Applied Physics Students attended the seventeenth annual Argonne Symposium in Argonne, Ill.
API student researchers, Eric Houchins, Chris McGrath, Matt Nichols,
Ian Rice, Jeremy Board, and Kyle Moss shared their latest research projects
with other students as well as professionals. API students were accompanied
by Dr. Ivan Novikov, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and API faculty member.
The Argonne Symposium invites students to present papers at the Argonne National Laboratory
on their research in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Geology, Mathematics,
and Physics. The Argonne National Laboratory is one
of the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest research centers.
Students were also given the opportunity to network with professionals
and listen to keynote speakers that presented on research within his or her field.
API student researcher and symposium attendee, Jeremy Board said:
"The Argonne Symposium is a way to network yourself into the environment
that you plan on working in the future, and this is a great opportunity to do that."
Students presented their latest research over several topics:
- The Utilization of Free-Running Digital Signal Processors as a Method of Multi-Channel Analysis.
Chris McGrath, Matt Nichols, Phil Womble, Alex Barzilov, Ivan Novikov, Jeremy Board, and Jon Paschal.
- The Effect of Nuclear Cross-Section Data on the Measurement of Elemental Densities in Explosives Threat Analysis.
Matt Nichols, Phil Womble, Alex Barzilov, Eric Houchins, Jeremy Board, Jon Paschal, and J.R. Moore.
- Design and Construction of the WKU Ion Beam Materials Analysis Laboratory.
Ian Rice, Phil Womble, Alex Barzilov, Lindsay Hopper, Jon Paschal, Ryan Moore, Sara McMurray, Britton Wallace, Time Morgan, and Jonathan Craft.
- Integrating Wireless Networking for Radiation Detection.
Jeremy Board, Alex Barzilov, Phil Womble, and Jon Paschal.
- Pulsed Elemental Analysis Using Neutrons.
Eric Houchins, Alex Barzilov, Phil Womble, Tim Morgan, Ian Rice, Jeremy Board, Joe Howard.
- Wireless Gamma Ray Spectrometer with Automatic Isotope Identification.
Kyle Moss, Phil Womble, Alex Barzilov, and Jon Paschal.
Students visited major physics research facility,
the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS).
Physicists from all over the world use ATLAS to probe the structure of the atomic nucleus by studying
the gamma rays and particles emitted when ion beams collide with targets.
The 500-foot-long accelerator is capable of accelerating ions of any element up to uranium to energies
as high as 17 million electron volts per nucleon — about 15 percent of the speed of light.
Students also visited Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
where Dr. Max Sukharev presented his latest research on
theory of coherent control and its applications in nanotechnology.
Coherent control approaches have been applied in recent years
to a broad variety of problems, ranging from atomic physics
and gas-phase molecular dynamics through solid-state physics
and semiconductor device technology to solution chemistry and biology.
• WKU physics students at the Argonne National Laboratory in front of the Advanced Photon Source.
From Left to Right: Alison Rohde, Ian Rice, Jeremy Maune, Sarah McMurray, Matt Nichols, Eric Houchins, Jeremy Board, Kyle Moss.
For further information, contact Kelly Johnson at 270-781-3859 or Kelly.Johnson1@wku.edu.
