Journal of Undergraduate Research

Matthew Hamblin and Aaron Hawkins, Electrical Engineering   Introduction Mass spectrometry is an important tool for analytical chemistry that allows the chemical composition of a compound to be determined. In order to do so, it separates the compound into ions, and then detects the number of ions of different masses. The charge on a single ion […]

Reid Worthen and Professor Richard Selfridge, Electrical and Computer Engineering The project that was proposed, by my professor and I, was to calculate the current density, that passes through an electrical circuit, by using an advanced technique that utilizes an optical fiber that has a slab crystal that is coupled to the core of a […]

Christopher Hansen and Professor Stephen Schultz, Electrical and Computer Engineering Over the last few decades, technological innovations have enabled computers to do things which might once have been considered miracles. Communication systems reach far and wide. With an ever-increasing need for faster communication systems, it becomes necessary to push past the limits of current technology […]

Andrew Cutler and Professor Brian Mazzeo, Electrical Engineering Purpose: To build a robust planar device that can take an in situ, non-destructive conductivity reading on thin cathode films. Introduction: Li-ion batteries are an omnipresent part of modern life. Because of their high energy density and performance after repeated cycles they have become the battery of […]

Leeland Woodard and Dr. Stephen Schultz, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a leading cause of the deaths of soldiers in militarized areas. Technology is being developed to disarm IEDs by coupling electrical energy in the blasting caps of the IEDs, but in order to do so effectively, a […]

Stephen Wood and Dr. Brian Mazzeo, Electrical and Computer Engineering The interaction of proteins with other molecules is a common phenomenon that is relevant to various disciplines such as medicine and material science. There are several aspects regarding these molecular interactions that can be researched with one of several measurement techniques. Dielectric spectroscopy is an […]

Forrest Minor and Dr. David Long, Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction Microwave scatterometers, which use radar backscatter measurements from satellites to infer wind vectors near the ocean’s surface, have the ability to monitor global wind speeds at high resolutions. Such data is used for weather forecasting and climate research. However, scatterometer observations over the ocean […]

Christian A. Fox and Dr. Richard H. Selfridge, Electrical and Computer Engineering During the past decade, much research has been invested in the optics field to develop high-speed optical modulators. In particular, efforts have been directed toward combining the fast electrical responses of nonlinear optical polymers with the light guiding characteristics of fiber optics.1 At […]

Travis Elgin Oliphant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Introduction The Interaction of Gaussian beams with multi-layer dielectric structures has been the subject of numerous studies since Goos and Hiinchen first reported their findings [1]. In addition, resonant tunneling has been a source of considerable investigation both as It applies to quantum electronics and with […]

Sean Lynn McKell, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Overview A little-known phenomenon recently explored by a few engineers seems, to some, to be a little out of focus. This phenomenon, dubbed “fuzzy logic” by its inventor, Lotfi A. Zadeh, is an oxymoron to mostit connotes something ethereal and misplaced in a field such as […]