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We plan to develop and deploy to local schools a physics experiment that will potentially be included in the standard roaster of physics labs in Tuscaloosa area and statewide. The student will work on the following aspects: 1. Help deciding what lab to deploy. This could be either one of the standard labs implemented with the off-the-shelf commercial instruments (e.g., PASCO Scientific) like the ones offered in the intro physics courses at UA, or a bespoke setup that could be manufactured at the UA machine and electronics shops. 2. Under the supervision of the faculty and the Science In Motion specialist, the student will take care of developing the lab, procuring needed equipment, producing a write-up (manual) for teachers, and orga...

Students can work on the following projects: 1. Novel approaches to simulation of nuclear track detector data for the MoEDAL experiment at the Large Hadron Collider using Generative Adversarial Networks 2. Position reconstruction of gamma and beta decays in the EXO-200 neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment using Convolutional Neural Networks Fluency in programming languages (Python and/or C, Linux OS) are required. Familiarity with deep learning technique and relevant software (PyTorch, Keras) are preferred. Access to GPU computing system will be provided...

Use electronics circuit simulation software to design a dedicated low noise amplifier for novel detectors of elementary particles. Requires familiarity with relevant hardware (e.g., transimpedance amplifier) and software (e.g., LTspice)...