Student Profiles
Information about some of recent applied physics graduates appears below. Students are encouraged to pursue both internship and thesis topics that they find interesting. As a result, both internship focus and thesis topics cover a broad range of fascinating topics.
Phillip Anuta ('09)
Internship: ProCure / Medical Physics -- "When treating patients with proton radiation therapy, one must be very precise and accurate with the treatment. Positioning the patient correctly in the beam line is crucial; using robotics to do this becomes very helpful. How do you know that the robot correctly positioned the patient? This camera system I worked with was used to track the robot movement and recreate it in a 3D environment."
C.W. Colglazier ('07)
Internship: NSWC Crane / Design and Testing of Lighting Systems for Naval Ships
Thesis Title: "An Investigation of an Alternative High Efficiency Lighting Solution for Naval Use"
After Graduation: C.W. took a job he was offered at NSWC Crane.
Julie DiNitto ('07)
Internship: NSWC Crane / Microwave Cavities in Radar Systems
Thesis Title: "Determining the Vibrational Modes of the Upper and Lower Bout of the Violin"
After Graduation: Julie choose to pursue a graduate program in medical physics.
Sarah Kaiser ('11)
Internship: MPRI / Medical Physics -- "...I focused on a project to test a new type of flow switch for radiation hardness. IUCF wanted to install this new, more mechanically sound switch in the main stage, an area where radiation levels are known to be higher than along most of the beam line. I developed a plan to test radiation levels in this area, and then irradiate the potential flow switches to the levels I measured and see if they would fail."
After Graduation: Sarah plans to explore her love for journalism.
Jeff Hajewski ('09)
Internship: ProCure / Medical Physics -- "I worked on several projects including modeling joint speeds in a robotic arm, getting data for the CT calibration, and worked on a problem which involved finding the coordinate transformation from the arm coordinate system to the gantry coordinate system as well the inverse transformation."
After Graduation: Jeff plans to pursue graduate study in applied mathematics.
Dov Rhodes ('07)
Internship: Kansas State University REU / Control Theory
Thesis Title: "Approximating the Evolution of the Eye: A Genetic Algorithms Approach"
After Graduation: Dov took a job working for Powermat, Ltd.
Paul Rumbach ('10)
Internship: LENS at IUCF -- Designed an setup to test the cooling of Beryllium targets.
Melissa Sommers ('10)
Internship: MPRI / Medical Physics -- "[My internship] has given me a better idea of what its like to participate in a research environment."
After Graduation: Melissa plans to go on to graduate school.
Michael Troyer ('10)
Internship: ProCure / Medical Physics -- "I worked at Procure Treatment Centers, and spent time getting to know how modern radiation and particle therapy work. Mostly, I was involved in calibration and testing of the medical systems used at Procure, which required knowledge of the physics behind the mechanics of the devices. I specifically worked on CT Scanners, X-Ray Machines, Digital X-Ray Imaging Panels, and Industrial robots."
After Graduation: Michael plans to study an advanced degree in either Mechanical Engineering or Economics.
Tristan Witt ('10)
Internship: ProCure / Medical Physics
After Graduation: Tristan plans to pursue his M.S. in Medical Physics.
