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CTIO REU/PIA 1999

U.S. REU Participants and Projects

Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
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Jeremy Buss
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh		 Knut Olsen A Comprehensive Look at LH72 in the Context of Constellation III [1]
Jenny Greene
Yale University		 Stefanie Wachter LMC X-2: The Search for the Orbital Period [2]
Jessica Kim-Quijano
Towson University		 Don Hoard The Orbital Period of the Double-lined Cataclysmic Variable Phe 1 [3]
Alicia Soderberg
Bates College		 Nick Suntzeff The Evolution of SN1987A Debris: 12 Year Light Curves in UBVRIJHK [4]

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

Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
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Ricardo Demarco
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago		 Bob Schommer Supernovae Type Ia and Their Host Galaxies [5]


 

Chilean Students and Projects: Electrical Engineering Interns

Student & Institution Advisor Project Title
Cecil Acevedo
Universidad Técnica de Federico Santa María, Valparaiso		 Marco Bonati A Graphical Unit Interface for the Voltage, Telemetry, and Temperature ARCON Card
Mario Caceres
Universidad Técnica de Federico Santa María, Valparaiso		 Roger Smith Evaluation of a CCD Imager for All-Sky Cloud and OH Monitoring

Other Highlights

  • Tour of Cerro Tololo
  • Tour of Cerro Pachon and the Gemini South facility
  • Observing at CTIO: the Curtis Schmidt, 0.9-m, and 1.5-m telescopes
  • Trip to Antofagasta (in northern Chile) to attend the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Opening Seminar
  • Tour of the VLT on Cerro Paranal
  • Asado (cookout) at the CTIO Director's house
  • Asado (cookout) at the CTIO REU Director's house
  • Asado (cookout) at the REU/PIA/Engineering Students' house

Links

June 1999 NOAO Newsletter article [6]

Source URL (modified on 06/22/2011 - 15:45): http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/CTIO-REUPIA-1999

Links
[1] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/1999-reupia-projects#1
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/1999-reupia-projects#2
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/1999-reupia-projects#3
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/1999-reupia-projects#4
[5] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/1999-reupia-projects#5
[6] http://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/jun99/node15.html