Spring 2018

Physics Department’s Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Spring 2018

Feb. 2^nd Professor Mary Kidd, TTU
Mysteries of Matter – The Unknown Neutrino

Feb. 16^th Madison Rigney, TTU Chemistry Major
Interrogating the role of water in metal ion extraction into room temperature ionic liquids

Feb. 23^rd Dylan Gardner, TTU Chemistry Graduate
Characterization of Synthesis of N-Ethyl-2-[1-(2-pyrazinyl) ethylidene] hydrazinecarbothioamide (APZ-ETSC) by Nuclear Magnetic Spectroscopy

Mar. 16^th Jacob Zettlemoyer, Indiana University
The World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector: First Measurement of Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS)

Mar. 23^rd Dr. Michael Huber, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Interferometry with Neutrons

Mar. 30^th Dr. Tyson Littenberg, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Apr. 6^th Ben Luna, TTU Physics Major and Zach Chaney, TTU Mechanical Engineering Major
Unexpected Shapes: The structure of ³⁴Mg nuclei

Apr. 20^th Dezrick Howard, TTU Physics Major
Measuring the Neutron Lifetime with Ultracold Neutrons

Apr. 27^th Andrew Hall and Keegan Hoffman
Silicon Semiconductor Detector Dead Layer Characterization using ²¹⁰Po α-source
Analysis of a Magnetic Field Map of the UCNτ Magnetic Array

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