Past Events

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 and Mechanical Engineering major with Physics minor:
    Research project on dark matter detectors and DarkSide experiment with on-campus faculty advisor
  • Paige Brady, Physics major with Math minor:
    1) Mat 199 course on Triangulations and Associahedra
    2) Independent off-campus project on glacier dynamics and ice-shelf modeling with University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    3) Paid research position conducting data analysis at Bodega Marine Laboratory

Video link


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

Video link


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

Video Link


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

Video Link