Overview
New Jersey is known as the Garden State given its temperate climate and proximity to the large urban areas of New York City and Philadelphia along with the early history of farming, especially for vegetables and berries (Karst 2024). Michigan’s agricultural production is larger than New Jersey’s and boasts of the 2nd most diverse outside of California and leads the nation in the production of tart cherries (Pohl 2022). Neither state is near the top of US agricultural production but (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
The goal of this project is to create, manipulate and control the atomic defects in van der Waals materials, such as Vb- centers in hexagonal boron nitride. These defects form effective two-level systems (qubit) and will be used as nanoscale quantum sensors for magnetic and electric field. The student will prepare the van der Waals material and heterostructure, and use quantum control protocols to identify and benchmark the qubits. As a stretch goal, new sensing protocols will be developed and tested (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
SAS - Physics & Astronomy
Exploring connections between Volcano Crater Shape and Eruption Style
Studies of volcanic populations in distributed volcanic fields show considerable variations in cone morphology, including variations in planview shape, cone slope, and relative crater size. Amongst the multiple driving factors for cone morphology, the dominant eruption style and the balance between effusive and explosive activity have implications both for cone morphology (especially planview shape) and for hazards assessment.
In (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
SAS - Earth and Planetary Sciences, SEBS - Marine (...)
Earth & Space Sciences, Environment , Geography, (...)
The project examines the relationship between the longstanding claim that America is not an empire, and the shifting portrayals of cinematic action heroes. The examination runs along two lines: the hero's motivation and the hero's action. Regarding the former, there is a strong tendency to portray action heroes as motivated by personal concerns--protecting one's family, helping a child they befriended, etc. Regarding the latter, the action hero almost invariably stands outside official institutions (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
SAS - Classics, SAS - Jewish Studies
Popular culture , American Studies
The K₄ crystal lattice, also known as the Laves graph, diamond twin, or triamond structure, is a remarkable geometric framework that, to date, has not been observed in nature. This lattice exhibits exceptional properties, including a very high level of symmetry comparable to that of diamond, intrinsic chirality—which means it exists in distinct right-handed and left-handed forms similar to many biological molecules—and an impressively low density. These attributes make the K₄ lattice a potential (...)
Aresty Research Assistant
Engn - Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
