2019 REU Participants

2018 REU Participants

2015 REU Participants

Participant | Home Institution | Research Advisor | Research Presentation |
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Phillip Dang | University of Maryland | Paul Crowell | Co2MnSi and Co2FeSi Heusler alloy thin films |
Shannon Dulz | Missouri State University | Prisca Cushman | The Dark Matter Search (Super CDMS) Experiment |
Aditya Dhumuntarao | Arizona State University | Joe Kapusta | Applicatios of String-theoric Concepts to Pure Gauge Theories |
Kylie Hess | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Roger Rusack | Building a Cosmic Ray Detector for CERN CMS Detector Development |
Katelyn Koiner | University of North Dakota | Lucy Fortson | The Presence of Bar Galaxies Using Optical and Infrared Wavelengths |
Matthew Libersky | Valparaiso University | Allen Goldman | The Propertis of Strontium Iridate |
Bryan Linehan | St. John's University | Marvin Marshak | Determining the NOvA Detector Resolution from the Cosmic Ray Moon and Sun Shadow |
Wilson Lough | Northern Arizona University | Vuk Mandic | Improving Signal Processing Techniques Involved in Detecting Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background |
Joseph Mullin | University of California, Santa Barbara | Greg Pawloski | Determining the Sensitivity of the MINOS Detector to Neutrino Flavor Oscillations |
Austin Riedl | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | Michael Zudov | The Effect of Low-temperature Illumination on Magnetotransport in the 2D Electron Gas |
Timothy Schuler | State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo | John Broadhurst | Sensitivity of the Human Brain to Frequency Perturbations in Sound |
Sadie Tetrick | Augsburg College | Cynthia Cattell | The Earth's Radiation Belts during Geomagnetic Storms |
Miranda Thompson | Harvey Mudd College | Jim Kakalios | Nanocrystalline Thin Films |
2014 REU Participants

Participant | Home Institution | Research Advisor |
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Alexandra Boldin | Macalester College | Paul Crowell |
Joshua Hiltbrand | University of Minnesota, Duluth | Roger Rusack |
Luke Horstman | Bethel University | Yuichi Kubota |
Kathryn Jacobcon | College of St. Benedict | John Broadhurst |
Brenda Knauber | St. Cloud State University | J. Woods Halley |
Devin Mahon | Rice University | Marvin Marshak |
Charlotte Martinkus | Macalester College | Evan Skillman |
Erik Navarro | California State University, Chico | Vincent Voireaux |
Mitchell Patzer | University of Minnesota, Morris | Terry Jones |
Devin Roerich | University of North Dakota | Jorge Vinals |
Samantha Thrush | Ohio University | Vuk Mandic |
Joshua Wolanyk | Gustavus Adulphus College | William Zimmermann |
2013 REU Participants

