RU Physics Summer Interns

These are some of the summer internships obtained by our students. Most of these are funded through the National Science Foundation's Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. If you would like to participate in a summer internship, please contact one of the physics faculty members.

2006

James Inman Cornell University, "International Linear Collider Time Projection Chamber Studies"
Lecky Stone National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) "Simulating Proto-Planetary and debris disks for ALMA"

2005

Jeremy McLaughlin Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA)
Robin Pulliam Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory (GB-NRAO) "Filling factor of electrons in the warm ionized medium"

2004

Jolene Barker Virginia Tech Applied Biosciences Center, “Correlation of Tumor Biocomplexity with Length of Survival in Glioblastoma Multiforme”
Dan Blake NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “Testing the Reliability and Accuracy of Spectrometers for Atmospheric Research”
Zack Boor NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “Testing the Reliability and Accuracy of Spectrometers for Atmospheric Research”
Tom L. A. Rust University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, “Mass Loss in Hot, Massive Stars through Rotational and Radiational Processes”

2003

Latoya Austin Hope College (Michigan), “A simple vehicle that K-12 students can build and use to investigate concepts of force and motion”
Jolene Barker Georgia Tech, “GafChromic Films Response to Fission Neutrons”
Timothy Dutton University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Physics, " The Production of an AC Susceptometer for use in the Pulse Tube Cryostat”
Dan Blake National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Satellite Services Division--World Weather Building, “Working at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Satellite Services Division (SSD)”
Matt Frazier Wake Forest University, Department of Physics, “Freezing Artifact Observed In an Attempt to Nitrosylate Hemoglobin”
Katie Plum National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF)
“Working at the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility (JAWF), jointly operated by the World Agricultural Outlook Board of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)”

2002

Dan Blake NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Timothy Dutton National Institute of Standards and Technology, ultra-low-temperature physics
Robyn Van Dyke Radford University, meteorological studies