2014

BHSU Abstract-Temperature Control System for CRDS Laser Spectroscopy Cell

O. Smith (Spearfish High School), J. Weiland (Aberdeen High School) Steven Gabriel (Spearfish High School) Dr. Kara Keeter (Black Hills State University)   The purpose of our research was to create a device to control the temperature of the Tiger Optics cell in the Black Hills State University…

UND CMS Data Group Abstract

The CMS Data Group analyzed 2000 dimuon events, 500,000 top candidate events and 500,000 simulated top background events during the summer of 2014. The dimuon events were analyzed with Matlab. The top events were analyzed with C++ and ROOT. The student members of the CMS Data Group were N. Bhagat,…

2014 Annual Report - Oklahoma

QuarkNet 2014 gave some Oklahoma high school science teachers an inside look at the world of particle physics and some of the amazing research being done at OSU and OU.  The program included lectures, hands-on activities, and lab tours.  This year we also had the special treat of Ken…

2014 Annual Report - Rutgers University

This report summarizes the Rutgers QuarkNet Workshop held from July 7 to July 18. Professors Amit Lath, Eva Halkiadakis, Yuri Gershtein and Steve Schnetzer of the Rutgers high energy particle physics group hosted the session. It was attended by twenty students and four high school teachers from New…

2014 Annual Report - UPRM

The UPRM group met for three small workshops in the 2014 QuarkNet year. The first of these was October 19-20, 2013, when they worked with cosmic ray detectors and the e-Lab. QuarkNet staff member Kenneth Cecire helped to facilitate and also visited two schools. Problems were found with the…

2014 Annual Report - Colorado State

Faculty mentors: Dr. Norm Buchanan, Assistant Professor and Dr. Walter Toki, Professor, Physics Department, Colorado State University Lead teachers: Cherie Bornhorst, Science Teacher, Loveland High School; and Adam Pearlstein, Teacher in Residence, Colorado State University The Colorado State…

NIU Summer Student Research Abstract 2-2014

Student: L. Hsiung Mentor: Michael Eads Internship dates: July 7, 2014 – August 14, 2014   Abstract: L. Hsiung conducted research related to the new muon g-2 experiment currently being designed and constructed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. His main focus was on the analysis of data…

NIU Summer Student Research Abstract 1-2014

Student: R. Garg Mentor: Michael Eads Internship dates: June 23, 2014 – August 8, 2014   Abstract: R. Garg conducted a software project related to the new muon g-2 experiment currently being designed and constructed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The first part of her internship…

2014 Annual Report - SUNY at Buffalo

SUNY at Buffalo (UB) has joined QuarkNet in early 2006. Mentors of the group are UB experimental High Energy Physicists, Prof. Ia Iashvili and Prof. Avto Kharchilava. UB Experimental HEP group has sponsored its 8th annual QuarkNet Summer Workshop in Buffalo during August 19-21. This year we had 7…

2014 Annual Report - Purdue Summer Workshop

This summer, Purdue hosted five teachers from Central Indiana for four days, followed by a tour of Fermilab.   Almost all the teachers this year were new to QuarkNet so the workshop emphasized a basic introduction to fundamental particle physics, particle accelerators and cosmic ray physics.   The…