Senior Theses

Physics Department Senior thesis titles grouped by year.

2025

Omar Armbruster, 2025. Characterizing Bose-Einstein condensation using unsupervised machine learning (Chris Herdman)

Colin Bourque, 2025. High Resolution Spectroscopy of the High-Mass X-ray Binary 4U 1700-377 (McKinley Brumback)

Jake Freeman, 2025. Conductance Quantization in Ferromagnetic Nanowires at Room Temperature (Susan Watson)

Frankie Getman, 2025. Building a Laser-Scanning Microscope Using a Rotating Polygon Mirror (Michael Durst)

Ryan Greguski, 2025. Building a Structured Illumination Microscope (Michael Durst)

Neehal Haque, 2025. Modeling ion propulsion in static electric field environments (Anne Goodsell)

Johanna Hayes, 2025. Constructing an Electrical Apparatus for Single-Photon Experiments (Susan Watson)

Lindsay Lessing, 2025. Measuring the Axial Resolution of a Temporal Focusing Microscope (Michael Durst)

Rohan Nath, 2025. Designing a 3-Galvanometer Laser Scanning Microscope (Michael Durst)

Alexander Power, 2025. Using binary-quadratic optimization to find the ground states of a spin glass (Chris Herdman)

Landon Rice, 2025. An experimental and theoretical spectroscopic analysis of rubidium D2 optical transitions (Anne Goodsell)

Dylan Schmeling, 2024.5. Demonstrating Quantized Conductance in Gold at Room Temperature (Susan Watson)

Daniel Schroeder, 2024.5. Identifying emergent geometries of entangled quantum states (Chris Herdman)

Bradshaw Underhill, 2025. Unstable Starless Cores and Turbulent Fragmentation in the Aquila Molecular Cloud (Michael Dunham)

Aaliya Vij, 2025. Exploring Quantum Entanglement in Bose-Einstein Condensates (Chris Herdman)

2024

Danelle Akanova, 2023.5. Laser Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy of Ytterbium Atoms in a Hollow Cathode Lamp (Paul Hess)

Jewel Ashbrook, 2023.5. Measuring the Two-Photon Absorption Spectrum for IRDye 800CW (Michael Durst)

Ran Brown, 2024. Electronic PID Control for Quadcopter Stabilization (Noah Graham)

Julian Calder, 2024. Classifying Quantum States of Matter with Machine Learning (Chris Herdman)

Masrur Chowdhury, 2024. Refining Laser Coupling and Operation for the Study of Cold Rydberg Atoms (Anne Goodsell)

Ethan Fleming, 2024. Designing and Ion Trap Imaging System (Paul Hess)

Alec Gironda, 2024. Characterizing Bose-Einstein condensates in NASA’s Cold Atom Lab using machine learning (Chris Herdman)

Mathieu Houlier, 2024. WKB patching functions to fix discontinuities in Regge-Wheeler quantum scattering (Noah Graham)

Trong Le, 2023.5. Simulating Trapped Ions with (py)LIon (Paul Hess)

Nikodemas Numavicius, 2023.5. Using the Variable Phase Method to Calculate the Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves (Noah Graham)

Chandra Panjiyar, 2024. Single Photon Detection and Bell Test of Local Realism (Susan Watson)

Holden Parazette, 2023.5. Imaging Thick Samples Using a Structured Illumination Microscope (Michael Durst)

Elizabeth (Ellie) Suit, 2024. Single Photon Detection and Interference (Susan Watson)

Hazel Traw, 2024. Laser Illumination in a Microscope With a Rotating Diffuser (Michael Durst)

Ethan Tyler, 2024. Overvoltage Protection for an Optogalvanic Spectroscopy Circuit (Paul Hess)

Hyuma Umeda, 2024. Experimental Pulse Oximetry and Exploration of Compressive Sensing (Susan Watson)

Finn Wimberly, 2024. Computational Modeling of Launched Cold Rubidium Atoms (Anne Goodsell)

Autumn Zhong, 2024. Modelling a Quadruply Lensed Quasar (Eilat Glikman)

2023

Noel Anderson, 2023. IR Signal Transmission and Reception System (Anne Goodsell)

Iman Behbehani, 2023. Finding Dwarf Novae in Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae (Eilat Glikman)

