Undergraduate Research in	PHYSICS
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Sample undergraduate research plan:

Undergraduate research opportunities at UO Physics take different forms. Some students undertake research projects during the academic year and summers with UO Physics and other faculty. Many of these are thesis projects for either the UO Honors College or the research for honors program within the department. Students are also encouraged to particpate in National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REUs) which involve summer research at other institutions (REUs are structured for students to travel elsewhere). Finally, there are internships and other special programs run by UO Science Institutes. The following lists the three areas where research opportunities exist, and gives the names of student participants, their advisors, project titles, etc.

Work in the labs of research groups, including:

High Energy Physics Group (Strom, Torrence, Frey, Brau, Soper, Deshpande, Hsu, Csonka, Hwa)

(for titles and information see the web page, linked above. Note students are mentored by faculty within the group.)

Advisor	Name	Years	Title
Ray Frey	Austyn Young
Ray Frey	Doug Rutledge	00-01
Eric Torrence	Paul Csonka	00-03
Eric Torrence	Kenneth Jacob	00-01
Eric Torrence	Ron Kopald	00-01
Eric Torrence	Dave Reed	00-02
David Strom	Jessica Metcalfe	01-03
David Strom/ Stephen Hsu	Eric Fitzgerald	02-03
David Strom	Sarah Loney	02-03
David Strom	Leif Karlstrom	02-03
Jim Brau	Christina Turner	02-03
David Strom/Eric Torrence	Brooks Harrop	03-05	High energy physics linear collider experiments
David Strom	Tyler Neely	02-05
David Strom	Jon Baumgardner	03-05
Eric Torrence	Samantha Johnson	06
Eric Torrence	Rodrigo Guzman	05-06
Ray Frey	Barrett Hafner	07	Neutrino Oscillations
David Strom	Barrett Hafner	07	silicon detector characterization
Ray Frey	Stephen Battazzo	07	FPGA filter desgin for LIGO
Eric Torrence	Stephen Battazo	06-07	linear collider instrumentation
Frey/Strom	Eddie Strandberg	07	software for instrumentation
Ray Frey	Megan Ray	07	double Compton scattering
David Strom	Barrett Hafner	07	KPIX Circuit Design and Characterization

 

With Faculty in the Materials Science Institute:

Faculty	Name	Years	Title
Roger Haydock	David Kim	92-93	Liouvillian classical mechanics
Roger Haydock/Dietrich Belitz	Oran Looney	00-01	A classical particle in a periodic potential
Russell Donnelly	Rose Honey	~97-98
Russell Donnelly	Jessica Levine	00-01
Russell Donnelly	Alex Stange	00-01
Russell Donnelly	Ian Sullivan	02-03
Russell Donnelly	Jackson Champer	03-05
Russell Donnelly	Doug Neill	05	The added mass effect of a pendulum in a fluid
Steve Kevan	William Scannell	01-02
Steve Kevan	Josh Kogut	01-02
Heiner Linke	Corey Dow	02-03	Controlling the motion of drops on asymmetric surfaces
Heiner Linke	Laura Melling	02-03	Self-propelled droplets experiments
Heiner Linke	David Haskell	02-03	Measurement setup for Leidenfrost studies
Heiner Linke	Dan Reddy	02-03	Gian enhancement of diffusion
Heiner Linke	Benji Alemean	03-04	Surface passivation of silicon chips
Heiner Linke	Leif Karlstrom	03-04	A toy perpetuum mobile
Heiner Linke	Leif Karlstrom	04-05	Developing a demonstration of a leidenfrost droplet system
Heiner Linke	Amanda Stout	03-04	Video imaging of self-propelled liquid droplets
Heiner Linke	Mike Taormina	04-06	Leidenfrost ratchets
Heiner Linke	Gwynne Engleking	04-05
Heiner Linke	Ryan Conrad	04-06
Richard Taylor	Rodrigo Guzman	02-04	Fractal analysis of modern painters
Richard Taylor	Gavin Hall	02-04	Fractal analysis of modern painters
Richard Taylor	Cooper Boydston	03-04	Fractal analysis of eye and body
Richard Taylor	Annika Andersson	03-04	visual properties of fractal patterns
Richard Taylor	Matt Calverley	03-04	fractal analysis of eye motion
John Toner	Leif Karlstrom	04-05	Experiments and theory of pitch diffusion in groups of violinists
Pete Sercel	Tom Johnson	02-03
Miriam Deutsch	Dan Cassell	02-03
Steve Gregory	Stephanie Vitus	03-05	Plasmon oscillations on thing metallic films.
Mark Lonergan (CH))	James Myers	99-00
Dave Johnson (CH)	Xavier Kyablue	02-05	Interdiffusion and nucleation of silicon-germanium multilayers
Marina Guenza (CH))	Todd Crum	02-05
George Rayfield	Jeanine Amacher	04-07	Modification of Bacteriorhodopsin for use as a Holographic Storage
Raghuveer Parthasarathy	Greg Tietjen	07	Probing interactions between light and microparticles.
Raghuveer Parthasarathy	Jordan Crist	07	Creating and characterizing biomimetic molecular monolayers
Raghuveer Parthasarathy	Isaac Settles	07	Mechanical properties of vesicle-trafficking proteins.
Raghuveer Parthasarathy	Sophia Bailey	07	Piezoelectric stage design; optical trapping of emulsion droplets (UCORE)
Raghuveer Parthasarathy	Sarah White	07	Mobility of membrane-anchored macromolecules (visiting REU student).
Mark Lonergan	Chris Mann	06-07	Developing and understanding some novel polymer photovoltaics
Heiner Linke	Tyler Hennon	06-07	Metal deposition for electron-beam lithography
Heiner Linke	Adam Caccavano	06-07	FemLab modeling of heat distributions of thin films at low temperatures
Heiner Linke	Andrew Chastain	06-07	Table-top demonstration of self-propelled droplets
Heiner Linke/Russ Donnelly	Stephen Battazzo	06-07	Turbulence ratchets
Heiner Linke	John Boyd	07	Table-top demonstration of self-propelled droplets (UCORE)
Heiner Linke	Eric Hyde	07	Microsphere lithography (UCORE)
Heiner Linke	Asher Tubman	07	Microsphere lithography
Heiner Linke/Russ Donnelly	Tyler Hennon	07	Turbulence ratchets

