ISAAPT/SPS Research Awards Recipients

 

Each year a committee of the Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers selects the top 3 student presentations (among typically 20-30 submissions) at its annual meeting. ILP students participated in 24 meetings (Galesburg 2023, Normal 2022, Urbana 2021, Glen Ellyn 2019, Edwardsville 2018, Macomb 2017, Urbana 2016, Elsah 2015, Bloomington 2014, Macomb 2013,Urbana 2012, Charleston 2011, Carlinville 2010, Bloomington 2009, Champaign 2008, Macomb 2007, East Peoria 2006, Edwardsville 2005, Urbana 2004, Galesburg 2003, Urbana 2000, Bloomington 1998, Normal 1998, Bloomington 1997) at which they received 29 out of 78 awards.

 

March 17-18, 2023

   1. Alex Furcoiu, ILP, Symbolic regression and its use in iterative maps

   2. Luis Rizo, ILP, Solving ordinary differential equations using neural networks

   3. Brendan Czajka, ILP, Birthplace of elementary particles

 

April 8-9, 2022

   1. Jillian Freeman, SIUE

   2. Samuel Gerbi, SIUE

   3. James DiCaro, Illinois State University

 

April 24-25, 2021

   1. Patrick Mallaney, Eastern Illinois University, How accurate are astronomy photometric systems

   2. Jordan Bryan, ILP, Machine learning approach to finding differential equations and iterative maps

   3. Saul Garcia and Dontae Milner, Eastern Illinois University, Spectrometry of Sirius

 

April 6-7, 2019

   1. Zoryana Smozhanyk, Illinois State University, Ionization of Hydrogen by Twisted Electrons

   2. Minzhao Liu, Illinois Wesleyan University, A Computational Approach to the Analysis of Magnetoresistance Signatures of Magnetic naon-structures: Armchair and Brickwork Artificial Spin Ice

   3. Torrey Saxton, Illinois State University, Self-Healing of Matter Airy Beams

 

April 27-28, 2018

   1. Dakota Waldrip, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Judd-Ofelt Analysis of Europium-doped Phosphate Glass

   2. Annabelle Shaffer, Illinois State University, A Critical Transition in Electrically Coupled Synchronous Neuros

   3. Justin Deterding, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Differential Method of Measurement of the Two-Photon Absorption Coefficient in Si-Photodetector Using an Electrically Focused Tunable Lens

 

April 7-8, 2017

   1. Torrey Saxton, Illinois State University, Calculation of Time-Dependent Wave Functions Using a Numerically Exact Path Integral Approach

   2. Jonathan Unger, ILP, Removal of Self Interactions

   3. Annabelle Shaffer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, A Critical Firing Rate Associated with Synchronous Transitions in Coupled Model Neurons

 

April 22-23, 2016

   1. Samantha Norris, ILP, Using a Split-shift Potential to Compute the Spectrum of a Radially-symmetric Hamiltonian

   2. Annabelle Shaffer, Illinois State University, Electrical Coupling and Neuron Synchronization

   3. Kyle Robinson, Eastern Illinois University, Study of Multiple-Slit Fraunhofer Diffraction by Computer Simulations

 

April 10-11, 2015

   1. Shea Cheatham, Principia College, Computational Modeling of Polygonal Vortices in Differentially Rotating Fluids

   2. Rumeng Zhang, Illinois Wesleyan University, Diffusion Coupled Chemical Oscillators

   3. Joseph Smith, Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville, Study of Absorption and Fluorescence of Europium doped Phosphate Glass at Various Temperatures and Excitation Wavelengths

 

March 28-29, 2014

   1. Andrew Vikartofsky, ILP, The Physical Vacuum and the Approximation of Photons by Maxwell Fields

   2. Alexander Su, ILP, Enhancement of Boson Pairs Created by Electromagnetic Fields

   3. Jarrett Betke, ILP, Space-Time Dynamics of the Vacuum's Polarization Charge Density

 

March 1-2, 2013

   1. Andrew Vikartofsky, ILP, Virtual Particles and the Physical Vacuum

   2. Kasandara Sullivan, Knox College, Pretransitional Optical Rotation in Liquid Crystals

   3. Timothy Woodworth, Western Illinois University, Error-Correcting Codes: Classical to Quantum

 

March 30-31, 2012

   1. Tyler Linder, Eastern Illinois University, Computational Near Earth Asteroid Search

   2. Andrew Vikartofsky, ILP, Space and Time Correlation Functions for Dressed Bosonic Vacuum States

   3. Trevor Smith, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Concentration-dependent Nonlinear Optical Response of Silver Nanoparticles in Castor Oil

 

April 1-2, 2011

   1. Alexander Meadows, Eastern Illinois University, Computer Simulations of the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids

   2. Benjamin Shields, ILP, Causality and Relativistic Localization in 1-D Hamiltonians

   3. Allysa Miller, Eastern Illinois University, Blood Substitutes and Optical Tweezers

 

March 26-27, 2010

   1. Benjamin Shields, ILP, Non-causality in Quantum Mechanics

   2. Alicia Vonlanken, Eastern Illinois University, Study of the Lattice Vibration and Vibration Spectrum by Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Fourier Analysis

