7.26.2011

Let's Discover Physics!: Alison's Summer of Research I

Next up is my friend Alison W. (see photo of us below).  She's going to be a sophomore, majoring in Physics and calls home Kuna, ID.  Alison elected to stay on campus both during May Term and the summer to participate in summer research.  She is also living in Murray (like Millie).

The infamous Ha(il)ley Sandwich.  Alison W. is obviously the one in the center!

Here's what she had to say about her May Term:

"My may term consisted of two hours lecture in the morning plus a two hour "lab" session in the afternoon. The entire may term was focused on glass and glass research. We were taught all about phase diagrams, Q units, glassformers, and deformations. The lab portion of may term was focused on teaching us to use the equipment in the labs as well as how to make glass. We would spend the two hours making glass, and running the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), the Raman, or the DSC. By the end of may term, my class of ten people were supposedly ready to do internationally known research."

She is now spending the rest of the summer doing the internationally known research she mentioned.  Check back on Thursday to read the Q&A with Alison!

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