Current Summer Research Projects
Tentative summer 2008 research groups with examples of their research projects.
Past Summer Research Projects
These are our recent undergraduate research assistants and their projects.
2008 Projects
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Alison Huff, CoW '10,
A Charged Pendulum in an Electric Field
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Thomas Linz, Kenyon '09,
Perturbing Spacetime
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Jacob Lynn, New York University '09,
Order and Chaos in the 2.5-Body Problem
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Patrick Odenthal, University of Portland '09,
Experimental Observation of Soliton Annihilation in a Hydro-Mechanical Array of One-Way Coupled Oscillators
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Richard Sampson, Columbia University '10,
Electrical Characterization of Quantum Dots Using
Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy
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Ingrid Thvedt, CoW '11,
It's getting hot in here - or is it? An Investigation into Mpemba Effect
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Mike Winters, CoW '10,
Self-Organized Criticality: Bead Pile Dynamics Across Bead Types
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Mark Zimmerman, CoW '09,
Percolating Electrons Through Steel Shot and Glass Beads
2007 Projects
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COREY ATWOOD-STONE, CoW '10,
Celestial Clock: Tracking the Sun, the Moon, the Center of the Milky Way and the Earth's Velocity Vector with Respect to the CMB
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JAMES DANIELS, CoW '10,
A Closer Look at Multiple Time Scales in Transistor Amplifiers
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JAMES GALLAGHER, Ohio Northern University '10,
Constructing an Array of One-Way Coupled Bistable Oscillators
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MATTHEW GORSKI, CoW '09,
Top-down Causation and Cellular Automata
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ERIC HARDIN, SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY '08,
Investigating the Inner Structure of Non-radial β-lactoglobilin Spherulites
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KASEY KELLY, Kenyon College '10,
Visualizing Curved Spacetime: Light Geodesics in Kerr-Newman Spacetime
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FRANK KING, CoW '09,
Charged Spherical Pendulum in Electric and Magnetic Fields
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DANIEL SHAI, CoW '07,
Construction of a Ballistic Electron Emission Microscope
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IAN STEWARD, John Carroll University '08,
Measuring Reflectivity with a Ring-Down Cavity
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JEREMIAH ZBLEWSKI, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point '07,
Spectral and Computation Studies of Hydrogen Bonding of Uracil and Cytosine with Methanol
2006 Projects
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EVAN HEIDTMANN, CoW '09,
The Escape Set: Chaos in the Restricted Three-Body Problem
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ANDREW HERSHBERGER, Case Western Reserve University '09,
Modeling Stochastic Resonance in Hair Cells of the Inner Ear
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KEVIN HOYLE, Ohio Northern University '09,
Dynamics of Noisy One-Way Coupled Oscillators
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MARY MILLS, Agnes Scott College '09,
Self-Organized Criticality in a Zirconium Bead Pile
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MARTHA ROSEBERRY, CoW '09,
Precession & Chaos in a Spherical Universe
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HENRY TIMMERS, CoW '09,
Finding the Turbidity of 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane
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NATHAN UTT, CoW '07,
Heat Capacity of a Triethylamine-Water Mixture
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MIKE ZAPPITELLO, CoW '09,
Measuring the Coexistence Curve of an 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane
2005 Projects
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JOHN GAMBLE, CoW '08,
Dielectric Permittivity in Binary Nematic Mixtures
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KIRSTEN LARSON, CoW '08,
The Search for Microquasars in High Galactic Latitudes
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MEGAN MILLER, Wells College '06,
Self-Organized Criticality and the Energy Dissipation Model as Observed in a Bead Pile
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CHRISTINE O'BRIEN, College of Dupage '07,
Modeling Magnetic Confinement of a Relativistic Particle
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KELLY PATTON, CoW '08,
