Research Experience for Undergraduates

Boulder Solar Alliance REU Program

Summer 2018

Friday, July 27th- NSO SPSC W312

  • 2:00 PM- Alexis Vizzerra
    • Exploring the Cool Pockets in the Solar Atmosphere
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 2:30 PM- Sarah Szczpanski
    • Long term trends of the Mg II, Ca II K, and UV color indices
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 3:00 PM- Break
  • 3:15 PM- Sabrina Poulsen
    • Detecting Short-term Stellar Magnetic Variability and Extracting the S-index from LCO NRES
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 3:45 PM- Valerie Syaldi
    • Characterizing Energy and Momentum Deposition During Auroral Events Reported by Citizen Scientists
    • Abstract | Presentation

Wednesday, August 1st- HAO CG1-3131 

  • 8:30 AM- Sam Hollenbach
  • 9:00 AM- Austin Ortiz
    • Changes to Solar Diameter & Calculating Limb Darkening at Ultra Violet Wavelengths
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 9:30 AM- Break
  • 9:45 AM- Mia Mancuso
    • Analyzing Geomagnetic Activity in the Context of a 22-year Solar Magnetic Cycle
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 10:15 AM- Liam Patterson
    • Exploring the Eruption Potential from Solar Flares Measured by the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 10:45 AM- Break
  • 11:00 AM- Carolina Mather
  • 11:30 AM- Megan Smith
  • 12:00 PM- Lunch (on your own)
  • 1:00 PM- Elisabeth Tappert
    • Sensitivity Test Specific to Venus of the Community Aerosol Radiation Model for Atmosphere (CARMA)
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 1:30 PM- Christopher R. Totzauer
  • 2:00 PM- Break
  • 2:15 PM- Amanda Shackelford
  • 2:45 PM- Blaire Ness
    • Using NOAA and MWO Sunspot Data to Investigate the Impact of Joy’s Law Tilt on Simulations of Solar Cycle 22 with Advective Flux Transport Model
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 3:15 PM- Break
  • 3:30 PM- Marissa Hedlund
  • 4:00 PM- Kara McDonough
    • Factory Acceptance Testing of the Visible Broadband Imager for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
    • Abstract | Presentation

 Thursday, August 2nd- LASP SPSC W120 

  • 8:30 AM- Aisha Al Hemeiri
    • Comparisons of UV Emissions in Mars’ Dawn and Dusk Twilight Glow Using MAVEN’s IUVS Instrument
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 9:00 AM- Hamda Alkhoori
  • 9:30 AM- Break
  • 9:45 AM- Eden Harris
    • Relating Geoeffective Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection to the Global Solar Field
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 10:15 AM- Austin Killman
  • 10:45 AM- Break
  • 11:00 AM- Nick Friedl
    • Evolution of electron distributions inside the mirror mode structures from bow shock to the magnetopause using MMS observations
    • Abstract | Presentations
  • 11:30 AM- Micki Mullins
    • Measurements of Energetic Particle Injections during Conjunctions between MMS and Van Allen Probes
    • Abstract | Presentations
  • 12:00 PM- Lunch (pizza will be provided)
  • 1:00 PM- Katherine Lee
  • 1:30 PM- Chantelle Kiessner
    • Applying and Evaluating the Performance of a non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Archive for Spectral Inversion
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 2:00 PM- Break
  • 2:15 PM- Ian McComas
    • The Sensitivity of Empirical Regression Models of Solar Irradiance to Underlying Methodology
    • Abstract | Presentation
  • 2:45 PM- Joshua Keith-Hardy

Friday, August 3rd- LASP SPSC Lobby 

  • 9:00- 11:30 AM- Poster Session
  • 12:00 PM- BBQ
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