{"id":1115,"date":"2026-08-14T14:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T14:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/aholley\/?page_id=1115"},"modified":"2026-10-06T12:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:14:30","slug":"fall-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/aholley\/fall-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"underline\"><span style=\"color: #666666;font-size: 1.625rem\">Physics Department\u2019s Undergraduate STEM<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666666;font-size: 1.625rem\">Research Seminar: Fall 2026<br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: revert\"><strong>Sep. 4<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>Physics Club to ORNL<br \/><\/span><br \/><strong>Sep. 18<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong><br \/>Christian Chesser, TTU Mechanical Engineering<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/aholley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/a1_Sep-18-2026_Christian_.pdf\">Flownex Modeling of Fusion Reactor Balance of Plant<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"underline\">Elijah James, TTU Physics<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/aholley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/a2_Sep-18-2026_Elijah_James.pdf\">Understanding Kinetic Plasma Transport in Proto-MPEX Lite<\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Sep. 25<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong><br \/>Levi Cullen, TTU Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/aholley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/b1_Sep-25-2026_Levi_Cullen.pdf\">Commissioning a Digital Data Acquisition System for Cosmic Muon Detection<\/a><br \/><br \/>Atlas Mannen, TTU Physics<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/aholley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/b2_Sep-25-2026_Atlas_Mannen.pdf\">Developing Python Exercises for an Undergraduate Cosmology Course<\/a><strong><br \/><br \/><\/strong><strong>Oct. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> <\/strong>Career Panel: Graduate School<br \/>Benjamin Luna (class of 2020), Clemson University<br \/>Richard Mitchell (class of 2023), Oregon State University<br \/>Mateo Cacheiro (class of 2025), Rochester Institute of Technology<br \/>Zeke Vespie (class of 2025), Florida State University<br \/>Michael Potts (class of 2026), North Carolina State University<br \/><br \/><strong>Oct. 9<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>Jack Seger, TTU Physics and Mathematics<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/aholley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/10\/c_Oct-9-2026_Jack_Seger.pdf\">Source Section Development and Ion Source Testing at the Tennessee Tech Ion Beam Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"underline\"><strong>Oct. 23<sup>rd<\/sup> <\/strong>Professor Ron Wilhelm, University of Kentucky<br \/><br \/><strong>Oct. 30<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong><br \/>Emma Krebs<br \/>Emily Norris<br \/><br \/><strong>Nov. 6<sup>th<\/sup> <br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert\">Campbell LeFort<br \/>Laura Mangrum<\/span><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nov. 13<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>SESAPS (Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nov. 20<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>Professor Michelle Kuchera and Professor Anthony Kuchera, Davidson College<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dec. 4<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>Advanced Lab Presentations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><span style=\"color: #999999\"><sub>Click a title to see the abstract<\/sub><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physics Department\u2019s Undergraduate STEM\u00a0Research Seminar: Fall 2026Sep. 4th Physics Club to ORNLSep. 18th Christian Chesser, TTU Mechanical EngineeringFlownex Modeling of Fusion Reactor Balance of Plant Elijah James, TTU PhysicsUnderstanding Kinetic Plasma Transport in Proto-MPEX Lite Sep. 25th Levi Cullen, TTU Mechanical and Nuclear EngineeringCommissioning a Digital Data Acquisition System for Cosmic Muon Detection Atlas Mannen, &hellip; 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