Physics & Astronomy News

The 48th Annual WKU Student Research Conference will take place on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at the Downing Student Union.  

Our very own Alex Henson was featured in this week's View From The Hill in an episode about the research conference.  Alex talks about his work in Dr. Sanju Gupta's laboratory that he will present on at the conference.

A listing of presentations by physics and astronomy students is presented below.  For additional information see the Student Research Conference website.

Session 14: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

36. Henson, Alex; Evans, Brendan; Gupta, Sanju “Large-area Graphene Membranes and Mesoporous Deionization Electrodes for Water Desalination.” (Sanju Gupta)

38. Banaszak, Alexander; Gupta, Sanju “Graphene-mediated Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Detection of Biomolecules” (Sanju Gupta)

Session 15: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

43. Cooper, Lauren; Kholikov, Khomidkhodzha; Ilhom, Saidjafarzoda; Thomas, Zachary; Smith, Skyler; Er, Ali. “The Effects Of Photo-activated Graphene Quantum Dots on Bacterial Deactivation” (Ali Er)

Session 16: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

49. Loomis, Devon; Harper, Seth; Dobrokhotov, Vladimir; Banga, Simran “Metal Oxide Semiconductors and Their Application for Spoiled Meat Detection” (Vladimir Dobrokhotov)

Session 17: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

54. Sanford, Dylan; Ottman, Claire; Roberts, Duvall; Thomas, Zachary; Saidjafarzoda, Illhom; Khomidkhodza, Kholikov; Li, Peizhen; San, Omar; Karaka, Haluk. “Scalable Patterning Using Laser-induced Shock Waves.” (Ali Er)

55. Harper, Seth; Loomis, Devon; Dobrokhotov, Vladimir; Banga, Simran; Novikov, Ivan “Comparison of Bacterial Count and Sensor Response Using Metal Oxide Sensors” (Vladimir Dobrokhotov)

Session 20: Room 2085, Graduate Papers, Natural Sciences

1:30 Ilhom, Saidjafarzoda; Kholikov, Khomidkhodza; Thomas, Zachary; Roberts, Duvall; Er, Ali; Li, Peizhen; Karaca, Haluk “Generation of Recoverable Patterns on Niti Alloy by Pulsed Laser Irradiation” (Ali Er)

1:45 Kholikov, Khomidkhodzha; Ilhom, Saidjafarzoda; Thomas, Zachary; Smith, Skyler; Cooper, Lauren; Er, Ali “Photodeactivation of Pathogenic Bacteria Using Graphene Quantum Dots Synthesized by Nanosecond Laser Pulses” (Ali Er)

Session 27: Room 3024, Graduate Posters, Natural Sciences

8. Meek, Romney; Evans, Brandan; Henson, Alex; Gupta, Sanju “Graphene-carbon Nanotube Aerogel as Organic Thermoelectrochemical Energy Harvesters: Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Properties” (Sanju Gupta)

Session 30: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

22. Evans, Brendan; Meek, Romney; Henson, Alex; Gupta, Sanju "Multiple Roles of Surface Functionality of Graphene-family Nanomaterials on Electronic and Phononic Properties for Applied Electrochemistry" (Sanju Gupta)

Session 31: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

29. King, Carson; "Comparison of Coronal Dimming Behavior between Xrt and Aia Data" (Gordon Emslie)

Session 33: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

40.Wilkerson, Phillip; Champey, Patrick; Winebarger, Amy; Kobayashi, Ken; Savage, Sabrina; "Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer (magixs) Slit-jaw Imaging System" (Gordon Emslie)

Session 34: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Social Sciences and Education

47. Taylor, Morgan; Andrew, Keith; Womble, Phillip; Andrew, Karla; “A Cyber Social Model for Analyzing Information Transmissions of Twitter Data Sets to Preform Threat Level Assessments" (Keith Andrew)

Session 46: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

25. Thomas, Zachary; Seyitliyev, Dovletgeldi; Kholikov, Khomidkhodzha; Grant, Byron “Laser-induced Hydrogen Generation from Coal” (Ali Er)

Session 47: Room 3024, Undergraduate Posters, Natural Sciences

27. Carter, Trason; Saidjafarzodaa, Ilhom; Kholikov, Khomidkhodza; Thomas, Zachary; Cooper, Lauren; Er, Ali “A Multi- and Few-layer Graphene Growth on Si(100) By Pulsed Laser Deposition” (Ali Er)