Peter Carlson, 2022.5. Optimization of a 3D Printed Laser Shutter (Paul Hess)

Paul Choi, 2023. Solving the Spin Glass Problem through Adiabatic Quantum Computation (Chris Herdman)

Jay-U Chung, 2023. Single Photon Experiments to Demonstrate Strangeness of Quantum Mechanics (Susan Watson)

Ellie Copps, 2022.5. The Magnetotransport and Current-Carrying Properties of Superconducting Niobium (Susan Watson)

Rohan Datar, 2023. Using Machine Learning to Study Phases of Matter (Chris Herdman)

Tim Gavett, 2022.5. Modelling Faraday’s and Lenz’s Laws for Undergraduate Students (Noah Graham)

Audrey Grimes, 2023. Proving the existence of photons as discrete particles using correlated photons (Susan Watson)

Samuel Hodges, 2022.5. Nozzle spray patterns for water-based substances using a pull-type sprayer (Anne Goodsell)

Makoto Johnstone, 2023. Hidden Binary Supermassive Black Holes Revealed by ‘Radio-Near IR’ Imaging (Eilat Glikman)

Jack Klawitter, 2022.5. Quasar Reddening and Extinction Correction in Python (Eilat Glikman)

Qiongwen (Shirley) Mao, 2022.5. Efficient Selection of Red Quasar Candidate based on Photometric Data using Random Forest Classifier (Eilat Glikman)

Willson Moore, 2022.5. Measuring the Superconducting Transition of Bi-2223 in the Presence of a Weak Magnetic Field (Susan Watson)

Corey Prior, 2023. Adding Long-Wavelength Capabilities To a Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope (Michael Durst)

Luke Stovak, 2023. New Wave: Fourier Analysis with Application to Musical Distortions (Noah Graham)

Logan Tonini, 2023. Measuring the Temporal and Spatial Shape of a Laser Pulse (Michael Durst)

Ryan Whitney, 2023. Designing and Testing a Nanosecond Delay Circuit (Susan Watson)

Tao You, 2022.5. Entanglement entropy of quantum spin glasses (Chris Herdman)

Thomas Zodda, 2022.5. Constructing a laser-scanning confocal microscope using curved parabolic mirrors (Michael Durst)

2022

Nicholas Brooke, 2021.5. Morphological Analysis of Hubble Images of Dust-Reddened Quasars (Eilat Glikman)
Majd Hamdan, 2022. Numerical Investigation of the Evolution of Oscillons (Noah Graham)
Jonathan Landrigan, 2022. Towards Optogalvanic Spectroscopy of Ytterbium Atoms (Paul Hess)
Nicholas Leshaw, 2022. Quantifying the Size of Laser Beams (Paul Hess)
Benjamin Mathews, 2022. Evolution of Oscillons in an Expanding Universe (Eilat Glikman)
Beckett Nasvik-Dykhouse, 2021.5. Characterizing an Ultrafast Pulsed Laser (Michael Durst)
Griffin Shapiro, 2022. Modelling a Quadruply-Lensed Quasar with Lenstronomy (Eilat Glikman)
Thomas Slap, 2021.5. Simulation of non-linear analog effects through a WaveNet Neural Architecture (Noah Graham)
Jacob Thompson, 2021.5. Designing and Developing an Incoherent Light Source for Ytterbium Ion Trap Testing (Paul Hess)
Liam Wynne, 2021.5. Building a Subharmonic Harmonizer for Undertonal Spectral Composition (Stephen Ratcliff)
Samuel Yurak, 2022. Long Wavelength Imaging in a Temporal Focusing Microscope (Michael Durst)

