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[Diploma Programme]

Diploma Courses 2007-2008   Dissertation Defences Week 11 - 16 August  
2008

MATHEMATICS - Monday 11 August, 10:00 hrs, Room D, LB Terrace Level
Title:  Global Theory of Non-Parametric Minimal Surfaces in 4-Dimension

Student:  T. MUTHOKA

Dissertation Guide:  J. Li



CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS - Tuesday 12 August, Room D, LB Terrace Level

14:00 hrs

Title:  Thermodynamic Properties of Superconducting Dirac Electrons

Student:  O. ABAH

Dissertation Guide:  M. Kiselev

14:45 hrs

Title:  Ab-Initio Methods for Structural Search: Application to Silicon

Student:  M. KOIRALA
Dissertation Guides:  S. Scandolo

15:30 hrs

Title:  Non-Equilibrium Quench Dynamics of Dickie Systems and  
Statistics of the Work Done on Them

Student:  F. PARAAN
Dissertation Guide:  A. Silva

16:15 hrs

Title: Sthuttling Kondo in Singlet-Triplet Regime in  
Nanoelectromechanical Systems

Student:  M. PENA AZA
Dissertation Guides: M. Kiselev

17:00 hrs

Title: Laser Levitation of Microparticles

Student:  M. USUGA CASTANEDA
Dissertation Guides: D. Cojoc


EARTH SYSTEM PHYSICS - Wednesday 13 August, Room H, LB Terrace Level
10:00 hrs

Title:  Rate and State Friction Mechanical Modelling of Two  
Earthquake Fault Segments separated by a Creeping Section

Student:  O. KANU

Dissertation Guide:  A. Aoudia


  11:00 hrs
Title:  Compilation of a Unified Earthquake Catalog for North Africa

Student:  P. OGWARI
Dissertation Guides:  A. Peresan