Aaron Adalja with Cyrus TaylorUsing Derivatives to Model Energy AssetsA derivative is a financial instrument whose value depends on the value of more basic underlying variables. Most commonly, these variables are the prices of traded assets. Through the use of stochastic modeling with differential equations, one can effectively price...
2003
Audrey Alabiso with Corbin CovaultCalibration of GPS Units for the Pierre Auger ProjectThe Pierre Auger Project is a high energy astrophysics collaboration that is trying to determine the mass composition, arrival direction and energy of cosmic ray air showers above 10^19eV. This is accomplished by using a series of...
Benjamin Bayat. with Amy Eroh (IBM Burlington) & Kathy KashVolume Logic Diagnostics on Microprocessor and ASICs Chips at IBMThe fabrication of semiconductor chips in industry is both a complex and lengthy process, involving the application of cutting edge nanotechnologies over a period of two to three months. Of obvious...
Thomas Bing with Dr. Philip TaylorThe Changing Shape of a Liquid Drop in an Electric FieldOrdinarily, a liquid droplet is essentially spherical. When a dielectric liquid drop is placed in an electric field, however, a spheroid results. Provided the liquid’s dielectric constant is above a certain threshold value, a...
Joshua Boehm.with Corbin Covault Characterizing the Effects of Atmospheric Conditions on the Sensitivity of the STACEE ExperimentThe STACEE experiment hinges on its ability to detect Cherenkov pulses of light and distinguish them from the night sky background. Weather conditions such as cloudiness or haze result in increased attenuation of the...
Robert Hous with Mehran MehreganyMechanical Characterization and Design of Flexible Silicon Carbide MicrostructuresThis project will investigate the feasibility of utilizing silicon carbide (SiC) in miniature flexible ribbon cables. These cables have applications in implantable neural sensors, where their flexibility and biocompatibility make them ideal for such applications. Previous works...
Andrew Huss with Stephen Phillips (Electrical Engineering)Integration of Sensor Technology for Mini-WHEGS Robot WHEGS stands for wheels with legs. The mini-WHEGS robot is approximately the size of a pack of playing cards, and possesses great power and agility for its size. It can maneuver over or around almost any obstacle,...
Timothy Janezic with Glenn Starkman Numerical Solutions of the Gravitational Potential in 5H and 6H Dimensional UniversesFields living in the universe can be decomposed into eigenmodes, determined by the geometry and topology. However, only the simplest cases can be done analytically. Attention has focused on these cases largely for that...
Justin Kenny with Ken SingerSurface Electromagnetic Waves in Cholesteric Liquid CrystalsSurface electromagnetic waves (SEWs) are predicted to form on the surface of cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) at an interface when interacting with light. In theory the presence of SEWs is dependent on the frequency of the incident light, the...
Brian Kubit with Phil TaylorTheoretical Approach to the Physics of Batteries and Fuel Cells Batteries and fuel cells work by the transfer of ions from one place to another under the influence of electric fields and concentration gradients. In this project we will be calculating the rate at which ions...