Research opportunities for Fall 2023

Undergraduate research opportunities for Fall 2023 in David Stuart's lab

I have openings for undergraduate students to participate in research. Each of the projects below would be appropriate for one or two students to take on over the quarter. They would require about 3 hours per week, plus participation in an ~1 hour long weekly group meeting. These are unpaid projects, and students working on these projects would enroll in one unit of Phys99, Phys199, or Phys143L.

To be considered for participation, students should have the following:

A high GPA in physics or other science courses
Outstanding work in previous lab courses
A mix of technical skills, such as programming and/or electronics.
Good communication skills
Independent problem solving skills
A non-overloaded course schedule

Students interested in taking on one of the projects listed below should express interest by email to [email protected] Enquiries should concisely include information about past course work (physics classes and gpa), relevant skills and experience, and course schedule for the quarter.

Potential projects

Construct and test scintillator+SiPM-based x-ray detector modules.
Assemble LYSO+SiPM based detectors, collect source data with them, and analyze the performance.
This is a broad project with ways for several students to contribute.
More details are available here.
Analyze data collected by the x-ray detector mentioned above at one of several accelerators to diagnose the accelerator operation
Analyse data using pre-existing web-based analysis tools.
Identify anomalies and investigate them with independent analysis.
Propose new data collection modes to study anomalies.
Specifically requires data-analysis skills which would be learned in introductory lab courses
Collect and analyze cosmic ray
Construct a cosmic ray muon detector, verify the operation of the detector and electronics, and prepare software to readout the detector using a raspberry pi pico microcontroller.
Use data collected from the detector to measure properties of cosmic rays.
Milli-charge particle search at LHC
Participate in the data taking and data analysis for the MilliQan experiment that is searching for production of new fractionally-charged particles produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. There are multiple opportunities to contribute including software-based data analysis or construction and testing of detector components.