   3. Michael Chastain, Eastern Illinois University, Investigation of the Equation of State of Real Gases by Molecular Dynamics Simulation

 

April 3-4, 2009

   1. Alison Smith, Illinois Wesleyan University, Observation of a Resonance State in 25F

   2. Michael Chastain, Eastern Illinois University, A Detailed Study of the Kinetic Theory of Real Gases by Computer Simulations

   3. David Wischhusen, ILP, Computer Simulations of Light Scattering and Absorption in Random Media

 

April 4-5, 2008

   1. Gabriel Caceres, Augustana College, CDMS Veto Stability Study and Calibration

   2. Tim Garvin, ILP, Laser Beam Widening Mechanisms in Turbid Media

   3. Kara Lovelace and Michael Stachyra, Eastern Illinois University, Angular Dependence of the Efficiency of Polarizers

 

March 30-31, 2007

   1. Thomas Traynor, Illinois Wesleyan University, Construction of an Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometer

   2. Alison O'Connell, ILP, Monte-Carlo Simulation of Non-diffusive Behavior of Light Scattering

   3. Sawyer Campbell, ILP, Light Distribution Along the Optical Axis in Milk Water Mixtures

 

April 7-8, 2006

   1. Nicholas Jurasek, Illinois State University, Automated Calculation of Fractal Dimension of Congressional Districts

   2. Matthew Narter, ILP, Ensemble vs. Frequency Averages for a Random Scattering Medium

   3. Alison O'Connell, ILP, Monte-Carlo Simulations for Light Scattering in Milk

 

April 8-9, 2005

   1. Matthew Narter, ILP, Ensemble vs. Frequency Averages for a Random Scattering Medium

   2. Amy Winkler, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Europium Doped Silicate Glass Laser

   3. Cary Pint, University of Northern Iowa, The Formation of Domain Walls with Striped Symmetry in Submonolayer Pentane and Hexane on Graphite

 

April 23-24, 2004

   1. Jacob Hutchcraft, Illinois State University, Adaptive Delayed Feedback Control of a Chaotic Impact Oscillator

   2. Rebecca Wenning, ILP, Coherence and De-coherence in a Light-Mirror System

   3. Matthew Narter, ILP, Computer Modeling of Light Scattering in Random Media

 

April 11-12, 2003

   1. John Henderson, ILP, Fractional Cycloatom States

   2. Allen Lewis, ILP, Evidence of Dark Cone in Backscattered Light off Turbid Media

   3. James Gumbart, Western Illinois University, Modeling Electromagnetic Problems Using Finite Element Analysis

 

April 5-6, 2002

   1. Anne Wake, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, The Patience of Building a Classical Cassegrain, Part II

   2. James Gumbart, Western Illinois University, Using the Adjoint Operator to Solve Fluid-Flow Stability Problems

   3. Andrew James, Eastern Illinois University, The Restricted Three Body Effective Potential

 

April 20-21, 2001

   1. Jeffrey Smith, Knox College, Design and Construction of a 1.5 Mev Cyclotron

   2. Anne Wake, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, The Patience of Building a Classical Cassegrain

   3. Michael Baxa, Western Illinois University, Raman and EXAFS Studies of Low-Ni-Doped YBCO Superconductors

 

April 14-15, 2000

   1. Robert E. Wagner, ILP, What are Cycloatoms?

   2. Shannon M. Mandel, ILP, Numerical Simulations of Laser-Tissue Interactions

   3. Michael  C. Baxa, Western Illinois University, The Critical State Effects of Nickel Doping in a YBCO(123) Superconductor

 

April 16-17, 1999

   1. Amul Tevar, Western Illinois University, Investigation of Gravitational Shielding by Rotating Superconductors

 

Nov. 20-21, 1998   (SPS Zone)

  1. Radka Bach, ILP, "Time-Reversal and the Klein Paradox"                                                     

  3. Jennifer Csesznegi, ILP, "Storage and Recall of Optical Information in Dielectric Media"

 

April 24-25, 1998

   1. Amul Tevar, Western Illinois University, Investigation of the Effects of Cobalt Doping on Copper Oxide Superconductors

   2. Nick Stojanovich, Knox College, An NMR Investigation of Hydrogen Motion in Quasicrystalline TiZrNi

   3. Clay D. Nall, Western Illinois University, Enhancements in High Temperature Superconductivity Data Acquisition Techniques

 

April 11-12, 1997

   1. Jason Griesbach, University of Wisconsin - Platteville, High Speed Strobe Photography Techniques

   2. Jennifer Csesznegi, ILP, Optical Properties of Coherently Excited Three Level Media

   3. Mark Welter, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Radical Density Measurements in a Diamond Growth Flame

 

October 25-26, 1996

   1. Jonathan Foster, Bradley University, Apparatus Development for Raman Spectroscopy

   2. Bridget Ford, Bradley University, The Miniaturization of a Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometer for Infield Applications

   3. Chris Pelto, Illinois Wesleyan University, Harmonic Osc. in the Presence of Multiple Damping Forces