doing a PhD

Yesterday we visited again the nexus-centre to listen to Kevin O’Mahony, who's doing his PhD in Digital Media Design.

After a short introduction of the nexus-centre in general Kevin told us about his work and his CV.

After having graduated at the CIT as Master Kevin started to go on with his Master project and doing research for a PhD.

The project is about a multi-touch table which supports group meetings in one room, but also in different rooms, which goes in the field of virtual teamwork.

After talking about the project as such he showed us his 5-D model to do research, which is very interesting in terms of the project proposal.

To open our minds to the possibility of doing a PhD after graduating he showed us on the one hand his work, and the nexus centre as such, and on the other hand he gave us some useful tips what to think about before apply for a PhD.

To research 3 years in a field requires a strong interest in that area. The next point is, that you can't do research for fun but for industrie who can earn money with your ideas. If you are clear with those 2 points you can start with the research proposal and finally apply for the PhD:

1. Interests in researching and developing further in this area 
   
2. Research and Development where there are opportunities to work on industry related projects 
3. Research Proposal - Objectives, Innovation, Technical Challenge
4. Application Process  

The meeting was very interesting, nothing better then get in contact with former students who did the same course and see what they do today.

More about Kevin and his project can be seen at http://multitouchmeetingroomtable.blogspot.com/