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By Cates Harman (B.S. Physics, Class of 2016) During the summer of 2015, I had the opportunity to intern in Physics & Astronomy with Dr. Justin Frantz, who specializes in nuclear physics, specifically the study of quantum chromodynamics. Among other things, Dr. Frantz is working on measurements of high-energy helium […]

By Erin Grimes (B.S. Physics and Applied Mathematics, Class of 2016) During the summer 2015, I continued my internship with Dr. David Ingram in Physics & Astronomy building an ion beam optics model using Comsol multiphysics software. The model is of a particular beam line in Edward’s Accelerator Lab, and the […]

By Miguel Gomez (B.S. Physics and B.S. Computer Science, Class of 2016) I had the opportunity to work as an intern with Dr. Ryan Chornock in Physics & Astronomy during summer 2015. My research focused on spectral reduction on standard stars and supernovae in order to determine their evolutionary life cycle. One […]

By Justin Courtright (Physics and Applied Mathematics, Class of 2016) My research with Dr. Eric Stinaff in Physics & Astronomy investigated how to produce an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) with an Arduino microcontroller and quartz tuning fork. Ideally, the AFM should be able to resolve objects down to 1 nanometer (one […]

By Ari Blumer (B.S. Engineering Physics, Class of 2018) I worked during May, June, and July 2015 in Dr. Martin Kordesch’s lab in Physics & Astronomy. My research focused on the growth of two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDs); specifically tungsten disulfide (WS2) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). TMDs are compounds that […]

More than 90 girls and 45 parents attended the third annual Tech Savvy event May 14 at Ohio University. Tech Savvy is designed to help girls in grades six through nine become interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Attendees came from both public schools and homeschools […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Nuclear engineers from the University of Florida recently convened at Ohio University’s Edwards Accelerator Lab for two weeks to conduct experiments on neutron detector characterization—and to help meet the challenge of improving the safety of storing spent nuclear fuel. Lead researchers are Dr. Andreas […]