Below is a list of past Undergraduate Presentation Series events including the panel of presenters, their respective projects, and video links where applicable. *All video links are through Google Drive and only accessible with your UC Davis email.
Friday, April 30th, 2021
Presenters:
- Chris Hopp, Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering major w/ Physics minor
Dark matter experiment design with on-campus faculty - Paige Brady, Physics major w/ minor in Mathematics:
1) Mat 199 course on triangulations and associahedra
2) Independent project on glacier dynamics with off-campus collaborator
3) Paid summer position with Bodega Marine Laboratory Coastal Oceanography Group
Friday, November 6th, 2020
Presenters:
- Jose Camacho, Physics major:
Phy 199 course on Topological Insulators and Condensed Matter Experiment - Chris Mills, Geology and Applied Mathematics double major:
Senior Thesis on Inversion theory, Stochastic processes, and Machine Learning - Anthony Jajeh, Mathematics major:
1) Mat 199 course on Topology and Knot Theory
2) Mathematical Biology quarterly project on Computational Simulations of Motor Proteins
Friday, September 25th, 2020
Presenters:
- Emerald Sherwood, Physics Major:
1) Phy 199 course on Gravitational Lensing
2) Atmospheric Research on Spatial CIMIS with on-campus graduate student - Veronica Guerra, Geology Major:
Honors Senior Thesis - Influence of Plate Speed Perturbations on Mantle Plume Formation and Buoyancy Flux - Metzli Montero, Applied Physics Major w/ concentration in Chemical Physics:
1) Research project on Electrosynthesis with on-campus faculty advising
2) Physics Education
Friday, August 7th, 2020
Presenters:
- Christian Pratt, Physics Major:
Wolfram Physics Project and The Wolfram Summer School - Mridul Sarkar, Scientific and Mathematical Computation Major:
Independent off-campus project on Quantum Computing - Deangelo Wooley, Physics Major with Specialization in Astrophysics:
1) Project with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
2) On-campus project with faculty advising