Student Presentations
This collection contains presentations by students in Physics at Linfield University.
Events from 2023
Graphene Biosensors, Michael S. Crosser, Conner Dooley, and Gabrielle Stephens
Simulating the Influence of Birefringence for Centrosymmetric Point Groups using Rotational Anisotropy Second Harmonic Generation (RA-SHG), Alex Landry, Michael Crosser Dr., and Liuyan Zhao Dr.
Electrical Scarecrow, Boyu Liu and Tianbao Xie
Image Anomaly Detection Utilizing the Normalized Laplacian Matrix, Jakob Thomas Longbottom and Kate Lorenzen
Simulating the Feasibility of an Alternative Space Launch System Using Electromagnetic Acceleration., Liam Stewardson and Joelle Murray
Events from 2022
I-Beam Stringer Deflection in Bridge Falsework Design, Thomas Kolander
Characterization of Electronic Behavior within a 2D FET using KPFM, Joseph Murphy
Magnetic field strengths of stars, Rebekah Smith
An analysis of the Auger peak shift between barium and barium oxide, Nicholas Zdroy
Events from 2021
Securing Pint Glasses on Serving Trays With Magnetic Attachments, Jayden Commendatore
Relationship Between Thermal Conductivity and Free Electrons in Metal, Harry Liu and Tianbao Xie
Automatic Control System for Smart Trash Can, Zuyu Meng
2D Materials Under the Scanning Probe Microscope, Joseph Murphy and Becky Smith
Infectious Disease Propagation Modeling, Joseph E. Simpson and Joseph S. Overstreet
Design of Smart Trashcan, Haoran Song
Design of an Altitude Compensating Carburetor for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Ben Whitt
Events from 2020
Quantum Defects in Diamond: Identifying Nitrogen Isotopes of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers, Morgan Chamberlain
Relationship between Thermal Conductivity and Free Electrons in Metal, Yansong Liu and Joseph S. Overstreet
Benefits of Nano-Powder Transformer Core, Joseph S. Overstreet, Yansong Liu, and Zuyu Meng
Designing and Developing a Commercial Delivery Drone, Malachi Stalberg
Verifying 2D Device Potentials and Conduction with Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy, Joel Toledo-Urena, Joseph Murphy, Rebekah Smith, Joseph Simpson, and Jennifer T. Heath
Events from 2019
Field Electron Emission of Hafnium Carbide, Morgan Chamberlain, William Mackie, and Josh Lovell
Manufacturing and Testing the Permanent Magnet Linear Motor with Two Structures, Renjie Kang and Tianbao Xie
Exploring the Electrical Properties of Twisted Bilayer Graphene, William Shannon, Jennifer Heath, Byron D. Greenlee, Joseph Murphy, and Joel Toledo-Urena
Quantifying Complex Systems via Computational Fly Swarms, Troy Taylor and Joelle Murray
Detecting Changes in Pressure Using a Graphene Field Effect Transistor, Benedikt Toeldte and Michael S. Crosser
Transferring Power through a Magnetic Couple, Nick Villalobos
Exploring the Influence of Wind Turbine's Blades on Its Output and Efficiency, Siyun Yang and Tianbao Xie
Events from 2018
A Human Powered Micro-generator for Charging Electronic Devices, John Adam and Tianbao Xie
Fly Swarms and Complexity, Austin Bebee, Troy Taylor, and Joelle Murray
Effects of Tension on Resonant Frequencies of Strings, Blake Burnett, Bill Mackie, and Jennifer Heath
Thermoelectrics and Thermoelectric Devices, Benjamin T. Erck
Effects of Surface Pace in Baseball, Jason Farlow
Increasing the Longevity of Tungsten Filaments in a Zone Refiner, Byron Greenlee and Bill Mackie
CEvNS N2 Scaling Test Preparation: Characterization of NaI[Tl] Scintillating Crystal, Alleta Maier
Measuring the Double Layer Capacitance of Electrolytes with Varied Concentrations, Geoffrey Rath
Drag Coefficients of Varying Dimple Patterns, James M. Seeley and Michael S. Crosser
Measuring the Double Layer Capacitance of Electrolyte Solutions for a Graphene Field Effect Transisitor, Agatha Ulibarri and Michael S. Crosser
Events from 2017
Engineering a Zero-Carbon Emission, Solar-Electric Vehicle, Mason C. Adams
Operating Temperature of a Solar Thermal Stirling Engine, Spencer Beck
Ocean Wave Energy Device, Elizabeth J. Carson
Building and Validating a Model for Investigating the Dynamics of Isolated Water Molecules, Grant Cates
Using Electron Vortex Beams to Spin Nanoparticles, Hannah DeVyldere and Alice Greenberg
Model Reduction on the Wnt Pathway Leads to Biological Adaptation, Casie Gaza and Mark K. Transtrum