2021

Omar Alseed, 2021. Simulating Hamiltonian Dynamics Using Product Formulas (Chris Herdman)
Sergio Bobadilla, 2021. A Compact Circuit Solution for Mode-hop-free Tuning of Diode Laser Wavelength (Paul Hess)
Theodore Culman, 2021. Astronomical Data Reduction and Analysis of Red Quasar Candidates (Eilat Glikman)
Che Bradley, 2021. Understanding radio emission in dust reddened quasars (Eilat Glikman)
Gebermedhin Dagnew, 2021. Finite-size scaling of unsupervised machine learning in the Ising model (Chris Herdman)
Tommy Eastman, 2021. Numerical Simulations of Temporal Focusing Microscopy in Python (Michael Durst)
Erik Felix, 2021. Geometrical Approaches to Teaching Relativity to Undergraduates (Noah Graham)
Diego Garcia, 2021. Low Redshift z < 0.2 Quasars: QSO and Host Galaxy Relationship (Eilat Glikman)
Katherine Glew, 2021. Computational Modeling of Quantum Entanglement in a Bose-Einstein Condensate (Chris Herdman)
Da Thi Hoang, 2020.5. Theoretical prediction and experimental results of one-photon absorption in cold 85-Rb atoms (Anne Goodsell)
Sydney Hom, 2021. Shaping Femtosecond Laser Pulses with Higher-Order Dispersion (Michael Durst)
Matthew Hyer,2021. Attending to Dolphin Vocalizations (Noah Graham)
Alex Kang, 2021. Multifocus Microscopy (Michael Durst)
Kazuto Nishimori, 2021. Fourier Light-Field Microscopy (Michael Durst)
Taegan Kopfler, 2021. Discharge Tube Spectroscopy of Ytterbium in a Czerny-Turner Monochromator (Paul Hess)
Brendan Philbin, 2021. Using thermal annealing to improve equilibration of path integral Monte Carlo Systems (Chris Herdman)
Thomas Sacco, 2021. The effect of fluorescent background removal on features of a Raman spectrum (Stephen Ratcliff)
Sawyer Tadano, 2021. Analysis of the effect of current on Tc in Bi-2223 (Susan Watson)
Michael Wasserstein, 2021. Examining the Impact of Microphysics Parameterizations in Simulations of a Vermont Winter Storm (Noah Graham)

2020

David Cohen, 2020. Model-Free Prediction of Chaotic Dynamics with Echo State Networks (Jeffery Dunham)
Nathan Evans, 2020. Classical vs Quantum Hardness Predictions in Adiabatic Quantum Computing (Chris Herdman)
Daniel Gause, 2020. Structural Analysis of Potential Dual Quasar Pairs Using Galactic Modeling Software (Eilat Glikman)
Edward Hoffman, 2020. Wavenumber Scales in Processing Raman Spectra (Stephen Ratcliff)
Bing Ibrahim, 2020. Modelling the Trajectories of Cold Atoms in Different Quantum States (Anne Goodsell)
Adin Insoft, 2020. The Effect of Emissivity: How an Object’s Emissivity Value Impacts Its Infrared Temperature (Jeffery Dunham)
Isaac Feldman, 2020. Musical Instrument Recognition Using Fourier Analysis and Deep Learning (Noah Graham)
Max Lutzius, 2020. Modeling Crystals of Cold Trapped Ions (Paul Hess)
Joe Moscatelli, 2019.5. Designing an Optical Tweezer for Biophysical Applications (Paul Hess)
Emma Nelson, 2020. Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy Using Two Channels for Imaging Multiple Fluorophores (Michael Durst)
Katherine Novey, 2020. Computational Wave Scattering for Abrikosov Vortices in Superconductors (Noah Graham)
Nicholas Schrope, 2020. An Application and Explanation of the Acoustooptic Modulator (Anne Goodsell)
Gregory Suczewski, 2020. Quantum Paradoxes in Single Photon Interference Experiments (Susan Watson)
Isabel Weber Cravioto, 2020. Photothermal Detection of Gold Nanoparticles (Michael Durst)

2019

Sasha Clarick, 2019. Optimizing Ferromagnetic J_ijfor Trapped ¹⁷¹Yb⁺ ions. (Paul Hess)
Sadie Coffin, 2019. Analysis of Hubble Images of the Host Galaxies of Red Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)
Diego Espino, 2019. Engineering an Aural Voltage Analyzer. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Amanda R. Kirkeby, 2019. Bridging the Gap: The Mechanical and Electrical Design of a Hot-wire Detector. (Anne Goodsell)
Asher Lantz, 2019. Quantum Entanglement in a Spin Glass during the Adiabatic Algorithm. (Chris Herdman)
Jeffrey Ou, 2019. Effects of Gravitational Sag on Spherically Symmetric Hollow Bose-Eistein Condensates. (Anne Goodsell)
Alejandro Martinez Perez, 2019. Analyzing Chaotic and Periodic States of a Nonlinear Mechanical Oscillator. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Karla Nunez, 2019. Is MRK231 a Local Red Quasar Analog? (Eilat Glikman)
Roo Weed, 2019. Configuration of a Raman Spectrometer for Art Historical Research. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Samuel Q. Wood, 2019. Hall Effect: A Tool for Undergraduate Research. (Susan Watson)

