Autumn 2021 Capstone & Symposium

Chemistry & Physics

December 17, 2021

Zoom room

1:00 PM - 1:05 PM

Welcome & Introductions

Dr. Lori Robins

1:05 PM - 1:20 PM

Benzene Cancer Risk Evaluation

Kaitlin Thompson

Chemistry (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dan Jaffe

1:20 PM - 1:35 PM

Normalization of Quasars in the Search for Extremely High-Velocity Outflows

Mikel Charles

Mathematics (B.S.)
Physics Minor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Paola Rodríguez Hidalgo

1:35 PM - 1:50 PM

Time Analysis of the June 25th PNW Heatwave

Christopher McJunkin

Physics (B.S.)

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric Salathé

1:50 PM - 2:05 PM

Inferring the Neutron Star Maximum Mass and Lower Mass Gap in Spinning Neutron Star-Black Hole Systems

Christine Ye

Eastlake High School

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joey Key

2:05 PM - 2:20 PM

Building a Pulsar Detection Model

Praveer Jain

Eastside Preparatory School

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joey Key

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Indoor Air Quality

Natalie Salazar

Earth & Space Sciences

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dan Jaffe