Physics Undergraduate Research Topics

Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Topics


Project	Supervisor	Possibility of Extending to MSc?
Direct Evidence of Charge-Induced Instability in Aerosol Droplets	Styliani (Stella) Constas	Yes
Brine Rejection in Aqueous Supercooled Aerosol Droplets	Styliani (Stella) Constas	Yes
Multiscale Modelling of Nanostructured Soft Materials	Colin Denniston	Yes
Computational Modelling of Cell and Tissue Mechanics	Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan	Yes
Characterization of Graphene-Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Nanocomposites	Giovanni Fanchini	Yes
Fabrication and Characterization of “persistent” Solar Cells	Giovanni Fanchini	Yes
Astronaut Underwear - Wearable materials for attenuation of high-energy radiation Not offered during Summer 2024	Lyudmila Goncharova	Yes
Ion beam analysis for novel Li and Na battery materials Not offered during Summer 2024	Lyudmila Goncharova / Andy Sun	Maybe
Nanophotonic Enhancement of Silicon Quantum Dot Emission Not offered during Summer 2024	Lyudmila Goncharova	Yes
Computational modeling cancer growth and radiation therapy	Mikko Karttunen	Yes
Phase-field modeling of materials	Mikko Karttunen	Yes
Setting up an Experimental Wave Tank	Olga Trichtchenko	Maybe
Analysing Resonances	Olga Trichtchenko	Yes
Waves with Strong Surface Tension	Olga Trichtchenko	Yes
Atmospheric Physics Studies using the MPLCAN Network of Lidars	Robert Sica	Yes
Study of Slider-blocks as a Model for Fracture and Friction	Robert Shcherbakov	Yes


Project	Supervisor	Possibility of Extending to MSc?
Computational Modelling of Cell and Tissue Mechanics	Gonca Erdemci-Tandogan	Yes
Computational modeling cancer growth and radiation therapy	Mikko Karttunen	Yes
Measuring Complex Flow in Microfluidic Devices	Tamie Poepping	Yes
Early Outcome Assessment and Intratumoral Modulation Therapy for Glioblastoma	Eugene Wong	Yes
Intrinsic and Acquired Resistance to Anti-angiogenic Treatments: Interaction Between Tumor Vascular and Adaptive Metabolism	Eugene Wong	Yes
Modelling Blood Flow Through a Vessel	Olga Trichtchenko	Yes


Project	Supervisor	Possibility of Extending to MSc?
The Meteoroid Environment from Optical Observations	Margaret Campbell-Brown	Yes
Meteoroid Fragmentation from High-Resolution Observations	Margaret Campbell-Brown	Yes
High Resolution Spectral Observations of Meteors	Margaret Campbell-Brown	Yes
Oceanic Detection of Meteorite Impacts	Peter Brown	Yes
Application of Machine Learning to Radar Meteor Echo Detection	Peter Brown	Yes
Determining Meteoroid Origins by Measurement of Deceleration Using Multi-station Radar Data	Peter Brown	Yes
Origins and Physical Properties of Meter-sized Earth Impactors	Peter Brown	Yes
Measurement of Plasma Resonance in Radio Reflections from Meteor Trails	Peter Brown	Yes
Multi-technique Modelling of Small Meteoroid Ablation	Peter Brown	Yes
Shock Waves from Optically Detected Meteors	Peter Brown	Yes
Deformation and strength study of reidite – strong or weak of an age dating phase?	Sean Shieh	Yes
Numerical Modeling of Meteorite Impact Events	Gordon Osinski	Yes