2018

Zachary M. Berzolla, 2018. Modeling a Middlebury College Microgrid. (Rich Wolfson)
Noelle Blose, 2018. Floquet Topological Phase in PT-symmetric Lattices. (Noah Graham)
Graham Booth, 2018. Representing Quantum States with Neural Networks. (Noah Graham)
Gloria S. Breck, 2018. Fourier Analysis of Frequencies, Ascertaining Anharmonicity, and Explorations of Equal Temperament in The Well-Tempered Clavier. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Alex Browne, 2018. Applications of Dead Reckoning Technology in the Fire Service. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Bennett Doherty, 2018. Building an Automated Laser Alignment System. (Michael Durst)
Tyler Farrell, 2018. Reflective Enhancement of Snow on Solar Energy Production. (Tyler Farrell)
Michael Lally, 2018. Effect of Initial Cloud Size on Velocity Determined for Laser-Cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
Leo F. McElroy, 2018. Information Measures of Complexity Applied to the Ising Model. Automatic Differentiation for Numerical Geometric Constraint Solving. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Emma Moskovitz, 2018. Increasing Sample Rate to Improve Image Quality with a Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscope. (Michael Durst)
Caroline B. Owen, 2018. Gravitational and Electromagnetic Radiation in Spherical Coordinators. (Noah Graham)
Nimrod Sadeh, 2018. Simulating a Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor in MATLAB. Emergence and Complexity in Reactor Engineering. (Noah Graham)
Avery Travis, 2018. Microwave Demonstrations for the Undergraduate Physics Classroom. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Jacob Volz, 2018. Numerical Studies of Entanglement for Particles Trapped in an Optical Lattice. (Chris Herdman)

2017

Eduardo Alejandro, 2017. Characterizing Charged Coupled Device Cameras. (Stephen Ratcliff)
E. Noelle Blose, 2017. An Introduction to the Integer Quantum Hall Effect. (Noah Graham)
Milena Crnogorcevic, 2017. Probing Quasar/Galaxy Co-Evolution with OSIRIS. (Eilat Glikman)
Max deJong, 2017. Detection Electronics for Scanning Laser Microscopy. (Michael Durst)
Ian Delabie, 2017. Characterization of Frequency Generating Devices and Disciplination of Cesium Atomic Clocks. (Anne Goodsell)
Rene Gonzalez, 2017. Modeling Rubidium-85 Trajectories in Preparation for Ionizing-Wire Installation. (Anne Goodsell)
Gurlyn Singh Grewal, 2017. Integer Quantum Hall Effect in GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)
Jing He, 2017. Calibration of a Numerical Hydrodynamic Model of the Inland Sea in Lake Champlain. (Noah Graham)
Cole Hilscher, 2017. Searching for Dust-Reddened Quasars in Stripe 82. (Eilat Glikman)
Jovita Kar Ching Ho, 2017. Application of Savitsky-Golay Filters in Analyzing Chaotic Nonlinear Dynamics of a Damped, Driven, Chaotic Torsional Pendulum. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Noah Klammer, 2017. Smart Tracking to Increase the Efficiency of the Middlebury College Solar Farm. (Richard Wolfson)
Sarah Lake, 2017. Assembly of a Fiber-optic Probe for Raman Spectrographic Analysis. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Colin Laurence, 2017. Shaping Ultrashort Laser Pulses Using an Electrically Tunable Lens. (Michael Durst)
Larson Lovdal, 2017. Construting a Simple and Versatile Optical Tweezer. (Anne Goodsell)
Bryce McIntyre, 2017. Measurement of Magnetic Fields with a GaAs Quantum Hall Sensor. (Susan Watson)
Kirsten McNeil, 2017. Dispersion and Nonlinearities in Optical Fiber Delivery. (Michael Durst)
Alex Nichols, 2017. Adding Depolarization Measurements to Raman Spectroscopy. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Evan Patz, 2017. Effects of Magnetic Field on Measurements of Launched Rubidium-85 Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
Asa Phillips, 2017. Parallel Programming and High Performance Computation: Analyzing Chaotic Data. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Vivian Sabla, 2017. Using the Crank-Nicolson Method to Numerically Model Nonlinear Wave Equations. (Noah Graham)
Felix Yanwei Wang, 2017. On the Efficiency of Bird-inspired Dual-wing Generator. (Richard Wolfson)
Alex Williamson, 2017. Reduction of GNIRS Cross-Dispersed Spectra for Dust Reddened Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)

