Undergraduate research opportunities in David Stuart's lab
I have openings for undergraduate students to participate in research.
Each of the projects below would be appropriate for one or two students
to take on over the quarter.
They would require about 3 hours per week, plus participation in an ~1 hour
long weekly group meeting.
These are unpaid projects, and students working on these projects would
enroll in one unit of Phys99, Phys199, or Phys143L.
To be considered for participation, students should have the following:
- A high GPA in physics or other science courses
- Outstanding work in previous lab courses
- A mix of technical skills, such as programming and/or electronics.
- Good communication skills
- Independent problem solving skills
- A non-overloaded course schedule
Students interested in joining one of the projects listed below should
express interest by email to DavidStuart@ucsb.edu
Enquiries should concisely include information about past course work
(physics classes and gpa), relevant skills and experience,
and course schedule for the quarter.
Potential projects
- Construct and test scintillator+PMT-based detector modules.
Assemble detectors, collect source and cosmic ray data with them, and analyze the performance.
This is a broad project with ways for several students to contribute.
- Milli-charge particle search at LHC
Participate in the data taking and data analysis for the MilliQan experiment that is searching for production of new fractionally-charged particles produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. There are
multiple opportunities to contribute including software-based data analysis or construction and testing of detector components.