The summer 2017 ASSURE REU program was another great success for both the students and their scientist mentors. The summer culminated in a poster session where students presented their research findings.
Student Posters
Project: POLARBEAR CMB Experiment
Advisors: Oliver Jeong, Darcy Barron
Students: Alfredo Arevalo, Mohammad Kamil Shams
Alfredo Arevalo: Improving the Cryogenic Performance of the Optics Tube and Design, Construction, and Testing of the New Optical Windows of Simons Array
Alfredo's Poster
Mohammad Kamil Shams: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of the Performance of the Simons Array Optics Tubes
Mohammad's Poster
Project: Ionosphere Connection Explorer (ICON)
Advisors: Thomas Immel, Colin Triplett
Students: Carmina Cruz, Naomy Marrufo
Carmina Cruz: Space Weather During the Summer of 2017
Carmina's Poster
Naomy Marrufo: Simulating and Predicting NASA ICON Explorer Results
Naomy's Poster
Project: Smart PV
Advisor: Carl Pennypacker
Students: Leah Altman, Paul Rynhoud
Leah Altman: Smart PV: Mechanical Design Modifications to the Second Prototype
Leah's Poster
Paul Rynhoud: Affordable Photovoltaic Power for a Developing Planet -- "Smart PV"
Paul's Poster
Project: Eclipse Megamovie
Advisors: Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros and Laura Peticolas
Students: Akira DeMoss, Siuling Pau
Akira DeMoss: Optimized Open Source Python Code for Raspberry Pi-Controlled Eclipse MegaMovie Photography Automatization
Akira's Poster
Siuling Pau: The MegaMovie Project: Optimization of an Affordable, Automatic Photo Documentation System
Siuling's Poster
Project: Ice Cores from Antarctica and Greenland
Advisor: Kees Welten
Student: Shania Nichols
Shania Nichols: Verifying the Nature of the 5480 BC Cosmic-ray Spike by Measuring 10Be in Ice Cores from Antarctica and Greenland
Shania's Poster
Project: Giant pulses from the Crab Nebula
Advisors: Vishal Gajjar, Dan Werthimer
Student: Hasanain al Sabonchi
Hasanain al Sabonchi: Software Pipeline for RFI Excision from Pulsar Data
Hasanain's Poster
Project: Electron Acoustic Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere
Advisors: Ivan Vasko, Forrest Mozer, Oleksiy Agapitov
Student: Christian Slade Dillard
Christian Slade Dillard: Electron Acoustic Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere
Slade's poster
Student Poster Videos
Each student filmed a short 5-minute video discussing their summer project. Please see all the videos in the playlist below.
Summer Seminar Series
The students presented their work in a "jigsaw" seminar with their advisors. Videos of these ~ 45 minute seminars are below.
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