2016

Bracken, Robert, 2016. AGN X-ray Analysis: Development of Column Density Simulations Through Application of Clumpy Torus Model. (Eilat Glikman)
Conroy, Kevin, 2016. Zero Point Calibrations of the Middlebury College Observatory’s CCD Camera. (Eilat Glikman)
Drobac, Alec, 2016. Predicting Optical Light Obscuration in Active Galactic Nuclei using Monte Carlo Simulation. (Eilat Glikman)
Egan, Spencer, 2016. Solitons and Oscillons in Lattice Field Theories. (Noah Graham)
Epstein, Jacob, 2016. Construction and Characterization of an Upright Two-Photon Microscope. (Michael Durst)
Erwin, Emma, 2016. Launching Laser-Cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
Feinberg, Eli, 2016. Quantum Bit Detection Schemes using Radio Frequency Reflectometry. (Susan Watson)
Friedrichs, Drew, 2016. A COMSOL Fluid Dynamics Evaluation of the R/V David Folger. (Rich Wolfson)
Ghimire, Biswash, 2016. Second-Order Parareal Algorithm in Mathematica. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Goodman, William, 2016. Fourier Transforms and Musical Chord Identification. (Noah Graham)
Gordon, Teddy, 2016. Detection Electronics for a Laser Scanning Microscope. (Michael Durst)
Judy, Michael, 2016. Optical Tweezers for Middlebury College. (Anne Goodsell)
Longo, Richard, 2016. Observing and Analyzing Laser-cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
Matt, Sebastian, 2016. Analyzing the Casimir Effect by Quantum Scattering. (Noah Graham)
Robey, Kyle, 2016. Characterization of a Temporal Focusing Microscope. (Michael Durst)
Ronan, James, 2016. Using Symmetry in Physics with Representations and Lie Groups. (Noah Graham)
Schaaf, Wilder Evans, 2016. Characterization of the Effects of Magnetic Field on Niobium Nitride Inductors. (Susan Watson)
Slotkin, Peter, 2016. Dark Matter in the Earth-Region. (Rich Wolfson)
Warner, Ross, 2016. Image Processing with Fourier Transforms. (Noah Graham)
Wojciechowicz, Matthew, 2016. An Integer Quantum Hall Effect in a GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)

2015

Anderson, Benjamin, 2015. Solving the Equations of Stellar Structure with Mathematica. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Bakker, Noah, 2015. Quantized Conductance in Gold Wire. (Susan Watson)
Ballard, Jonathan, 2015. Creating a 3D Microscope Using Commercial Depth Sensors. (Michael Durst)
Egan, Spencer, 2015. Solitons and Oscillons in Gauge Invariant Lattice Field Theories. (Noah Graham)
Feinman, Jason Daniel Saunders, 2015. The Effects of Climate Change: Modeling Energy Consumption of Residential Buildings. (Rich Wolfson)
Habib, Adela, 2015. Spectral Energy Distributions of RED Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)
Henry, Brandon, 2015. The Random Field Ising Model and Applications to the Financial Markets. (Noah Graham)
Hobbie, Jacob, 2015. Numerical and Parallel Computation Techniques in Physics. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Hunsicker, John Quincy, 2015. Studies of the Energy Generating Mechanisms in Redshift Four Quasars. (Eilat Glikman)
Isaacs, Zack, 2015. The Integer Quantum Hall Effect in a GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)
Liang, Kevin, 2015. Spinors, Rotations, and the Foucault Pendulum. (Jeffrey Dunham)
McIntyre, Colin Alex, 2015. Building a Laser Scanning Microscope. (Michael Durst)
Schiff, Adam R., 2015. Effects of Varying Metallicity in Solar-Like Stars. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Taft, Kristen, 2015. Analysis of Middlebury’s Solar Tracker Array. (Rich Wolfson)
Wood, Jake, 2015. Modeling Numerical Solutions to Partial Differential Equations: A Study in Waves. (Noah Graham)

