Computer Science
Class of 2026
Sarah started researching during the summer of 2024 with the Mind in Vitro project, where she was working with biological spiking neural networks. This past school year, she transitioned to the Parasol Lab and began working on motion planning. As Sarah enters her senior year, her involvement with the Parasol Lab and motion planning continues. She looks forward to applying her computer science theory research, robotics, and computational geometry problems to achieve this.
Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering
Class of 2028
Kailey started her research in October 2024 and focused on developing various semiconductor applications for a large-area atmospheric pressure plasma tool. The work she does brings in the use of electronics and semiconductors, and involves spin-coating a liquid precursor onto the substrate and then treating it with an atmospheric pressure plasma composed of argon. She continued this work this past summer, with the help of her research mentor, to continue looking into the synthesis of MoS2 thin films using this same atmospheric pressure plasma setup.
Computer Engineering
Class of 2026
Roshni started with research in Spring 2023, working with the Human Dynamics and Laboratory, and completed two projects with them. She worked on developing an app for a robotic arm they had created to train doctors in different types of muscle generation. She also researched detecting stress and anxiety using ML algorithms and wearable devices. Starting this past summer, she led a new project that combines her interest in FPGAs with real-world applications. This allows her to build systems from the circuit level to the software level - a direct application of her Computer Engineering coursework.
Computer Science + Physics
Class of 2028
Jenny began her research journey during the 2024-2025 academic year. With the Abbamonte group on campus, she investigated angle-dependent trans-stilbene fluorescence, utilizing low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) to aid in interpreting the results from various dark matter experiments. Currently, she has been able to use XRD and Laue diffraction to analyze smaller samples of stilbene. As of Summer 2025, she and her lab partner were still in the process of getting stilbene samples to orient.