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Our majors find the Senior Paper to be one of the most challenging experiences at Haverford, but also the most satisfying. With guidance from their faculty mentors, students write a paper, typically 25-50 pages long including figures and references, aimed at a general audience of physicists. Frequently, this leads to a publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
2008 Physics & Astro Senior Papers
- Explicit, Efficient Decomposition of Multi-qubit Quantum Gates
- The Appearance of Swirl in an Axisymmetric Converging Flow
- Trajectories of Inertial Particles and Fluid Elements
- Effects of Oxygen and Gating on Porphyrin Nanowires
- Effects of Aging Time and Porphyrin Concentration on the Morphology of Meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphine (TPPS4) Nanorods, and Effects of Morphology on Their Photoconductivity
- Forster Energy Transfer in Nanostuctures
2007 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
-
Sulfonated Porphyrin Aggregates:
Morphology and Optoelectronics
-
Experimental Methods of
Analyzing Fluid Systems: Particle Tracking in a Kolmogorov Flow
-
Persistent Photoconductivity
and Photo-Induced Morphological Changes in Porphyrin Nanorods
-
Flow Properties of Dense
Colloids in Microfluidic Devices
-
Electronic and Structural
Properties of Porphyrin Nanorods and Nanofiber Bundles
-
Entropic Ordering of
Bacteriophage
-
Evidence for Inverted
Spectrum 20 GHz Emission in the Galactic Plane
-
A Quantum Entanglement
Measure for Mixed States
2006 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
-
Computational Physics
at Haverford College: Using the Matlab Programming Language
-
Dynamics of Surface
Flow in Horizontally Vibrated Granular Layers
-
A Model for Molecular
Wires: Formation of Linear Aggregates of Coproporphyrin and Coated
Spheres with Submicron Radii
-
The Photoconductive
Properties of Phorphyrin Nanorods Over Long Time Scales
- Scanning Conductance
Microscopy of Porphyrin Nanorods
2005 Physics
& Astro Senior Papers
-
High Voltage Behavior
of Carbon Nanotube in UHV
-
The Photoconductivity
of Porphyrin Nanorods"
-
Structural Investigations
of Nanorod Aggregates of Meso-Tetrakis (4-Sulfonatophenyl) Porphine"
-
Elastic Instability
in Elongational Polymer Flow"
-
Using Nanotubes
for Enhanced Atomic Force Microscopy
-
"Shear-Induced Aggregation
of a Binary Granular Mixture in an Annular Geometry"
-
Physics of Quantum
Dots"
-
Construction of
a Magneto-Optical Trap for the Trapping and Cooling of Individual
Rubidium Atoms"
-
Micromagnetic Manipulation
of Cardiac Tissue"
-
Development and
Testing of Java Applets for Physics Education"
2004 Physics
& Astro Senior Papers
- Carbon Nanotube AFM Probes for
Use in Solution"
- Fast Granular Flow"
- Simple Simulation Solution: Least-Squares
Linear Parameterizations of Activation Energies in Rh/Ag(001)"
- Nanoscale Contacts Using Carbon
Nanotubes"
- Fluid Mechanics and Mixing on Small
Scales"
- Modeling Endosymbiotic Evolution"
2003 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
- Electron Transport in Graphite
Nanocrystals"
- Determining the Effects of Elasticity
on the Mixing Dynamics of Polymeric Fluids"
- Towards a Model of Symbiotic Evolution
- The Origins of Eukaryotic Life"
- Carbon Nanotube Breakdown"
- Structure and Properties of Myosin-II
Aggregates"
- On the Conductivity of DNA: A Novel
Approach"
2002 Physics
& Astro Senior Papers
- Mixing in Polymer Solutions"
- Ice Nucleation in Clouds"
- Edge Transfer Lithography"
- Investigation into the Electrical
Properties of Atomic Wires"
- Modeling Lipid Raft Diffusion in T-Cells"
- Cross Correlation of the Cosmic Microwave
Background with Radio Sources"
- Detecting Diffuse Optical Light in
the Cluster of Galaxies Abell 1413"
- ADAF Model Predictions of Black Hole
Mass from a Radio/X-ray Luminosity Relation"
- Diffuse Interglactic Light in Abell
2218: Does it Trace the Dark Matter?"
