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Group photo of physics faculty and students

Group photo of physics faculty and students

Physics Research Symposium 2024

Physics faculty with students (L-R): Riley Carpenter ’25 (Engineering Physics), Ariana Riofrio ’26 (Physics, Mathematics), Chris WeberAnna Kavanagh ’27 (Physics), Andrew Cates ’26 (Physics), Max Gertner ’26 (Electrical Engineering), Leo Illing ’25 (Physics, Mathematics), Joey Vollert ’25 (Engineering Physics), Emily Scott ’27 (Physics), Bachana LomzadzeRenee Chapla ’26 (Engineering Physics), Betty YoungKristin KulasShuzhi Zhu ’26 (Physics), Shan Wu. Not pictured: Isabella Camacho ’26 (Physics), Ava Brouster ’27 (Mechanical Engineering), Roman Junes ’26 (Electrical Engineering).

 

The Physics Department held its annual Student Research Symposium last Saturday, October 5. Students presented their research results from summer 2024. Some of the topics discussed were me V-scale dark matter detector fabrication, asymptotic giant branch stars and their interstellar interactions, and high-duty cycle spectroscopy and microscopy.