Students frequently collaborate with faculty on research and many students have appeared as co-authors on published papers and professional conference talks. Student-faculty research takes place full time during the summer months where the student is financially supported by internal or external grants. Students also pursue research during the academic year, often for independent study credit or in pursuance of an honors thesis.
Students frequently present their work at undergraduate research conferences.
There is more information about faculty research interests on the faculty page . Boron is a light element that if formed primarily through spallation of CNO nuclei in the interstellar medium by high energy cosmic rays. This project builds from Professor Venn's research on boron abundances in Galactic stars, also from HST ultraviolet spectroscopic data. Doug is working on the plasma chemical vapor deposition of diamond-like carbon and carbon nitride thin films. His focus is on the effects of ion bombardment on film properties, in particular those properties relevant for potential use of these films as biomaterials.