During the week, speakers from various other institutions and corporations also visit campus to discuss their perspectives on the importance of student research. Student Research Week also allows students to compete for awards. Plans are already underway for next year's event. Theoretical physicist Michael Duff is trying to change the shape of the universe-or at least our concepts of the shape of the stuff it's made of. Scientific American published a detailed article about Duff's theories in their February 1998 issue.
Heat is transferred through the catheter using a working fluid.
The simple catheter device requires no complex equipment, high voltages or high radio frequencies. The patented catheter is the third issued with this technology. The devices are frequently used in high-tech equipment that redirects or divides light and are important because they can replace optics like glass mirrors or lenses that would be much larger or heavier. Dobson hopes to develop models that engineers can use to speed the design of micro-optical surfaces. Currently, most modeling and design begins with the light that enters an existing structure.