Dalar Nazari ’13, Ethan Ritz ’12, Ethan Susca ’12 and Michael Loy ’13 worked on a way to separate gases using composite mem- branes. “Industries use intensive methods of separating gases,” said Susca. “In the traditional industrial gas separation process, gases are cooled using lots of energy until one gas becomes a liquid. Then the liquid is separated from the gas.” The HMC team worked on what could potentially be a more efficient method: filters that separate one gas from the other. By creating compos- ite membranes containing organic nano-particle filters, the team sought to reduce the energy used in the gas separation process. Left, Nazari looks at slices of a packing model that represents a Poly(4-methyl-2-pentyne) membrane. “We use such computer models to get an atomic view of the packing structure of polymer membranes that we experiment with in the lab,” she said.
engineering Faculty advisor: Nancy Lape
Julien Devin ’12 and Robert Kealhofer ’13 explored novel ways to encode informa- tion for secure communication using the quantum physics of light. By carefully adjusting the path of infrared laser beams through special holograms in total dark- ness, they controlled and analyzed varying degrees of orbital angular momentum of photons. Their experiments relate to the field of quantum cryptography, which uses the laws of physics to allow commu- nication with unconditional security.
physics Faculty advisor: Theresa Lynn
Mudd Matter of Fact
40th year for HMC Clinic Program 80 Clinic liaisons, 36 projects Surpassed 1,300 Clinic projects Summer research: 100+ projects 200+ students, 45 faculty
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