In this project, we seek to better understand the connection between brightening and dimming of thermal energy from the accretion disk and the strength of emission lines from ionized gas clouds in what is called the broad line region (BLR). Research in this area will provide a strong foundation in computational skills, numerical modeling, and deep learning, all of which will prepare students for additional opportunities in industry, national laboratories, and graduate school.Īctive galactic nuclei (AGN) manifest a range of phenomenon in X-ray to radio wavelengths, from active accretion of material into a thermally hot disk about the central supermassive black hole (BH) to ionization of clouds at light-day distances to massive jets of material that produce significant radio emission. I am currently looking for two students to join my computational underwater acoustics research. The other part explores optimizations and how machine learning can be used to identify seafloor properties from different types of sounds. One part of the research works on determining the sensitivity of different seafloor parameters and determining which seafloors make a big enough difference on the sound propagation to be detected. My work involves using sound from the ocean to estimate the ocean environment. The computational models for sound propagation in the ocean depend on the ocean environment. The reliability of these localization algorithms depends on the degree to which the ocean environment is correctly parameterized in the models.
Large arrays of hydrophones in the ocean can be used to locate acoustic sources. Your faculty advisor can answer questions you have or give you an overview of research in the department. To find out who your advisor is go to the advising page and after signing in you will see them listed. Interested in Astronomy? Email and ask to join the email list or go to and sign up for it there.Ĭurrent Undergraduate students who are not working on research yet are automatically assigned to be academically advised by one of five department faculty members.Interested in Acoustics? Email and ask to join the email list.Talk to your faculty advisor to learn more. Applied Physics majors can work on research outside the department’s typical research areas.Remember, professors are investing time to work with you. The early bird gets the worm! The longer you wait in the pursuit of your degree, the less likely a professor might be to work with you on a short time scale.Just do it! It’s normal to feel shy but research is fun (and required).Talk to students in that research area to find out what it’s like.Volunteer to help assist an existing student research project.Find out what alumni do now, who worked in a particular research area.Contact individual professors in the department and ask to meet with them to learn about their research and whether the professor has research projects available to get involved in.Browse the department's research group pages.How do I choose a research area and find an advisor to work with? Some professors have individual research group meetings not listed below. These are generally open meetings where visitors are welcome. Research groups generally meet weekly during Fall and Winter semesters.
We encourage you to visit with several faculty members before making your final decision. After deciding which opportunities you are most interested in, contact the faculty members listed to find out if they can accept you into the research program and to learn more about what you would be doing. Browse this page and follow the links below to find more information about the various groups. Below we list opportunities for research with our faculty and suggestions to help you get started. We recommend that you get involved in research as early as possible. Teaching majors are also encouraged to participate also. Undergraduate General Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Physics majors are each required to do research leading to a thesis or capstone report, respectively.
Students in our department have a wonderful opportunity to get involved in research at any level in their education at BYU.
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