2003 Interns
Eleven Interns worked here during the summer of 2003.
2003 Interns
Project Descriptions(and abstracts from talks given at the end of the summer)
| Student | School | Advisor(s) | Mentor(s)* | Project |
| Cassandra Fallscheer |
Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo |
Alyssa Goodman |
Scott Schnee |
Young stellar outflows |
| Wesley Fraser |
McMaster Univ. |
Matt Holman |
Tommy Grav |
Outer planet satellites |
| Joleen Miller |
Villanova |
Pete Nisenson |
Sylvain Korzennik |
Extrasolar planets |
| Michael Mortonson |
MIT |
Eric Silver |
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X-ray detector development |
| Chris Orban |
UIUC |
Brian Patten |
Meghan McGarry |
X-ray stars in open clusters |
| Nada Petrovic |
U. Chicago |
Rosanne DiStefano |
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Microlensing |
| Dan Perley |
Cornell |
Paul Green |
John Silverman |
Search for galaxy clusters |
| Caroline Ring |
U. North Ca./Greensboro |
Lori Allen et al. |
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Infrared star forming regions |
| Paul Taylor |
Boston College |
Andreas Zezas |
Jonathan McDowell, Pepi Fabbiano |
Small Magellanic Cloud |
| Deborah Turner-Bey |
Rockhurst Univ. |
Vinay Kashyap |
Nancy Evans and Amy Mossman |
Magnetism in A-type Stars |
| Katherine Whitaker |
U Mass Amherst |
Ralph Kraft |
Jenny Posson-Brown |
X-rays from cluster Abell 119 |
2002 Interns
Ten Interns worked here during the summer of 2002.
2002 Interns
Project Descriptions(and abstracts from talks given at the end of the summer)
| Student | School | Advisor(s) | Mentor(s)* |
| Emily Alicea-Muñoz |
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez |
Andrea Dupree |
Jason Aufdenberg |
| Mia Bovill |
University of Maryland |
Tyler Bourke |
Peter Sollins |
| Richard Cool |
University of Wyoming |
Eric Silver |
Anil Dosaj |
| Robert Friedman |
Rutgers Universtiy |
Rosanne DiStefano |
Ken Rines |
| Alex Hill |
Oberlin College |
John Huchra |
Nathalie Martimbeau |
| Holly Manness |
Grinnell University |
Saeqa Vrtilek |
Mike Raley |
| Joannah Metz |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Marc Kuchner |
Brant Robertson |
| Anandi Salinas |
University of Texas at Austin |
Eric Schlegel |
Eli Beckerman |
| Tristan Smith |
University of Chicago |
Suzanne Romaine |
Ricardo Bruni |
| Daniel Wik |
University of Ohio |
Paul Green |
John Silverman |
2001 Interns
Ten Interns worked here in 2001
2001 Interns
Project Descriptions
(and abstracts from talks given at the end of the summer)
2001 Interns
Project Descriptions(and abstracts from talks given at the end of the summer)
| Student | School | Advisor(s) | Mentor(s)* |
| Stephanie Campbell |
Purdue University |
Nancy Brickhouse |
Ken Rines |
| Adrienne Erickcek |
Princeton University |
Matt Holman |
Anil Dosaj |
| Elizabeth Leass |
Universtiy of Texas at Austin |
Tom Megeath |
Beth Biller |
| Samuel Vazquez Melendez |
University of Puerto Rico |
Ralph Kraft |
Tabetha Hole |
| Shawn O'Brien |
University of Notre Dame |
Edwin Bergin |
Shanil Virani |
| Shinae Parks |
University of California at Berkeley |
Scott Kenyon |
John Grimes |
| Annika Peter |
University of Washington |
Andreas Zezas, Giuseppina Fabbiano |
Alceste Bonanos |
| Nick Stroud |
University of Wisconsin at Madison |
Robert Cameron, et al.* |
Dave Morris |
| Glen Nixon |
Purdue University |
James Phillips |
Warren Brown |
| Adria Updike |
Smith College |
Amy Winebarger |
Kathy Reeves |
*with Tom Aldcroft, Margarita Karovska and Dimitar Sasselov.
2000 Interns
Eleven Interns worked here in the summer of 2000.
