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Class of 2024

Senior research topics, honors, and what's next:

1. Ritvik Reddy Annadi, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Frey “Promoting Electric Propulsion for Small Aircraft”

2. Ethan Raymond Buenviaje, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: “Electric Unmanned Surface Vehicle Design and Build

3. Grace Yeh-Eun Saetbyul Cha, HONORS, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Schniepp
“An Analysis of the Physical Properties of Diatom-Based Solutions for 3D Printing Applications

4. Lela Backes Creamer, HONORS, BS-PHYS/PHIL
 Advisor: Mordijck “Dimensionlessly Comparing Hydrogen and Helium Plasmas at LAPD”                                                                                                 

5. Lydia Marguerite Jane de Chantal Danas, HONORS, BS-PHYS Advisor: Stevens “Data Analysis and Machine Learning on DIRC Hit Patterns for PID”
                                                                                                      
6. Abel Daniel, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Yang “Development of BriteScope: An Optimized Video Laryngoscope with AI-Assisted Viewing Application”

7. Erin Driscoll, BS-GEOL; GE/PHYS  Advisor: Sher “The Optimal Jovian Lunar Body for Neutrino Detection from WIMP Annihilation”

8. George Matthew French, HONORS, *PBK, BS-PHYS/PHIL Advisor: Sher “Monoenergetic Neutrinos from WIMP Annihilations in Jupiter”

9. Bradley Harrison Friedman, BS-PHYS Advisor: Stevens “An Analysis of Eta and Phi Event Production at GlueX in the Reaction γp→pϕη”                      

10. Gwendolyn Rose Galleher, HONORS *PBK, BS-PHYS/MATH; AM Advisor: Mordijck “Modeling in the Neutral Densities of SPARC Using a Phyton Version of KN1D”

11. Preetha Gopinath, BS-PHYS
Advisor: Mordijck“Determining the Effects of Neutral Densities on Plasma Turbulence Using Hermes-3”

12. Griffin Charles Heyde, BS-PHYS; EPAD/CSCI  
Advisor: Frey “Unmanned Surface Electric Vehicle Design and Build”                       

13. Nicholas Holland, HONORS, *MON, BS-PHYS/MATH; AM Advisor: Mordijck “Validation of Kinetic Transport Code for Improved Modeling of Neutral Densities in Tokamaks”                                                                                           

14. Angela Huang, HONORS, BS-PHYS; EPAD/PHIL Advisor: Yang “Designing a Battery Management System and Optimizing the Prototyping Process of a Video Laryngoscope”                                          

15. Izak Roger Johnson, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Schniepp “Developing an Automated Monitoring System for Diatom Growth and Silicate Concentration”                                                                                  

16. Julius Frederic Kiewel, HONORS, BS-PHYS/MATH; AM Advisor: Mordijck “Identifying Transitions in Plasma with Topological Data Analysis of Noisy Turbulence”   
                                                                                      
17. William Chilton Kobos, *PBK, BS-PHYS/BIOL Advisor: Schniepp“Characterizing the Thermal Properties of Diatom-Derived Hierarchical Ceramics”

18. Brooks Logan Lucarelli, BS-PHYS/GRMN Advisor: Frey “Computational Simulation and Analysis of the Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics of an Unmanned Boat”                                                                                    

19. Zachary Alexander Lutzky, BS-PHYS Advisor: Larson “Characterization of Optical Tweezers”

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Anna Grace McNally, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Yang “MindBot: Automated Dementia Garden

21. Julia Ann Merti, HONORS, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Yang “Utilizing User-Centered Design to Optimize the Mechanical and Electrical Components of a Wireless Video Laryngoscope for First Responders”   

22. Emily Frances Morris, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Yang “MindBot: Automated Dementia Garden”                                                                                                

23. Leo Thomas Murphy, HONORS, *PBK,*MON, BS-PHYS/MATH; SM Advisor: Mordijck “Effect of the Parallel Pressure Gradient on Drift-Wave Turbulence in LAPD

24. Cecilia Ann Oberkircher, BS-PHYS/GEOL; GE Advisor: Mordijck “Three-Dimensional Modeling for the Response of a Stratified Coastal Ocean to Hurricane Sandy in Long Island Sound and New York Bight

25. Ramisa Akther Rahman, HONORS, BS-PHYS Advisor: Novikova “Faraday Rotation Results Associated with the Photoionized Gas of IC 1396”                           

26. Aaron Christian Ringberg, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Schniepp “Developing an Automated Monitoring System for Diatom Growth and Silicate Concentration”  

27. Eric Everette Schuster, BS-MATH; AM/PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Yang “Development of BriteScope: An Optimized Video Laryngoscope with AI-Training Platfor

28 .Anuj Dharmesh Shah, BS-INTR; SD Advisor: Schniepp “Coconut Endocarp Project

29. Patrick Duncan Sheridan, *MON, BS-PHYS/PHIL Advisor: Erlich “Entanglement in Stochastic Mechanic

30. Claudia Grace Smith, HONORS, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Yang “Streamlining Care: Empowering Healthcare Providers Through iOS Development”

31. James John St Martin, BS-PHYS; EPAD Advisor: Schniepp “Developing an Automated Monitoring System for Diatom Growth and Silicate Concentration

32. Emma Lynn Stiller, BS-NSCI Advisor: Yang “MindBot: Automated Dementia Garden”

33. Audrey Johannah Swartz, BS-PHYS Advisor: Averett“Characterizing the Spatial Distribution of Alkali Atomic Polarization

34. Lily Anna Szalay, *PBK, BS-PHYS; EPAD/INTR; FMST Advisor: Frey “Unmanned Surface Electric Vehicle Design and Build”

35. Joshua L. Vega, BS-PHYS Advisor: Vahle “Isolating a Deuteron Sample in the NOvA Test Beam Detector”

36. Ryan James Yoder, BS-PHYS  
Advisor: Schniepp “Porous Ceramics Derived from Biogenic Silica”