The faculty have listed the following as potential projects for students undertaking a senior thesis.

 

Current students
(graduating 2022)

Continuing students (graduating 2023 or later)

# ADDITIONAL projects available for those graduating 2023
(enquire about 2024)

 Project information

Craig, David

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Kangethe (23)
Seibert (23)
Siebersma (23)

 0

Quantum inequalities in the decoherent histories formulation of quantum theory
Decoherence, the uncertainty principle, and quantum information
Canonical structure of loop quantum cosmology
Singularity resolution in loop quantum cosmology
Emergence of the arrow of time
Effective equations in loop quantum cosmology
Path integrals, decoherence, and partitions of space-time paths

Dray, Tevian (Mathematics)

 Magone (22) w/CAM - 0 Math Education, mathematical physics
Gire, Elizabeth Gamboa (22)

Seghers (23)
Shapton (23)

 1
  • Student use of various sensemaking strategies in Ph315 & Ph335
  • Development of course materials & assessments for Paradigms courses.
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.
End of the Spring term is the only time to inquire unless applying for a scholarship program(then ask early, ask often).

Contact Dr. Graham 
Optoelectronics: electronic confinement and current generation in emerging materials.
Hadley, Kathryn

Klimowicz (22)
Rhead (22)
Knudson (22)

Erickson, A (23)
Jones, C (24)
Jackson, D (24)

 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 -
 - 

?

  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:
1) Compulational simulations of a one-dimenionsal quantum device for pumping charge (solving electrostatics and the Schroedinger equation).
[Not for 2022-23, but possibly in later years: (2) Physics of mitigating COVID-19 risks: measuring ventillation rates with a tracer gas, electron microscopy of mask materials, quantifying breathability of maks materials.]
Ostroverkhova, Oksana

 

 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


 Holmes (22)
Sprueill (22)

Freeman (23)
May (23)
Shin (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)
Levenburg (22)
Downing (22)
Medina-Hernandez (22)
Steele (22)

Pelletier (23)
Ashby (23)
Lein (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?)
?Rapoto (BB)

Melville (23)
Chavez (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
(2) Optical properties of semiconductors (experimental) 
More information
Tumblin, Rebecka

 

 

    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
Ali
Bloomer
Keyes
Linebarger
Liu, Y
Schultz
Staller
Widmer

Bickley, M (23)
Han, Y (23)
Allard, C (23)
Gregory, J (24)
Hildebrandt, M (24)
Le Fevre, J (23)
Koutsopoulos,T(23)
May, S (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) 		 -  -  
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) - -