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2008 Florida State Physics News


 
 

Physics Undergraduate wins Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors Scholarship

 


Kristen Collar explains her research on uranium to Greg Beaumont during URCAA Symposium.

Physics undergraduate major Kristen Collar has been conducting research with Dr. Stanley Tozer at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Magnet Lab), on the growth of inorganic crystals and their characterization. At the end of her first year at FSU, she applied for an Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (URACE) Scholarship and received the award of $1000.

She also applied to join the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Magnet Lab at Los Alamos. She was accepted into the LANL program, and used the URACE award to help with her research at LANL.

While at LANL, she worked with Drs. Jason Cooley and Chuck Mielke.

Ms. Collar recently presented a poster based on that work at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Awards Symposium, and her picture appears in the article seen at http://media.www.fsunews.com/media/storage/paper920/news/2008/10/02/News/Hard-Work.Rewards.Fsu.Researchers-3464292.shtml

You can see a copy of her poster at http://www.physics.fsu.edu/users/roberts/undergrad/upost.asp. You can also see a copy of the article she has submitted for publication at http://www.physics.fsu.edu/users/roberts/undergrad/upubs.asp

Ms. Collar continues to work with Dr. Tozer. She says that grad school is a possibility, but many other decisions have to be made before she can make that call.

 

 

 
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