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| ===== Welcome! ===== | ===== Welcome! ===== |
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| ===== IQS Research and COVID-19 ===== | Undergraduate research is one of the highlights of the Chapman University experience. It is never too early to get involved. Research and creative activity projects are available at the freshman level and up and projects can span multiple semesters. |
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| The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted undergraduate research opportunities at Chapman with restricted building access and many people not present on campus. However, it is still possible to work with IQS. Theoretical and computational work can be supervised remotely over Zoom. Experimental work that requires access to a laboratory is still possible, as many research labs are open and can be accessed for undergraduate research with special permission. If you are interested in experimental work, but cannot access campus, then it may be possible to work on computational and data analysis aspects of the project remotely. | ===== Why Do Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity? ===== |
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| Undergraduate research is one of the highlights of the Chapman University experience. While we would all prefer to be able to do research in person, please do not let the pandemic discourage you from participating. It is never too early to get involved in research and projects can span multiple semesters, so if you start now then you might be able to finish your project in person when campus fully reopens. | |
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| ===== Why Do Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity ===== | |
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| - Undergraduate research and creative activity is one of the distinguishing features of a Chapman education. Through research, you can develop a unique relationship with faculty. Most students who undertake research and creative activity rank it as one of the best parts of their Chapman experience. Above all, it is fun and interesting. | - Undergraduate research and creative activity is one of the distinguishing features of a Chapman education. Through research, you can develop a unique relationship with faculty. Most students who undertake research and creative activity rank it as one of the best parts of their Chapman experience. Above all, it is fun and interesting. |
| ===== About The Institute ===== | ===== About The Institute ===== |
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| [[https://quantum.chapman.edu|Institute Website]] | [[https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/quantum-studies/index.aspx|Institute Website]] |
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| ==== Mission ==== | ==== Mission ==== |
| * Students may take [[https://catalog.chapman.edu/preview_course.php?catoid=19&coid=57380|PHYS491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity]] as part of their regular course load either in the regular or interterm semesters. If your course load is too high for this, most supervisors are happy to work with undergraduates informally and not for credit. | * Students may take [[https://catalog.chapman.edu/preview_course.php?catoid=19&coid=57380|PHYS491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity]] as part of their regular course load either in the regular or interterm semesters. If your course load is too high for this, most supervisors are happy to work with undergraduates informally and not for credit. |
| * Students may take part in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) program, or other programs offered by [[https://www.chapman.edu/research/center-for-undergraduate-excellence/index.aspx|Center for Undergraduate Excellence]]. | * Students may take part in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) program, or other programs offered by [[https://www.chapman.edu/research/center-for-undergraduate-excellence/index.aspx|Center for Undergraduate Excellence]]. |
| * Students may do research in [[https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/quantum-studies/advanced-physics-laboratory/index.aspx|Chapman’s advanced physics laboratory (Maryland)]] during summer or interterm. | * Students may obtain a paid summer research internship from Schmid College. |
| * Students may apply for undergraduate research experiences at other institutions. In particular, the IQS has affiliated members and collaborators across the world that we can help you find positions with. The NSF (National Science Foundation) can help fund summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) positions with external colleagues. [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/jeff-tollaksen|Prof. Jeff Tollaksen]] is a good first contact for this. | * Students may apply for undergraduate research experiences at other institutions. In particular, the IQS has affiliated members and collaborators across the world that we can help you find positions with. The NSF (National Science Foundation) can help fund summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) positions with external colleagues. |
| * Students may attend conferences with faculty to network and/or present original research. This can be an excellent way to find out what is going on in the field. | * Students may attend conferences with faculty to network and/or present original research. This can be an excellent way to find out what is going on in the field. |
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| By far the best way to get involved in undergraduate research and creative activity is to contact a faculty member who can act as your supervisor. A list of potential project supervisors is provided in the [[undergrad#Potential Project Supervisors|next section]]. Some of the potential supervisors have provided information about undergraduate projects, which you can consult to find out the kind of research they do and projects they currently have available. There are also links to their Chapman Faculty pages, personal homepages, and Google Scholar Profile, where these exist, which you can look at to find out more about their research. | By far the best way to get involved in undergraduate research and creative activity is to contact a faculty member who can act as your supervisor. A list of potential project supervisors is provided in the [[undergrad#Potential Project Supervisors|next section]]. Some of the potential supervisors have provided information about undergraduate projects, which you can consult to find out the kind of research they do and projects they currently have available. There are also links to their Chapman Faculty pages, personal homepages, and Google Scholar Profile, where these exist, which you can look at to find out more about their research. |
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| This is all well and good if you already know that you want to do a project in IQS, but what if you want to find out more about what we do first? A good starting point is to read some [[undergrad#Popular Science Articles and Videos About Our Work|Media]]. Even if you have no background in quantum theory, these will give you some idea about what we do. You could also talk to [[undergrad#Previous Projects|students who have previously done undergraduate research and creative activity with IQS faculty]]. If you are feeling more ambitious, you can look a [[https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/quantum-studies/Research1.aspx|recent published work from IQS]], which you can also find by looking at faculty members Google Scholar profile. Do not worry if you do not understand everything you read in the scientific papers yet. Your supervisor will give you guidance on what you need to read and how to read scientific articles when you start your project. The idea is to just give you a rough idea of the kinds of things we do and the methods and techniques we use to do them. | This is all well and good if you already know that you want to do a project in IQS, but what if you want to find out more about what we do first? A good starting point is to peruse some [[undergrad#Media|Popular Science Media about our work]]. Even if you have no background in quantum theory, these will give you some idea about what we do. You could also talk to [[undergrad#Past Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Projects|students who have previously done undergraduate research and creative activity with IQS faculty]]. If you are feeling more ambitious, you can look a [[https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/quantum-studies/Research1.aspx|recent published work from IQS]], which you can also find by looking at faculty members Google Scholar profile. Do not worry if you do not understand everything you read in the scientific papers yet. Your supervisor will give you guidance on what you need to read and how to read scientific articles when you start your project. The idea is to just give you a rough idea of the kinds of things we do and the methods and techniques we use to do them. |
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| ===== Potential Project Supervisors ===== | ===== Potential Project Supervisors ===== |
| * Prof. Yakir Aharonov (Physics) – Executive Director of IQS (contact via Prof. Tollaksen) | * Prof. Yakir Aharonov (Physics) – Executive Director of IQS (contact via Prof. Tollaksen) |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/yakir-aharonov|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/yakir-aharonov|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bkVKG88AAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | * Prof. Andrew Jordan (Physics) – Co Director of IQS |
| * Prof. Jeff Tollaksen (Physics) – Director of IQS | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/andrew-jordan|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| | * [[https://sites.google.com/view/andrewnjordan/Home|Personal Homepage]] |
| | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7AhCirsAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| | * Prof. Jeff Tollaksen (Physics) – Co Director of IQS |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/jeff-tollaksen|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/jeff-tollaksen|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FWlNuwoAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | * Prof. Daniele Struppa (Mathematics) – Honorary Director of IQS |
| * Prof. Matthew Leifer (Physics) – Co-Director of IQS | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/daniele-struppa.aspx|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/matt-leifer|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4pV7TNoAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| * [[https://mattleifer.info|Personal Homepage]] | * Prof. Emily Adlam (Philosophy) |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=v57KfMEAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RlTqjZMAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| * [[leifer|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] | |
