PHGN481/482: Senior Design Practice

Starting this fall, the senior design will be broken down in two separate courses, namely Senior Design
Principles (PHGN471/472) and Senior Design Practice (PHGN481/482). More information about the
course split and a timeline for the year are available here.

Projects Offered Fall 07 / Spring 08

This is the list of projects offered for the next two semesters grouped by focus area. If you are interested by
a project listed below, contact the mentor as soon as possible to check if the project is still available.

I: Project suitable for one individual student
T: Project to be undertaken by a team of <number> students
H: Honors Project (subject to prior approval by the Senior Design Oversight Committee - SDOC)

For more information:
General guidelines... click here ; "honors" project... click here ;

Mentor
Project
I
T
H

CONDENSED MATTER:
Tom Furtak





Functionalized metal oxide nanostructures

2-3
X

Time-dependent thin-film characterization with parallel optical
processing


2


Raman imaging of localized optical phenomena

2-3


Surface manipulation of cells and droplets with optical molecular motors

1-2

Tim Ohno





Corrosive gas anneal system

2


Intermediate frequency transient response / impedance system

2

Craig Taylor




Emission excitation spectroscopy of amorphous semiconductors
2-3


Intermediate range order in phase-change memory materials by nuclear magnetic double resonance
2


OPTICS:
Chip Durfee





Ultrafast optical resonator and soliton fractals (with Lincoln Carr)

2-3

Frank Kowalski





Ehrenfest's paradox: length contraction in rotating systems

2-3
X
John Scales





Millimeter wave metamaterials (with Manoja Weiss, EE)
X

X
Jeff Squier





Ultrahigh speed 3D multiphoton microscope development

2-3


Development of a kilohertz chirped pulse amplification Ti:sapphire amplifier (with Chip Durfee)

2-3


SUBATOMIC (Particle and Nuclear) PHYSICS:
Uwe Greife





Measurement of nuclear reactions with the CSM ion accelerator


X

Measurement of time-of-flight of ions with the CSM accelerator


X

Setup for activation measurements at the CSM accelerator

2-3


Silicon Strip Detector Test Chamber

2-3

Fred Sarazin





Design of a communication station for the Auger North R&D Array

1-2

Lawrence Wiencke





Robotic system for absolute photometric calibration of the Pierre Auger Observatory extreme laser facility (with Fred Sarazin)

2-3


Towards a search for exotic particle signatures in the Southern Pierre Auger Observatory (with Fred Sarazin)


X

GPSY2: better timing standards for the Pierre Auger Observatory
X

X

THEORETICAL PHYSICS:
Lincoln Carr





Quantum fluctuations in the Bose Nova

2-3
X

Non-linear scattering theory

2-3
X

Quantum many-body theory of ultracold atoms in optical lattices (with Mark Lusk)

2-3
X
Mark Coffey





Decomposition of three quantum bit logic gates

1-2
X

Decomposition of two quantum bit logic gates

2-3


Image enhancement by parallel diffusion processing

2-4


Special functions of Feynman diagrams, knot theory and integration

2-3
X
Mark Lusk





Ab-initio calculation and interpretation of Raman and infrared spectra of functionalized carbon nanotubes


X

Ab-initio Raman spectroscopy of heteropoly acid layers

3


OTHER DEPARTMENTS & OFF-CAMPUS:
Wilbur Engelsma
Ball Aerospace




Thermal chamber RF insert and test stand design


X
Micah Allen
iCast USA




Moisture sensor development

4-5


Animal waste reclamation and usage

4-5

Kate Remley
NIST




Wireless personal alarm systems for firefighters

2
X
Dylan Williams
NIST




Counterfeit RFID identity cards (with Kate Remley)

2-4
X