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1999 SURF Students

SURFing the Physics Laboratory Summer Seminar Series 1999

1999 SURF Students Projects

STUDENT
INSTITUTION
NIST ADVISOR
PROJECT TITLE
Katherine AquinoUniversity of California-IrvineGillian NaveMeasurements of Isotope Shifts in Dysprosium Using Fourier Transform Spectrometry
Peter BabiloUniversity of California-IrvineDoug SmithDetermination of Mechanical Properties in One Micrometer Al2O3
Jmi BassettCreighton UniversityMing TungCalcium Phosphate-Gelatin System as a Bone Model
Laura BattMiami (Ohio) UniversityJileen ShobeAbsorbed-Dose-to-Water Calibrations and Chamber Characterizations
Douglas BennettMiami (Ohio) UniversityKenneth G.W. InnA Comparison of Efficiency Measurements Made Using a HPGe Detector with Calculations from Monte Carlo Simulations
Bryan BichselTruman State UniversityGilles Cauchon
Tom Lucatorto		The Intricacies of the X-Ray Microscope
David BuehrleHolton-Arms SchoolPaul LettHigh Speed Photography in the Introductory Physics Classroom
Gretchen CampbellWellesley CollegeKris HelmersonConstructing Optical Tweezers
Deborah CatonFrostburg State UniversityLeticia Pibida
Robin Hutchinson		Measurement of Radionucleides in Natural Matrices
Sarenee L. CooperSouthern University and A&M CollegeYvonne BarnesGray Scale: Standard Materials Intercomparison
David J. CucciaUniversity of California - IrvineTom GentileHyperpolarizing 3He Gas for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Cindi L. DennisCarnegie-Mellon UniversityRobert ShullMagnetism, Time, and Your Hard Drive
Wilma FeboUniversity of Puerto Rico-CayeyDavid J. VanderahSynthesis of New Amphiphilic Glycerol Ethers and Esters
Rebecca FriedmanUnion CollegeKeith Lykke
Steve Brown		Calibration of a CCD Camera
Joshua HertzAlfred UniversityJohn BlendellScanning Piezo-Response Microscopy of Ferroelectric Thin Films
Jeff HodosRichard Montgomery High SchoolRobert ShullMagnetic Levitation Device
Peenak InamdarUniversity of RochesterCharles McLeanA Stab at Manufacturing Simulations Using a Natural Language Interface
Peter KobylarzUniversity of North Carolina-CharlotteDaniel Sawyer, IVError Mapping Coordinate Measuring Machines
Greg KubicekCreighton UniversityHoward YoonTesting for Linearity
Brian LangMiami (Ohio) UniversityMarc DesrosiersValidation Routines for a Remote Calibration Service
Tammy LindseyAppalachian State UniversityTerrell VanderahSubsolidus Phase Relations in the Ternary System BaO-Al2O3-Nb2O5
Forrest Ross LysingerBucknell UniversityMatt Davies
John Pratt		Investigation of Thermal Conditions at the Tool-Chip Interface During Machining
Michelle Leigh McCrainAppalachian State UniversityPatty McGuigganDeposition and Characterization of Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers
Kitty MonnSt. Andrew SchoolMarc DesrosiersIdentification of Irradiated Potatoes Using Impedance
Nader NassifUniversity of California-IrvineVitaly NagyDevelopment of Primary Concentration Standard for Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Spectroscopy
Christopher NowakowskiBucknell UniversityEdward AmatucciAdvancement in Microstage Technology
Christopher PagodaAlfred UniversityJoseph A. DuraX-ray Reflectrometry Modeling of Gadolinium Thin Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Ivan PalkovicCol. Zadak Magruder High SchoolRichard LindstromRelevance of a Summer Research Experience to the Teaching of High School Science
Ankit R. PatelUniversity of Maryland-College ParkChristopher C. WhiteSecondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Studies of Finite Thickness Effects on Polymer and Probe Diffusion in Free-Standing, Ultrathin Polystyrene Films
Marin RichardsonUnion CollegeEdwin HeilweilFourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Imaging
Daniel F. SmithUniversity of Maryland-College ParkJohn D. BarnesPolymer Characterization Techniques: Investigation of Semicrystalline Polymers Using Computer Simulation, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, and Hot Stage Optical Microscopy
Anthony StewartSouthern University and A&M CollegeErik K. HobbieInvestigation of Anomalous Relaxations in Colloidal Gels
Matthew TerracianoApplachian State UniversityEric L. ShirleyMapping the Fermi Surface
Bryan ThibodeauUniversity of RochesterStephen BalakirskyGenerating Cost Maps for an Autonomous Vehicle
Paul ThompsonRochester Institute of TechnologyTom LarasonMeasuring Shunt Resistance of Diodes
Matthew W. TundermannSyracuse UniversitySimon SzykmanDeveloping Frameworks for Design Repositories
Michal UchymaikUniversity of FloridaAlbert DavydovEvaluation of Phase Diagrams for Selected Metal - GaN Semiconductor Systems
Elaine UlrichWellesley CollegeKris HelmersonTrapping Bose-Einstein Condensates to Form Solitons
Maggie WalserUniversity of California-IrvineBrian LawnIn-Situ Observation of Glass Ceramics
Jake WestonAppalachian State UniversityMichael MitchLabVIEW Automation of an Extrapolation Chamber for the Measurement of Beta-Particle Radiation Fields
Eva WilcoxBrigham Young UniversityKenneth InnOptimization of Sonoluminescence Light Intensity
Keisha WilliamsSouthern University and A&M CollegeYvonne BarnesA Gray Scale Development at NIST
David YoshikawaAppalachian State UniversityPaul JulienneComputer-Aided Visualization of Four-Wave Mixing in Bose-Einstein Condensates
Diana ZeigerUniversity of Maryland-Baltimore CountyDavid VanderahSynthesis of Novel Amphiphilic Compounds for Hybrid Bilayer Membranes (HBMs)

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