Type of Project Simulation, design of user interfaces Special Expertise Needed Experience of programming will be essential, and an ability to learn new languages. The project requires some simulation of physical processes but no knowledge of these is assumed and it will not necessarily be essential during the project. Equipment Needed P.C. with access to Windows NT and current versions of Visual C, Matlab, Visual Basic. None Industrial Involvement Preparatory work for a research project with IBM starting during 1999. Simulation II Description Second part of a group project developing software for simulation of rigid disk media.
Software exists already to predict the magnetic state of the disk coatings of rigid disk systems.
However the software requires two significant additions to make it complete. Firstly, the program requires user friendly software to enter data setting the required material parameters, and it requires software to create simulated random structures for the material, using a range of different physical models. Thus although the two projects are logically separated it will be necessary for the input and output software to integrate into one package and the two components of the user interface will have to be developed in close collaboration. Main Objective Graphical user interface handling input data and generating input structures using existing software, displaying existing results in a variety of forms and perfoming a simple simulation of magnetic force microscopy. Area of Project Data storage simulation Type of Project Simulation, design of user interfaces.