Physics

Active Radiation Shielding to Protect Human Habitats During Interplanetary Space Travel

College of Letters & Science, Guptasarma, Prasenjit, Mentor, Morin, Marcus, Physics, Poster Presentation, Project, School and College, Student, Williams, Mason

Mason Williams and Marcus Morin, “Active Radiation Shielding to Protect Human Habitats During Interplanetary Space Travel” Mentor: Prasenjit Guptasarma, Physics Poster #185 Current radiation shielding in space uses passive methods. These are methods that physically stop radiation from reaching human…… Read More

Building Nanofluidic Devices Using 3D Printing

College of Letters & Science, Mentor, Physics, Popa, Ionel, Poster Presentation, Project, Saitis, Florin, School and College, Student

Florin Saitis, “Building Nanofluidic Devices Using 3D Printing” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Poster #154 This project focused on using 3D printing technology to create fluid chambers with nanofluidic channels for single-molecule magnetic tweezers experiments. The project involved designing various channel…… Read More

Constructing a Fluorescence-Based Technique to Model Protein Unfolding

College of Letters & Science, Mentor, Oral Presentation, Outstanding Presentation Award, Physics, Popa, Ionel, Project, Raicu, Naomi, School and College, Student

Naomi Raicu, “Constructing a Fluorescence-Based Technique to Model Protein Unfolding” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Oral Presentation Block 1 The unfolding and refolding of protein domains is a phenomenon which frequently occurs inside the human body. Protein misfolding is related to…… Read More

Creating a Streptavidin-meGFP Protein Construct

College of Letters & Science, Malik, Suha, Mentor, Physics, Popa, Ionel, Poster Presentation, Project, School and College, Student

Suha Malik, “Creating a Streptavidin-meGFP Protein Construct” Mentor: Ionel Popa, Physics Poster #25 Streptavidin [alive] (SAA) is a homo-tetramer protein with high affinity for biotin. Biotin is a cofactor necessary for metabolic enzymes such as carboxylases and decarboxylases, which produce…… Read More

Observatory Position Offset as a Source of Noise in Pulsar Timing Searches for Gravitational Waves

College of Letters & Science, Mentor, Oral Presentation, Physics, Project, Roch, Sparrow, School and College, Student, Vigeland, Sarah

Sparrow Roch, “Observatory Position Offset as a Source of Noise in Pulsar Timing Searches for Gravitational Waves” Mentor: Sarah Vigeland, Physics Oral Presentation Block 1 Pulsars are extremely dense, highly magnetized neutron stars that rapidly rotate with a reliable period……. Read More

STARS@UWM: The Search for Pulsars

Bolda, Claire, College of Letters & Science, Gleiter, Melissa, Kaplan, David, Mentor, Patron, Lucas, Physics, Poster Presentation, Project, Roch, Sparrow, School and College, Student

Claire Bolda, Sparrow Roch, Melissa Gleiter, and Lucas Patron, “STARS@UWM: The Search for Pulsars” Mentor: David Kaplan, Physics Poster #47 Pulsars are a type of star that is composed of extremely densely packed neutrons and rotates at an astonishingly fast…… Read More