Home page of Prof David N. Jamieson

I am the Director (since 1996) of the Microanalytical Reseach Centre (MARC) in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne. MARC is a busy research group with major research interests in the fields of nanotechnology, especially quantum computer technology, and microanalysis. MARC was founded in the late 1980's by Dr George Legge to house research activities associated with nuclear microprobe technology and applications. This is still a major research interest of the group today. In 2000 MARC became part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Special Research Centre for Quantum Computer Technology which became the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology in 2003.

In addition to my professional activites at the University of Melbourne I have also served as the Vice President (2003-4) and President (2005-6) of the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP). I chaired a working group coordinating the AIP activities for the Einstein International Year of Physics 2005. This year, declared by the General Assembly of the United Nations, celebrates Einstein's miraculous year of 1905. Both the international web pages and AIP web pages provide more information on the activities associated with this year (see also the links under OUTREACH below).

Also available here are my short CV, photo, and publication list (for an up to date list please search on "D.N. Jamieson" using Inspec or similar).

On September 15 2005 I gave my inaugural professorial lecture as part of the 2005 Dean's Lecture Series. The lecture title was "Einstein's revolution: quantum and relativity technology for the 21st Century". Here is a pod cast of the lecture (60MB mp3 file). This starts mid-way through the Dean's introduction. The sound quality improves when I start speaking.

Here is a second podcast titled: A Quantum Leap in Computing done by professionals as part of the University of a Melbourne "Up Close" podcast audio talk show.

On the night of December 6 2006 I was privileged to give the address at the dinner of the Australian Institute of Physics 17th National Congress. Here is a podcast of the address. In this speech I give my views on the role and challenges of Physics (and technology) in our society.

Research

We are always looking for PhD students to join our group and participate in our research activities. Note that overseas students need to apply for a scholarship to support their studies. You can see the information about scholarship application procedures at the University scholarships website. More information about postgraduate studies in Physics is available here. Here is a list of possible research topics for students seeking to join us for higher degree studies. Here is a separate research page linking to downloads of executable ion optics software, cross section data bases and other things.

You can find manuals for our hardware and software on the manuals page.

Outreach

I am very interested in outreach actvities that present physics to the general public. Since 1990 I have organised and presented the "July Lectures in Physics" on fundamental topics in physics to a wide audience. This series, which was founded by Dr Graham Sargood, Prof Tony Klein and Prof Geoff Opat has been running every year since 1968. You can find a list of all July lectures since foundation here.

To find out what the Intenational Year of Physics 2005 is all about you can see the School of Physics IYoP2005 web site which also provides essays on the great Melbourne Physicist William Sutherland. My essay on the fundamental role of Einstein's theory of relativity in explaining the phenomenon of magnetism is found here.

Teaching

All the resources provided for my teaching program of courses for students enrolled at the University of Melbourne can now be found on WebRaft. In collaboration with Jon Pearce, and funding from CAUT, we developed a web-based teaching package, MARCSHOP, to introduce the fundamentals of ion beam analysis. Although the technology is now almost obsolete, you can use vacuum tube video monitors to display real quantum mechanics. If you have one of these old monitors and are looking for a real quantum mechanics demonstration (not a simulation) you will find it here.

Visiting

If you are visiting and looking for accommodation options and a map of how to find us, click here.

Contact

Office: Room 211, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, AUSTRALIA

Phone: + 61 3 8344 5376, Fax: + 61 3 9347 4783, Email: email address

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