Technology is shifting toward using light instead of electricity to compute. This project involved modeling, simulating, and experimentally investigating a specialized type of mirror used in these next-generation chips.

What happens when you unleash a high-voltage explosion underwater? Our project simulates shock-wave collisions to determine whether water becomes a "stiff gas" under extreme pressure. By exploding copper wires, it becomes possible to harness destructive energy, from destroying human kidney stones to protecting ships from underwater shock waves.

An investigation on how crystals with special optical properties can create entangled photons. The dependence of output wavelength to output angle is modeled and compared to experimental results.

Capturing carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a key challenge in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This project investigates how effectively different solvents absorb CO₂ using a spray tower.

A display system was calibrated to ensure accurate visual presentation. The calibrated system was then used to develop a peripheral vision task exploring how sustained attention changes over time and visual sensitivity to different contrasts.

One in four people live with metabolic syndrome, a serious condition that raises the risk for fatal diseases such as cardio vascular disease. One of the main contributors to the prevalence of this syndrome is the modern western diet. This study examines the effects of Kupffer cells and hypercholesterolemia on the development of fibrosis in the liver and the hepatic structure in mice fed a western style diet.