| Hey Feynmaniac-
Seiken, I think, told you about all you'd want to know. He probably has better intel in the current status, since I am now several years removed from the scene.
For what it is worth, I'll add in a few things:
As a physics major you will have options for doing either theoretical or experimental work--but you probably won't do both.
On the theoretical side, back in the day Prof Chen sponsored a senior thesis project to think about ways one could measure the angular momentum of a photon--kind of straddled the boundary of theory/experiment. Most projects, however, are pretty clear cut one way or the other. Either your building things, or you are pondering life in the 64th dimension.
The physics department usually sponsors a couple of clinic projects--an industry-sponsored research project. My senior year there was one project with intel to figure out a way to microfab smaller transistors; and the other project was about magnetotactic bacteria, sponsored by JPL. You can always cross-over into an engineering clinic, of which there are many.
Prof Eckert was (still is?) working on GMR (giant magneto-resistance). That was a very hands-on research project. Saeta and Donnelly used to have some cool projects involving lasers and harmonics of something or other.
At any rate, I think you will find something interesting to work on. |