PHYSICS DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES - 1995 Projects

The list below gives the names, home institution, and titles of final reports for the 1995 participants.

• Christopher Bouchard, U. Missouri-Rolla,
  A Least Squares Calibration of H(e,e'p)
• Christopher Cueman, College of W&M,
  Design and Construction of a Pulsed NMR Spectrometer
• Timothy Finegan, W&M,
  Development of a Molecular Dynamics Simulation
• Michael Groenert, W&M,
  A Vacuum-Compatible Kelvin Probe for Contact Potential Difference Studies
• Eliot Moore, Moravian,
  Development of a Positron Lifetime System
• Allison Newton, W&M,
  Development of a Computer Model for Lamb Wave Scattering
• Eric Phipps, Miami of Ohio,
  Lamb Wave Measurements for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Disbonds
• Sean Reidy, St. Bonaventure,
  Thermal Diffusivity Measurement for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials
• Mari-Anne Rosario, Harvey Mudd College,
  Collision Induced Dissociatin of H3+ and D3+
• Kevin L. Silverman, Bucknell,
  A Method of Gas Purity Detection in a Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber
• M. A. Singer, U. Kentucky,
  Calculating Molecular Forces in BaTiO_3 to be used in a Molecular Dynamics Simulation which Models Phase Transitions
• Matthew Stone, Moravian,
  Optimization of a Position Sensitive PMT for use in Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
• Joe Thomes, W&M,
  Measuring Plasma Characteristics using a Gridded Energy Analyzer
• Jarreas Underwood, Guilford,
  The Creation and Testing of High Temperature Superconducting Materials
• Eric Wertz, Bucknell,
  Absorption and Detection of Photons in a Multi-Wire Proportional Chamber

EXAMPLES OF PUBLICATIONS with REU Participants

• Radiowave Emission from the Stress and Fracture of Materials , D. Manos, M. Hinders, B. Smith, Adam Friedman and Tom Venhaus, in Reviews of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol 14, pp 83-90, D.O. Thompson and D.E. Chimenti, eds. (Plenum Publishing, NY, 1995).
• Electron Detachment and Charge Transfer for Collisions of X- with Ozone J. A. Fedchak, B. L. Peko, L. K. Keyte and R. L. Champion, Bull.Am.Phys.Soc. 39 1474 (1994)
• Reconstruction of Chaotic Signals using Symbolic Data X. Z. Tang, E. R. Tracy, A. D. Boozer, A. deBrauw Phys. Lett. A 190(1994)393
• Symbol Sequence Statistics in Noisy Chaotic Signal Reconstruction X. Z. Tang, E. R. Tracy, A. D. Boozer, A. deBrauw, R. Brown, Phys. Rev. E 51(1995)3871