Physics & Astronomy Internships
- Department Internship Coordinator: Dr. Julie Roche
Physics-related degrees prepare students for careers in scientific research, so the best internship opportunities for students involve research experiences.
The Department of Physics & Astronomy has opportunities (See Undergraduate Research) for undergraduates to do research with Ohio University faculty. The Undergraduate Research page also describes external research experiences that students can apply for at other Universities or at National Laboratories.
Internships within the P&A Department at OHIO U
Carl Brune
- Alex Carroll - Re-evaluating the Thermonuclear Reaction Rate for the 18F(p,alpha)15O Reaction
- Brittney Kenady - Studying the efficiency of an NE213 Neutron Detector
- David Overton - An Indirect Way to Study 18F(p,alpha)15) in Novae
- David Overton - Determining the Feasibility of Measurements of the 19F(p,n)19Ne* Reaction
Gang Chen
- Peter Andrews - The Relationship Between Annealing Temperature and Size of Nuclei in Phase Change Memory Materials
- Graham Tupper - Exploring Electrical Measurement of Conductive Bridging Random Access Memory (CBRAM) Device
Douglas Clowe
- Ryan Goetz - Improving Cluster Mass Measurement Techniques with Cosmological Simulations
- Michael Jaramillo - Positional Covariance in Multi-Wavelength Astronomy
David Drabold
- Jack Bruno - Happy Beginnings | Bruno Receives Blue Ribbon and Harvard Acceptance
- Heath Scherich - Designing a Simulation to Study Silicon Clusters
Justin Frantz
Saw-Wai Hla
- Ryan Tumbleson - Engineering Physics Major Studies the Tiniest of Machines at National Lab
- Ryan Tumbleson - Learning to Use Advanced Research Tools at Argonne National Lab
Paul King
- Miguel Gomez - The Pion Cloud and Motion of Sub-Atomic Particles
- Michael Vallee - Developing Analysis Software for Jefferson National Laboratory MOLLER Experiment
Martin Kordesch
- Ari Blumer - Methods for Growth and In-Situ Observation of Monolayer TMD Growth
- Zak Blumer - The Electrospinning and Investigation of Titanium Nitride Particles in High-Temperature Polymer Fibers
- Ari Blumer - Growth of 2-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
- Zak Blumer - Building an Evacuated Tube Solar Collector
- Hunter Lawson - Sputter Epitaxy of Lanthanum Manganate and Strontium Titanate
- Kate Nichols - Researching High Temperature Raman Spectroscopy of Thermionic Cathode Materials
Martin Kordesch
- Ari Blumer - Testing Nanoscale Materials to Improve Energy-Storing Devices
- Zak Blumer - 'Why I Study Solar Thermal Technologies'
- Taylor Grueser - A Calorimetric Study of the Metal Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon
- Sara Sand - Building Stirling Engines
Daniel Phillips
Julie Roche
- Zachary Bernens - Fast Scaler BCM Calibration for DVCS Experiment
- Kevin Boyd - Selecting DIS events for experiment E12-06-114 at Jefferson National Laboratory
- William Eshbaugh - Testing HV dividers for experiment E12-13-010 at Jefferson National Lab
- Kylie Holmes - Detecting More Pion - Ohio University | College of Arts & Sciences (ohio-forum.com)
- Robert Radloff - Detecting Photons Another Way
- John Theibert - Simulation of a Pion Trigger for the DVCS Experiment at Jefferson Laboratory - )
Hee-Jong Seo
- Ana Bucki-Lopez - A deep learning for galaxy surveys
- Gabriel Reineck - Understanding How Cosmological Parameters Affect
Arthur Smith
- Jack Bruno - Pulsed Laser Deposition
- Benjamin Hirt - Design and Application of Magnetic Halbach Arrays
- Thomas “Tad” Riley - Getting to Know the Atomic Force Microscope and Its Uses
- Alexandra Semposki - Probing Epitaxial Growth and Analysis of Magnetic Bi-layers for Spintronics
- Kelsey Turner - Investigating Atomic Force and Magnetic Force Microscopy of Magnetic Materials
- Yonry Zhu - Assembling a Pulsed Laser Deposition System to Allow for Tandem MBE/PLD Sample Synthesis
- Yonry Zhu - Design and Setup of a Pulsed Laser Deposition System
Eric Stinaff
- Justin Courtright - Making with Microcontrollers
