University of Pittsburgh

Research Experience for Undergraduates - Focus on Minorities Program

Who We Are and What We're Doing

REU Students

  • Malik Barrett from the Univ. of Pittsburgh, working with Prof. Thompson , Prof. Peter Lichard, and Dave Kraus, on magnetic field maps in E865 at BNL.

  • Rashidah Campbell, from the Univ. of Pittsburgh, working with Prof. Julia Thompson on kaon physics at the CMD2 detector at the BINP laboratory in Novosibirsk, Russia.

  • Ferry Oriyo, from Ohio Wesleyan University, working with Prof. Thompson and Dave Kraus on laboratory studies of Cerenkov radiation.

  • Damian Cupid, from Morehouse College, working with Prof. Xiao-Lun Wu on two-dimensional fluids.

  • Carla Adams, from the Univ. of Pittsburgh, working with Prof. Andy Connolly in the astrophysics group.

  • Rocio Acera Pozzi working with Prof. Steven Dytman on Dalitz plots in excited baryon decays studied in the CLAS experiment at Thomas Jefferson Lab.

  • An Ngo working with Prof. Eric Borguet.

  • Jill Heywood working with Prof. David Snoke on search for quantum dot observation.

  • Larissa Bifano , from Cornell University, working with Prof. Peter Siska using crossed molecular beams to study reaction dynamics.

    • Opal Harrison , from Xavier University, working with Prof. Mark Miller studing mechanics of ankle movement with an aim to improve ankle prostheses.

    Amirh Whitt , from Xavier University, working with Prof. Oladipo Onipede studying "smart memory alloys" and their possible use in mechanical devices.

    Trisha Hinners , from Southern Univ. of Illinois at Edwardsville, working with Prof. Kimberly Shaw on magnetic properties of materials.

    Particpating High School Teachers

    Ivan Ober , from Mt. Lebanon Senior High School, working with Prof. Thompson on data analysis and proportional chamber alignments for E865 (rare kaon decays) at BNL.

    Ladonna Singleton , from East St. Louis Senior High School, East St. Louis, Illinois, working with Prof. Thompson on a measurement of the sensitivity of an XRF lead detector to lead buried beneath additional layers of latex paint.

    Faculty and Staff 1998

    Last Modified Nov. 12, 2000 By J. A. Thompson