Department of Physics — Student/Faculty Research

One of the best ways to learn physics is to do physics! At Wittenberg, students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty on ongoing research projects, or on projects of their own devising. Projects can be computational, theoretical, or experimental. Below are examples of research projects that Physics majors have done for their Senior Project:

• Tosha Johnson ('07) : Investigation of Ground Scattering Effects on Long-Distance Measurements of Gamma Rays
• Carissa Reynolds ('07) : Light Induced Atomic Desorption
• Tim Funke ('07) : Examination of the audio signatures and normal modes of vibrations of US Mint Pennies and Dimes
• Landon Locke ('04) : Properties of Biological Media Determined from Polarization Properties of Backscattered Light
• Nate Greene ('04): Optical Tweezers and Biological Applications
  
• Tim Hoagland ('04): Measuring Electron Momentum Distributions Using Positrons
  
• Theresa Conway ('01): Thermometry in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions 
• Jason Hill ('01): Wittenberg's Electrostatic Particle Accelerator
• Ankur Mehrotra ('01): Studies of the Light Induced Atom Desorption Phenomenon
• Adam Rothschild ('99): 3-D printing, surface tension, and capillarity
• David Gribble ('99): Charged Coupled Devices and Their Applications in Astronomy