Undergraduate Research

"REU" denotes "Research Experience for Undergraduates" program, sponsored at public universities by the National Science Foundation.  SNU physics majors who have participated in research include:

2010

Trevor Meek

The Mechanics of Wound Healing in the Drosophila
Embryo, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2010

Kristin Johnson

Minimum Moments of Inertia,
SNU Summer Physics REU

2010

Nathan Adams

Terminal Velocity Lab Activities,
SNU Summer Physics REU

2009

Aaron Cabe

NASA Fellowship, Johnson Space Center, Houston TX

2009

Alex Henderson

Development of Introductory Astronomy Laboratories, SNU Summer Astronomy REU

2008

Aaron Cabe

REU, Baylor University, Kuiper Belt dynamics

2007

Curtis McCully

REU, University of Oklahoma, active galactic nuclei

2006

Cheri Hall

Development of General Physics Laboratories, SNU

2006

Curtis McCully

Internship with Gravity Probe B experiment,
Stanford University

2005

Curtis McCully

NASA Space Camp, University of Oklahoma

2003

Drew Overholt

REU, University of Oklahoma, theoretical atomic physics

2001

Scott Cook

REU, University of Rochester, nonlinear optics

2000

Jason Slinker

REU, Cornell University, nanofabrication

2000

Scott Cook

REU, University of Memphis, materials science

1999

Jason Slinker

REU, Kansas State University, magnetic dipole radiation

1999

Scott Cook

REU, Arizona State University, materials science (glass)

1999

Jeff Wurst

Sandia National Laboratory, pulsed power reactor

1998

Keith Slinker

REU, Cornell University, nanofabrication

1998

Jamie Stieglemeyer`

REU, Baylor University, space physics

1998

Jorge Carmona-
Reyes

National University of Mexico,
Mexico City, Optics

1997

Jason Slinker

REU, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, meteorites

1996

Keith Slinker

REU, University of Oklahoma, atomic physics

1995

Brent Eskridge

REU, Baylor University, space physics

1994

Scott Archer

Pacific Northwest National Lab, Dept. of Energy, “Science & Research Semester” program, DNA sequencing

1993

Scott Archer

REU, Oklahoma State University, optics

1988

Amanda McDonald

Los Alamos National Laboratory, atomic physics

1987

Rick Wycoff

REU, Oklahoma State University, optics