Astronomy/PHYSICS

REU SUMMER SEMINAR

Thursday, August 8, 2002

6515 Sterling Hall

1:15–2:30 (First Session)

Larry Isenhower

Abilene Christian University

"Construction of a Focal Plane Array for Cosmic Microwave Background Imaging ”

Karen Bland

James Madison University

"Angular Distribution of Downgoing Muons in the Amanda Detector ”

Ben Ziemer

U of Wisconsin-Madison

"Neutrino Oscillations in the Sun ”

Travis Laurance

Middle Tennessee State University

"Multi-Fiber Optical Spectroscopy of Stars Towards The Galactic Star Formation Region W51”

Fana Mulu

Alabama A&M University

"Cluster Abell 2192: Morphological Descriptions and Luminosity Profiles of its Galaxy Contents ”

2:45–3:45 (Second Session)

Kurt Soto

Ventura College/U of California Berkeley

"Rotation Rates and Eclipsing Binaries with Pre-Main Sequence Stars”

GenEviève de Messières

Swarthmore College

"A Model of High Velocity Clouds in the Milky Way Galaxy ”

Patricia Mutunga

Bethune-Cookman College

"Identifying and Classifying the Galaxies of the High Redshift Cluster Abell 2192”

Ben Willett

U of Wisconsin-Madison

" Starburst and Dwarf Irregular Galaxies: Temporal Evolution of Star Forming Regions”

Everyone is welcome to attend! Coffee and cookies at 1:00-1:15, and during the break.