2000 Interns
Project Descriptions(and abstracts from talks given at the end of the summer)
Calendar:
June | July | August
| Student | School | Advisor(s) | Mentor(s)* |
| Deborah L. Freedman |
Princeton University |
Jan Vrtilek |
Shanil Virani and Laura Grego |
| Mark Kramer |
Oberlin College |
Jim Moran and Q. Zhang |
Jim Moran and Todd Hunter |
| Julia M. Kregenow |
Wittenberg University |
Ralph Kraft |
Amy Winebarger and Christine Jones |
| Emily M. Laubacher |
University of Dayton |
Eric Silver |
Dale Graessle |
| Nicholas Pearson |
Bowling Green State University |
Steve Saar |
Peter Challis |
| Jennifer Posson-Brown |
Smith College |
David Latham |
Pauline Barmby |
| Brant Robertson |
University of Washington |
Larry David |
Kris Eriksen |
| Shanna Shaked |
University of Arizona |
Jonathan McDowell |
Dave Morris |
| Daniel Joseph Sherman |
University of Pennsylvania |
David Bersier |
Kris Stanek |
| Sabrina Zoe Siloti |
University of Oklahoma |
Eric Schlegel |
Ken Rines |
| Fernando Angel Torres |
University of California at Davis |
Hank Donnelly |
Tabetha Hole |
*Anil Dosaj will act as "mentor at large" for all of the interns.
1999 Interns
Project Descriptions(and abstracts from talks given at the end of the summer)
Calendar:
June | July | August
| Student | School | Advisor | Mentor |
| Alceste Bonanos |
Wellesley College |
Peter Garnavich |
Deron Pease |
| Carolyn Ernst |
Brown University |
Matt Holman |
Olivia Johnson |
| Francisco Galvan |
Colby University |
Mike Garcia |
Kris Eriksen/Vicky Kalogera (Co-mentors) |
| Erik Hoversten |
Iowa State |
Nuria Calvet |
Ray Jayawardhana |
| Vit Hradecky |
California Institute of Technology |
Christine Jones |
Hank Donnely |
| Naibi Marinas |
University of Florida |
Jim Phillips |
Priya Desai |
| John Moustakas |
University of California at Berkeley |
Eric Schlegel |
Anil Dosaj |
| Margaret Pan |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
David Latham |
Malin Ljungberg |
| David Rothstein |
Haverford College |
Paul Ho |
Dave Wilner |
| David Smith |
University of Texas |
Kenneth Wood |
Kenneth Rines |
| Heidi Tebbe |
University of Missouri |
Brian Patten |
Alexandria Ware |
| Kathryn Whitman |
Cornell University |
Brian McNamara |
Laura Grego |
1998 Interns
Project Descriptions | Photo Album | More info...
| Student |
School |
Advisor |
Mentor |
| Marianne Vieira |
Univ. of Rochester |
Jim Babb |
N. Balakrishnan |
| Catherine Slesnick |
NYU |
Bob Donahue, Sallie Baliunas (Co-advisors) |
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| Jacqueline Chen |
Yale University |
John Huchra |
Brian McNamara |
| Meghan Novicki |
Univ. of Michigan |
Christine Jones-Forman |
Hank Donnelly |
| Robert Cohen |
Univ. of Idaho |
Steve Murray |
Martin Zombeck, Ralph Kraft, Almus Kenter |
| Micol Huw Christopher |
Harvard Univ. |
Phil Myers |
Lori Allen, James di Francesco, Tom Megeath |
| Colleen Schwartz |
Colby College |
Suzanne Romaine |
John Everett/Ric Bruni |
| Gregory Herczeg |
Univ. of Notre Dame |
Steven Saar |
Adrian Daw |
| Michael Baird |
Grove City College |
Eric M. Schlegel, Peter Garnavich |
Ken Rines |
| Beth Lindsey |
Bryn Mawr |
Dave Wilner |
Qizhou Zhang |
1997 Interns
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| James Chisholm | Northwestern University | Identification of Selected Einstein Slew Survey Sources with the ROSAT HRI |
| Rebecca Danos | Wellesley College | Calculation of the Cosmological Deceleration Constant from Clusters of Galaxies |
| Michael Dorris | Vanderbilt University | Redshift-Magnitude Relations for Galactic Clusters |
| Lynne Raschke | Haverford College | Chromospheric Variations in Post Main-Sequence Stars |
| Brian Rebel | Grinnell College | M31: It's Not Where You Left It |
| Eric Rosolowsky | Swathmore College | Analyzing Molecular Clouds Using the Spectral Correlation Function |
| Alicia Soderberg | Bates College | Type Ia SN1997E in NGC 2258: UBVRI Photometry and a Multicolor Light Curve Shape Distance Analysis |
| Jesse Southwick | Princeton University | Multilayer Fabrication and Characterization Using Auger Spectroscopy |
