The Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted the second annual Acevedo Poster Contest March 4, giving participating students a chance to show how they used computing resources, tools, or techniques in their research.

Professor Greg Howes, Director of Research Operations, served as judge and was highly complimentary of all posters presented. "We had a number of very good posters from the graduate and undergraduate students, and the competition was stiff,"  he said.

Graduate Student Winner: Hank Hammer
Advisor: Ravi Uppu
Title: Efficient Coupling of Single Quantum Emitters in Heterogeneous Photonic Nanostructures

Undergraduate Student Winner: Avi Kaufman
Advisor: Yannick Meurice
Title: Analysis of Quantum Information in Rydberg Systems using Quantum Simulation

Hammer and Kaufman will each receive a prize of $100.

Undergrads presenting posters included Kaufman, Aden Hageman, Grace Paxton, and Zeke Young. Grad students presenting posters were Hammer, Ramachandra Bangari, Dylan Blend,  Orgho Neogi, and Mohit Pradhan.

The contest is sponsored by alumna Amanda Acevedo (BS Physics, Computer Science '96), president of Vedo Systems, a software engineering and consulting firm in Houston, Texas.

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