CTIO REU/PIA 2002

U.S. REU Participants and Projects

  Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
Pamela Baca
University of Colorado,
Denver		 Dara Norman Search for Galaxy Clusters in the Fields of QSOs / Follow_up Observations of Deep Lens Survey Transients
Jeffrey Carlin
San Francisco
State University		 Chris Smith Optical Studies of the Vela Bullets
Tucker Freismuth
College of Charleston		 André Tokovinin From Binaries to Triples
Colette Salyk
Mass. Institute
of Technology		 Knut Olsen The Disk Tilt of the LMC


 

Chilean Students and Projects:
Práctica de Investigacíon en Astronomía (PIA) Program

  Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
Marcelo Mora
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago		 Nick Suntzeff K-correction Calculations for Type Ia Supernovae
Sergio Vera
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago		 Nick Suntzeff The Darkness of the Chilean Night Sky
Miguel Verdugo
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago		 Nick Suntzeff Precision photometry for Type Ia supernovae


 

U.S. intern, participating in the REU program

  Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
Amber Young
Middlebury College, Vermont		 Nicole van der Bliek
& Bob Blum		 Infrared Spectra of SiO Masing AGB Stars in the Galactic Bulge


 

Highlights

  • Tour of Cerro Tololo
  • Tour of Cerro Pachon and the Gemini South facility
  • Observing at CTIO: the 0.9-m telescope
  • Participating in the IAU Conference on Light Pollution
  • Participating in the Workshop on ``Star Formation Accross the Stellar Mass Spectrum''