“Direct Tension Testing” by Luke Pinkerton ’97, CEO Helix Steel Bio: Luke Pinkerton ‘97, PE (ME) is CEO and founder of Helix Steel. He has a BS in engineering physics from Hope College and an MS in structural engineering from the University of Michigan in 1999. He earned an MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology …
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1. “Analyzing Promethium Isotopes To Understand The Origin Of Heavy Elements In The Universe” by Godswill Ogudoro, Mentor Paul DeYoung The origin of heavy elements in the universe is one of the most prevailing questions in current physics. The r-process is a set of nuclear reactions responsible for the creation of many of the current …
Title: Room temperature superconductor! Is it possible?Abstract: Superconductor is a material that shows two special properties: zero resistance and Meissner effect (expulsion of magnetic field) below its critical temperature. Thanksto these special properties, this material has been used in many applications such assuperconducting wires, medical device MRI, superconducting magnets in particleaccelerators and plasma Tokamak reactors, …
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1. “Turbulence and Zonal-Flow Impact in the Madison Symmetric Torus in Quasi-Single Helicity” by Nick Kaipainen, Mentor Zach Williams Reversed-Field Pinches (RFPs) operating in the Quasi-Single-Helicity (QSH) magnetic geometry exhibit significant improvements in confinement time as compared to standard discharges due to the efficient saturation of large-scale tearing modes. This modification to the magnetic geometry …
