Past REU Participants

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
Paul Bailey	Brigham Young University	Paul Crowell	Non-linear Magnon Scattering Observations via the Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect
Omar Beesley	Hamilton College	Greg Pawloski	Studying the Hadronic Activity of RHC QE Events (ie. Neutrons)
Elizabeth Breen	Hiram College	Allen Goldman
Ebba Green	Colorado College	Evan Skillman	The CHemical Abundances Of Spirals - CHAOS
Beatrice Gulner	St. Olaf College	Jim Kakalios	Current Relaxation in Amorphous Semiconductor Alloys; Poster
Vasiki Konneh	Colby College	Ke Wang	Observation of Quantum Hall Ferromagnetism in Ultrahigh Quality hBN/Gr/Crl₃/hBN van der Waals Heterostructures
Bronson Lynn	East Tennessee State University	Jeremy Mans	The Correlations Between the Right Handed W Boson and Leptoquart Searches
Chika Onubogu	Florida State University	Tom Jones	Radio Jets in Galaxy Cluster Shock: The Effects of External Magnetism on System Dynamics
Jared Pohlmann	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Yong-Zhong Qian
Andy Sheng	Cornell University	Aleksey Cherman	Curved Emergent Dimension from Strong Interactions

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
Samuel Benyhoff	Augsburg University	Dave Thomas	Aggregation State of SERCA as Affected by Inhibitors; Poster
Avi Brach-Neufeld	Bates College	Greg Pawloski	Measuring Neutrino and Muon Energy with the NOvA Project; Poster
Maxwell Buss	University of Minnesota	Prisca Cushman & Vuk Mandic	The Search for Lightly Ionizing Particles with CDMS Data; Poster
Begad Elmelligy	University of Wisconsin, River Falls	Ke Wang	Ultra High-Quality van der Waals Heterostructures; Poster
Dylan Frikken	University of Wisconsin, River Falls	Ken Heller	Mu2e Tracker Construction: Straw and Sense Wire Tensioning; Poster
Kayla Gephart	St. Olaf College	Shaul Hanany	Optical Characteristic Measurements of Crystalline Silicon (c-Si); Poster
Greta Helmel	Macalester College	Roberta Humphreys	Trumpler 16 and Eta Carinae: Astrometry and the Evolution of Spectral Lines; Poster
Zoe Kearney	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Larry Rudnick	Detections of Extended X-ray Emission around Radio Galaxies; Poster
Benjamin Rorem	Gustavus Adolphus College	Jim Kakalios	Electronic Conduction through Free-Standing Nanocrystalline Films; Poster
Laura Salo	Hillsdale College	Patrick Kelly	Probing Stellar Populations and Galaxy Cluster Dark Matter Using Microlensing Events; Poster
David Zegeye	Haverford College	Liliya Williams	Probing Additional Gravitational Lensing Effects of Supernova iPTF16geu; Poster

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
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

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor
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

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
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

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
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

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
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

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
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

Participant	Home Institution	Research Advisor	Research Presentation
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