2014

Beatty, Nate, 2014. Multimode Laser Wavelength Measurement. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Coughlin, Benjamin, 2014. Methods of Spin Decoupling in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Harper, Colleen, 2014. Preparing for Initial Observations of Laser-cooled Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
Harvey, Duncan Peter, 2014. Raman Spectroscopy and Spectrograph Design. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Hemphill, Eric, 2014. Integer Quantum Hall Effect in a GaAs Heterostructure. (Susan Watson)
Henry, Brandon, 2014. Applications of Renormalization Group Theory to Random Field Markov Processes and Financial Markets. (Noah Graham)
Hughes, Philip M., 2014. Understanding Draker Data Acquisition on Middlebury’s Solar Farm. (Rich Wolfson)
Kjellstrand, Björn, 2014. An Introduction to the Renormalization Group and its Applications. (Noah Graham)
Lustgarten, Benjamin, 2014. Building a Helium-Neon Laser and Analyzing Optical Properties. (Anne Goodsell)
Mailly, Madeline, 2014. Identifying Red Quasar Host Galaxy Morphologies. (Eilat Glikman)
Narawat, Poomirat (Drew), 2014. Re-pumping Laser Stabilization for Cooling Atoms. (Anne Goodsell)
Najarian, Maya Lin, 2014. Using Integral-Field Spectroscopy of Dust Obscured Quasars to Probe Quasar/Galaxy Co-Evolution. (Eilat Glikman)
Schaaf, Wilder Evans, 2014. Characterization of the Effects of Magnetic Field on Niobium Nitride Inductor. (Susan Watson)

2013

Campbell, Kendrick, 2013. Emission-Line Images and Fluxes of CTB1, Milne 56, and CTB 109. (Frank Winkler)
Fitzpatrick, Mattias, 2013. Fast Readout of Gate-Defined Quantum Dots in One-Dimensional Structures. (Susan Watson)
Forrow, Aden, 2013. The Variable-Phase Method in Dirac Scattering. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Gerschel, Misha, 2013. Designing and Building a Light-Sensitive Sun Tracker. (Rich Wolfson)
Grossman, Matthew, 2013. GPU Programming for Physics Applications. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Gyory, Will, 2013. Exploring Rotational Motion with Geometric Algebra. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Philip, Henry R., 2013. Implementation of Circuits for Laser Temperature Stability. (Anne Goodsell)
Putko, Joseph, 2013. Tycho’s Supernova Remnant: Optical Proper Motions. (P. Frank Winkler)
Scully, Brendan Johannes, 2013. Modeling the Energy Output of Photovoltaic Systems. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Torman, Andrew, 2013. Heat Transfer with Application to Nuclear Reactors. (Rich Wolfson)
Weidner, Erik, 2013. Modelling Trajectories of Rydberg Atoms in an Electric Field. (Anne Goodsell)
Weigl, Dustin, 2013. Examining the Potential Difference Created at Resonant Frequencies in a Piezoelectric Material. (Rich Wolfson)
Wentz, Karly, 2013. Optimization of an Energy-Producing Spin Bike. (Stephen Ratcliff)

