BU Physics Research Opportunity (PRO) Poster Session

The Boston University – Physics Research Opportunity (BU-PRO) Program at Boston University is designed to promote access to research opportunities for talented undergraduate students, with particular emphasis on students from community colleges and small four-year colleges who might not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in research. This year, BU PRO hosted 18 students who are working on research with professors in the Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering departments. 2:00 – 3:00pm Presentations Karim Aziz Anatoli Polkovnikov, Department of Physics Applying the Moving Born Approximation to Classical Hamiltonians Kyle Cheng Manher Jariwala, Department of Physics Tracking students through first and second semester physics utilizing concept inventories MacKenzie Crabtree (SURE program) Qiang Cui, Department of Chemistry E[ects of Nanoplastics in Lipid Bilayer Alec Ewe Keith Brown, Department of Physics, Mechanical Engineering, MSE Flexoelectric Influence of Additives in 3D Printed Polylactic Acid31 Taylor Lambo Abigail Plummer, Mechanical Engineering, MSE Obstructed swelling of hydrogels: Looking for Novel instabilities Robert Sims Jr. Karl Ludwig, Department of Physics Wrinkle development of ion bombardment thin films Devin Springborn Frank Golf, Department of Physics Studying the Performance of Muon Scouting Triggers in 2025 with the CMS Detector Ellie Stonecipher Karl Ludwig, Department of Physics, MSE In-situ study of the correlation between stress development and nanopattern formation of Si during low-energy ion bombardment Elaina Wang Maria Kamenetska, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry Probing interaction of DNA nucleotide guanine with silver ions using single molecule conductance spectroscopy Etana Williams Indara Suarez, Department of Physics Searching for new phenomena with Muons in CMS 3:00 – 4:00pm Presentations Larissa Carter Manher Jariwala, Department of Physics Bridging the gap: a TYC-FYC collaboration to understand students’ connections of energy topics and climate change Sylvie Cressman Maria Kamenetska, Department of Physics Optical tweezer measurements show 5-methylcytosine modifications increase RNA stability under mechanical force Alessia Danagoulian Karl Ludwig, Department of Physics Understanding Polymer Thin Film Wrinkling Using In-situ X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Samuel Fetter (SHIELD Program) Merav Opher, Astronomy The Heliospheric Sector Region and Interstellar Dust Entry Angel Guiñazu Indara Suarez, Department of Physics MTD ETL Design Optimization for High-Luminosity LHC Ishaan Patel Sahar Sharifzadeh, Electrical and Computer Engineering, MSE Spin orbit coupling in doped carbon nanotubes Mark Polkovnikov Shyamsunder Erramilli, Department of Physics, Photonics Complete Jones Matrix Imaging of Tissue Sections Nathan Raplee David Sperka, Department of Physics Development of EMCal Readout Electronics for Dark Photon Searches at Fermilab's 120 GeV Proton Beam: The DarkQuest Experiment Kyle Sha[er Kirill Korolev, Department of Physics Transition from a constant velocity to di[usion-limited growth in models of colony expansion with nutrient-dependent motility Alec Stassforth Frank Golf, Department of Physics Precision Particle Detectors at the LHC The BU-PRO Program is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF-REU) and Boston University.