Senior Matters
Senior Thesis Topics
| TITLE | ADVISOR |
| Development of special cryogenics for dark matter experiments Development of purification methods for liquid argon dark matter detectors Studies of wavelength shifters to detect UV scintillation photons emitted by liquid argon |
Frank Calaprice |
| Simulating generalizations of the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition. | Steven Gubser |
| New search for Higgs Boson in the Large hadron collider using the CMS detector | Valerie Halyo |
| Development of an Advanced Lab experiment to measure parity violation in Muon Decay Development of an Advanced Lab experiment to develop an experiment to measure the galactic velocity profile by observing the 21 cm line using a small radio telescope |
Daniel Marlow |
| Long-range entanglement of electron spin ensembles | Jason Petta |
| Optics and bioimaging Dynamical modeling of viruses and protein aggregates Strategies in axon&neuron growth Microfluidics for biophysics |
Jason Puchalla |
| Measurements of brain magnetic fields with atomic magnetometer | Michael Romalis |
| Information about potential independent research projects in biophysics with Prof. Shaevitz can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/shaevitzlab/job-opportunities | Joshua Shaevitz
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| Searching for the B-mode signature of the inflationary epoch of the primordial universe: designing new tools for calibrating the ABS experiment in the Chilean desert The physics of superconducting transition edge sensor bolometers: collection and analysis of data probing the thermo-electric circuit of the cutting-edge detectors used for CMB measurements | Suzanne Staggs |