2010-2011 Undergraduate Research
| Supervisor: Cadonati Student: Alex Lombardi |
Studies of seismic upconversion and data stability in the Enhanced LIGO data run. |
| Supervisor: Cadonati Student: Zach Nemtzow |
Characterization of a chirplet-based search algorithm for binary black hole coalescences in LIGO data. |
| Supervisor: Cadonati Students: Bryna Brooks, Jamie Budynkiewicz |
Data quality and characterization for the LIGO gravitational wave detectors. |
| Supervisors: Cadonati & Pocar Students: Alex Nemtzow, Gary Forster |
GEANT4 Montecarlo simulations for the DarkSide dark matter detector. |
| Supervisors: Cadonati & Pocar Student: John Howard |
Data analysis for the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment. |
| Supervisors: Cadonati & Pocar Student: John Quirk |
Data analysis for the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment: mitigation of 11C background with multivariate analysis techniques. |
| Supervisor: Dallapiccola Student: Colleen Treado |
Investigating the prospects for discovery of black holes produced by proton-antiproton collisions at the LHC. |
| Supervisor: Dinsmore Student: Ben Bromberg |
Structure formation and interactions in charged granular media. |
| Supervisor: Dinsmore Student: Brandon Hoover |
Charged Granular Materials. |
| Supervisor: Hallock Student: Dylan Lovinger |
(1) Measuring the leakage of helium gas though epoxy as a function of temperature (and pressure gradient) from 77K to room temp, (2) measuring the flow of liquid helium through porous materials (Vycor, packed rouge) as a function of temperature and pressure from about 1.4K to 2.2K and 1 to 24 bar, and (3) obtaining TEM images of small diameter rouge powders, one of the porous materials. |
| Supervisor: Kilfoil Student: Ari Katz |
Stepping of the cargo-acarrying motor dynein from single molecule TIRF microscopy experiments. |
| Supervisor: Kilfoil Student: Joshua Yi, Maxim Ivanov |
Mechanics of a model for cell cytoskeleton: Microrheology of a composite of actin-microtubule-intermediate filaments. |
| Supervisor: Kilfoil Student: Emmanuel Owusu |
Measuring the motions of single cell mitotic spindle and chromosome dynamics in living budding yeast cells in 3D at subpixel resolution. |
| Supervisor: Miskimen Student: Fabian Ahmed |
Development of a Field Programmable Gate Array based trigger to be used with a Solid-State photomultiplier with high speed ADC readout. |
| Supervisor: Miskimen Student: Eric Lee |
Polarized proton target for photo-nuclear experiments based on active scintillators. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Josh Bonatt |
Study of reflectivity characteristics of VUV light from PTFE for EXO and DarkSide R&D. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Tyler DeMarco |
Design and engineering drawings of a radon counter for material screening. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Ian Douglas |
Investigation of GPU processing capabilities for particle physics. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Chris Dunay |
Development of xenon scintillation flashers for EXO R&D. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Mark Lubin |
GEANT4 simulations for EXO-200. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Cameron Mackeen |
EXO-200 simulations and work on an avalanche photodiode test setup for EXO R&D. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Kelly Malone |
Development of a LabVIEW-based DAQ for laboratory particle detectors. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Alexa Villaume |
Read out system for a an avalanche photodiode test setup for EXO R&D. |
| Supervisor: Pocar Student: Josh Wagner |
Cooling system for an avalanche photodiode test setup for EXO R&D. |
| Supervisor: Ross Student: Nathalie Fadel |
Studies of microtubule mechanics. |
| Supervisor: Traschen Student: Theodore Patrick Ansbacher-Hunt |
Gravitational Tension of Black Strings in AdS. |
| Supervisor: Traschen Student: Adam Krellenstein |
Localized Kaluza-Klein masses with finite tension. |