Getting Harvey Mudd College to Net Zero Emissions (2021)
Harvey Mudd College 2020–21 Advisor(s): Peter N. Saeta. Team: Eric Daniel Thompson-Martin ’22, Mary Victoria Anderson ’21, Hannah Lucia Davalos […]
Past Physics Clinic ProjectsPage 1
Automatic Generation of Physiologically Relevant Lipid Bilayers (2021)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2020–21 A lipid bilayer separates a cell from its surroundings and determines what substances, such as […]
Velocity Extraction from Photon-Doppler-Velocimetry Spectrograms (2020)
Los Alamos National Laboratory 2019–20 Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory use an optical interferometric technique to observe moving surfaces […]
Using Machine Learning to Automate the Tuning of Electrostatically Defined Quantum Dots (2019)
HRL Laboratories 2018–19 HRL is currently developing a qubit built from three interacting quantum dots. Although tuning up qubits this […]
Finding the “Right” Balance for Asymmetric Lipid Bilayers (2019)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory2018–19 Cellular membranes are the barrier protecting the inner cell components from the outside environment. They are composed […]
Evaluating Forward-Only-Zero-Hot-Spot PV Technology (2018)
Claremont Locally Grown Power 2017–18 The Claremont Locally Grown Power (CLGP) Clinic Team at Harvey Mudd College is analyzing new […]
Measuring the Permittivity of Ferroelectric Nanoparticles in an Epoxy Composite (2018)
Sandia National Laboratories 2017–18 This project aims to measure the size dependence of the dielectric constant of barium titanate (BTO) […]
Automated Tuning of Electrostatically Defined Quantum Dots (2017)
HRL Laboratories 2016–17 The team designed an algorithm that loads electrons onto silicon heterostructure quantum dots to initialize a qubit. […]
A Raman Spectrometer for in vivo Real-Time Detection of Cancer (2017)
City of Hope 2016–17 Raman spectroscopy can discriminate between healthy and cancerous breast tissue. This report examines the potential to […]
Measuring the Permittivity of Ferroelectric Nanoparticles in an Epoxy Composite (2017)
Sandia National Laboratories2016–17 Barium titanate, or BTO, is widely used as a dielectric material due to its high dielectric constant, […]