Samuel Merriman with Benjamin Monreal
Continuous Liquid Interface Production of Gas Electron Multipliers
Gas Electron Multipliers (GEMs) are detector tools used in high-energy particle physics research to detect weak ionizing radiation. GEMs are designed small enough to generate strong electric fields in small areas, allowing them to increase the signal from...
Case Physics
Mechanical Topological Insulators
Jacob Moran with Harsh Mathur
In this project we will study mechanical topological insulators. Yu and Mathur have found that the elastic modes of bilayer graphene are analogous to the electronic states of topological insulators. Using a continuum elasticity model they find that the elastic waves are...
Tyler McMaken with Glenn Starkman
Constraining the Topology of the Universe: A Generalization of Flat Manifold Parameter Spaces
An open question for cosmologists concerns whether the universe is infinite or finite. For a flat cosmology, the topology of the universe can take on any one of 18 manifolds, some of which are...
Cole Roberg with Rolfe Petschek
Calculation of Magnetic Interactions Between Magnetic Nanoparticles
One problem yet to be completely solved in the world of physics and material science is the ferromagnetic fluid or fluid that has a magnetization outside of external magnetic fields. Fluids that respond to magnetic fields have been studied...
Philip Smith with Rolfe Petschek
Optimizing the Search for Order Parameters in Quasicrystals
This research seeks to apply existing phase transition theory to quasicrystals in order to develop a better understanding for their underlying physical theory. This will consist of running simulations of hard tetrahedral particles that tend to develop quasicrystalline...
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...
Caroline Novak with Kenneth Singer
Photorefractive properties of liquid crystal-filled bacterial cellulose mats
The photorefractive effect is a phenomenon associated with nonlinear optical materials in which the refractive index of the material varies with the application of light. One demonstration of this effect is dynamic holography. Energy transfer between diffracted beams...
Adele Zawada with John Ruhl
Developing New Techniques for Characterizing Optical Properties of Millimeter Wavelength Detectors
Poster
Characterization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a major focus of modern experimental research in cosmology and astrophysics. CMB photons carry important information that could expand our understanding about the origin and content of...
Nicholas Barron with Jaoa Maia and Ed CanerLow Temperature Suspension of Shear Thickening non-Newtonian FluidsThere are a variety of useful applications in industry for shear thickening non-Newtonian fluids. For certain applications, maintaining shear thickening properties for long periods of time at temperatures below -25 Centigrade is desirable. In this...
Rachel Capelouto with Rolfe PetschekOrientation Waves in Colloidal Crystals Crystals are usually thought of as the condensation of density waves. However, in some systems, notably blue phase liquid crystals, and, according to recent results in our group also hard tetrahedra, the formation of a crystal comes from the condensation...