Research projects with the Oregon Center for Optics:

Faculty	Name	Years	Title
Mike Raymer	Christine Zeller	01-03	Cryogenic optical microcavities
Mike Raymer	Bryan Killett	03-04	Laser-beam profiling using a Sagnac interferometer
Mike Raymer	Greg Kovac	03	Photon statistics of light emitted by LEDs
Dan Steck	Dan Reddy	04-05
Dan Steck	Aaron Webster	05-07	Design and construction of a scanning Michelson interferometer for optical wavelength metrology, and, Design and construction of an avalanche photodetector for single photons
Dan Steck	Sequoia Alba	06-07	Networked data acquisition and control hardware for ultracold atom experiments, and, Chaotic escape of light rays from a vase-shaped optical cavity
Mike Raymer	Yonatan Schultz	07-08	Spin-orbit coupling of photon angular momentum
Dan Steck	Ian Kelly-Morgan	07	Development of an economical Geiger mode Avalanche Photo Detector
Dan Steck	Yonatan Schultz	06	Chaotic escape of light rays from a vase-shaped optical cavity
Dan Steck	Jeremy Copperman	04-05	Nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation of vibro-fluidized granular media
Dan Steck	Jeffry Garmin	07	Chaotic escape of light rays from a vase-shaped optical cavity
Dan Steck	Jason Goff	07	Design and construction of high-precision current sources for atom cooling and trapping, and, Chaotic escape of light rays from a vase-shaped optical cavity
Dan Steck	Peter Gaskell	04-07	Networked data acquisition and control hardware for ultracold atom experiments

 

Research projects within the Astrophysics Group:

Faculty	Name	Years
Greg Bothun	Joshua Bury	02-03
Jim Schombert	Jackson Champer	02-03
Jim Schombert	Stephanie Vitus	02-03

Research projects with the Institute of Molecular Biology:

Faculty	Name	Years	Title
Jim Remington	Patrick O'Brien	99-00	crystal structure analysis of fluorescent proteins
Brian Matthews	Kazuto Usui	01-02

Research in other areas:

Faculty	Name	Years
Michael Manga Geology	Devon McClain	00-02
Andy Marcus Chemistry	James Utterback	06-present	spectroscopy to explore the dynamics of complex (chemical) systems
John Hardwick Chemistry	Ian Kelly-Morgan	07	Temperature dependence of pressure broadening and shifts of acetylene at 1550nm by He, Ne, and A

Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs) at various other institutions:

(this research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). All REUs involve travel to other institutions. For more information, see the NSF REU web page)

The following is a partial list of UO past participants in summer REUs at other institutions:

Name	Years	Host Institution	Area
Rachel Miller	99-00	UCSD	optics
Andrew Cole	00-01	Los Alamos
Ted Argo	01-03	University of Illinois	acoustics
Laura Melling	01-02	University of Washington	astrophysics
Christina Turner	01-03	University of Chicago	astrophysics
Benji Aleman	01-02	University of Puerto Rico	mathematics
Sandra Penny	02-03	University of Nevada-Los Vegas	physics
Laura Melling	01-02	University of Oregon	Mentor Graphics REU
Amanda Stout	02-03	University of Oregon	Mentor Graphics REU
Matt Sternberg	04-05		Nuclear Physics
Leif Karlstrom	04-05	University of California-Berkeley	Time evolution in Rayleigh-Benard convection cells
Liz Olhsson	05-06	National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL	Microwave processing of high-temperature superconductor BSCCO
Yonotan Schultz	06-07	University of Oregon	Raymer Lab
Ken Elder	06-07	University of Minnesota
Kristen Fauria	06-07	University of Arkansas/Dominican Republic	(geo)
Tamela Maciel	06-07
Alice Tasker	06-07
Ian Kelly-Morgan	06	Texas A&M University	Finite difference algorithm for determining magnetic fields within plasma flow
Nicole Czakon	03	external student at UO/Raymer lab	Photon statistics of light emitted by LEDs
Andrew Nahlik	04	external student at UO/Raymer lab	Measuring the photon wave function
Devon Biggerstaff	05	external student at UO/Raymer lab	Measuring the photon wave function
Luna Schwaiger	06	external student at UO/Raymer lab	Photon orbital angular momentum in optical fiber
L. Ashleigh Baumbardner	07	external student at UO/Raymer lab	Spin-orbit coupling of photon angular momentum
Noah Fitch	05	external student at UO/Steck Lab	Design and construction of high-precision current sources for atom cooling and trapping
Evan Sangaline	06	external student at UO/Linke Lab	Automatic tracking and kinematic analysis of self-propelled droplets
Max Halverson	07	external student at UO/Linke and Donnelly Labs	turbulence ratchets

Summer REUs and MSI special programs at UO (see the link, left, for more information:

REU hosted by the Materials Science Institute (limited opportunities for UO students, most come from elsewhere)

Mentor Graphics Internships for women

See also, the UO Biophysics UOSPUR site.

For additional information contact Dr. Dean Livelybrooks, Advising Coordinator for the Department of Physics at (541) 346-5855.