Derek Tang with Xuan Gao
Growth of Indium MonoSelenide for 2D Semiconductor Devices
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials with structures similar to graphene and graphite have emerged as a major research area in materials and condensed matter physics research. While an abundance of recent efforts were spent on transition...
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Ru-Ching Chen with Yasuhiro Kamotani (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Characterization of Gas-Liquid Interfaces in Passive Cyclonic Separators
Two-phase flows and their separation is an important research topic as many spacecraft require such functionality to remain operational. These systems are not required on earth due to the existence of buoyancy. Cyclonic...
Zaarah Mohamed with Jesse BerezovskyConnecting Optical, Structural and Spin-dependent Properties for Films of Quantum DotsThe project aims to discern the connection between structural, optical, and spin-dependent properties for films of semiconductor nanoparticles. These films are to be created through various methods involving solutions of quantum dots, and will vary...
Michael Anderson with Jesse Beresovsky
Advanced Undergraduate Acoustics Experiment
Acoustics represents a body of science that is rich in theory and new concepts and has many applications in everyday life. Unfortunately, many undergraduates are not afforded the opportunity to explore acoustics past a brief introduction. The purpose of this project, then, is...
Nathan Harmon with Paul Harding
Improved Photometry of Metal-Poor Giants in the Kepler Field
Astroseismology is capable of measuring the properties of the interior of stars, for red giants an accurate measure of their age can then be derived. The purpose of this project is to find potentially old stars which...
Devin Miles with David Jordan
Significance of Image Heterogeneity in Multi-Modality Medical Imaging
Heterogeneous features have been observed in clinical PET-CT and PET-MRI imaging of tumors. The significance of this heterogeneity is not well understood but may have prognostic value for clinicians. To advance understanding of this parameter, an investigation of...
Gregory Stephen with Robert Brown and Bob Deissler
Design and Implementation of a Low Cost Malaria Diagnosis Device
A major challenge in malaria diagnosis is the need for a cheap, portable device capable of detecting low concentrations of the malaria pigment, hemozoin. The malaria parasite converts hemoglobin in the blood into...
Evan Telford with Harsh Mathur
The Relativistic Hofstadter Problem
Hofstadter studied electrons in a strong magnetic field perturbed by a weak periodic potential on a square lattice. He found that the energy levels plotted as a function of the magnetic field formed a beautiful pattern with a recursive structure now Hofstadter...
Jake Bell with Dan Akerib and Tom Shutt
Capacitive level sensors for use in liquid xenon detectors
The LUX dark matter experiment liquid xenon detector uses an electric field created by grids to increase the drift velocity of electrons into xenon gas causing them to produce additional scintillation photons. These photons...
Mason Eastman with Harsh Mathur
Conductors as a model for elliptical coffee stains
In electrostatics, conductors exhibit a number of interesting properties. Among these is the ‘lightning rod’ effect, whereby electric fields are significantly greater near areas of high curvature. In 1997, Nagel et al. published a paper likening the behavior...