Brian Kubera with Jie ShanVibrational Circular Dichroism in the Far-InfraredExtending the ability to measure circular dichroism spectra into the far-infrared will allow for observation of lower frequency modes in chiral materials. Vibrational CD spectra contain not only the chirality of the sample, but, also sufficient information to predict the...
2004
Nathan Kundtz with Corbin CovaultEvent reconstruction analysis of hybrid ground array and fluorescence detector data for the Auger projectThe Auger High Energy Astro-physics experiment seeks to detect high energy particles entering the earth’s atmosphere through the detection of a Chrenkov shower. These events have a cross section with the...
Bryan Linkous with John RuhlThermo-electric Model of a Superconducting BolometerBolometers have often been used as detectors of low energy radiation, but there has always been a choice to make between speed and sensitivity. A new design of superconducting bolometers promises to deliver increases in both speed and sensitivity over...
David Miller with Tanmay VachaspatiFrom Inverse Scattering To Field TheoryIn a general quantum mechanical problem, one can reconstruct an analytic potential from the spectrum of eigenvalues for the system using symmetric reflectionless potentials. This technique works well for reconstructing potentials in simple 1-dimensional problems. We are interested in the...
Mike Minar with Kathy KashThe Growth of Single Crystal InSb via Electrochemical DepositionA “bottom-up” approach to device fabrication is generally regarded as cumbersome when creating device quality semiconductor material; however, certain device geometries cannot be constructed from conventional “top-down” methods. If electrochemical growth of device quality material is possible...
Justin Morgan with Richard Schnee (2nd semester of project)Numerical Calculation of a Comparison Between Various WIMP Search ExperimentsOne WIMP dark matter search, the DAMA experiment, has claimed detection of WIMPs, in possible conflict with other searches that have detected no signal. Comparisons made so far between this experiment and...
Adam Morley with Sue Hinze (sociology), Glenn Starkman & Cyrus Taylor (2nd semester of project)A Study of Gender in Undergraduate Physics Majors and Minors at Case Western Reserve UniversityWe will analyze the enrollment of women in undergraduate physics at Case Western Reserve University, specifically why the percentage of women...
Sarah Mullet with Cyrus TaylorAdvanced Hydrofoils in the Boating MarketHydrofoils, in the most basic sense, are to boats what wings are to planes. By acting as ‘wings’ for a boat, hydrofoils create lift, raising the boat above the surface of the water, thus minimizing drag. This in turn can...
David Nielsen with Dan Akerib and Kathy KashCharacterization and Quality Control of TES used in Dark Matter detectionA relatively new class of cryogenic particle detectors involves cooling substrates to sub-100mK temperatures and recording the energy deposited in scattering events by the subsequent warming of a superconducting film patterned onto...
Marisa Quattrone with Robert J. Maciunas, MD, (Univ. Hosp.)Nonrigid Registration Algorithm for Warping Intraoperative MR Scans to Preoperative MR Scan for Optimal Surgical NavigationSelected neurosurgical patients will have markers filled with Vitamin E placed on their heads to appear on an MRI scan of their brains. The BrainLab Navigation...