/tags/research/Recent content in Research on I'm Daniel BrandenburgHugoen-usbrandenburg.89@osu.edu (Daniel Brandenburg)brandenburg.89@osu.edu (Daniel Brandenburg)Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:11:08 +0000/posts/summer-undergraduate-research-2026/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:11:08 +0000brandenburg.89@osu.edu (Daniel Brandenburg)/posts/summer-undergraduate-research-2026/<style> .gallery-item { width: 200px; padding: 5px; flex-basis: 31%; flex-grow: 1; cursor: pointer; } .gallery-img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; vertical-align: middle; border-radius: 5px; } .gallery-container { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 10px; } </style> <p>Last week, two undergraduate researchers in our group, <strong>Evan Li</strong> and <strong>Julie Scherzer</strong>, completed their summer research experiences and presented their work at The Ohio State University. Their projects used ultra-peripheral heavy-ion collisions—encounters in which fast-moving nuclei pass close enough for their electromagnetic fields to interact without a direct nuclear collision—to investigate the structure of atomic nuclei.</p>