Student Projects with M.L. West
In 2008:
- Ferrofluid Instabilities (Timothy Buli)
- Optical Variability in Blazar OJ 287 (Edmond Knesevitch, Christine Vadovszki, Timothy Buli)
In 2007:
- Comet Holmes (Edmond Knesevitch, Christine Vadovszki, Timothy Buli)
- Meteorite Identification Problems (Jonathan Norton)
- Cratering in Various Soils (Nickolas MAloupis)
Some projects in 2006 were:
- Relationship Between the Radio bursts from the Sun and Ionospheric Propagation (Nathaniel Frissell and Michael Papalos)
- Harmonic Overtones in Musical Instruments (Nathaniel Frissell)
In 2005 some projects were:
- Classification of Meteorites by Magnetic Susceptibility (Michael Stolarz Speer)
- Magnetism of Meteorites (Cesar Marino and Taki Zaidi)
- Distribution of Chondrule Sizes in Meteorites (Taki Zaidi and Cesar Marino)
In 2004 we did these projects:
- Chemical Abundances from Spectra of Bright Stars (Marie C. McCrary)
- Novae in the Andromeda Galaxy (Christine Moliterno)
- Observations of RR Lyrae Stars in M15 (Juli M. Stoltz)
In 2003 projects included
- Using the Sun to Calculate the Size of the Earth (Bill Phillian)
Using Observations of Jupiter's Moons to Determine the Mass of Jupiter (Nadia Akhtar)
In Spring 2000 in Astronomy 280 the projects were
- Relevance of Sunspot Numbers (Sean Clifford)
- The Lyrid Meteor Shower: April's Shower of Stars (Todd Estelle)
- Fiber-Optic Spectroscope (Richeall Kennedy)
- Constructing a
Radio Jove Telescope
to Monitor Jupiter (Lori Kiefer, Angela Kim, Charles Oliveri)
- Collecting Micrometeorites (Richard J. Kucera, Jr.)
Also Bill (An indepedent study )
In Fall 1999 independent study projects were
- Spectra with a Sivo Spectroscope (Richeall Kennedy)
- Seismograph Electronics and Analysis (Elias Ahadi)
- Foucault Pendulum (Brian Heinold)
- Supernovae Simulations (Bret Morgan)
In Fall 1998 in Computer Simulations of Physical Systems the projects were
- Geometry and Vibrations of PAHs by MacSpartanPlus (Elias Ahadi)
- Computer Simulation and Animation of a Magnetic Pendulum (Brian Heinold)
- The Four-well Magnetic Oscillator (Scott Merenda)
- The Capacitance of an Electroscope (Gil Reifler)
In Fall 1997 in Astronomy for science majors the projects were
- The Moon Illusion (Christine Campana)
- Celestial Navigation (Carl Carlson)
- The Orbits of the Moons of Jupiter (Philip Dressler)
- Velocity of Ejecta from Tycho (Ward Flynn)
- True North (Kathy Goldberg-Congden)
- The Mass of Saturn from Titan's Orbit (Brian Heinold)
- The Moon's Phases (Denis Kolenovic)
- Eclipse of Algol (Peter LaMonaca)
- Rotation Period of the Sun from Sunspots (Robert McCormack)
- Circumference of the Earth (Scott Merenda)
- Color Temperatures of the Stars in Cassiopeia (Jeanine Prendergast)
In Spring 1996 we were investigating in Mathematical Physics
- Series Approximations to Bessel Functions (Nelson Alonso)
- Nuclear Waste Disposal Methods (Eric Cameron)
- Hydrogen Atom Models of Bohr and Schrodinger (Carl Carlson)
- Holograms (Brian Dugdale)
- Computer Generated Ordering (Anthony Giampapa)
- Measurement of g by Dual Photogate Timer (Scott Merenda)
- Communication by Laser (Peter Musolino)
- Network Analysis of a Steam Generator (Lawrence Ramsey)
In spring 1996 there were also independent studies of
- Stability of Bicycles (Peter Feeney)
- Hurricane Interactions (Matthew Onken)
- Motions of Saturn's Moons (Jennifer Ayala)
In spring 1995 in "Mathematical Physics" I directed
- Vibrational-Rotational Spectra of HCl (Ahmad Al-Shawa)
- Motions of a Pendulum (Egbert Burke)
- Torsional Pendulum Decay (Peter Feeney)
- Hurricane Development Model (Matthew Onken)
- Complexity in the Orbit of a Perturbed Planet (Gabe Rivera)
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Last modified May 18, 2000