysis of existing data on energy consuption in the university to explore the effectiveness of different behavioural interventions on consumption and advise on future strategies. This is in collaboration with the Energy Team in FMD.

Electrochemical halide sources for adsorption and reaction studies in ultra-high vacuum

Supervisor: Dr Roger Bennett

School: Chemistry, Food BioSciences and Pharmacy
Department: Chemistry, Chemistry, Food BioSciences and Pharmacy

The project is to build and characterise a solid electrochemical cell for the deposition of Cl and Br onto single-crystal surfaces for study by surface science techniques. The student will use the cell to make measurements of the surface structure of adsorbed ions by scanning tunnelling microscopy at atomic resolution.

Environmental Archaeology Placement at Crusader Castle Sites in Eastern Europe

Supervisor: Aleks Pluskowski

School: Human and Environmental Sciences
Department: Archaeology, Human and Environmental Sciences

Student Placement in environmental archaeology fieldwork at castle sites in Poland, Estonia and Latvia in July and August 2011, as part of Ecology of Crusading project.

Evaluating fieldwork provision at the University of Reading

Supervisor: Dr Gillian Rose

School: Agriculture, Policy and Development
Department: Agric Policy and Dev, Agriculture, Policy and Development

Review of fieldwork at Reading, nature of fieldwork, case studies on good practice, attendance at fieldwork event

Genomic and genetic analysis of pathogen bacteriophages

Supervisor: Prof Ian Jones

School: Biological Sciences
Department: Biological Science, Biological Sciences

A genomic analysis of pathogen genomes will be done to identify bacteriophage and conserved regions in phage genomes. Genotypic fingerprinting of various pathogen will be done to assess phage diversity.