Participant | Home Institution | Research Advisor | Research Presentation |
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Iakov Boyko | Hillsdale College | Paul Crowell | Anisotropies, Ferromagnetic Resonance, and Spin Damping in Co2MnSi/GaAs and Fe/GaAs Heterostructures |
Elizabeth Butler | Northern Michigan University | Shaul Hanany | Analyzing Timestamps for the EBEX Experiment |
Spencer Diamond | Dartmouth College | Greg Pawloski | Processing and Analyzing NOvA Far Detector Cosmic Data |
Charles Godfrey | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Vincent Noireaux | E. Coli Cell Growth and Division: Self-replication of a Model Organism |
Austin Howes | Drake University | Jim Kakalios | AC Conductivity of N-typed Doped Mixed-phase Amorphous Silicon Films |
Eric Johnson | New York University, Abu Dhabi | Jorge Vinals | An Examination of the Weighted Ensemble Approach on Modeling Delayed Stochastic Genetic Regulatory Systems |
Anthony Lefeld | University of Notre Dame | Vuk Mandic | Adjusting STAMP code for Long Gravitational-wave Transients |
Nicholas Lewellyn | St. Cloud State University | Dan Dahlberg | Measuring Frequency Dependence of AC Magnetic Susceptibility |
Kelsey Meinerz | Marquette University | Jochen Mueller | Probing the Point Spread Function |
Evan Moen | University of North Dakota | J. Woods Halley | Dynamics of Water on a Magnetite Surface |
Maggie Molter | Macalester College | Lucy Fortson | VHE Observation of Distant Soft Blazars |
Michael Mullen | University of North Dakota | John Broadhurst | Spin Casting a Mirror for Astrophysical Observations: Design and Construction of an Air Bearing |
Zachary Pace | State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo | Lucy Fortson | Galaxy Zoo 2: Characterizing the Bimodal Color-Magnitude Distribution |
2012 REU Participants
Participant | Home Institution | Research Advisor | Research Presentation |
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Amanda Bowers | Linfield College | Greg Pawloski | Detector Module Testing for the NOvA Neutrino Detector Group |
Matthew Caplan | University of West Virginia | Evan Skillman | Photometry of Local Group Dwarf Galaxies |
James Delles | California State University, Chico | Paul Crowell | Kerr Microscopy of Perpendicular Spin Currents in Metallic Nanowires |
Rachael Jensema | Valparaiso University | Tom Jones | Developing New Visualization Techniques fr Computational Astrophysics |
Lucas Johns | Reed College | Vuk Mandic | The Detection of Gravitational-wave Emission from an Accretion-disk Instability |
Kevin Kelly | University of Notre Dame | Ken Heller | Data Analysis Software for the NOvA Neutrino Detector |
Darren Mareskas-Palcek | Eckerd College | Dan Cronin-Hennessy | Data Analysis of the MINOS Neutrino Detector |
Rebecca McAuliffe | Marquette University | J. Woods Halley | Superfluid Properties of Liquid Helium |
Timothy O'Brien | University of Notre Dame | Larry Rudnick | Fitting of the Faraday Rotation Data of Polarized Astrophysical Signals |
Ross Siegel | Northern Arizona University | Allen Goldman | Electrostatic Doping of Irregular Mott Insulators |
2011 REU Participants

