Wisconsin REU in
Astrophysics |
Wisconsin's 2003 REU students on their way to a fabulous destination. From left to right, are Front row: Luis Mercado (Indiana University), Dr. Bob Benjamin (Program Director), Thompson LeBlanc (Universidad Metropolitana), Luisa Zambrano (Universidad Metropolitana), Stephanie Bush (Case Western Reserve University), Second row: Kwayera Davis (College of Charleston), AJ Carver (University of W isconsin-Madison), Kelen Tuttle (Carleton College), Sam Leitner (Wesleyan University), Kimb Moody (Univer sity of Arizona), Karl Hendrickson (Truman State University), Quendella Taylor (Northern Arizona University/Penn State), Eric Bellm (Harvard College), Amanda Heffner-Wong (Wichita State University), and Jeremy Harrison (Chicago State University); 2003 Program Director: Robert Benjamin
Student Research Webpage | Final Talk (title) |
Eric Bellm | Analyzing Models of the Diffuse Soft X-ray Background |
Stephanie Bush | HI in the Interacting Galaxies NGC 4618/4625 |
A.J. Carver | Searching for Neutrinos from Gamma Ray Bursts using AMANDA |
Kwayera Davis | Barred Magellanic Spirals in Ursa Major: Global Properties |
Jeremy Harrison | The Fate of Intergalactic Gas Streams |
Amanda Heffner-Wong | Cosmic Ray Composition using AMANDA and SPASE |
Karl Hendrickson | Development of Bolometric Detectors for CMB Studies |
Thompson Le Blanc | Using Image Subtraction to Search for Eclipsing Binaries |
Sam Leitner | Magnetohydrodynamic models of Mixing Layers in the ISM |
Luis Mercado | Detecting Dark Clouds in the Galactic Plane with 2MASS Data |
Kimb Moody | Muon Vertical Depth-Intensity Distribution at th e South Pole |
Quendella Taylor | Turbulent Structure in Interstellar Dust Clouds |
Kelen Tuttle | WHAM Studies of the Spica HII Region |
Luisa Zambrano | A Search for Eclipsing Binary Stars in the North American and Pelican Nebulae |