High School Reports
2022
2022 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
Name | High School | Supervisor | Project Title | File Size |
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Sara Davies | Pittsford Sutherland | R. S. Craxton | Direct-Drive Uniformity Calculations for a Future High-Gain Laser Facility | 938 KB |
Olivia Fietkiewicz | Mercy | S. Bucht | Measuring the Mode Field Diameter of Single-Mode Fibers Using the Knife-Edge Technique | 4.32 MB |
John Giess | McQuaid | V. N. Goncharov and K. M. Woo | Mitigating Rayleigh–Taylor Instabilities in the Deceleration Phase of Inertial Confinement Fusion | 646 KB |
Samuel Gray | Brighton | W. T. Shmayda and E. Dombrowski | Characterizing a Cryosorption Pump for Collecting Tokamak Exhausts | 774 KB |
Micah Kim | Home School | D. W. Jacobs-Perkins | Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a 3-D–Printed Optomechanical Assembly for MIFEDS Coil Characterization | 999 KB |
Jackson McCarten | Webster Schroeder | B. N. Hoffman and K. R. P. Kafka | Viability Testing of Polymer Coating for Optical Cleaning Applications | 1022 KB |
Elizabeth Norris | Brighton | M. D. Wittman | Determining the Absorption Efficiency of a Flow-Through Pd-Bed as a Function of Initial 4He:D2 Ratio and Flow Rate | |
Arjun Patel | Brighton | D. Chakraborty and R. Sobolewski | Terahertz Time-Domain Characterization of Biological Tissues Modeled Using COMSOL Multiphysics | |
Vinay Pendri | Pittsford Mendon | K. L. Marshall | Computational Modeling of Liquid Crystals and Related Materials Using Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory | 671 KB |
Jayden Roberts | Brockport | S. T. Ivancic | Investigation of Microwave-Induced Chemical Etching in CR39 | 499 KB |
Cameron Ryan | McQuaid | R. W. Kidder | Containerized Application Management for Cloud-Based Scientific Analysis | 463 KB |
Alisha Upal | Pittsford Sutherland | R. S. Craxton | Development of a National Ignition Facility Laser Configuration with X-Ray Backlighting for Direct Drive of a Foam Ball Target | 3.28 MB |
David Villani | Harley School | M. J. Guardalben | Energy Prediction on the OMEGA EP Laser System Using Neural Networks | 1.40 MB |
Grace Wu | Pittsford Mendon | I. A. Begishev | Measurement of the Refractive Indices of KDP and ADP at Low Temperatures | 1.21 MB |
Jenny Zhao | Pittsford Mendon | K. L. Marshall and N. D. Urban | Chiroptical Properties and Mesophase Stability of Saturated Chiral Dopants for High-Peak-Power Liquid Crystal Device Applications | 4.25 MB |
Rick Zhou | Brighton | W. T. Shmayda and M. Sharpe | Measuring the Performance of Molecular Sieve Driers | 1.95 MB |
2021
2021 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
Name | High School | Supervisor | Project Title | File Size |
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Semma Alfatawi | Victor | C. J. Forrest | Inferring a Neutron Yield from Nuclear Activation Techniques | 1.95 MB |
Felix Huang | Webster Schroeder | H. G. Rinderknecht | Uniformity of X-Ray Prepulses for Imprint Mitigation in Directly Driven Implosions | |
Audrey Kohlman | Churchville-Chili | R. S. Craxton | Polar-Direct-Drive Designs for the Laser Megajoule | 1.25 MB |
Meghan Marangola | Brighton | R. S. Craxton | Optimization of Direct-Drive Designs for a Proposed Dual Direct-/Indirect-Drive Laser | 8.83 MB |
Tyler Petrillo | Webster Schroeder | R. S. Craxton | Development of a Polar-Direct-Drive Design for Large-Diameter Beryllium and Plastic Targets on the National Ignition Facility | 1.09 MB |
Leo Sciortino | School of the Arts | R. W. Kidder | Data Services to Improve Access to Scientific Image Data | 950 KB |
Aditya Srinivasan | Pittsford Sutherland | A. B. Sefkow and M. Lavell | Exploration of Conduction and Stopping-Power Models for Hybrid Fluid-Kinetic Simulations | 596 KB |
Andrew Wu | Pittsford Mendon | K. L. Marshall | Computational Modeling of the Polarizability of Liquid Crystals | 489 KB |
2019
2019 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2018
2018 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2017
2017 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
Name | High School | Supervisor | Project Title | File Size |
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Viknesh Baskar | Webster Schroeder | J. P. Knauer and C. J. Forrest | Ion Temperature Analysis of Neutron Time-of-Flight Data | – |
