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Zak Blumer presented “The Electrospinning and Investigation of Titanium Nitride Particles in High-Temperature Polymer Fibers” at the 2017 Ohio University Society of Physics Students Research Conference held in March. Blumer worked under the direction of Dr. Martin Kordesch to fabricate a mat of electrospun high-temperature polymer fibers loaded with titanium […]

Ari Blumer presented “Methods for Growth and In-Situ Observation of Monolayer TMD Growth”at the 2017 Ohio University Society of Physics Students Research Conference held in March . Blumer is working with Dr. Martin Kordesch to build a system consisting of a furnace with an open area for viewing the growth […]

By Michael Jaramillo ’17 B.S. Astrophysics I had the opportunity to work under the direction of Dr. Douglas Clowe. His research is on determining the dark matter distribution in galaxy clusters through weak gravitational lensing. One of my main jobs as his intern was to make sure the images of […]

By Andrew Dewald B.S. Honors Tutorial College Physics and B.S. HTC Chemistry, Class of 2016 I received a scholarship to study in Germany from the DAAD RISE Germany Program. I learned about the program through Ohio University’s Office of Nationally Competitive Awards. DAAD RISE offers summer research internships for undergraduate […]

In the summer of 2014, Kylie Holmes ’16 worked on a particle physics project at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, VA. For 2015, the double major in Astrophysics and Meteorology headed to California for summer study work to conduct atmospheric research with NASA. Holmes will be […]

  Twenty-one Physics & Astronomy majors were engaged in summer internships during 2014, and most of them through the department’s internship program. In Their Own Words and Pictures Erin Grimes: “Building an Optics Model to Examine Works of Art and Nature” Miguel Gomez: “The Pion Cloud and Motion of Sub-Atomic […]

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Why Be an Undergraduate Summer Intern? “To learn by experience!” – Samantha Thrush “I created my first successful nanostructure!” – Chris Wolfe “It allowed me to do something that may help advance our scientific knowledge.” – Ryan Goetz What Are Some Recent Intern Experiences? […]