Student research

Student Research and Internships

The Loyola Physics Department strongly encourages students to explore research and science employment opportunities in the summer. This can be done, for example, through the Loyola Hauber fellowship program, NSF-sponsored programs at other universities, and internships. Upper division physics majors can continue their research during the school year for academic credit. These experiences add another dimension to the physics training at the undergraduate level, help build a stronger resume, and give the student a better sense of what a career in the sciences is like.

Loyola physics faculty have a long history of involving students in their research. The following is a partial list of recent research projects conducted by students with Loyola faculty. We are starting to build the list of off-campus projects.

Student	Mentor	Year	Project (Quotes surround titles of presentations or student papers.)	Journal Publications and Awards
PS	Ganem	Summer 1997 Summer 1998	Low-phonon energy laser material research	Phys. Rev. B
KS	Lowe and Robb (UMBI)	AY 1998-99 for credit	Molecular biology work for bead-based, flow cytometric detection method	FEMS
SW	Derry	1999	Structure/composition of silver/gold alloy surfaces studied with LEED.
JR	Ganem	Summer 1999	Low-phonon energy laser material research
BM	Ganem	Summer 1999	Low-phonon energy laser material research
CS	Lowe	AY 1999-2000, for credit	Molecular biology work for bead-based, flow cytometric detection method	FEMS
SE	Lowe and Delcher (Computer Science)	1999-2003 for credit	Various experimental and computational projects involving determination of oligonucleotide probes.	FEMS, Nucleic Acids Research
EvdS	Lowe and Din (Biology)	1999-2000	Molecular biology work for bead-based, flow cytometric detection method
JW	Derry and Jones	Summer 2000	"Computational Physics: From Surface Structure to Surface Waves; from Atoms to Ocean "
JC	Ganem	Summer 2000	Low-phonon energy laser material research	Phys. Rev. B
LG	Lowe	2001	Molecular biology work for bead-based, flow cytometric detection method
EK	Derry	2001	Structure/composition of silver/gold alloy surfaces studied with LEED.
MM	Lowe and Peyrot (Sociology)	Summer and Fall 2003 for credit	"Fluorescence Detection of Solid Phase PCR on Microspheres." Also "Risk and Acceptability of Bioremediation Options."	1st place in UMBC 6th Ann. Undergrad. Res. Symp., Poster Sess. 2, Grp G
EF	Lowe and Rivers (Biology)	Summer 2004 Fall 2004 for credit	"Application of a Multiplexed, Bead-Based Method to the Identification of Parasitic Wasps"	2nd place UMBC Undergrad Res Symp; 1st place Loyola Research
QP	Jones	Summer 2003	"Computational Simulation of Metal Surfaces"
ML	Ganem	Summer 2003 and Sum 2004	Low-phonon energy laser material research
RW (grad student)	Derry	2003 and earlier	Structure/composition of silver/gold alloy surfaces studied with LEED.
CG	Lowe and Erdas	Summer 2005 Fall 2005	“Calculating the solar neutrino flux using the Tsallis distribution for a non-ideal plasma”	1st place talks, CSAAPT mtg, paper in J. Wash. Acad Sciences
RH	Lowe and Livas (LEOS)	Summer 2005	“Gaussian beam optics”
ET	internship	2005-2006	Verizon Federal Network Systems	National Security Agency Scholarship
DH	Ganem	Summer 2006 and Sum 2007	Crystal growth and IR optical spectroscopy
CE	Derry	Summer 2007 and Sum 2008	Studying the surface of a AgAu Alloy and a NiPd Overlayer system, experimental and computational.
JD	internship	Summer 2007 and Sum 2008	NSTec, Associate Scientist
PL	Lowe and Schleif (JHU)	Summer 2008	The use of CHARMM in analyzing tetracycline repressor (TetR)	1st place, UMBC 11th Undergrad. Res. Symp., Poster Sess. II, Grp O, 10/08
KR	Bailey (ES) and Lowe	Summer 2008	Biodiesel production
MM	Bailey (ES) and Lowe	Summer 2008	Soap film tunnel