Nikhil Bose | Pittsford Sutherland | M. J. Guardalben | Compensation for Self-Focusing on the OMEGA EP Laser by Use of Frequency Conversion | 1.1 MB |
Benjamin Chabak | Byron Bergen | J. P. Knauer and C. J. Forrest | Design and Analysis of Cherenkov Radiation Detectors | 625 KB |
Meshach Cornelius | Gates Chili | T. Walker and G. Brent | Characterization and Detection of the Deterioration of Electrical Connectors in a Flash-Lamp System | 1.2 MB |
Griffin Cross | Pittsford Sutherland | W. T. Shmayda | Study of the Hydrogen Palladium System | 455 KB |
Matthew Galan | Fairport | R. W. Kidder | Data Services for Scientific Analysis on OMEGA and OMEGA EP | 818 KB |
Claire Guo | Penfield | A. Bose and R. Epstein | Analysis of Hot Spot Asymmetries Using Synthetic X-Ray Images | 1 MB |
Joyce Luo | Pittsford Mendon | K. L. Marshall | Ambient-Temperature Ammonia Removal Process for Sol-Gel Anti-Reflective Coating Solutions | 5.4 MB |
Jonathan Moore | Pittsford Sutherland | M. D. Wittman and A. Kalb | Predetermination of DT Fuel Mass in Cryogenic Target Capsules from Any Viewing Angle | – |
Arian Nadjimzadah | Brighton | W. T. Shmayda | Modifying Stainless Steel Surfaces by Electropolishing | 1.4 MB |
Yujia Yang | Brighton | R. S. Craxton | Improving the Uniformity of Revolver Designs for the National Ignition Facility | 3.2 MB |
2016
2016 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2015
2015 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2014
2014 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2013
2013 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2012
2012 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2011
2011 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2010
2010 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2009
2009 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2008
2008 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2007
2007 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2006
2006 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2005
2005 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2004
2004 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2003
2003 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
Name | High School | Supervisor | Project Title | File Size |
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Christine Beaty | Livonia High School | C. Stoeckl | Controlling Scientific Instruments Using JAVA on LINUX | 292 KB |
Ryan Blair | Canandaigua Academy | R. Boni, M. Millechia | Characterization of the OMEGA Sixty-Channel UV Spectrometer | 280 KB |
George Dahl | Allendale Columbia | R. Boni, M. Guardalben | Pulse-Shaping Effects in Optical Parametric Amplifications | 524 KB |
Margot Epstein | Sodus Central High School | W. Bittle, J. Depatie | Automated Laser-Beam Steering | 940 KB |
Wen-fai Fong | Pittsford Sutherland | R. Epstein | Non-LTE Effects on the Speed of Sound in Plasmas | 888 KB |
Christopher Forbes | Eastridge Senior High | P. Jaanimagi | Energy and Angular Distributions of Secondary Electrons Under High Electric Field | 896 KB |
Nathaniel Gindele | Brighton Senior High | J. Knauer | Analyzing an Array of Diamond Photodetector Detectors | 1.4 MB |
Rohan Kekre | McQuaid Jesuit | S. Craxton | Tuning Multiple Triplers Using a UV Spectrometer | 1.6 MB |
Kathryn Knowles | Churchville-Chili | J. Delettrez | Analysis of Silicon Emission in Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Imploded Layered Targets | 716 KB |
Nadine Lippa | Byron-Bergen | A. Schmid, S. Lukishova | Single Dye Molecule Fluorescence in Liquid Crystal Hosts | 1.7 MB |
Anthony Noto | Greece Athena | K. Marshall | Development of Weighted Chirality Indices: Their Use in Modeling Nickel Dithiolene Systems | 1.5 MB |
Benjamin Schmitt | Greece Arcadia | F. Marshall | X-Ray Microscope Mirror Characterization | 1.6 MB |
Nicole Toscano | Greece Arcadia | V. Smalyuk | Compressed Core Characterization of a Cryogenic D2 Target at Peak Neutron Production | 1.1 MB |
Cam Tran | Wilson Magnet | K. Marshall | Photochemically Induced Alignment of Liquid Crystals on a Polymer Surface | 2.3 MB |
Michael Wozniak | Greece Athena | D. Harding, S. Craxton | The Effect of Nonuniform Illumination on the Shape of Deuterium Ice Layers | 2.1 MB |
2002
2002 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2001
2001 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)
2000
2000 Summer High School Research Program, Comprehensive Report (includes all student papers)