Participant | Home Institution | Research Advisor | Research Presentation |
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Benjamin Absher | Washington and Lee University | Vincent Noireaux | Modeling of Protein Synthesis in a Cell-free Escherichia Coli System |
Emily Dvorak | University of Wisconsin, River Falls | Jeremy Mans | Developing Protocols to Isolate Electron Signals in the Compact Muon Solenoid at the Large Hadron Collider |
Christopher Frye | University of Central Florida | Jeremy Mans | Developing Procedures for Identifying Electromagnetic Showers in the Forward Hardon Calorimeter at the Large Hadron Collider |
Peter Hansen | University of Nebraska, Lincoln | Jochen Mueller | Quantifying Protein Expression Distributions in Cell Populations |
Rachel Mensch | Washington and Lee University | Jim Kakalios | Investigating the Variations in the Optical Absorption Spectra of Thin Film Mixed Phase Semiconductors as a Function of the Nanocrystalline Concentration |
Noah Mitchell | St. Olaf University | Evan Skillman | Determining Star Formation Rates in a Survey of Nearby Starburst Dwarf Galaxies |
Darrell Montonera | Gordon College | William Zimmermann | The Influence of an Externally Applied Electric Field on the Condensate Fraction in Superfluid He II |
Jonathan Morris | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Vincent Noireaux | Characterizing Diffusion Processes in Living Cells using Fluorescence Microscopy |
Brent Perreault | Concordia College | Ken Heller | The Particle Tracking Algorithm for the NuMi Off-axis Electron-neutrino NOvA Experiment |
Christopher White | Rice University | J. Woods Halley | Simulations of Condensate-mediated Transmission in Superfluid Helium |
Andrew Zabel | Bethel University | Marvin Marshak | Discovering a "Moon Shadow" in the Histogram of Neutrino-induced Muon Events Recorded in the MINOS Far Detector at the Soudan Underground Physics Laboratory |
2010 REU Participants
Participant | Home Institution | Research Advisor | Research Presentation |
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Talia Clark | Barnard College | Ken Heller | Assessing the Effectiveness of Various Techniques Designed to Improve Students' Problem Solving Skills |
Anne Gambrel | University of Tulsa | Shaul Hanany | Developing a Focal Plane Equalizer for EBEX, a Balloon-borne Polarimeter designed to study the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation |
Chris Granstrom-Arndt | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | J. Woods Halley | The Creation and Detection of Low Temperature Helium Vapor Pulses Projected Through a Thin Film of Superfluid Helium |
Brian Hake | Point Loma Nazarene University | Terry Jones | Developing an Optical Polarimeter Instrument Control System to be Used to Study Light Polarization of Celestial Objects |
Trevor Hutchinson | Lewis and Clark College | Jim Kakalios | Thermal Equilibration Properties of Mixed-phase Amorphous/Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Films as a Function of Nanocrystalline Concentration |
Zofia Kaminski | University of Dallas | Jochen Mueller | Tracking Fluorescent Microspheres in Order to Study Single Protein Dynamics |
May-Ling Li | Reed College | William Zimmermann | The Effects of Electric Fields on the Lambda Transition of Superfluid Helium |
Paige Martin | Harvard University | Ken Heller | A Passive Cooling Method for Electronics Heat Dissipation for the NOvA Experiment Detector |
Eric Petersen | Michigan Technological University | Evan Skillman | Analyzing the Spectral Signature of Cold Neutral Hydrogen in Low Metallicity Galaxies |
Peter Rosenberg | State University of New York (SUNY), Geneseo | Joe Kapusta | The O(4) Linear Sigma Model with a Bosonic Chemical Potential |
Rebecca Ruckdashel | Cornell University | Alex Kamenev | The Lotka-Volterra Model for Population Denisity Oscillations |
Joseph Sobek | Winona State University | John Wygant | Studying Surface Waves in the Current Sheet of Earth's Geomagnetic Tail |
Joshua Sobrin | Fordham University | Shaul Hanany | Designing a Payload Recovery System for the EBEX Balloon-borne Polarimeter Experiment |
Natalie Weisse | University of Dallas | Vincent Noireaux | Studying the Expression and Manipulation of Trans-membrane Proteins for the Development of a Functioning Artificial Cell |
2009 REU Participants
Participant | Home Institution | Research Advisor | Research Presentation |
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Bradley Christensen | University of Rochester | Prisca Cushman | Cryogenic Dark Matter Search |
Sean Dobberstein | Northern Michigan University | Evan Skillman | Developing a Catalog of HII Regions of Nearby Spiral Galaxies |
Matthew Drake | University of Massachusetts, Amherst | William Zimmermann | The Properties of the Lambda-transition in Superfluid Helium-4 |
Eric Dzienkowski | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Dan Cronin-Hennessy | Developing Detectors for the NOvA Project to Study Neutrino Oscillations |
Grace Elwell | Carleton College | Vuk Mandic | Cryogenic Dark Matter Search |
Vanessa Engquist | University of Nebraska, Kearney | John Wygant | Analyzing the Influence of Interplanetary Magnetic Fields on the Auroral Kilometric Radiation |
Aaron Feickert | North Dakota State University | Jeremy Mans | Developing New Algorithms to Study Particle Decays in the Compact Muon Solenoid at the Large Hadron Collider |
Kathleen Foote | Providence College | Ken Heller | Analyzing Gender Differences in Performance in Introductory Physics Courses |
Jon Graves | University of Nebraska, Omaha | Yong-Zhong Qian | Simulating the Shock Front Dynamics during Supernova Explosions |
Mark Pepin | Creighton University | Marvin Marshak | Analyzing Cosmic Ray Shower Data Recorded by the Soudan II Underground Detector |
Christopher Pierse | St. Louis University | Vincent Noireaux | Studying Gene Expression Kinetics for the Development of a Functioning Artificial Cell |
Katherine Reeves | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | Dan Cronin-Hennessy | Studying Photon Energy Resolution in the BES-III Electromagnetic Calorimeter |