The Physics Department's annual Research Symposium was held on Saturday, September 30. Fourteen students presented their summer research on a wide range of topics. Dr. Geoff Fox, a long-term friend and supporter of the department, joined speakers and advisers for a group photo.
Allison Zone
Building a Better Time-Resolved Circular Dichroism Instrument
Leyang Ding
X-ray diffraction study of thin-film samples of the Dirac semimetal SrMnSb2
Renee Chapla
Excitation of coherent phonons in thin films of the Dirac semimetal SrMnSb2
Isabella Camacho
Testing Fluorescent proteins sequence entropy for correlation with protein properties
Leo Illing
High Duty Cycle Dual-Comb Spectroscopy
Junghwa Yoo
Efficiency and Structure of Perylene Diimide/P3HT Solar Cells
Ben Bisconti
Organic Solar Cell Morphology Effects on Photovoltaic Efficiency
Avery Minter
Examining Interstellar Grain Growth In The Southern Coalsack
Joey Vollert
A Spectropolarimetry Survey of AGB Circumstellar Envelopes
Andrew Cates
Radon Assays for Future Nuclear Decay Searches
Dani Gutierrez
Dynamics and Spectral Analysis of Two-Level Fluctuators in Open Quantum Systems
Ariana Riofrio
An Overview of Carbon-Related Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Ivar Rydstrom
Development of a Cryogenic Two-Stage HEMT Amplifier to Search for Dark Matter
Riley Carpenter
Low-temperature circuit component characterization and nanofabrication process tuning for cryogenic dark matter detectors
Back row (L-R): Rich Barber, Guy Ramon, Chris Weber, Geoff Fox, Isa Camancho '26 (Engineering Physics), Andrew Cates '26 (Physics), Leyand Ding '24 (Physics), Joey Vollert '25 (Engineering Physics), Ivar Rydstrom '24 (Physics), Betty Young, Bacha Lomsadze. Front row (L-R): Renee Chapla '26 (Physics), Ariana Riofrio '26 (Physics, Mathematics), Avery Minter '26 (Physics), Junghwa Yoo '25 (Biochemistry), Ben Bisconti '24 (Engineering Physics), Leo Illing '25 (Physics, Mathematics), Dani Gutierrez '24 (Engineering Physics), Riley Carpenter '25 (Engineering Physics). Not pictured: Allison Zone '25 (Engineering Physics, Mechanical Engineering).
