Student Symposium Abstracts

My project was on the terahertz spectroscopy of undoped, tin doped and indium doped CdSe Quantum dots. Read More…

Last summer we expanded on the ongoing project of the Physics Department of developing, fabricating, and testing Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs). Read More…

The goal of this research was to study what factors affect the dimension of a copper fractal. Read More…

Amateur astronomers are making great contributions to the detection and monitoring of extrasolar planets, which are planets orbiting stars other than our own sun. Read More…

The submillimeter wavelength band of the electromagnetic spectrum is the last unexplored territory of ground-based astronomy. Read More…

My work took previously gathered wind speed, direction, temperature, and pressure data collected in the Mount Vernon area and input it into a database. Read More…

We experimented with wireless power transmission. Using copper coils, power can be transmitted several feet in all directions efficiently. Read More…

We are conducting an investigation of the relationship between infrared Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) emission and radio emission of atomic hydrogen (HI) to explore the interaction between star formation and the ISM. Read More…

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) offer a cheaper, more easily mass-produced alternative to silicon cells. Such cells are made from thin sandwiched layers of conductive glass, titanium dioxide, dye, and an iodide electrolyte. Our goal was to construct and test our own DSSCs. Read More…

The Foucault Pendulum is arguably one of the most beautiful demonstrations in physics. As the pendulum swings, the earth rotates underneath. Read More…