Laura Bell
Physics

Research: Macalester Summer Research '07 (Heyman)

Honors Thesis: Investigating Quantum Wells

Contact: lbell@macalester.edu

Phillip Crandon
Physics

Capstone: Analysis of the Deflection of Cantilever Beams

Steve Fazzio
Physics

Capstone: Quantum Entanglement as a Resource

Kassahun Haileyesus
Physics

Honors Thesis: Solutions in AdS_2

Tobin Kaufman-Osborn
Physics

Research: Macalester Research '07 (Heyman), Macalester Summer Research '06 (Doyle)

Capstone: Optimizing Electrical Properties of a-Ge:H Thin Films

Currently: Macalester Lab employee for the summer and fall

Ted Kimble
Physics

Capstone: Finite Element Analysis of Modern Perfabs in Hurricane and Earthquake Conditions

Thanzaw Myint
Physics

Honors Thesis: THz Measurements of Carrier Mobility and Concentration in Semiconductors

Paul Norman
Physics

Capstone: Studies in Computational Fluid Mechanics

Chris Papalia
Physics

Capstone: Inter subband Absorption in Parabolic Quantum Wells

Kristin Pollock
Physics

Capstone: Ion Bombardment Effects on Hydrogenated Amorphous Geranium

Jeff Rogers
Physics

Capstone: Investigating Quantum Wells, THz Style

Katy Schousan
Physics

Capstone: Exploring Blackberry Anthocyanins in Dye-Sensiitized Solar Cells

Daniel Schroeder
Physics and Mathematics

Research: Macalester summer research '05 (Heyman), '07(ter Veldhuis)

Honors Thesis: Solutions in Anti-de-Sitter Space

Daniel is going to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, to teach high school calculus and pre-calculus at the American School of Dubai. He will also coach the varsity girls soccer team while there. After a brief stint as a high school teacher, he plans to return to return to school and pursue a PhD in theoretical physics.

Contact: dschroeder@macalester.edu

Anne Sweet
Physics with an Astronomy Emphasis

Research: Macalester Summer Research, Cerro Tololo IntraAmerican Observatories (CTIO) in Chile, Institute for Astronomy at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honors Thesis: Spectral Classifications of Companion Stars in Herbig AeBe Binary Systems

Anne is TAing for the Macalester Summer Physics Institute and will be going to Brazil in March.

Aradan Thompson
Physics with an Astronomy Emphasis

Capstone: Photometry of the Tucana Dwarf Spherodial Galaxy

Greg Thompson
Physics

Capstone: Exploring the Geometry of Wave Interference with the Goal of Maintaining Areas of Relative Silence