Thermal Filament Deposition at Various Pressures, James KYK Grace
Pico-Power Production from a Squirrel-Cage Darrieus HAMCT, James Harger, Joelle Murray, and Tianbao Xie
Fly Swarm and Self-Organized Criticality, Kuzivakwashe Rusere and Alleta Maier
Measuring the Effects of a Liquid Environment on Graphene Biotransistors, Agatha Ulibarri and Michael S. Crosser
Events from 2016
Protein Folding & Self-Organized Criticality, Arun Bajracharya
Complexity and Fly Swarms, Grant Cates and Joelle Murray
Capacitance Measurements of CIGS: Searching to Distinguish Defects, Thaddeus J. Cox and Alexander Ogle
Modeling the Behavior of the Surface to Liquid Interfaces in an Electrolytic Liquid, Caitlin M. Duffner, Daniel C. Miller II, and Michael S. Crosser
Effect of Electrolyte Concentration on Capacitance and Mobility of Graphene, Flint A. Martino, Agatha Ulibarri, and Michael S. Crosser
Reflective Efficiencies of Materials for Applications of Bifacial Solar Cells, Michael A. Metter
Frequency and Voltage Dependence of Series Resistance in a Solar Cell, Alexander J. Ogle, Thaddeus J. Cox, and Jennifer Heath
Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector for the iLOCATER Spectrograph, Alissa A. Runyon, Ryan Ketterer, Justin R. Crepp, Andrew Bechter, Jonathan Crass, and Bo Zhao
Autonomous Ground Vehicle, Kuzivakwashe Rusere, Matthew Dahlin, Yan Mo, and Chao Guo
Expanded Parameters in the Self-Organized Critical Forest Fire Model, Riley M. Self
Nonlinear Harmonic Modes of Steel Strings on an Electric Guitar, Joel Wenrich
Events from 2015
Constructing and Testing a Hydrokinetic Generator, Matthew Daniel Carleson
Comparison of Raised and Flat-Seam Baseballs, Joseph S. Carroll
Capacitance Measurements of Defects in Solar Cells: Checking the Model Assumptions, Justin R. Davis and Thaddeus Cox
Measuring Charge Carrier Mobility of Graphene, Christina A. Harmon
The Use of Piezoelectric Actuators in an Energy-Efficient Noise Reduction System, Ian J.M. Johnson
Measuring Strain in Trusses, Spencer Metzsch
Does a Simple Lattice Protein Exhibit Self-Organized Criticality?, Alissa A. Runyon, Dana M. Gibbon, and Arun Bajracharya
Events from 2014
Graphene as Gas Detector, Christina A. Bibler and Andrew Tan
Role of Contacts in Capacitance Measurements of Solar Cells, Justin R. Davis, Addison Wisthoff, and Jennifer Heath
Line Defects in Single Crystal CeB6 Electron Emitters, Nick Fairhart
Does a Simple Lattice Protein Folding Model Exhibit Self-Organized Criticality?, Tyler J. Schiewe, Joelle Murray, Arun Bajracharya, and Yura Sim
Self-Organized Criticality in Protein Folding Simulations with AMBER Parameters, Yura Sim
Do Lattice Protein Simulations Exhibit Self-Organized Criticality?, Addison Wisthoff
Events from 2013
Graphene: Gas Detector, Christina A. Bibler and Kyel Lambert
Correlating Fiber Quality Assurance Tests for the NOvA Far Detector Modules, Amanda Bowers
Investigating the Benefit of MR fluids in Shock Absorbers, Chao Guo
Optimization of Pt-based Spin-Hall-Effect Spintronic Devices, Joshua R. Melander, Henning Ulrichs, Vladislav E. Demidov, Sergej O. Demokritov, Weng Lee Lim, Neema Ebrahim-Zadeh, and Sergei Urazhdin
Physical Vapor Growth of Rubrene, Yura Sim
Computational Studies of Protein Folding, Addison Wisthoff
Permanent Magnetics Railgun, Yangfan Wu
Events from 2012
Seismic Modeling with an Earthquake Shake Table, Jordan E. Barnes
Doping Density Measurements of Textured Solar Cells Using Capacitance-Based Techniques, Amanda Bowers
Computational Studies of Protein Folding, Andrew Cleland and Addison Wisthoff
Virtual Reality and Sound Localization, Ryan A. Cook
Characterization of Focused Ion Beam Milled Lines, Yingshi Guo
Automatic Pet Door and Magnetic Field Activation, Alex J. Keith
Building and Testing a Photolithography System, Kyel Lambert and Michael S. Crosser
Computationally Modeling Compton Scattering to Understand Radiation Therapy, Daniel Nicewonger
Events from 2011
Tensile Bond Strength of Latex-Modified Bonded Concrete Overlays, Cameron DuBois and Chris Ramseyer
Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using Stereoscopic Computer Vision for Autonomous Vehicles, Robert Ferrese
Techniques for the Fabrication of Graphene Devices, Quinn Murphy
Capacitance Measurements on Schottky Contacts, Katie O'Brien
Electrochemical Etching HfC and LaB6, Scott Wickham
