Projects

Each REU student is listed below, along with the title of the student's summer project and the name of the faculty research mentor. A link is provided to each student's final report unless the results are to be included in a future publication.

Jaime Bravo, Ohio State University
A Computational Model for the Light-activated Halorhodopsin
(with Prof. Sachin Talathi): Presented at the March 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society - abstract.

Kathleen Ellis, Cornell College
Modeling the Effect of Morphology on Organic Photovoltaic Bulk-heterojections
(with Prof. Selman Hershfield): Report.

Sarah Geiger, Millersville University
Pressure-dependence of MEMs Devices in Air, Helium, and Argon Gases
(with Prof. Yoonseok Lee): Report. Presented at the March 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society - abstract, and at the International Conference and Expo on Materials Science and Engineering, Oct. 22-24, 2012.

Stephen Matt Gilbert, University of Florida
Carbon Nanotube Enabled Vertical Field Effect Transistor CMOS Inverters
(with Prof. Andrew Rinzler): Presented at the March 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society - abstract.

Everett Grimley, Centenary College of Louisiana
Implementation of Point-Contact Andreev Reflection and the Modified BTK Model for Determining Spin-Polarization of Ferromagnetic Crystals and Thin Films
(with Prof. Amlan Biswas): Presented at the March 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society - abstract.

Rupika Madhavan, University of Florida
Quorum Sensing in Sinorhizobium meliloti: AHL-induced Expression of sinI
(with Prof. Stephen Hagen): Report.

Kristin Marino, Pennsylvania State University
Magnetic Heat Capacity of the Spin-1/2 Antiferromagnetic Chain Compound Copper Pyrazine Dinitrate
(with Prof. Yasu Takano): Presented at the March 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society - abstract, and at the Northeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics Jan. 18-20, 2013.

Daniel Martinez, Auburn University
Investigation of Annealing Condition Effects on Impedance of Barium Titanate Ferroelectric Ceramic
(with Prof. Jacob Jones): Report.

Matthew Miecnikowski, Columbia University
Quantum Critical Entanglement in an Anderson Model with a Pseudogap
(with Prof. Kevin Ingersent): Report.

Bradley Scott Nicks, University of Florida
Exploration of Quart Tuning Forks as Potential Magnetometers for Nanomagnets
(with Prof. Mark Meisel): Report. Presented at the March 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society - abstract.

Carley Nicoletti, Wagner College
MEMS Pressure Sensor Testing at Liquid Helium Temperatures Using a Pressure Bomb
(with Prof. Gary Ihas): Report.

Andres Villada, Brown University
A Scaled Simulation of the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
(with Prof. Tarek Saab): Report.