From Meadsville, PA.
Michael McClimans got his BS in physics from Edinboro Univ. in 2003, and his MS in physics from Miami Univ in 2006. He joined the Miami MOTsquad in the spring of 2004. Besides his interest in cold atom physics, Michael has built a refractometer that can perform real-time measurements of changes in the refractive index of transparent fluids at better than the 10^-5 level. This refractometer does not rely on interferometry thus enabling the device to be compact, portable, and inexpensive. Michael also performed preliminary sensitive refractive index measurements with turbid fluids.