CTIO REU/PIA 1998

U.S. REU Participants and Projects

Student & Institution	Mentors	Project Title (Click to see more information)
Jomel Atienza-Rosel California State University, Los Angeles	Bob Schommer Nick Suntzeff	Integrated Photometry of Globular Clusters in the LMC and M33 [1]
Amanda Jefferson University of Maryland, College Park	Chris Smith	Identifying SNRs in the Magellanic Cloud Emission-line Survey [2]
Aaron Steffen University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire	Nick Suntzeff Mark Phillips	The Multicolor Light Curve of SN 1997ej [3]
Patrick Welti Mankato State University	Roger Smith Tom Ingerson	Developing an All-Sky Monitor Camera System [4]

Chilean Participants and Projects

Student & Institution	Mentors	Project Title
Juan Cortes University of Chile, Santiago	Ron Probst Monica Rubio	Near-IR Study of Magellanic Cloud Star-forming Regions
The Centauri Group, composed of Javier Barahona, Danilo Castillo, Alejandra Peralta, & Sergio Pizarro University of La Serena, Chile	Rene Mendez	Photometry of Nearby Open Clusters

Two Chilean engineering students doing internships at CTIO also participated in the summer student program. Daniel Quevedo (University of Santa Lucía) worked on a quantum efficiency calibration unit, and Juan Pablo Gomez (University of Santa Lucía) worked on an image-tube protection circuit for the All-Sky camera.

Other Highlights

Tour of Cerro Calan (the Chilean National Observatory) and Santiago
Tour of Cerro Tololo and the CTIO Blanco 4.0m Telescope
Tour of Cerro Pachon and the Gemini South building site
Observing at CTIO: The Curtis Schmidt and the CTIO Blanco 4.0m
Asado (cookout) at the CTIO Director's house
Asado (cookout) at the Vicuna observatory at Mamachuca

CTIO REU/PIA 1998

U.S. REU Participants and Projects

Chilean Participants and Projects

Other Highlights

June 1998 NOAO Newsletter article [5]