Student Projects in Nuclear Physics

where physics students report on active research projects, publish results, and receive feedback on their ideas. This site is created and maintained by Prof. Richard Jones.

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Active Projects

• Tagger Microscope R&D
  • Characterizing SiPMs - Igor Senderovich
  • Design and prototyping of SiPM electronics - Brendan Krueger, Igor Senderovich, Woody Underwood
  • Microscope Prototype Mechanical Design Drawings - James McIntyre
    • Mechanical Design - Igor Senderovich, Carl Nettleton, James McIntyre
  • Fiber Array Prototype and Mass Production - Brendan Pratt
    • Fiber Array Fabrication Techniques - Carl Nettleton
  • Calibration Device for Scintillators - John Turner
  • Delivery of the Tagger Microscope Prototype to JLab - James McIntyre
• Diamond Radiator R&D
  • Diamond Radiator Thinning Using an Excimer Laser - Brendan Pratt
  • Hardware for Mounting of Diamond Radiators - Igor Senderovich
  • Construction of a Tabletop Michelson Interferometer - Chris Pelletier
  • Development of a Direct Imaging Technique for Vibrational Analysis - Chris Pelletier
  • Mylar Stretching for Diamond Mounting - James McIntyre
  • Analysis of Diamond Cantilever Vibration - Jessica Hyde

• Igor's repository of mechanical drawings - Igor Senderovich

• Analyses
  • Summary of 2008 XYZ Meson Review - Igor Senderovich
  • Exotic b1π Channel Simulation and Analysis - Igor Senderovich

Completed Projects

• Mentor Connection 2011 - Lacey Nolz, Alex Popescu, and Hoon Kim
• Frontiers 2011 Student Posters - John Turner
• Mentor Connection 2010 - Chelsea Sidrane, Mari Tader, and Varan Satchi
• Frontiers 2010 Student Poster Materials - Chris Pelletier and Matt Heiss
• Undergraduate Honors Thesis (2010) - Woody Underwood
• Target Diamond Structural Analysis - Matthew Heiss
• Lens Assembly Structural Analysis - Matthew Heiss
• Analysis of Michelson interference images - Alisa Engsberg
• Engineering Design and Fiber Arrays - Sarah Lamb
• Counting individual photons - Jie Zhao
• Mentor Connection 2009 - Ryan Roussel, David Smith, and Austin Antoniou
• Undergraduate Honors Thesis (2008) - Matt Demas
• Mentor Connection 2008 - June Yong Yang
• Mentor Connection 2007 - Matt Harrigan and Lee Hyun Seok
• Mentor Connection 2006 - Jie Zhao and Sampat Nidadvolu
• Mentor Connection 2005 - Okey Gabor and Kennedy Oghayore
• An Active Collimator for GlueX - Chris Gauthier
• Diamond Radiator Assessment - Brent Evans

Help

• Administrative Guide for New Group Members
• How to print a poster in P403
• Notes on distributed authoring software tools
• Example page - Richard Jones
• Test page - testing