Author: Kaitlin Bullard | Major: Physics | Semester: Fall 2022 Hello, my name is Kaitlin Bullard. I am a pre-med honors physics major with a biophysics concentration and a math minor. I have been working with Dr. Yong Wang in his biophysics lab. I received an Honors...
A Meeting of the Minds in Pasadena, California
Author: Ashley Lieber | Major: Physics | Semester: Summer 2022 Ashley Lieber is an honors student in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas majoring in Physics with a concentration in astronomy and minors in mathematics and...
Deep-learning Based Application for Characterization of 2D Flakes
Author: Apoorva Bisht | Majors: Computer Science and Physics | Semester: Summer 2022 Deep-learning and AI hold immense significance in identifying objects and classifying them. AI based models have been incorporated into many devices like smartphones, cameras etc....
Second Harmonic Generation and Correlation Measurements
Author: Apoorva Bisht | Majors: Physics and Computer Science | Semester: Spring 2022 I started my research project in physics in the spring semester of my first year in Dr. Nakamura’s lab. I joined the lab as the various applications of optics captured my interest....
The Complex Journey to Find Life in Space
Author: Ashley Lieber | Major: Physics | Semester: Spring 2022 After building a solid foundation in physics through my courses in high school and my first year of college, I was determined to find a mentor and get involved in research as soon as I could in my...
Accidental Discovery of a New 2D Material
Author: Cory Stephenson | Majors: Physics and Chemistry In the realm of material science, it is important to distinguish properties of new material to determine what applications the material can have. For instance, I discovered a new two-dimensional (2D) material...
Developing a Device for DNA Research
Author: Kaitlin Bullard | Major: Physics Hello, my name is Kaitlin Bullard. I am a pre-med physics honors major with a biophysics concentration and a math minor. I am working with Dr. Yong Wang in his biophysics lab. I am receiving an Honors College Research Grant for...
English Literature in English Lands
Author: Clayton Boothe | Majors: Mathematics and Physics In August 2022, I spent two weeks in England studying English literature. I traveled to Oxford, a city rich with over a millennium of history, and a college town if ever there was one. The idea of a ‘campus’...
Towards Generating Single Photons
Author: Apoorva Bisht | Majors: Computer Science and Physics I am currently in my third year of under graduation and majoring in physics and computer science. Being a computer science major gave me the opportunity to work on programming using FPGA. I joined Dr....
Towards Generating Single Photons
Author: Apoorva Bisht | Majors: Physics and Computer science I joined Dr. Nakamura’s lab in the Physics department in the second semester of my under graduation. The goal of the lab is to eventually identify reliable single photons sources. Single photons are...