Michael C. Baxa wins the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship (Details)

WIU physics students, under the direction of Dr. Mark S. Boley, placed in the annual Student Research Symposium at the ISAAPT Spring Meetings.

April 24-25, 1998

1. Amul Tevar*, Western Illinois University, Investigation of the Effects of Cobalt Doping on Copper Oxide Superconductors
3. Clay D. Nall, Western Illinois University, Enhancements in High Temperature Superconductivity Data Acquisition Techniques

April 16-17, 1999

1. Amul Tevar*, Western Illinois University, Investigation of Gravitational Shielding by Rotating Superconductors

April 14-15, 2000

3. Michael C. Baxa, Western Illinois University, The Critical State Effects of Nickel Doping in a YBCO(123) Superconductor

April 20-21, 2001

3. Michael C. Baxa, Western Illinois University, Raman and EXAFS Studies of Low-Ni-Doped YBCO Superconductors.

(*) Denotes Macomb High School Student

Travel Grants Awarded to WIU physics students under the direction of Dr. Mark S. Boley

$500 Travel Grant for the 1999 Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference awarded to Doug A. Franklin to present the paper: Heat Treatment Effects on Sensitivity and Hysteresis Loops of Magneto-elastic Torque Transducers

$250 Travel Grant for the 1999 Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society awarded to Doug A. Franklin to present the paper: A Comparative Study of the Effects of Cobalt Doping and Neutron Irradiation on YBCO Superconductors

Honors Research Grants awarded to WIU physics students working under the direction of Dr. Mark S. Boley.

$??? Honors Research Grant awarded to WIU physics honors student Michael C. Baxa for work leading to the B.S. Honors Thesis "In Progress"

$200 Honors Research Grant awarded to WIU physics honors student Doug A. Franklin for work leading to the B.S. Honors Thesis "Transport Current Dependence of Critical Magnetic Field in Polycrystalline Samples of High-Temperature Superconductor (RE) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-x, Where RE = Y, Er, and Yb:"

WIU physics students working for Dr. Mark S. Boley have completed internships at the following locations: