Education

REU Class of 2010

 

Adrienne Antonsen
University of Washington
Mentor: Mark Showalter
Project: Saturn's F Ring: Using Cassini Images to Get the Big Picture

Ali Bramson
University of Wisconsin
Mentor: Cynthia Phillips
Project: A Search For Ongoing Geologic Activity On Jupiter’s Satellites

Keaton Burns
University of California, Berkeley
Mentors: Franck Marchis, Bellerose
Project: Orbital Stability of Spacecrafts Exploring Multiple Asteroid Systems

Amber Butcher
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Mentor: Lori Fenton
Project: Morphology and Classification of Martian Dunes

Thomas Catanach
Notre Dame University, IN
Mentor: William Barott
Project: Evaluating Modulated Signals at the ATA

Ashley Curry
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Mentor: Rachel Mastrapa
Project: Ethane Revealed—Investigating the Spectra That Tells It All

Jacob Edman
University of California, Irvine
Mentor: Friedemann Freund
Project: Magnetic Asymmetry of Mid-Ocean Ridges

Evan Firth
Southwestern University, TX
Mentor: Richard Quinn
Project: Stability of Oxy-Halides in a Simulated Mars Environment

William (Bill) Freeman
Louisiana State University
Mentors: Janice Bishop, Franck Marchis
Project: Investigation of the Origin of 2008TC3 through Spectral Analysis of F-type Asteroids and Lab Spectra of Almahata Sitta and Mineral Mixtures

Craig Hill
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Mentor: Jennifer Blank
Project: Investigating a Potential Mars Analog: Analysis of Del Puerto Creek Bioprecipitation

Jenny Kulow
Indiana University
Mentor: Jean Chiar
Project: Characterizing the Diffuse ISM

Erin Leidy
Fordham University, NY
Mentor: Peter Jenniskens
Project: Re-entering the Atmosphere: Hayabusa and its Spectra

Seth Meitzner
University of Minnesota
Mentor: Gerry Harp
Project: Improving Primary Beam Uniformity In Mosaic Observations With the ATA

William Myers
Earlham College, IN
Mentor: Lori Fenton
Project: Wind Directions and Weather Systems Inferred by Aeolian Features

Janine Myszka
Villanova University, PA
Mentor: Rachel Mastrapa
Project: Methanol and Methanol in Water: Exploring the Spectra

Natalya Patrikeeva
Rice University, TX
Mentor: Adrian Brown
Project: Search for Brecciated Material in CTX Images of Nili Fossae

Lee Saper
Brown University, RI
Mentor: Janice Bishop
Project: Reflectance Spectroscopy of Nontronite and Ripidolite Mineral Mixtures in Context of Phyllosilicate Unit Composition at Mawrth Vallis

Steffi Valkov
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Mentor: Peter Jenniskens
Project: CAMS: California AllSky Meteor Surveillance

Colin Williams
Kansas State University
Mentor: Friedemann Freund
Project: Changes in Radar Reflectivity of Rock Surfaces Due to Stress-Activated Charge Carriers