Physics
Derya Meral ’08 Presents Physics Research at American Astronomical Society Meeting
Her honors thesis focuses on the rotation of stars Derya Meral ’08 (Bursa, Turkey) presented her research on the rotation of neutron stars at the 211th meeting of the American Astronomical Society held Jan. 7-11 in Austin, Texas. Meral, who is pursuing a B.S. in physics and an A.B. in mathematics, has been working on [...]
Battling Disease with High Frequency Waves
Chihyu Chen ’09 discusses his EXCEL research with Erol Ulucakli, associate professor of mechanical engineering Chihyu Chen ’09 (Bangkok, Thailand) is pursuing B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and physics. Over the summer, he performed EXCEL research on ways to fight cancer and heart disease with radiofrequency waves under the guidance of Erol Ulucakli, associate professor [...]
Observing the Sky
Greg Davis ’08 discusses his experiences in Prof. Michael Stark‘s course, Observational Astronomy Greg Davis ’08 is a physics major. This semester he took the course Observational Astronomy with Michael Stark, assistant professor of physics. The following is a first-person account of his experiences. Students Participate in Hands-On Astronomy There are many expectations that students [...]
Hands-on Astronomy
Greg Davis ’08 and Dan Bazewicz ’09 learn scientific techniques with Michael Stark, assistant professor of physics By Sara Costlow ’09 Two students got a hands-on look at the universe this semester in the Observational Astronomy course taught by Michael Stark, assistant professor of physics. Physics major Greg Davis ’08 (Dallas, Texas) and biology major [...]
Students Compose Original Music Using the Latest Technology
Course taught by James Moyer, associate professor of music, allows a variety of majors to encounter music in new ways “I think composing is fun. It’s like writing a poem but with music, not words. There really is no right and wrong,” says chemical engineering major Romeo Urias ’10 (Glen Burnie, Md.). The students of [...]
Faculty Notes
A glance at the research and other professional activities of some of the faculty members who are on leave in 2007-08 A glance at the research and professional activities of some of the faculty members who are on leave in 2007-08: Rexford Ahene, professor of economics and business, is senior technical adviser to the Uganda [...]
Professors William Jemison ’85, Andrew Kortyna, and Todd Wey Receive NSF Grant for State-of-the-Art Equipment
Grant will help continue undergraduate research projects William Jemison ’85, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, Andrew Kortyna, assistant professor of physics, and Todd Wey, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, recently obtained a Major Research Instrumentation grant for $257,762 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant will be used to purchase [...]
Computer Science Acquires New State-of-the-Art Equipment
Computing cluster allows for interdisciplinary research As a result of a previous National Science Foundation grant, the computer science department recently purchased a 12 node computing cluster to be used for computational research in mathematics, physics, mechanical engineering, computer science, and biology. The computing cluster is essentially many processors clustered together in a small rack. [...]
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