Example Summer Research Projects
Past Summer Research Projects
These are our recent undergraduate research assistants and their projects.
2011 Projects
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Theresa Albon, CoW '13,
Expansion Forces Produced by Swelling SOMS
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Tom Gilliss, CoW '13,
Cohesion Forces in a Bead Pile
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Vanessa Logan, CoW '14,
Active Galactic Nuclei in the Optical Spectrum
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Matt Schmitthenner, CoW '13,
// Body Problem
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Karl Smith, CoW '13,
String Theory (Knot Really)
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Ian Wilson, CoW '14,
Stochastic Resonance in a Mechanical System
2010 Projects
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Andrew Blaikie, CoW '13,
Simulating Electroweak Baryogenesis in the Standard Model
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Lily Christman, CoW '13,
The Physics of Swellable Organically Modified Silica
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Alexander Chartrand, Mount Union College '11,
Relativistic Hotspots in Double-Lobed Radio Sources
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Lorenzo Dumancas, CoW '13,
The Heat Capacity and Self-Aggregating Behavior of the Triblock Copolymer 17R4 in H2O
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Gerhardt Funk, Centenary College '13,
Numerical Analysis of the Oblique Parameters in the Two Higgs Doublet Model
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Alyse Marquinez, CoW '13,
Self-Organized Criticality: A Magnetized Bead Pile
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Colin McGuire, High Point University '12,
Effects of Temperature and pH on the Fluorescence of 4-amino Benzoic Acid and its Derivatives
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Hosanna Odhner, Bryn Mawr '13,
The Coexisting Phases of Poly(Propylene Oxide)-Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Poly(Propylene Oxide) in D2O
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Tyler Rhoades, CoW '13,
Electrical Percolation in Conductive and Non-conductive Beads
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Michael-Erik Ronlund, CoW '13,
Mass Transfer in Algol Binaries
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Christine Welling, Dickinson College '12,
Broad Absorption Line Variability in Radio Loud Quasars
2009 Projects
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Alison Huff, CoW '10,
Examing 17R4 in Water: Refractive Indices and DLS
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Erin Ford, Kenyon '11,
Validating Old Wives' Tales: The Mpemba Effect
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Amanda Logue CoW '11,
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Katsuo Maxted, CoW '12,
Computational and Experimental One-way Coupling
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Larry Markley, CoW '12,
Self-organized Criticality: Energy Dissipation vs Ballistic Model and Coefficients of Friction
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Heather Moore, CoW '10,
Electrical Percolation Through One-Millimeter Insulating and Conducting Spheres
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Conrad Moore, Bucknell University '10,
Warp Drive, Time Machines and the Einstein Tensor
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Margaret Raabe, CoW '12,
Escape from the 3 and 4-body Problems
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David Simpson, CoW '12,
Cp of Poly(Propylene Oxide)-Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Poly(Propylene Oxide) Triblock Copolymer in H2O
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Mitchell Thayer, Ohio Northern '12,
Structural and Environmental Effects on Intramolecular Charge Transfer
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Henry Timmers, CoW '09,
The Construction of a Continuous-Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer
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