2012

Andrews, Alison, 2012. Calibrating Images of Laser Cooling. (Anne Goodsell)
Ansari, Talha, 2012. The Curious Case of SR830: Mysterious Oscillations of the Lock-in Amplifier Output. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Basarab, Brett, 2012. Wormholes and Interstellar Travel. (Noah Graham)
Clement, Alexander, 2012. Designing a Stabilized Laser System for Laser Cooling. (Anne Goodsell)
Delaney, Marc, 2012. Searching for Supernova Remnants in Galaxy NGC 6946 through Deep High Resolution Imaging in Hα, S II and O III Emission Lines (Frank Winkler)
Ellis, Spencer, 2012. Effects of the Sunspot Cycle on U.S. Climate. (Richard Wolfson)
Fitzsimmons, Connor, 2012. Vacuum Chamber Design for a Magneto-Optical Trap. (Anne Goodsell)
Hathaway, Samuel, 2012. Identification of Isotopes Via Particle Track Measurement in a Diffusion Cloud Chamber. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Keiser, Andre, 2012. Modeling 3-D Magnetic Fields in the Solar Corona. (Richard Wolfson)
Kunz, Sabine, 2012. Solid State Hydrogen Storage. (Noah Graham)
Maroscher, Eli, 2012. Modeling Fractals in Stereoscopic 3D. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Montroy, John, 2012. Moving Towards Fiber Optics. (Anne Goodsell)
Ogren, Kristofer, 2012. The Coincidence Method in Nuclear Physics. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Schanz-Garbassi, Astrid, 2012. Properties of Piezoelectric Energy Generation. (Rich Wolfson)
Shaw, Erik, 2012. The Weak Field Zeeman Effect in Atomic Mercury and Argon. (Stephen Ratcliff)

2011

Allen, Brent, 2011. Direct Detection of Gravitational Radiation. (Noah Graham)
Brown, Benjamin, 2011. Stellar Spectroscopy: Velocity Curves of Pulsating & Binary Starts with IRAF. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Curme, Chester, 2011. Critical Phenomena and Vehicular Traffic Models. (Noah Graham)
Garrett, John William, 2011. Visual Processing in the Eye. (Noah Graham)
Xuefeng Liao, Quincy, 2011. Models and Simulations of Ferromagnetic Hysteresis. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Martin, William Campbell, 2011. The Bionic Platypus: Design and Implementation of a Pectoral Rowing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. (Susan Watson)
Mercer, Cameron M., 2011. Petrogenesis of Two New Eucrites from Northwest Africa: Evidence from Petrography, Mineral Chemistry, and Bulk Chemistry. (Anne Goodsell)
Stark, Thomas, 2011. The Road to Laser Cooling Rubidium Vapor. (Anne Goodsell)
Stensland, Jared, 2011. Measuring the Band Gaps of Silicon and Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes. (Susan Watson)
Waite, Hannah, 2011. Building a Laser Harp. (Stephen Ratcliff)
Walker, Hilary, 2011. Tunneling Probability of the Simple Harmonic Oscillator. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Woods, Nathaniel, 2011. Gamma Ray Spectroscopy of Heavily Shielded Sources. (Jeffrey Dunham)

2010

Aibar, Belfor Daniel, 2010. The Hall Effect: A Tool for Undergraduate Study. (Susan Watson)
Alidoust, Nasser, 2010. Torque Magnetometry In Niobium Thin Films And Stripe Phase LBCO. (Noah Graham)
Crow, Daniel E, 2010. Group Theory, Representation Theory And Their Applications In Physics. (Noah Graham)
Erwin, Jenny Rose, 2010. Small Scale Energy Harvesting: An Adaptation Of The Windbelt. (Susan Watson)
Freundlich, Charlie, 2010. How Green Is The Biomass Plant? (Rich Wolfson)
Jia, Eliot, 2010. Training a Hidden Markov Model for Speech Recognition. (Noah Graham)
Kennedy, Max Clayton, 2010. On Solar Asymmetric Bipoles and Coronal Mass Ejections. (Rich Wolfson)
Khan, Shujaat Ali, 2010. Modeling Chaos And Periodicity In A Driven Torsional Pendulum. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Luby, Michael, 2010. On The Feasibility Of Transmitting Jet Stream Wind Power Via A Long Cylindrical Belt. (Rich Wolfson)
Muhlhausen, Tom, 2010. Constructing Practical Circuits For Simple Chaotic Equations. (Jeffrey Dunham)
Robertson, Hannah I., 2010. The Physics of Timbre: Multi-Instrument Pitch Separation and Identification. (Noah Graham)
Rosenblatt, Anna, 2010. Visual Processing: Optimizing A Basis. (Noah Graham)
Wood, Micah, 2010. Effects Of Substrate Synthesis On Nanotube Conductance. (Susan Watson)