We can host BSc and MSc projects in a number of research areas including all questions pertaining to the cryosphere, but also topics in terrestrial near-surface geophysics such as applications in geomorphology or hydrogeophyiscs. Methods range from numerical modelling and data integration with machine learning to applied field observations and linked data analysis with various geophysical sensors (e.g. GPR, seismics, elecrics, terrestrial radar interferometry). Have a look at our current and past (LINK) research projects to get a feel what is currently going on in the group.
We aim for a paired supervision scheme (Postdoc/PhD + Professor) and a topic that feeds into a larger, currently ongoing project within the group. We encourage joint supervision with other groups in our Department. We will provide a working space and computers in GUZ. Fee free to contact us directly so that we can design a project that meets your interests. Prior to the first meeting you should think about what you main motivation for the project is and what learning outcomes (e.g., programming, field work etc.) you expect. Also have a timeline in your head that matches your study plan.
Below we advertise concrete projects, if a certain need within a group arises. However, many projects are designed after a first meeting and in combination with the currently ongoing research in the group. To get in touch please email Reinhard (reinhard.drewsspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de) or Rebecca (rebecca.schlegelspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de) or come by our office 3U37 and 3R35.
Potential topics in the field of applied geophysics (note fieldwork often requires long-term planing):
> Where is the heat? Geophysical near-surface characterization for development of shallow geothermal energy retrieval (coop. with hydrogephysics)
> How much snow did fall? Retrieval of the surface accumulation history in Antartica/Greenland from the GPR-stratigraphy and ice cores
> A tale about humps and cliffs: Identification of glacial basal landforms using GPR
> It's all about millimeters: Derivation of ocean-induced melt rates using coherent interferometric radars
Potential topics in the field of data integration and machine learning
> Get the velocities: Inversion of the radio-wave velocity profile from wide-angle data with simulation based inference
> Truth and Fiction: Retrieving radar attributes (e.g., conditions at the ice-bed interface in Antarctica) through physical forward modelling and simlation based inference
> It's all about millimeters: Derivation of ocean-induced melt rates using coherent interferometric radars
Potential topics in the field of radar remote sensing:
> Does it move or does it not? Time series analysis of glacial dynamics (e.g., tidal modulation of the grounding line) using terrestrial radar interferometry.
