Mattis, D.C.
202 JFB
Phone: 581-3690, 363-3444 (home)
E-mail: mattis@mail.physics.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Theoretical physics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter, solid state.

Student Participation: Mathematically sophisticated undergraduate could apply his skills to problems in physics; a good programmer could help with research problems, which must be solved mathematically.

Background Needed: Mathematics, computer science, programming.

Outside Majors: Mathematics.

Key Words: Magnetism, superconductivity, semiconductors.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Saam, Brian T.
201 JFB
Phone: 585-5832
E-Mail: saam@physics.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Experimental atomic physics, optical pumping, magnetic resonance, some biological/medical physics, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Student Participation: Design/Assembly of electronic circuits, work on plumbing, vacuum systems, NMR relaxation measurements.

Background Needed: Junior or senior level student preferred, two semesters intro physics preferred. Quantum mechanics or physical chemistry would be great, but not necessary.

Outside Majors: Chemistry, Electrical Engineering.

Key Words: Nuclear magneticresonance, atomic physics, NMR, MRI.

Student generated projects are not possible.

Shi, Jing
311 JFB
Phone: 585-0792
E-Mail: jshi@physics.utah.edu

General Research Interests: Magnetic nanostructure physics and devices; thin film magnetism.

Student Participation: Nanostructure fabrication; Modifying existing computer simulation codes and performing simulations of magnetic nanostructures.

Background Needed: Basic physics or engineering background, or computer programming background.

Outside Majors: Electrical Engineering, Material Sciences, Computer Science.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Sommers, Paul
226 South Physics
Phone: 581-6203
E-Mail: sommers@physics.utah.edu

General Research Interests: Cosmic ray research, data analysis, internet communications and displays.

Student Participation: JAVA animations, web databases with restricted access, XML applications.

Background Needed: C++, JAVA, HTML, XML.

Outside Majors: Computer Science, Engineering.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Taylor, Craig
201 JFB
Phone: 581-8751
Emai: craig@physics.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Optical & electronic properties of crystalline & amorphous semiconductors.

Student Participation: Construction of experimental equipment, interfacing, sample preparation, performing elementary experiments. Some students in the past ave published papers and given talks at scientific meetings.

Background Needed: One year of mathematics or chemistry or physics.

Outside Majors: Engineering, Chemistry.

Key Words: Optical properties, electronic properties, crystalline semiconductors, amorphous semiconductors.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Vardeny, Z. Valy
215 JFB
Phone: 581-8372
E-mail: vardeny@physics.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Optical studies of condensed matter.

Student Participation: Laboratory work in optics and lasers.

Background Needed: Optic and electronic courses.

Outside Majors: N/A.

Wiencke, Lawrence
246 INSCC Building
Phone: 581-6256
E-Mail: wiencke@cosmic.utah.edu
Website: www.physics.utah.edu/~wiencke

General Research Interest: Experimental astro-particle physics, atmospheric physics instrumentation, light propagation through the atmosphere. I work on the High Resolution Fly's Eye experiment (www.cosmic-ray.org) and the Pierre Auger Experiment (www.auger.org).

Student Participation: Building and testing various calibration systems, data analysis, computer simulations, atmospheric modeling, and field work systems testing. Much of my research involves undergraduates and I enjoy working with them.

Background Needed: Varies depending on task. Serious interest and available time are essential. Introductory physics. Computer skills and writing skills are a big plus.

Outside Majors: Engineering, Meteorology.

Student generated projects may be considered.

Williams, Clayton
302 JFB
Phone: 585-3226
Email: clayton@physics.utah.edu

General Research Interest: Studying the properties of materials on an atomic or molecular scale.

Student Participation: Preparation of biological or molecular samples, electronics construction, basic experimentation, software.

Background Needed: Depends on project.

Outside Majors: Chemistry, Biology, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science & Eng, Physics.

Key Words: scanning probe microscopy, atomic force microscope, scanning tunneling, molecular visualization.

Student generated projects may be considered.

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