A Study of Quantum Dots through Atomic Force Microscopy
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RUTH SHEWMON, MIT '08,
Using Heat Capacity to Observe Non-critical Phase Transitions of the Binary Fluid Mixture Triethylamine-Water
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SARAH SUDDENDORF, CoW '07,
The Turbidity and Correlation Length Amplitude of 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane Near the Critical Point
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DANNY TREMBLAY, CoW '07,
Measuring Ultra High Reflectivities Using Light Intensity Cavity Ring-down
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LISA MAY WALKER, Dickinson College '07,
Searching for Microquasars using the INTEGRAL Satellite
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MARK WELLONS, CoW '08,
Measuring the Coexistence Curve of an 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane
2004 Projects
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JOSEPH DARTEZ, University of Dallas '06,
Chaos and Fractal Structure in Solar Escape: A Restricted Three-Body Problem
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ANNIE ERBSEN, Guilford College '06,
Characterization and Imaging of Self Assembled InAs Quantum Dots by Atomic Force Microscopy
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JEREMY HOHERTZ, CoW '06,
Jet Emission Models for Microquasars
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MARK LIGHTFOOT, CoW '05,
Measuring the Coexistence Curve of an 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane
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TUAN NGUYEN, University of Oklahoma '06,
Self-Organized Criticality: Deviations from Pure SOC Power Law
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KINGA PARTYKA, Rutgers University '07,
A Computational Study of CO Oxidation on Pt(111) and Ru(0001) Surfaces
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STEPHEN POPROCKI, CoW '07,
Accurate Measurement of Quantum Dots by Atomic Force Microscopy
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JON ROSCH, CoW '07,
Analysis of X-Ray Emissions from Microquasars
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DANNY SHAI, CoW '07,
A Reduced Mass Variation of the Newtonian Two-Body Problem on the 2-Sphere
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ANGIE TRIPLETT, CoW '06,
Finding the Turbidity of an 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane
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BRYAN WHITING CoW '06,
Alloy Chemisorption of Carbon Monoxide
2003 Projects
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ELIZABETH BAKER, Bucknell University '06,
Self-Organized Criticality: Cliff Phenomena
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ANDY BRINCK, CoW '05,
The Turbidity and Correlation Length of 8-Arm Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane
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ADAM COHEN, Bucknell University '06,
The Automated Measurement of the Coexistence Curve of 8-Arm Star Polystyrene in Methylcyclohexane
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GREG DALLINGER, CoW '05,
Computational Study of the Oxidation of CO on the Pt(111) Surface
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SETH HOPPER, Earlham College '04,
Vector and Parallel Processing in Computational Physics
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KATHLEEN McCREARY, CoW '06,
Dielectric Properties of a Nematic Binary Mixture
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KATHERINE OLAKSEN, CoW '06,
Chaotic Sphere: Two Particles Interacting on a 2D Spherical Universe
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JOE VANFOSSEN, Baldwin-Wallace College '04,
Self-Erasing Perturbations: BTW Scalar Sandpiles and Superpiles
2002 Projects
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AUSTIN CARTER, CoW '05,
Testing Yang-Yang Theory Using the Heat Capacity of Triethylamine and Water
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HANNEKE HOEKMAN, CoW '05,
Dielectric Properties of a Nematic Binary Mixture
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CHRISTINE LEIDEL, Ohio Northern '05,
Optimal Exit: Solar Escape as a 3-Body Problem
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PATRICK MACDONALD, Notre Dame '04,
Invariant Seeds on a Cellular Automaton Sandpile
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DAVID MERRIMAN, CoW '04,
Investigating the Elastic Properties of a Liquid Crystal: the Χa of N4
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MICHELLE SESTAK, Baldwin Wallace '04,
Methanol Maser Search of Star Forming Region S 235 A/B
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MATTHEW SIROCKY, Mount Union '03,
The Basics of Astrophotometry for The College of Wooster
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BRAD THOMAS, CoW '04,
