STEM Symposium

Spring 2025 STEM SYMPOSIUM

June 13, 2025

Physics & Chemistry

Oral Presentations: Discovery Hall, room 162 | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Poster Session: Collaboratory – Discovery Hall, room 152 | 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

 

Oral Presentations: Discovery Hall, room 162 | 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

10:00 AM Welcome and Introductions 

10:05 AM-10:17 AM

Project: Understanding Driving Mechanisms of Extremely High Velocity Outflows at Several Redshifts

  • Anna Ritchie, Physics (BS), Minor CSSE

Faculty adviser: Dr. Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo

10:17 AM – 10:29 AM

Project: Developments in the Study of Extremely High Velocity Outflows: Relationships Between their Outflow Speeds and Physical Properties, New Tools, and Application to Extreme Cases

  • Liliana Flores, Physics (BS)

Faculty adviser: Dr. Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo

10:29 AM – 10:41 AM

Project: How Professors and Students think through Physics questions

  • Gavin George, Physics (BS), Minor: Mathematics

Faculty adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak

10:41 AM – 10:53 AM

Project: The Student’s Perspectives, Quantum, Realist or Both?

  • Morrigan Kalet, Physics (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Alanna Pawlak

 

 

Poster Session:

Collaboratory, Discovery Hall Room 152 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Project: Designing and Building Pulsed Laser and Photodetector Circuits for a Speed of Light Measurement Device

  • Joey Del Gianni, Physics (BS)
  • Carol Miu, Physics (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Subramanian Ramachandran

Project: EMRI Signal Characterization for the LISA Gravitational Wave Mission

  • Jayron Yucker, Physics (BS)Project:

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Joey Key

Project: Evaluating LIGO Hanford Channel Safety using Calibration Lines and Intermodulation Products

  • Jason LeVelle, Physics (BS)
  • Carol Miu, Physics (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Ansel Neunzert

Project: Independent Study in Nuclear Engineering

  • Lise Hennessy, Physics (BS)

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Subramanian Ramachandran

Project: Investigating Factors that Influence Success in General Chemistry

  • Sydney Reynolds, Chemistry (BS)
  • Aurell Kusuma, Chemistry (BS)
  • Brandon Boyd, Pre-major

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Charity Lovitt

Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Titanium on Graphite and Alumina

  • Amaya Cook, Pre-Major

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Subramanian Ramachandran

Project: Low-cost Laser Etched Microfluidic Channels for Biochemical Analysis

  • Natalie Iscoa, Chemistry: Biochemistry (BS), Minor: Biology

Faculty Adviser: Dr. Scott Shippy