| Jason Wright | Boston University | An Analysis of the Evolutionary State of the SNR G299.2-2.9 Using ASCA and Optical Data |
1996 Interns
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| Avanti Athreya | Iowa State University | The Reception of Kepler's Astronomia Nova and an Analysis of his Rudolphine Tables |
| Alison Coil | Princeton University | Infalling Gas Toward the Galactic Center |
| Nate Emley | University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Spectroscopic Orbits for White Dwarf Binaries Identified |
| Andrew Frey | Wake Forest University | An Infrared Survey of Protostars in the Perseus Molecular Cloud |
| Becca McMullen | Whitman College | Forward Modeling of Coronal Flows |
| Julia Plummer | Washington State University | ROSAT X-ray Imaging of Hot Gas in Galaxy Clusters |
| Yelena Prok | University of Virginia | Search for Black Hole X-ray Binaries |
| Ken Rines | Rice University | Temperature Distribution of Distant Galaxy Clusters from ASCA |
| Richard Scalzo | University of Virginia | Strategies for Discovering Planetary Systems Using Gravitational Microlensing |
| Alice Shapley | Harvard University | The Infrared Region of Radio-Quiet Quasar Spectral Energy Distribution |
| Aaron Sokasian | Cornell University | Characterization and Fabrication of Multilayers |
1995 Interns
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| Dave Bacon | Cal Tech | The Viability of a Two-Photon Mechanism by Molecular Hydrogen or Ionied Molecular Hydrogen as an Explanation fof the Diffuse Interstellar Absorption Bands |
| Kenneth Banas | University of Michigan | The Association of Supernova Remnants and Molecular Clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
| Lara Cross | Trinity University | The Shapes of Clusters of Galaxies Within Superclusters |
| Ben Lane | Cal Tech | Improved Mass Determination of the Soft X-ray Transient A0620-00 |
| Wendy Lane | Rice University | A Search for Redshifted H I 21 cm Absorption by Damped Ly Alpha Absorption Systems |
| Jennifer Lotz | Bryn Mawr | Optical Structure in the Zwicky 3146 Central Cluster Galaxy |
| Rob Simcoe | Princeton University | Axial Ratio Statistics of Soft X-ray Selected Low Redshift AGN |
| Stephen Stanec | Case Western Reserve | The Dependence of Microchannel Plate Energy Resolution on Photocathode Microstructure |
| Rachel Theran | University of Michigan | Clusters of Galaxies and X-ray Binaries in the Einstein Slew Survey |
| Beth Wicklund | Tufts University | Low Resolution IUE Observations of Chromospheric Mg II h and k Emission |
| Cherie Willoughby | University of Massachusetts | Black Holes |
1994 Interns
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| John Everett | Carlton College | AXAF X-ray Reflectivity Measurements of Iridium coated Witness Samples |
| Lisa Falkson | Stanford University | Discovering Dwarfs: Infrared Photometry of Dwarf Carbon Stars |
| Natasha Hazell | Fordham University | The Distribution of Dark and Luminous Matter in Elliptical Galaxies |
| Eran Jones | Southwest Missouri State | Compilation of Emission Line Equivalent Widths of QSOs and AGNs |
| Nicole Lloyd | Cornell University | Thermal X-ray Emission from Neutron Stars |
| Travis Metcalfe | University of Arizona | The Low-Mass Double-Lined Eclipsing Binary CM Draconis |
| Kendra Michaud | University of Maine | Heavy Metal Abundance in Eliptical Galaxies |
| Nicholas Putnam | Brown University | Pulsar Parallaxes and Proper Motions with VLBI |
| Ali Thomas | Morehouse College | Matching of X-ray and Optical Sources |
| Heather Thompson | University of Arizona | A Search for X-ray Substructure in Cooling Flows |
| Steven Vance | Andrews University | Applications of Multiresolution Filtering and Deconvolution using Wavelets |
| Jenny White Howard | Agnes Scott College | The Luminosity Distribution of Low Mass X-ray Binaries in the Galactic Bulge |
| Amy Winebarger | University of Tennessee | A Brief Study of the Corona Surrounding a Specific Sunspot Region |
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