Highlights of the
1998 CTIO REU program
Highlights of the |
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| 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 |
| Amanda Jefferson University of Maryland, College Park |
Chris Smith | Identifying SNRs in the Magellanic Cloud Emission-line Survey |
| Aaron Steffen University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire |
Nick Suntzeff Mark Phillips |
The Multicolor Light Curve of SN 1997ej |
| Patrick Welti Mankato State University |
Roger Smith Tom Ingerson |
Developing an All-Sky Monitor Camera System |
| 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 |
René 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 Gómez (University of Santa Lucía) worked on an image-tube protection circuit for the All-Sky camera.
| January 14 | Mark Phillips | Welcome to CTIO / History of CTIO and AURA in Chile |
| February 3 | Ron Probst | Instrumentation and Science in the Near-IR |
| February 6 | Steve Heathcote | Star Formation and Early Stellar Life |
| February 13 | Nick Suntzeff | Supernovae: Going out with a BANG! |
| February 17 | Chris Smith | Supernova Remnants and the ISM |
| March 4 | Malcolm Smith | Quasars: Lighthouses in the Distance |
| March 12 | Bob Schommer | Cosmology: The BIG Picture |
| March 17 | Summer Students | Summer Project Seminars |