1993-94 Vincent Choo--built a high frequency oscillator-type thickness gauge for the department's vacuum depoisition machine. Rising senior physics major.Built circuitry and tested thin film thickness gauge oscillator.
1991-92 Craig Bohart--Summer, 1992 research assistant supported by Hughes Medical Initiative. Rising senior physics major. Laid experimental groundwork for his Honors in Physics thesis dealing with the ultraviolet absorption of Carbon-60, or buckminsterfullerene under direction of Dr. William Frey. Participated in summer research program at Oak Ridge National Labs and will attend graduate school in physics.
1990-91 Ford Shippey--initial setup and testing of equipment, absorption measurements on alexandrite crystals. Accepted to graduate physics program at University of Colorado, Boulder after one year of teaching in Japan (JET Program).
Two semesters of independent research. "Absorption Studies of Cr3+ in Alexandrite" talk for Davidson Physics Dept. Seminar, April 19, 1991.
1990-91 Bowe Strickland--built and characterized diode laser system. Received grant and award from North Carolina Academy of Science; has entered graduate physics program at the University of Georgia.
One semester of independent research. Project was partially funded by a grant from the North Carolina Academy of Science written by the student. "Spectral Properties of Dioce Lasers" talks for Davidson Physics Dept. Seminar, March 15, 1991 and North Carolina Academy of Science Conference at UNC-Greensboro, March 22, 1991. This research was a Derieux Award Winner and was published in the proceedings of the Collegiate Academy Vol. 37, #1, p. 120.
1990-91 Melissa Dancy--physics major from Furman University, Carolinas/Ohio Science Education Network (COSEN) Scholar for Summer 1991--preliminary tests on a high intensity pulsed magnetic field source--will attend graduate school in physics at Purdue University.
Summer 1991 COSEN Scholar from Furman University. "High Intensity Short Pulsed Magnetic Fields" talk presented at COSEN Scholars Conference at Duke University, Sept. 27, 1991 and paper published in conference proceedings.
1990-91 John Mullis--research assistant supported by Hughes Medical Initiative--Summer 1991. Enrolled in Electrical Engineering School at Columbia University.
1991-92 Mark Steen--absorption and photoluminescence studies of 2-Dimensional Quantum Well structures. Plans to attend graduate school in physics.
Two semesters of independent research, 1991-1992. "2D or Not 2D?: Absorption and Luminescence Study of a Single Quantum Well" talk for Davidson Physics Dept. Seminar, April 27, 1992.
1991-92 "2D? or Not 2D?: Absorption and Photoluminescence Study of a Single Quantum Well," Mark Steen, Physics Seminar, Davidson College, April 27, 1992.
1990-91 "Spectral Properties of Diode Lasers," Bowe Strickland, Physics Seminar, Davidson College, March 15, 1991.
1990-91 "Spectral Properties of Diode Lasers," Bowe Strickland, North Carolina Academy of Science, UNC-Greensboro, March 22, 1991. Derieux Award Winner.
1990-91 "Absorption Studies of Cr3+ in Alexandrite Crystals," Ford Shippey, Physics Seminar, Davidson College, April 19, 1991.
1990-91 "High Intensity Short Pulsed Magnetic Fields," Melissa Dancy and Dan Boye, Proceedings of 1991 Summer COSEN Scholars Conference, Duke University.
1990-91 "High Intensity Short Pulsed Magnetic Fields," M. Dancy, D. Boye, Proceedings of 1991 Summer Pew/COSEN Research Conference, 1991, Duke University.
1990-91 "The Spectral Qualities of an AlGaAs Diode Laser," W.B. Strickland '91 and D.M. Boye, Bulletin of Collegiate Academy of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences 37, 120 (1991). B. Strickland received Yarbrough Research Grant and was named a Derieux Award winner by the Academy for his work.
1987-1988 "The Second-order Elastic Constants of AgCl from 20 to 430oC," Chris Hughes '88, student paper presented at the Second National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC, April 21-23, (1988).
1985-86 "Elastic Constants of a AgBr-39% AgCl Crystal from 77 to 300K," Micah Downing '86, student paper presented at North Carolina Academy of Sciences, April 4-5, 1986, Greenville, NC; J. Elisha Mitchell Society 102, 4, 194 (1986).
1984-85 "Ionic Conductivity in AgCl Heavily Doped with Mn2+," James W. Weller '85, student paper presented at North Carolina Academy of Sciences, March 29-30, 1985, Greensboro, NC; J. Elisha Mitchell Society 101, 4, 251 (1985).
1984-85 "The Second-Order Elastic Constants of a AgBr - 79% AgCl Single Crystal from 77 to 300K," James B. Shaw '85, student paper presented at the North Carolina Academy of Sciences, March 29-30, 1985, Greensboro, NC; J. Elisha Mitchell Society 101, 4, 251 (1985).
1983-84 "Ionic Conductivity in AgCl Heavily Doped with Cd2+," (Steve King '84), student paper presented at North Carolina Academy of Sciences, March 30-31, 1984, Winston-Salem, N.C.; J. Elisha Mitchell Society 100, 4, 164 (1984).
1983-84 "Low Temperature Elastic Constants of AgBr - AgCl Mixed Crystals," Richard Barber '84, student paper presented at North Carolina Academy of Sciences, March 30-31, 1984, Winston-Salem, NC.; J. Elisha Mitchell Society 100, 4, 164 (1984).