| * Prof. Roman Buniy (Physics) | * Prof. Roman Buniy (Physics) |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/roman-buniy|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/roman-buniy|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=08-uP68AAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=08-uP68AAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| * Dr. Lorenzo Catani (Physics) | |
| * [[catani|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] | |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C3O5nMEAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | |
| * Prof. Justin Dressel (Physics) | * Prof. Justin Dressel (Physics) |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/justin-dressel|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/justin-dressel|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=euAfq5gAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=euAfq5gAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| * [[dressel|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] | * [[dressel|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] |
| * Dr. Cristhiano Duarte Silva (Physics) | * Prof. Nooshin M. Estakhri (Electrical Engineering) |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ubnl9qwAAAAJ&hl=de|Google Scholar Profile]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/nooshin-estakhri.aspx|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * Prof. Armen Gulian – Director of Chapman’s Advanced Physics Laboratory (Maryland) | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/engineering/about/faculty/program-faculty/nooshin-estakhri.aspx/|Faculty of Engineering Homepage]] |
| | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zEHw0I8AAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| | * Prof. Armen Gulian (Physics) |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/armen-gulian|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/armen-gulian|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L6SsXwsAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L6SsXwsAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| | * [[gulian|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] |
| | * Prof. John Howell |
| | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/John-howell|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dWILJsEAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| | * Prof. Ebrahim Karimi (Physics) |
| | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/scst/about/faculty-profiles.aspx?email=ekarimi@chapman.edu|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=C_PgFBsAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| * Prof. Jerry LaRue (Chemistry) | * Prof. Jerry LaRue (Chemistry) |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/jerry-larue|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/jerry-larue|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dVNM3lwAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dVNM3lwAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| * [[larue|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] | * [[larue|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] |
| | * Prof. Matthew Leifer (Physics) |
| | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/matt-leifer|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| | * [[https://mattleifer.info|Personal Homepage]] |
| | * [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=v57KfMEAAAAJ&hl=en|Google Scholar Profile]] |
| | * [[leifer|Information about Undergraduate Projects]] |
| * Prof. Kelvin McQueen (Philosophy) | * Prof. Kelvin McQueen (Philosophy) |
| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/kelvin-mcqueen|Chapman Faculty Page]] | * [[https://www.chapman.edu/our-faculty/kelvin-mcqueen|Chapman Faculty Page]] |
| ==== Videos ==== | ==== Videos ==== |
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| * [[https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/quantum-studies/conferences-and-events.aspx|Institute for Quantum Studies Public Lectures]] (Some of which are recorded). | |
| * [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WhVBpbz_IP--iG8_q204w/videos?disable_polymer=1|Institute for Quantum Studies YouTube Channel]] | * [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WhVBpbz_IP--iG8_q204w/videos?disable_polymer=1|Institute for Quantum Studies YouTube Channel]] |
| * [[https://youtu.be/ERaF-MDDl4A|Quantum Entanglement: Does Physics Have a Speed Limit]] | * [[https://youtu.be/ERaF-MDDl4A|Quantum Entanglement: Does Physics Have a Speed Limit]] |
| ===== Past Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Projects ===== | ===== Past Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Projects ===== |
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| | ==== Summer 2022 ==== |
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| | * A Local Ballistic Model of Electromagnetic Forces |
| | * Student: Dixon Katzenberg, Supervisor: Mordecai Waegell |
| | * {{ :local_ballistic_em_dixon_katzenberg_summer22.pdf |Poster}} |
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| | ==== Summer 2021 ==== |
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| | * Quantum Foundations Demonstration Experiments on the IBM Quantum Experience |
| | * Students: Jacob Anabi and Pablo Labbate, Supervisor: Matthew Leifer |
| ==== Fall 2020 ==== | ==== Fall 2020 ==== |
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| * The Bell Game | * The Bell Game |
| * Student: Aaron Grisez, Supervisor: Matthew Leifer | * Student: Aaron Grisez, Supervisor: Matthew Leifer |
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| | ==== Fall 2015 ==== |
| | * Interference Energy Spectrum of the Infinite Square Well |
| | * Student: Taylor Patti, Supervisors: Yakir Aharonov and Mordecai Waegell |
| | * [[https://mdpi.com/1099-4300/18/4/149|Publication]] |