The faculty have listed the following as potential projects for students undertaking a senior thesis.
Current students |
Continuing students (graduating 2023 or later) |
# ADDITIONAL projects available for those graduating 2023 |
Project information | |
Craig, David |
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Kangethe (23) |
0 |
Quantum inequalities in the decoherent histories formulation of quantum theory |
Dray, Tevian (Mathematics) |
Magone (22) w/CAM | - | 0 | Math Education, mathematical physics |
Gire, Elizabeth | Gamboa (22) |
Seghers (23) |
1 |
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Graham, Matt | Jeliazkova (22) L'Argent (23) Zaback (22) |
Zhu (22) | 1 |
If interested, please consider applying to URSA-ENGAGE advertisement, SURE or other scholarship programs through my lab. Contact Dr. Graham |
Hadley, Kathryn |
Klimowicz (22) |
Erickson, A (23) |
0 | Computational astrophysics: modeling protostellar systems; Rossby wave instabilities, plasma shocks |
Herman, Greg | - | - | 0 | Ambient-pressure XPS (expt) |
Jansen, Henri | none | - | 0 | Dr. Jansen is a computational physicist. He is currently full-time in the Dean's office. |
Kornilovich, Pavel (Hewlett Packard) | - | - | 0 | (computational) Stable knots in nematic liquid crystals. No projects for 2022/23. |
Lazzati, Davide | - |
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Contact Dr. Lazzati (Astrophysics). Projects normally involve some computer coding. Besides that there is a lot of flexibility with finding a project that satisfies the student's curiosity about the subject. |
Lee, Yun-Shik | - | Johnson, N (24) | 0 | High-Field Terahertz spectroscopy of nanomaterials |
Manogue, Corinne | Magone (22) | - | 0 | Contact Dr. Manogue (Physics Education, mathematical physics) |
McIntyre, David | - | Snyder, B (23) Stephens, J (23) |
0 | 1) Optical tweezer trapping and Brownian motion (exp/comp) 2) Optimized laser focusing via adaptive optics and machine learning (exp/comp) 3) Optical spectroscopy of materials (exp/comp) |
Minot, Ethan | none |
Nelson, A (23) Wall, B (23?, PH minor) |
1 |
Dr. Minot is in Finland (2021/2022 Academic Year) for collaborative research on quantum devices. When he returns to Corvallis next year, Dr. Minot can supervise projects such as: |
Ostroverkhova, Oksana |
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Kirms, M (23) Munk, R (24) |
1 | Light-matter interactions in organic microcavities and plasmonic nanostructures |
Qiu, Weihong |
Eagen (22) |
Chen, Z (23) | 1 | Experimental/Computation Biophysics. Potential projects are : i) In silico characterization of the interaction of molecular motor proteins with the tracks they run on; and ii) Characterize the mechanism of bidirectional kinesin motor proteins. |
Roundy, David |
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Freeman (23) |
0 | (computational) (1) Flat histogram Monte Carlo simulation algorithms. (2) Predicting equations of state for fluids. |
Schellman, Heidi | none | Lefevre, P. (24) |
none 2022/23 |
Neutrino physics. (sabbatical 2022-23) |
Schneider, Guenter | - | Shin (23) | 2 | Using machine learning to aid discovery in physics and science. Some computer programming experience required. |
Siemens, Xavier |
Leopold (22) |
Pelletier (23) |
? | (1) using radio telescopes to search for pulsars, (2) using radio telescopes to perform gravitational wave observations (pulsar timing), and (3) searching pulsar timing data for nanohertz gravitational waves. |
Sun, Bo |
?Gemmill (22, BB?) |
Melville (23) |
1 |
Characterizing cell migration in conflicting environment (experimental, and matlab data analysis) Developing deep learning methods for cell detection and tracking (proficient programing skills needed) Comparison of dimensional reduction algorithms for cell migration trajectories |
Tate, Janet |
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Farmer, S (23) |
0 |
(1) Amorphous-to-crystalline transition in thin films |
Tumblin, Rebecka |
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Computational astrophysics. Metalicity of stars and planets, data mining, cluster analysis | |
Walsh, KC | Smith (22) Norgren (22) |
Toll, M (23) | 0 |
(1) Ecampus comparative study of introductory physics using educational data mining and learning analytics. (2) Predictive modeling student success using various artificial intelligence methods. (3) Language processing student's reflective writing. |
PH317 |
(W22) Adams |
Bickley, M (23) |
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Next offering of PH317 is W23 |
OSU, non-PH advisors | ||||
Fang, Chong (Chemistry Dept) | - | - | - | (No slots for 2022/23. Possibly slots available for 2023/24.) Using steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic methods to study fluorescence mechanisms of functional molecular systems (e.g., proteins, chromophores, biosensors) in solution. (Experimental, contact Dr. Fang at Chong.Fang at oregonstate.edu). Group website: https://fanglab.oregonstate.edu |
Pettit (CEOAS) | Carroll (22) Clonch (22) |
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Cheong (Chem) | Daprano (22) | - | - | Computational Chemistry |
Woods (Nucl. Eng.) | Holler, L (23) | Nuclear Engineering | ||
Remcho (CH) | Chirica, P (23) | |||
Non-OSU advisors | ||||
Straneo (Scripps) | Glickman (22) | - | - |