Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
(Samuel Beckett)
Physics Senior Thesis: A Guide for Seniors
2022-2023
- Daniel Cohen Cobos
: Simulating Reaction-Diffusion Waves to Model Gravitational Lensing - Michael Scarberry : Belousov–Zhabotinsky Reaction and its Metal Complex Catalysts
2021-2022
- William Hilbert: Designing an Apparatus for Creating 1D Standing Waves Using Reaction-Diffusion-Advection Systems
- Melita Wiles : Angular frequency of rotating spiral waves in a chemical reaction-diffusion system (Masters student in Statistics at Wake Forest University)
2020-2021
- Megan Fisher : Creating an Event Horizon Analogue with the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction (Systems Engineer in the Space Architecture Department at the Aerospace Corporation)
- Craig Klumpp: A Case of Heartburn: Replicating the Heart’s Electrical Signals with Fire (PhD student in Biophysics (MS in medical physics) at the University of Rhode Island)
- Handeul Son : Investigation o fire propagation using discrete tree simulations (PhD student at Technical University of Munich, Germany)
2019-2020
- Margaret McGuire
: What a Mouthful! Geographic Tongue as a Reaction Diffusion System
(Pre-dental math major, officially advised by Drew Pasteur). See her 2020 Virtual Senior Research Symposium contribution. (Dental school at UNC Chapel Hill)
2018-2019
- Daniel Blaikie : Propagation of light-sensitive RD waves in inhomogeneously illuminated systems (Masters student in Applied Physics at the University of Oregon)
- Sam Nash: Using Belousov-Zhabotinsky waves as an analogue to the event horizon of a black hole
- Joe Theiss : Slope’s Effect On Discrete Tree Fire Simulations (Site Reliability Engineer at Centene Corporation)
2017-2018
- Jack Mershon : Modified propagation of anomalous Belousov-Zhabotinsky waves in a quasi-1D system (Masters student in Mechanical Engineering at Indiana University)
- Nate Smith : A computational simulation of Belousov-Zhabotinsky wave behavior around obstacles (Electronic Warfare Engineer at DCS Corp)
2016-2017
- Marc Manheim : On the creation of a lab sized hydrodynamic event horizon analogue (Masters student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky)
- Robin Morillo :The Effects of Slope upon Propagation Speed and Pattern Formation in Forest Fires (PhD Student in Applied Mathematics at North Carolina State Univeristy)
2015-2016
- Spencer Kirn : Excitation waves in planar, inhomogeneously illuminated systems (PhD student in Physics at College of William and Mary, Nondestructive Evaluation & Robotics Laboratory)
- Mitch Gavin : An Injector to investigate reaction-diffusion-advection systems (Structural EIT at Morrison Maierle, Inc.)
- Diego Miramontes : Creating quasi two-dimensional, curved molds with 3D-printing technology (Analista del Datos)