Physics

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Summer 2011:

• The Fluid Velocity and its Reversal in Simulated Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Systems
  Adriana Borrayo (Janet Scheel)
   
• The Thermal Expansion of the Heavy Fermion Antiferromagnet YbAgGe
  Caitlin Brown (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Magnetoresistive Correction to Cernox Thermometers below 4K
  Thomas Cahuzac (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• An Analysis of the Effect of Rectangular Geometries on the Large-scale Circulation in Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard Convection
  Zamara Cardenas-Licea (Janet Scheel)
   
• Quality Control in Engineering DRIFT IIe Detectors, Pt 2
  Nicole Chen (Dan Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Engineering a Dark Matter Detector: the Intricacies of Construction of DRIFT IIe
  Sean Curran (Dan Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Quality Control in Engineering DRIFT IIe Detectors, Pt 1
  Jennifer Fox (Dan Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Searching for KK Axions with the DRIFT-IId Dark Matter Detector
  Joseph Landers  (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Detecting Dark Matter - The DRIFT Dark Matter Project
  Brent Magnusson (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Magnetostriction of the Heavy Fermion Antiferromagnet YbAgGe
  Lianne Pinsky (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Width of Flux Peaks in Asymmetry-Induced Transport in a Non-Neutral Plasma
  Kyle Reuther (Dennis Eggleston)

Summer 2010:

• Large-Scale Circulation in Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard Convection Systems
  Michelle Fitts and Erik Ackermann (Janet Scheel)
   
• DRIFT-III: Engineering a Prototype Dark Matter Detector
  Jennifer Fox (Dan Snowden-Ifft)
   
• The Alpha Particle Mystery in DRIFT-IID Dark Matter Detector
  Lydia Harmon (Dan Snowden-Ifft)
   
• A Study of Pt-Sn Nanoparticles by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) Absorption
  Christian Hernandez (Adrian Hightower)
   
• Viscous and Thermal Boundary Layers in Simulated Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard Convection
  Elissa Kim (Janet Scheel)
   
• Data Analysis and Simulation in the DRIFT Dark Matter Experiment
  Joe Landers (Dan Snowden-Ifft)

Summer 2009:

• Measuring the Onset of Turbulence in Rayleigh-Benard Convection
  Erik Ackermann (Janet Scheel)
   
• Superconducting Transition of the Magnetic Superconductor TmNi2B2C
  Noah Azarin (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Antiferromagnetic ordering of the magnetic superconductor TmNi2B2C
  Thomas Cahuzac (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• The Superconducting Transition of LuNi₂B₂C
  Isaac Cohen (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• The Direction of my Research with Dark Matter
  Jennifer Fox (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• The Effects of Container Geometries on the Flow of Large-Scale Circulation in Simulated Rayleigh-Benard Systems
  Nicole Ing (Janet Scheel)

Summer 2008:

• High Efficiency Stoves in Northern Uganda
  David Fong (Adrian Hightower)
   
• On the Design and Development of a Radon Progeny Recoil Veto System for the DRIFT-IIb Dark Matter Detector
  Clark Gordon (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Increasing Six-Bricks Rocket Stove Brick Maker and User Efficiency
  Richard Kerr (Adrian Hightower)
   
• A Study of Pt-Sn and Rh-Sn Ethanol Catalysts by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy
  Ian McKinley (Adrian Hightower)
   
• First Order Analysis of the Magnetic Field Dependence in Non Neutral Plasma Transport
  Corrie Tate Smith (Dennis L. Eggleston)
   
• Electron Velocity Distribution in a Non-neutral Plasma
   Christopher Wan (Dennis Eggleston)

Summer 2007:

• Development of an aluminum-coated scintillator for use as the central cathode in the DR IFT dark matter detector
  Jonathan Beck (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• in-situ ECFTIR Study of Ethanol Oxidation on Sn and Rh Modified Pt Electrodes
  Matthew Lave (Adrian Hightower)
   
• Thermal Expansion of a Dilute ³He-⁴He Mixture
  Amanda Lounsbury (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Fabrication of Insulated Tips for Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Electrochemical Environments
  Gary Newsom (Adrian Hightower)
   
• Magnetic Field Scaling of Asymmetry-Induced Diffusion in a Non-Neutral Plasma
  Joshua Williams (Dennis Eggleston)

Summer 2006:

• Theoretical modeling of many-electron spin systems
  Bryan Conner (Darrell Schroeter)
   
• Gender, Politics and Development: Analysis of Photovoltaic Installations in Rural Malian Communities  
  Kether Hayden (Adrian Hightower)
   
• in-situ Electrochemical FTIR Study of the Mechanism of Ethanol Oxidation on Sn and Rh Modified Pt Electrodes  
  Matthew Lave (Adrian Hightower)
   
• Thermal Expansion of the Heavy Fermion Antiferromagnet YbAgGe 
  Amanda Lounsbury (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Magnetostriction of the Heavy Fermion Antiferromagnet YbAgGe
  David Luna (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Engineering and Characterization of Bi- and Trimetallic Nanocrystals for Catalysis in Model Ethanol Fuel Cells 
  Marc Sells (Adrian Hightower)
   
• Building a Working Robot
  Colleen Timmins (Adrian Hightower)
   
• Automated Data Acquisition on Superconducting Wires using LabVIEW
  Joshua Williams (Loren Goodrich)

