Spring 2020

Physics Department’s Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Spring 2020

Jan. 24^th Professor Richard Gelderman, Director of Hardin Planetarium, Western Kentucky University
Astrophysical Jets: outflows of matter and energy from compact celestial objects

Jan. 31^st Beta-Decay Spectroscopy of ^96,97,98,99Kr
Aaron Kindred, TTU Physics Major
Sung-Kyung Lee, TTU Mechanical Engineering Major

Feb. 7^th Rachel Hamburg, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Gamma-rays and Gravitational-waves in the Multi-messenger Era

Feb. 14^th Professor Chuck Higgins, Middle Tennessee State University
The Radio JOVE Project and Citizen Science

 Feb. 21^st JP Nelms, TTU Mechanical Engineering Major
Experiences and Takeaways from studying Industry 4.0, ROS, and 3D Printing in Germany

Feb. 28^th Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, TTU Chapter
High-Powered Rockets and Circumnavigation with SEDS

Mar. 6^th Dr. Emily Martin, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Mapping Triton

Mar. 13^th Dusty Henson, TTU Chemical Engineering Major
Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Polyaromatic Anions: Radical Vibrational Structure and Gas-Phase Acidity Determination

Mar. 27^th Bethann Oberlander, TTU Chemistry Major… to be rescheduled

Apr. 3^rd Professor Lauren Michel, TTU Earth Sciences… to be rescheduled

Apr. 24^th Professor Jennifer Whitten, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University… to be rescheduled

Apr. 24^th  [Contact Dr. Holley (aholley@tntech.edu) for the meeting ID and password.]
Ryan Colon, TTU Electrical Engineering Major
Control Improvements on the UCNτ Magnetic Mapper

Kaitlyn Kidwell, TTU Physics Major
Using Period-Luminosity to Calculate Distance for the RR Lyrae Star EZ Lyr

May 1^st Physics Major Senior Research Presentations
Alex Chaney, TTU Physics and Chemical Engineering Major
Zach Chaney, TTU Physics and Mechanical Engineering Major
NGen: neutron generator target design

 

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