1994-95 Andy Antonelli, "Quantum Field Theory Simulation of the One Atom Laser," Senior Thesis.
1994-95 Susan Fischer, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Paul and Penning Traps,"Senior Thesis
1992-1993 and 1993-1994 Andy Antonelli and Susan Fischer, "Wave Equation," CUPS Project Simulation and Text.
1992-93 Ashoke Talukdar. "Programming Physics Simulations: Experiments in Laser Spectroscopy."
1992-93 Ashoke Talukdar. "LASER, Ising, Pendulum, Floquet," on Big Green CD by Skylee Press, 1992. LASER was awarded a 1993 Computers in Physics Software Completion Honorable Mention.
1989-90 John Stewart. "Competition between De-Excitation Pathways after 7P and 7D Excitation of Cesium." Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics, August 1990.
1989-90 John Stewart. "Non-Linear Response After Two Photon Excitation To The 6D and 7D States In Cesium," 1989.
1989-90 Eugene Cross. "Laser Spectroscopy: 6 Wave Mixing, Amplified Stimulated Emission And Raman Scattering," 1989.
1987-88 Sim Harbert. "A Three Dimensional Plotting Package for the Representation of Spectroscopic Data," 1988.
1987-88 Steve Lau. "Two Color Multiphoton Ionization Processes in Cs and Rb Heat Pipe Ovens," 1988.
1986-87 Barbara Brooks. "A Survey Of Two, Three And Four Photon Ionization Processes In Cs," 1987.
1986-87 Harry Boome. "IR Fluorescence And Photoacoustic Measurements of NO Relaxation," 1987.
1985-86 Taylor Simpson. "Multiphoton Ionization and IR Generation in a Heat Pipe Oven," 1986.
1985-86 Charles Griffith. "Computer Graphics Programming with the Graphical Kernel System," 1986.
1985-86 Phil Lackey. "Waveform Digitization and Relaxation Measurements Via the GPIB," 1986.
1984-85 Ladson Brearley. "The Measurement of CO2 v(0,0,1) State Thermal Diffusivities as a Function of Temperature," 1985.
1984-85 Hans Jensen. "The Design, Construction, and Testing of a Boxcar Integrator," 1985.
1994-95 "Simulation of Linear and Nonlinear Wave Equations," W. Christian, A. Antonelli '94, and S. Fischer '94. AAPT Winter Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 14-19, 1995.
1994-95 "Simulation of Linear and Nonlinear Wave Equations," W. Christian, A. Antonelli '94, S. Fischer "94. SESAPS, American Physical Society, Newport News, VA, November 10-12, 1994.
1994-95 "Ion-Trapping Simulation and High-Performance Fortran," S. Fischer '94, K. Hawick, P. Coddington, W. Christian. SESAPS, American Physical Society, Newport News, VA, November 10-12, 1994.
1994-95 "The Chladni Plate as an Educational Tool," G. Antonelli "94, W. Christian. Society of Physics Students, Newport News, VA, November 10-12, 1994.
1994-95 "Chaos in an Anharmonic Oscillatory Electrical Circuit," S. Fischer '94, W. Christian. Society of Physics Students, Newport News, VA, November 10-12, 1994.
1993-94 "Computer Modeling of Partial Differential Equations," S. Fischer '94, A. Antonelli '94, W. Christian. Society of Physics Students Zone Meeting, Columbia SC, November 11-13, 1993.
1993-94 "Chain: A Computational Model of a One Dimensional Lattice," A. Antonelli '94, S. Fischer '94, W. Christian, Society of Physics Students Zone Meeting, Columbia SC, November 11-13, 1993.
1991-92 "Using Mathematica® Notebooks to Teach Upper Level Physics: Laplace's Equation, the Ising Model, and the Game of Life," A. Talukdar '92, Christian, W., Mathematica Conference, Boston MA, May 28-31, 1992.
1990-91 "Spectral Properties of Diode Lasers." B. Strickland, '91, W. Christian, D.M. Boye, North Carolina Academy of Sciences, UNC-Greensboro NC, March 18, 1991.
1989-90 (?) "Laser Spectroscopy: 6 Wave Mixing, Amplified Stimulated Emission and Raman Scattering." E. Cross (COSEN minority summer internship), Carolina Ohio Science Education Network, Sept 21-24, 1989.
1988-89 "Four Wave Mixing and Hyper-Raman Scattering in a Cesium Heat Pipe Oven," J. Stewart '89, Third National Conference on Undergraduate Research, San Antonio, TX, April 27-29, 1989.
1988-89 "Four Wave Mixing near the 8S State in a Cesium Heat Pipe Oven." Lau, S., Stewart, J., Harbert, S., Southeastern Section of The American Physical Society, Raleigh, NC, November 10-12, 1988.
1987-88 "Multiphoton Ionization Processes in Cs and R6." Lau, S., Second National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Ashville, NC, April 21-23, 1988.
1982-83 "Radioisotope Techniques for Biological Studies," John Cain '83.
1992-93 "The Ultraviolet Absorption Spectrum of C60 (Buckminsterfullerene) in the Vapor Phase: The First Electron Transition," Honors Thesis by Craig Bohart '93.
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