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Recent Activities

OSAPS Meeting
May 4-5, 2007

Five Capstone Research Students presented posters at the Spring meeting of Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI. A total of 7 students and three faculty members traveled to MI for the meeting, making the MC contingent the second largest in attendance. The theme of the meeting was renewable energy. Dr. Kuhl was announced as a newly-elected member-at-large to the OSAPS executive council. The students making poster presentations were Bao Xiao Qiu, William Glenn Hollandsworth, Meredith Rogers, William Sears, and Elizabeth Smith.

 


Carnegie Science Center
November 2006

The MC Society of Physics Students chapter organized a roadtrip to the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh in November. Ten students and Dr. Kuhl made the drive, and a good time was had by all. Chapter President Meredith Rogers' parents hosted the group at their home for a wonderful dinner.

 

For photos from the trip, click here.

 


World Year of Physics
December 6, 2005

The department recently accompanied 12 students to the World Year of Physics event at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The event was titled "Einstein's Legacy — Science, Technology & Culture through the 21st Century," and was conducted at Severance Hall. Joining faculty members Stanley Radford, Dennis Kuhl and Craig Howald were Rose Bao, Chuck Flanagan, Hagen Friend, Glenn Hollandsworth, Elisabeth Kager, Kevin Knoll, Harrison Potter, Meredith Rogers, William Sears, Elizabeth Smith, Daniel Stanley and Carl Starkey.

The event included four internationally known figures, including two Nobel Laureates, and two best-selling authors, who led a discussion on the impact of Einstein, and the science that followed him, on all aspects of the modern world. Walter Issacson led a discussion on "Einstein and Franklin: Great Minds Don't Think Alike," while Harold Varmus spoke on "What Physics and Einstein have done for Biology and Medicine." That was followed with "The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity," by Frank Wilczek, and then Lawrence Krauss' "Einstein's Biggest Blunder? A Cosmic Mystery Story." The moderator was Ira Flatow, host of "Science Friday" on National Public Radio.


Recent Capstone Projects
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Recent Capstone Projects

    "Evaluation of the Performance of a Tube-Scanner Type STM"

  • Author - Bao Xiao Qiu '07

"A First Look at the Dynamics of a Hanging Oscillated Cable"

  • Author - William Glenn Hollandsworth '07

    "Changes in Conduction Electron Transport in Thin Metal Films"

  • Author - Meredith Rogers '07

    • "The Not-So-Simple Harmonic Oscillator"

  • Author - William Sears '07

    • "Physical Analysis of the Drag and Magnus Coefficients of the Topspin Tennis Ball"

  • Author - Elizabeth Smith '09 (3/2 student)

     

    "Investigation of Electricity Generation by a Mediator-Less Microbial Fuel Cell Utilizing Rhodoferax ferrireducens as a Biocatalyst for the Direct Oxidation of Acetate"

  • Author - Christopher Cheng '06

    • "The Growth of Thin Films Using a Denton Vacuum DV-502 High Vacuum Evaporator"

  • Author - Charles Flanagan '06

    • "The Fractal Distribution of Galaxies"

  • Author - Kevin Knoll '06

     

    "Modifications of the Foucault Method and Investigation of a Phase Difference Method for Measuring the Speed of Light"

  • Author - Seth Avery '05
    "Investigation of a Modulated Electromagnetic Flow Sensor with DSP Techniques"
  • Author - Andy Coniglio '05
    "A Preliminary Study of Remote Sensing Techniques and Uses of Imagery to Assess Environmental Conditions in the Mid-Ohio Valley"
  • Author - Nadine Hunter '05

     

    "An Applied View of the Use and Technology of the Denton Vacuum DV-502 High Vacuum Evaporator"

  • Author - Eric Reed '03


Recent Summer Research
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Summer 2007

 

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  • Brigham Young University
  • - Harrison Potter '08
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  • Marietta College
  • - Carl Starkey '08

 

 

Summer 2006

 

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  • ? University
  • - Harrison Potter '08
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  • Wright State University
  • - Glenn Hollandsworth '07
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  • Wright State University
  • - Meredith Rogers '07
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  • Marietta College
  • - Carl Starkey '08
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  • Marietta College
  • - Bao Xiao Qiu '08

 

 

Summer 2005

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    • University of Toledo
    • - Meredith Rogers '07

Summer 2004
      Electrophoretic Deposition of Stabilized ZrO2 Nanocrystal Films
    • Columbia University
    • - Christopher Cheng '06
      • Pion Decay in Heavy-Ion Collisions using Au atoms
    • Michigan State University
    • - Kevin Knoll '06
      • Spectroellipsometric Analysis of Electrodeposited InSb
    • North Carolina State University
    • - Seth Avery '05

Summer 2003

      Corrosion as a Mechanism of Crack Tip Blunting in Soda Lime Silicate Glass

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • - Seth Avery '05