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.