The physics department offers several levels of research courses, and summer research positions are often available. Our research 项目 cover a wide range of physics and astronomy,包括 significant interdisciplinary work. This research is supported by the NSF, 研究 Corporation, NASA, and other funding agencies.

Students who gain research experience at 赌博娱乐平台网址大全 are also strong candidates for national and international summer research 项目, and our students have worked at various U.S. locations and in other countries including Australia and Germany. These research experiences often lead to co-authorship on publications and give our students a strong advantage when applying to graduate school, as evidenced by their success in gaining acceptance to top Ph.D. 项目, 包括康奈尔大学, 哈佛大学, 普林斯顿大学, 大米, 斯坦福大学, 以及德克萨斯大学.

教授: 郑开文博士.D.

Kelvin Cheng is establishing both a computational biophysics lab, 包括超级计算机接入, and an experimental biophysics lab for single molecule spectroscopy, all to pursue his molecular dynamics studies of protein misfoldings implicated in neurodegenerative diseases.

教授: 大卫·普利博士.D.

Dave Pooley investigates extreme astrophysical phenomena.  He and his students analyze data from the 钱德拉x射线天文台, 哈勃太空望远镜, 麦克唐纳天文台, and other premiere satellites and facilities to study supermassive black holes (quasars), explosions of stars (supernovae), dense stellar systems (globular clusters), extreme mass accretion events in forming stars (FUor outbursts), and neutron star mergers initially discovered through their gravitational radiation.

教授: 丹尼斯·乌格里尼博士.D.

Dennis Ugolini's work focuses on making 21st-century physics research and cutting-edge equipment accessible in the undergraduate laboratory.  This program centers on the Arduino, an open-source electronics platform that replaces much of the complexity of filter and feedback circuits with software.  Current projects include developing an inexpensive device to measure laser wavelength to 0.1 nanometer precision, and a system for controlling the length of an optical cavity.

教授: 詹妮弗·斯蒂尔博士.D.

Jennifer Steele runs nanofabrication facilities that include a wet chemistry and optics lab to fabricate and characterize nanostructured surfaces and nanoparticles made from gold, 银, 和其他金属.  These structures have applications in biophysics and physical chemistry.  She also manages 赌博娱乐平台网址大全’s atomic force microscopes and scanning electron microscope.

教授: Niescja Turner博士.D.

Niescja Turner’s research interests include the physics of near-Earth space and the Earth’s magnetosphere. She uses satellite data to study magnetic storms as well as quieter phenomena. She is also deeply interested in issues of equity in STEM.

教授: Nirav Mehta博士.D.

Nirav Mehta has established a lab for computational physics to pursue theoretical advances in our understanding of quantum few-body systems, e.g., a system of four ultracold atoms.

教授: 大卫·霍夫博士.D.

David Hough has a computing facility for reduction and analysis of astronomical data obtained with radio telescopes like the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array. He and his students make images of relativistic jets in distant quasars to test physical theories of these objects.

教授: 奥林·辛德尔博士.D.

Orrin Shindell’s research focuses on the physics of living systems, usually at the cellular level. Often this work involves studying experimental models, i.e., artificial cells, that retain one or several properties of living cells. These experiments use microscopy techniques to make measurements that can be compared to theoretical calculations.

 

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Students and faculty conducting research in one of the CSI labs

 

可见, glass-walled laboratories are complemented by cozy group study spaces, inviting open and accessible student and faculty collaboration. 研究 groups benefit from the efficiencies of using shared instrumentation, as well as collaborative spaces for ideation and development. Labs are equipped with sophisticated instrumentation and machines, and much of the research done in these labs are published in leading scientific journals.

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