Physics Department
Science Building
CPO 1872
859-985-3277

Office Hours:
M–F, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Contact:
tracy_hodge@berea.edu

KAS Presentations


A list of the most recent student projects that have been presented at the Kentucky Academy of Science.


Year Research Project
2011 Synthesis and Characterization of Copper-Based Superconductors, Tommy Boykin and Amer Lahamer - Berea College
  Synthesis and Characterization of Half-Metallic Heusler Alloys, Rohan Isaac and AMer Lahamer, Berea College
  Laser Ablation of Boron, Nitrogen, and Carbon, Marissa Brown, Mackenzie Endres and Amer Lahamer - Berea College
  Ground State Energies and Isomer Configurations of Nanoclusters , James Perugia, Fidel Tewolde and Martin Veillette - Berea College
  The Identification of Few Layer Graphene and the Growth of Nanoribbons on Silicon Nitride Substrate, Chris Yaluma and Douglas Strachan - University of Kentucky
  The Effects of the Addition of SrCl2 and HoF3 on Photo Luminescent Z-BLAN Glass , Hodari-Sadiki James and Jacqueline A. Johnson - University of Tennessee Space Institute
  Densities and Compressibilities of Chiral Molecules in the Liquid State , Imelda Hot and Amer Lahamer - Berea College
2010 Laser Ablation of Solids in Liquid Environment, Tyler Vanover, Amer Lahamer - Berea College
Quench localization in Superconducting Radio-Frequency Cavities , Ramesh Adhikari, Berea College and Fermilab
BCS to BEC crossover in a rotating fermionic gas, William D. Norris, Martin Veillette - Berea College
Copper-based Superconductors, Tommy Boykin, Amer Lahamer - Berea College
Synthesis of Iron-Germanium, Rohan Isaac, Amer Lahamer - Berea College
The Optical Reflectivity of Graphene, Christopher B. Yaluma, Douglas Strachan - University of Kentucky
Establishing Density Profile of Ultra-Cooled Gas in a Harmonic Potential, Justin McGlothlin, Martin Veillette - Berea College
Infrared Reduction Analysis and Photometry, Rita Yalda, Damika Jones, Tracy Hodge - Berea College
2009 A Study of Ultra-Cold Atoms in the Strongly Interacting Regime, Brandon Brown, Martin Veillette - Berea College
  Magnetic Shielding for Neutron EDM Experiments, Ramesh Adhikari, Berea College
  The Transitions between the Normal, Superfluid, and FFLO states in a Fermi gas, William D. Norris, Martin Veillette - Berea College
  A re-examination of mid-infrared ISOCAM images of HII regions in M33, Emily Worinkeng, Hodari-Sadiki James, Tracy Hodge - Berea College
  Etching of Single layer Graphene, Jimmy Rop - Berea College
  Measuring Coronal Magnetic Twist Injected by Photospheric Rotation, Mohammed Humed Yusuf - Berea College
  Mid-Infrared Observations of IC133, Hodari-Sadiki James, Emily Worinkeng, Tracy Hodge - Berea College
2008 Study of the period of variable star at Berea College Observatory, Ramesh Adhikari, Jimmy Rop, William Cole and Tracy Hodge - Berea College
  Investigating the Plausibility of Blue Straggler Production without Cluster Dynamics: A Binary Evolution Only Approach, Matthew Bailey - Berea College, Robert D. Mathieu and Aaron M. Geller - Department of Astrophysics, University of Wisconsin, Tracy M Hodge - Berea College
  Laser Ablation of Diamond, William D. Norris, David Gilmour and A. S. Lahamer - Berea College, R. E. Haufler - MDS Analytical Technologies
  Numerical Simulations On Disordered Classical Spin Systems, Brandon Brown, Brad Steele and Martin Veillette - Berea College
  Investigation of AGN Variability in the Optical Regime, Diana Gudkova - Berea College, H. Richard Miller and Wesley Thomas Ryle - Georgia State University, Amer Lahamer - Berea College
  Variable Star Research at Berea College Observatory During the Summer of 2008, William Cole, Ramesh Adhikari, Jimmy Rop and Tracy Hodge - Berea College
2007 Prospects for LISA to Detect the Christodoulou Memory of Gravitational Waves, Shiblee Ratan Barua - Berea College, Daniel Kennefick - University of Arkansas, Amer Lahamer - Berea College
  Effect of Doping Novel Thin Film Sb2Te Phase-Change Material on its Optical and Switching Time Property, Kannatassen Appavoo - Berea College, Robert M. Shelby, Simone Raoux and Delia Milliron - IBM Almaden Research Center
  Laser Ablation of Graphite at Berea, David Gilmour, Bradley Steele and Amer Lahamer - Berea College
2006 First Light at the Renovated Berea College Observatory, Mohammed Yusuf, Bryan Gover and Dr. Tracy Hodge - Berea College
  Calculation of Conductivity of Thin Wires Using Boltzmann Transport Equation, Kannatassen Appavoo and Kingshuk Majumdar - Berea College
  Half Metals, Patrick Mono and, A. S. Lahamer - Berea College
2005 A study of optical rotation and linear polarization , Michaela Conley and Amer S. Lahamer - Berea College