{"id":75254,"date":"2019-03-11T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=75254"},"modified":"2019-03-11T16:32:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:32:38","slug":"copus-magnetic-rogue-waves-presentation-leads-to-three-minute-thesis-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=75254","title":{"rendered":"Copus’ magnetic rogue waves presentation leads to three-minute thesis success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew Copus presents on magnetic rogue waves during the 2019 Mountain Lion Grad Slam competition Feb. 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Matthew Copus, a doctoral student in applied science for physics, successfully condensed his work on magnetic rogue waves into three minutes and won the top prize in the 2019 Mountain Lion Grad Slam 3MT competition Feb. 1. He competed against the winners of 15 other universities at the regional competition March 6, and will represent UCCS again at the state competition March 14.<\/p>\n

Copus is working with faculty mentor Robert Camley, distinguished professor and chair of Physics and Energy Science, to see how spinning electrons inside of magnetic materials can create spin waves and how to connect this with the concept of rogue waves. This could possibly change magnetic memory storage. If multiple bits in a hard drive can be flipped at once through a magnetic rogue wave, it could multiply the storage capacity of hard drives by hundreds or thousands of times.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the idea of coming up with new technology,\u201d Copus said. \u201cWhen I asked Dr. Camley about opportunities, he suggested magnetic rogue waves. I took his class magnetism in spring 2018, worked on the project throughout the following semester and now we\u2019re testing. His background has helped a lot in the computer simulations and has given us some pretty usable data.\u201d<\/p>\n

Camley worked with Peter Gr\u00fcnberg, the 2007 Nobel Prize winner in physics who discovered how to store vast amounts of data. That discovery helped make possible to develop devices like the iPod and modern computers memories.<\/p>\n

To turn a complex subject like magnetic rogue waves into an easy-to-understand three-minute presentation, Copus credits Camley and his wife, Katrin. From an original five minute, fast-paced presentation, he was able to cut it down to a comfortable three minutes that he\u2019s delivered on campus and at the Western Association of Graduate Schools regional competition March 6 in Tucson, Arizona.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has a basic understanding of magnetism, but when you are deep into the subject, you sometimes forget that everyone else isn’t an expert too,\u201d Copus said. \u201cIt was illuminating to remember where that line is, and what kind of assumptions we can make.\u201d<\/p>\n

Copus is the second UCCS winner and the first that has competed at the regional level. Alisa Bartel, a doctoral psychology student, won the inaugural campus competition in 2018 with her presentation \u201cDifferent Not Damaged.\u201d Katie Granier, a master\u2019s psychology student, earned the 2019 second-place $500 prize with \u201cHow Bad Could It Be? The Effects of Trauma Type on Perceptions of Trauma Severity.\u201d Kayah Swanson, a master\u2019s public administration student, earned the People\u2019s Choice award for \u201cThe Grassroots Solution to Gender-Based Violence in Sub-Sahara Africa\u201d from the crowd.<\/p>\n

The competition is based on the \u201cThree Minute Thesis\u201d established in 2008 by the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The goal is to develop the skill to effectively explain the significance of their research to those who aren\u2019t experts in their area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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