- Justin Courtright - Justin Courtright | Building an Arduino Based Tuning Fork With an Atomic Force Microscope
- Rush Deeter - Exfoliated 2D Materials for Quantum Optics
- Miles Lindquist - Optimization of Growth Process for As-grown 2D Materials-based Devices
- Miles Lindquist - Photolithography for Micron-Scale Device Fabrication
- Chris Wolfe - Developing a Photolithography Procedure to Produce Micron Scale Metallic Devices
David Tees
- Jacob Hartman - Video Microscopic Analysis for Determination of Cancer Cell Mechanical Properties
- Brandon Niese - Biophysics: Fabrication and Testing of Microconstriction Array Microfluidic Devices for Characterizing Cancer Cell Mechanical Properties
Internships at OHIO U but Outside the P&A Department
- Taylor Gardner ( Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology) - Physics Summer Intern Studies Oil Pipeline Fluid Dynamics in the Lab
- Esther Grossman ( Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research.) – Engineering Physics Student Models Ammonia Synthesis
Internships Outside of OHIO U
- Jack Bruno (OU Student Enhancement award, University of Wisconsin-Madison) - Physics Intern Contributes to Lake Michigan Ozone Study
- Helen Cothrel (NOAA, Colorado) - Analyzing Summertime Ozone Measurements in the Colorado Front Range
- Andrew Dewald (DAAD program, University of Leipzig, Germany)- Andrew Dewald | Studied Plasma Physics in Northeastern Germany
- Esther Grossman (REU- University of Akron)- Esther Grossman | Simulation of Glass Formation Near Covalently Grafted Nanoparticles
- Brandon Niese (REU- University of Pennsylvania) - Internship | Engineering Physics Major Gains Experience in Oncology Research
- Sara Sand (DAAD program, University of Konstanz, Germany) - Sara Sand | Understanding Electronic Properties of Titanium Dioxide
- Samantha Thrush (REU, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) - Thrush Spends Summer at LIGO, a World-Class Observatory
Internships within the P&A Department at OHIO U but with Professors Who Do Not Work at OHIO U Anymore
Ryan Chornock
- Taylor Gardner - Taylor Gardner | Spatial Distributions of Type 1a Supernovae in Early-Type Galaxies
- Miguel Gomez - Miguel Gomez | Spectroscopy of a Young Type II Supernova
- Daniel Ivory - Daniel Ivory ǀ A Python Pipeline for MDM Images
- Joseph Pincura - Joseph Pincura | A Search for Echoes of Old Tidal Disruption Events
- Jacob Williamson - Jacob Williamson | Burning Out Swiftly: SN 2005da and Its Curious Nature
- Jacob Williamson - Jacob Williamson | Burning Out Swiftly: SN 2005da and Its Curious Nature
Heather Crawford
- Miles Lindquist - Simulating a Realistic GRETINA
Kenneth Hicks
- Miranda Carver - Miranda Carver ǀ Investigating the Decay of the f1(1285) Meson using the CLAS Detector
- Max Camp - Max Camp | ‘Assembly of a Specialized Calorimeter in Genoa, Italy’
- Max Camp - Data Analysis in the Search for the Pentaquark
- Natalie Klco - Two Studies in Europe: Testing LED Calibration of the Forward Tagger for CLAS12 in Genoa, Italy and Helping to Test and Document a New Style of Detector at CEA/Saclay, France
- Kevin Ward - Kevin Ward ǀ Analyzing Nano-Crystalline Material for Use in Beam Current Transformer Cores at Accelerator in France
David Ingram
- Erin Grimes - Erin Grimes | Trying to Steer the Accelerator Beam Into the Air by Focusing It Through a Millimeter Hole
- Erin Grimes - Building an Optics Model to Examine Works of Art and Nature
Peter Jung
- Anika Friedman - Physics-Neuroscience Major Sheds Light on Neurofilament Activity
- Anika Friedman - Internship | Exploring Computational Tools to Better Understand the Nervous System
Zachary Meisel
- Matt Brooks - Internship | Computer Science Major Develops a Graphical Interface Code for Nuclear Astrophysicists
- Matthew Connell - Matthew Connell ǀ Detector simulations for nuclear astrophysics studies
- Grant Merz - Grant Merz ǀ Simulating nuclear explosions on neutron stars
Madappah Prakash
- Jamison Lahman - Jamison Lahman | The Structure of White Dwarfs