- Serendipitous Expedition: Radio Source
Counts at 8.5 GHz"
2001 Physics & Astro Senior Papers
- Accessing Polymer Structural Information
with Laser Tweezers"
- The Effects of Primordial Black Holes on
the Cosmic Microwave Background"
- Shear Flow Effects in Granular Materials"
- Fluid Mixing in Two-Dimensional Chaotic
Flows"
- Structure in the Visual Field (or, why
your optic nerve isn't as thick as your arm)"
- Rhodium Excavations of the Silver Surface"
- Approximating Phase Transition Temperatures"
- It's Alive! Genetic Assisted Design and
the Evolution of Digital Circuits in Field Programmable Gate Arrays"
- Clustering of Vibrating Particles Immersed
in a Viscous Fluid"
- Periodic Variables in the Young Cluster
NGC1333"
- Large-scale Structure of the Cosmic
X-ray Background"
2000 Physics & Astro Senior Papers
- Modeling Phase Separation in Systems of
Vibrated Granular Particles"
- Searching for Companions to Nearby Stars
Using Methane-Band Imaging"
- Making Contact with Atomic and Molecular
Wires"
- Radio Source Counts at 1.4 GHz"
- Nanotribology - A Modern Approach to the
Study of Friction"
- Misconceptions and Instructional Methods
in Introductory Physics: Energy and Momentum"
1999 Physics & Astro Senior Papers
- The Electronic Properties of Atomic Sn
Wires and an Investigation of the Double Piezoelectric Effect"
- Mechanisms of Vacancy and 2nd Layer Adisland
Formation in the Rh/Ag(001) System"
- A Model for Spontaneous Outflow from an
Advection Dominated Accretion Flow"
- Velocity Statistics and Phase Transitions
in a Vibrated Granular Monolayer"
- Some Applications of Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy to the Study of Proteins"
- Contemporary Applications of EPR-Bohm Entanglement"
- Using Laser Tweezers for Determining the
Elasticity of Novel DNA Systems"
- Cosmology from Compact Extragalactic Radio
Sources"
- Transient Ordering of Adatoms on Surfaces
of Square Symmetry"
1998 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
- Studies of Transient Mixing Phenomena in Two
Dimensional Flows"
- Frictional Dynamics of Granular Materials"
- Single Electron Devices: Progress in Physics
and Fabrication"
- A Statistical Search for Ghost Images in the
Radio Sky"
- Structure and Stability of Sharp Tungsten Asperities"
- Using Biological Specificity to Image Proteins
with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope"
- Long Term Magnetic Activity Variations in Post
Main-Sequence Stars"
- Making Atomic Wire Contacts Through UHV-STM
Field Evaporation"
- Educational Strategies for Dealing with Preconceptions
Held by Introductory Physics Students"
1997 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
- Using Biological Specificity to Study Proteins
with Scanned Probe Microscopes"
- Wave Patterns: An Interplay Between Geometry
and Nonlinearity"
- Platinum (110) as a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Tip Characterizer"
- Primeval Galaxies or Very Distant Active Galactic
Nuclei? Radio Mapping to Determine the Properties of High Redshift Objects
in the Hubble Deep Field"
- Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Investigation of the Stability of Sn Adsorbed onto Si(100)"
- Mechanisms of Vacancy Formation in the Rh/Ag(100)
System."
- An STM Study of Chlorophyll Aggregation and
the Conduction Mechanisms that make Imaging Possible"
1996 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
- Large-Angle Anisotropy in the Cosmic Microwave
Background: A Fingerprint of Conception or the Wrinkles of Maturity?"
- The Chemical-Mechanical Polishing of Josephson
Junctions (A Type of Superconducting Electronics)"
- Computer Simulations of Gravitational Lensing:
A Theoretical Approach"
- The Scanning Tunneling Microscope and Quantum
Corrals"
- Near Infrared Observations of Distant Galaxies"
- Surface Brightness Fluctuations and the Distances
to NGC 2778, NGC 2872, and NGC 3379."
- The STM in Biology: Premises, Promises and
Problems"
- Mixing of a Dye in Two Dimensional Turbulence"
- Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiative Heat Transfer
and Solar Collector Optical Efficiency"
1995 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
- W(001) Surface Reconstruction: Toppling Conventional
Models"
- Experimental Investigation of Linear Stability
in the Faraday Experiment"
- The Use of Hierarchically Structured Software
as a Learning Supplement for Introductory Quantum Mechanics"
- Modifying High School Physics with a Project
Based Curriculum"
- Phase Transition from Computer Simulations
of Alkali Metal Absorption"
- Rimming Flow: An Investigation of Wavelength
Instabilities in a One-Dimensional Pattern Forming System"
- Quasi One-Dimensional Conductors as a Model
for One-Dimensional Conduction"
- Feedback Control Systems in a Scanning Tunneling
Microscope"
1994 Physics &
Astro Senior Papers
- Quantum Interference in Percolating Manifolds"
- Time Averaging of Spatiotemporally Chaotic
Faraday Waves in a Circular Container"
- An Application of Group Theory to Molecular
Quantum Mechanics"
- Introductory Physics Instruction: A Transformation
of Intuitive Models"
- Detecting Gravitational Waves and Excitations
of Earth Vibrations by Terrestrial Mechanisms"
- Jovian P-mode Oscillations and the Crash of
P/Shoemaker Levy 9"
- An STM for Imaging Biological Molecules"
- Detection and Control of Chaos"
- A Device for Automatically Controlling the
Intensity of a Laser Tweezer"
- Pulse Excitations of the Earth's OS2 Normal
Mode and the Search for Gravitational Waves"
- Using the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect as a Cosmological
Probe"
- Infrared Search for a Dwarf Component of Dark
Matter and Photometry of an M8 Giant"
- The Design of a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
and Ultrahigh Vacuum Chamber for Microscopy and Nanofabrication"
- Three Dimensional Instabilities in Thin Film
