Physics instruction at Cal Poly is conducted in a variety of formats by skilled professionals who focus on building an inclusive and welcoming learning community so that all students achieve proficiency. Learn by Doing is a guiding principle that permeates the physics curriculum. A major emphasis on laboratory investigations, especially at the upper division, complements students' theoretical and computational grounding. At the lower division level, several sections of courses are taught in a studio environment using materials developed on the basis of research on the learning and teaching of physics.

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Senior Projects from 2010

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Optical Coherence: Recreation of the Experiment of Thompson and Wolf, David Collins

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Investigation of Track-Cluster matching vs Track-Cell matching in the ALICE detector at CERN, Kevin Coulombe

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Design and Construction of a Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chamber, Alexander Donoghue

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Determining Pulsation Period for an RR Lyrae Star, Leah M. Fabrizio

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Construction and enhancement of stereo vacuum tube amplifier with precision machined enclosure, Nikolaus (Nik) Glazar

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The Usage of Smartphones in the Calculation of Relativistic Time Dilation Effects at Meager Velocities, Leland Gregory

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Experiments on de Vries Liquid Crystals: a Software Approach, Austin Havens

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Search for Dark Matter Annihilation in M5, Daniel Jackson

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A New Technique for Detecting Cosmic Strings in the COSMOS Survey Using Shapelet Decomposition, Kevin A. James

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An Analysis of the Quasi Biennial Oscillation, Ozone and Thermal Damping, Kevin Jauregui

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Study of Accretion Effects of Transients in LMXB System, Quentin Lamicq

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Reflectivity of a Cholesteric Liquid Crystal, Justin Lawson

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Extrasolar Planet Detection Through Analysis of K-Giant Radial Velocity Data, Floyd D. Linayao

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Survey of Meteorite Samples for 92Nb, 98Tc, and 60Fe using Gamma Ray Spectroscopy, Robert Maxwell

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Central Compact Objects, Trevor Meek

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Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy: Meteorite Samples and the search for 98Tc, Kristopher L. Merolla

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Cryogenic Refrigeration for Quantum Voltage Standards, Jeffrey Power

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Construction and Improvement of a Scheffler Reflector and Thermal Storage Device, Jason Rapp

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PREPARING A VACUUM CHAMBER TO TRAP ATOMS, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF A MAGNETO-OPTICAL TRAP, Grant Rayner

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Liquid Helium Refill Shifts at the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events, Robin L. Reil

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Resistance of the Superconducting Material YBCO, Christopher Safranski

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Exoplanet Transit Detection with Terrestrial Amateur Equipment: Using the Cal Poly Observatory, San Luis Obispo, Joshua Thompson

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A Brief History and Research of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A, Michelle Wilbur

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Could ALICE Find the Elusive Higgs?, Tyler Williams

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Analysis of the Blazar 1ES1218+30.4, Timothy Wolf