Summer 2005:

• Electrostatic Field Simulations of the DRIFT-IIA Dark Matter Detector  
  Stanley P. Burgos (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Magnetostriction of the Heavy Fermion Compound YbNi₂B₂C  
  David Luna (George Schmiedeschoff)
   
• Thermal Expansion of YbNi₂B₂C  
  Emmanuel Winston Okraku (George Schmiedeschoff)
   
• Fiducializing the DRIFT 2 Dark Matter Detector: Data Fitting and Pulse Processing 
  Atanas Petkov (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)

Summer 2004:

• Constructing DRIFT-2: The New Dark Matter Detector
  Atanas Petkov and Stanley Burgos (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• The Baby Skyrme Model
  Michael Zlotoff and Kellen Gillispie (Alec Schramm)

 Summer 2003:

• Particle Simulation of Asymmetry-Induced Transport
  Jason Dexter (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• The Measurement of Radial Temperature Variations in a Non-Neutral Plasma
  Brian Fowler (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• Monte Carlo Simulations and Tetrahedra on the 3-Sphere
  Kellen Gillispie and Michael Zlotoff (Alec Schramm)
   
• Portable Neutron Source From Fusion
  Jason Heidecker (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• New Data Analysis Software for the DRIFT Dark Matter Detector
  Atanas Petkov (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• The Effect of Surface Treatment on Rising Air Bubbles in a Hele-Shaw Cell
  John Vigorita (Mingming Wu)

Summer 2002:

• Thermal Expansion of RNi₂B₂C (R = Lu and Yb)
  Dimitrinka Dulguerova and Jennifer Quan (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Path Instabilities of Clean and Surfactant Coated Bubbles Rising in Water
  Joshua A. Forbes (Mingming Wu)
   
• New Readout Techniques of the DRIFT-II Detector
  Jason Heidecker (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Developing a 3-D Imaging System to Trace the Path of a Rising Bubble
  Marin Markov (Mingming Wu)
   
• Calibration of the DRIFT (Direction Recoil Identification From Tracks) detector
  David Poe (Dan Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Isolating Diffusive Effects in Asymetry-Induced Transport
  Finn Rebassoo (Dennis Eggleston)

Summer 2001:

• The Magnetic Field Scaling of Asymmetry-Induced Transport in Non-Neutral Plasmas
  Brenda Carrillo (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• Hysteresis Effects of alpha-Uranium at Low Temperatures
  Dimitrinka Dulguerova (George Schmiedshoff)
   
• Fun with Fluid Columns
  Erin Englert & Nate Villaume (Mingming Wu)
   
• Studying the Shape and Path of Air Bubbles Rising
  in Clean Water
  Marin Markov (Mingming Wu)
   
• The Magnetoresistance of Alpha-Uranium
  Jennifer Quan (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Lines of Constant Physics 
  Ryan Terri (Alec Schramm)

Summer 2000:

• Cantilever Magnetometry using a Single Uranium Crystal
  Brandy Benedict (George Schmiedshoff)
   
• Monte Carlo Simulation of the Ising and Skyrme Models
  Steven Bornn-Gilman & Alex Do (Alec Schramm)
   
• Analyzing the Amplitude Scaling of Asymmetry-induced Transport in Pure Electron Plasmas
  Brenda Carrillo (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• The Effects of Bubble Generation Method on Bubble Dynamics
  Erin Englert (Mingming Wu)
   
• Preliminary Simulations Applied to Asymmetry Induced Transport in a Non-Neutral Plasma
  Calvin Liang (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• Magnetic Properties of Uranium
  Jennifer Quan (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Existence and Behavior of Waves in a Low Density Non-Neutral Plasma Trap
  Zeljko Sakota (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• Modelling Alpha Particles in a Negative Ion Proportional Chamber
  Nate Villaume (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)

Summer 1999:

• Investigating the Properties of Ag and In Through Use of Hall Effect
  Margarita Fernandez (George Shmiedeshoff)
   
• Static Properties of the Skyrmion
  Calvin Liang (Alec Schramm)
   
• Analyzing Particle Transport in a Non-Neutral Plasma Trap
  Scott Rees and Brenda Carrillo (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• Sonoluminescence: a Star in a Jar
  Rachel Romond (Mingming Wu)
   
• Dynamics of Penta-Hepta Defect in a Hexagonal Pattern
  Tammy Tam (Mingming Wu)
   
• Finding an Alpha Rejection Factor in 40 torr CS₂
  Nate Villaume (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)

Summer 1998:

• The Irreversibility Line of LuNi₂B₂C 
  Charles DeBoer (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Magnetization Measurements to 60T of UBe13 and PRBe13  
  Jason Detwiler (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• De Hass van Alphen Measurements of RBe13 Compounds, R = Pr, Th, La  
  Jason Detwiler (George Schmiedeshoff)
   
• The Dynamic Kingdon Trap  
  Chad Folse (Dennis Eggleston)
   
• Ion Drift in Multiwire Proportional Chambers  
  Tohru Ohnuki (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)
   
• Low Temperature, High Magnetic Field Measurements of GdAISi  
  Rachel Romond (Alex H. Lacerda & George M. Schmiedeshoff)
   
• Data Acquisition in the Detection of Dark Matter
  Nathaniel Villaume (Daniel Snowden-Ifft)