The Senior Program

All senior physics students work collaboratively with faculty members on research projects as part of the Senior Program. This intensive one-semester project combines original scientific research with reading and understanding the scientific literature. It culminates in a senior thesis that is defended in a series of oral presentations. The Senior Program reflects Hamilton's commitment to a strong grounding in writing and public speaking.

Recent projects in physics include:

• Calculating the Post-Newtonian Parameters for Conformally Equivalent Theories
• Measuring the Neutron Spectrum: BL3’s Neutron Chopper
• Automated Analysis For Atomic Positions in 2D Silicates
• Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle for Bacterial Research in Meromictic Lakes
• Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime: Neutron Chopper for BL3
• Continuing the Modification and Optimization of a Rubidium Magnetometer
• Acceleration Curves for Disk-Shaped Galaxies in Modified Newtonian Dynamics

• Neutron spin transport in the aCORN apparatus

• Quantum Parametric Radiation from Merging Black Holes

• The Effects of PAI Solution Concentration on the DPA Enhancement of Europium In Eu(DPA)3 Doped Sol-Gel Glass
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