The Flux Creep Automaton
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REBECCA URBAN, CoW '03,
Self-Organzied Criticality-Looking Into Energy Dissipation
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NITHYA VENKATARAMAN, CoW '04,
The Relationship Between the Correlation Length Amplitude of a Star vs. Linear Polymer in Methylcyclohexane
2001 Projects
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DAN BRUBAKER, CoW '03,
An Investigation of OMC-2 at Microwave Wavelengths
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CLINTON BRAGANZA, CoW '03,
The Correlation Length of a Critical Mixture of Perfluoroheptane and 2,2,4-trimethylpentane
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COREY CASTO, Ohio Wesleyan '03,
Spectral Variability in LMCX-4 Caused by the Hatchett-McCray Effect
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CHRISTIAN CLERC, University of Dallas '04,
Observations of the 44 GHz Methanol Maser 70 61 A+ Transition in the Molecular Cloud W75N
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NICK HARMON, CoW '04,
Modeling of the Circular Planar Restricted Three-Body Problem
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RYAN HARTSCHUH, CoW '03,
The Heat Capacity of Triethylamine-Water: Testing Yang-Yang Theory
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ANNA LARUE, Smith College '04,
Exploring Neutral Dielectric Anisotropy in a Binary Liquid Crystal Mixture
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AMY LYTLE, CoW '01,
Turbidity in a Binary Fluid Mixture: Measuring the Critical Exponent h
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DAVE MERRIMAN, CoW '04,
The Long and Circuitous Route to the Procurement of an Observatory for the Department of Physics: A View of Prospects in Three Space
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DAVID J. MILLER, CoW '02,
Using Cellular Automata and Differential Equations to Model Magnetic Flux Creep Through a Type II Semiconductor
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TOM SPEARS, CoW '04,
Phase Transitions, Dielectric Anisotropy and Intermolecular Interactions in Binary Mixtures of the Nematic Liquid Crystals 5CB and MBBA
2000 Projects
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CHRISTIE EGNATUK, CoW '03,
Self-organized Criticality in a Bead Pile
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SUSAN KOST, CARNEGIE MELLON ('03) and BRAD LIGNOSKI, CoW '03,
Morphology and Relative Size Distribution of PAH Molecules in S235A
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JOSHUA MARTIN, CoW '02,
Electrohydrodynamic Pattern Formation in a Nematic Liquid Crystal Mixture
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BETH MASIMORE, JUNIATA COLLEGE '02,
Phase Transitions in Binary Mixtures of Nematic Liquid Crystal
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JEFF MOFFITT, CoW '03,
The Development of a Three Mass Lumped-Element Model for the Lip Reed
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ANDREW NOWICKI, CoW '00,
Heat Capacity and Turbidity Near the Critical Solution Point of the Liquid-Liquid Mixture Succinonitrile and Water
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EMILY OBY, DENISON UNIVERSITY '02,
Heat Capacity of a Binary Fluid Mixture Near the Critical Point
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MICHAEL ROBERTS, MONMOUTH COLLEGE '01,
Measuring Upper Lip Stiffness of Brass Instrument Players
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DEREK SOMOGY, CoW '02,
Optical Properties of Liquid Crystal DNA Lenses
1999 Projects
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LAUREN AULT, COW '01,
Spin Expectation Values in Fermion Gases
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MATT BARTOW, BALDWIN WALLACE '01,
Classical Lattice Electrodynamics
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SCOTT HUGHES, COW '01,
Spatiotemporal Visualization
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AMY LYTLE, COW '01,
Turbidity Near the Critical Point in a Liquid-Liquid Mixture
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JOSH MARTIN, COW '02,
Spatiotemporal Chaos in MBBA
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ALAN MCMULLEN, RIDGEWATER '01,
3D Visualization of Hydrogenic States and Rydberg Wave Packets
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ANDY NOWICKI, COW '00,
Heat Capacity of Succinonitrile and Water Mixture Near the Critical Temperature
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DANELL OWENS, BALDWIN WALLACE '00,
Phase Transitions of the Liquid Crystal Mixtures 5CB and C7
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HANNA WAGNER, OHIO NORTHERN '00,
Power Spectral Density in Avalanche Dynamics for a Model Bead Pile System
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MEGHAN WILLS, COW '02,
Monostable Stochastic Resonance in Arrays