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

Senior Seminar


Projects From Previous Years (1995 - 2012)

Below is a list of physics projects that our students have completed successfully in the past.

Year Students Projects
2012 Chris Yaluma
Hodari-Sadiki James
2011 William Norris Chladni Lines
Emily Worinkeng Energy States of A Gaussian Wavepacket in a Harmonic Oscillator
Theint Theint The Basic of NMR
Ramesh Adhikari Scattering of Polarized Light in Optically Active Turbid Medium
2010 Brandon Brown A study of Discus Flight
Mohammed Humed Yusuf Formulating a theory for the GSI anomaly
Tenzin Ngodup A study of X-ray diffraction
Jimmy Rop A Third Way to Solve the Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
2009 Matthew Bailey Investigating Blue Straggler Production through Binary Stellar Evolution
David Gilmour Repair and Characterization of a Wimshurst Machine
Brad Steele Computer Modeling of the First Critical Reynold Number of Flow around a Two Dimensional Cylinder
2008 Kannatassen Appavoo Using photometric analysis to determine characteristics of the V-2491 NOVA
Shiblee Barua Chaos and stability in the vicinity of a jovian planet
2007 Patrick Mono Properties of half-metal FeCoSi
Ni Ji Modelling of stellar interior
2006 Jason Lambert Negative index of refraction
Michaela Conley Chirality in nature
2005 Peterkin Quagraine Bose-Einstein condensation
Samuel B. McClure Some properties of muons
2004 Jacquelyn Hostler The essentials of white dwarf
2003 Lydia Longstreth Synchronization of two metronomes
Fredrick White Laser holography
Elisha Feger Quantum billiards
Rob Peterson Keys and lock operation
Jack Reynolds Kepler's legacy: The story of the Ellipse
Michael Samuel X-ray diffraction and its utilization in crystal structure identification
2002 Berhane Temelso Analytical and numerical studies of one-dimensional diffusion equation and the random walk problem
Dinesh Pillai Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of small Ag+- (C2H2)y clusters in the gas phase
Kevin Williams Sugar coated optics: Optical activity in sucrose and fructose
Andrew Wagers Computer simulations of planetary ring and moon dynamics
2001 None ---
2000 Timothy Brown Measuring Boltzman's constant from thermal noises in electrical fluctuations
1999 Juraj Topolancik Speeds of masses in gravitational loops
Ahmet Er Ohm's law and Co60
1998 Ariel Drogin Calculation of the charge of an electron utilizing the effects of shot noise
Matthew Perkins Information not available
1997 Andrew Glenn Brownian motion: Learning from a random walk
Benjamin Perry Information not available
1996 Jan Kmetko Mossbauer studies of SrRuO3+d, Sr2RhO4, BaRuO3+d, Ba2RuO4, BaRhO3+d,and Ba2RhO4
Timothy Willis A measurement of the muon lifetime
1995 James Martin Compton scattering experiment
Linda Opundo Testing Fourier inversion technique for image reconstruction
Rustin Jackson Chaos in the bouncing ball
Christopher Langley Experimental and theoretical comparison of the electric field gradient in FeCl2 - 4H2O
William Keeton Information not available

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