Research Experience for Undergraduates
1999 Research Reports
Cornell University
Wayne State University
CLEO Collaboration
- Christopher Bergevin, Departments of Physics and Mathematics,
University of Arizona
Constants Thermometry System for Testing Temperature Variations in Super Conducting RF Cavities
Postscript (2.4 MB)
PDF (384 kB)
Mentor: Jens Knobloch, Cornell University
- John Bicket, College of Engineering,
Cornell University
Constants Browser - A GUI Browser for the CLEO III Constants Database
Postscript (212 kB)
PDF (43 kB)
Mentor: Martin Lohner, University of Florida
- Peter Brabant, Departments of Physics and Mathematics,
University of Kansas
Correlated Production of the Lambda_c
Postscript (538 kB)
PDF (135 kB)
Mentors: David Besson, University of Kansas, and Ed Thorndike,
University of Rochester
- Kendra Burbank, Departments of Physics and Mathematics,
Bryn Mawr College
Study of D_2^{*0} and D_1^{0} Mesons
Postscript (593 kB)
PDF (249 kB)
Mentors: David Cassel, Cornell University, and Naresh Menon, Purdue University
- Maria Castro and Katherine Plass, Department of Physics,
Wayne State University
Semileptonic Decays of D_s Particles
Postscript (164 kB)
PDF (376 kB)
Mentor: Giovanni Bonvicini, Wayne State University
- Matt Cervantes, Department of Physics,
University of Kansas
Inclusive measurement of Lambda^+_c -> e^+ X
Postscript (230 kB)
PDF (89 kB)
Mentors: David Besson, University of Kansas, and Ed Thorndike,
University of Rochester
- Dian Chin, Department of Physics,
Binghamton University
A Dictionary Algorithm for CLEO III Silicon Tracking
Postscript (556 kB)
Mentors: James Alexander, Frederic Blanc, and Alan Magerkurth,
Cornell University;
John Thaler, Mark Palmer, and Michael Marsh, University of Illinois
- Nathan Detgen, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Wayne State University
Beamstrahlung Detector
Postscript (461 kB)
PDF (1,045 kB)
Mentor: Giovanni Bonvicini, Wayne State University
- Tiana Fluker, Department of Mathematics,
Wayne State University
Validation of the Time of Flight Detector of CLEO II
Postscript (26.4 MB)
PDF (6.2 MB)
Mentors: Ed Thorndike and Daniel Cronin-Hennessy, University of Rochester
- Natalie Griffith, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Wayne State University
The Process Manager GUI for CLEO III
Postscript (420 kB)
PDF (83 kB)
MS Word (133 kB)
Mentors: Alan Weinstein and Elliot Lipeles, California Institute of Technology
- Jon Kennedy, Department of Physics,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Pizero Reconstruction for Cleo III
Postscript (382 kB)
PDF (146 kB)
Mentors: Lawrence Gibbons, Brian Heltsley, Veronique Boisvert,
Cornell University
- Justin Kinney, Department of Physics,
Cornell University
A Silicon Tracking Algorithm for Level3
Postscript (15.8 MB)
PDF (161 kB)
Mentors: David Kreinick, Cornell University, and
Tomasz Wlodek, Southern Methodist University
- Katherine Korbiak, Departments of Chemistry and Physics,
Wayne State University
Observation of Dynamic Emittance at CESR with CLEO
Postscript (484 kB)
PDF (173 kB)
Mentor: David Cinabro, Wayne State University
- Christina Lund, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Evaluation of the TiSP3
Postscript (414 kB)
PDF (88 kB)
Mentors: Nariman Mistry and Yulin Li, Cornell University
- Kristen Melnyk-Elsner, Kimball High School,
School District of the City of Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI
The Albany Particle Tower: Online Access for High School Students
Postscript (201 kB)
PDF (49 kB)
Mentors: Saj Alam, Basit Athar, Frank Wappler,
State University of New York-Albany
- Olushakin Olojo, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Wayne State University
Path Length Correction for dE/dx
Postscript (4.0 MB)
PDF (6.0 MB)
Mentors: Roy Briere, Carnegie-Mellon University, and
Ahren Sadoff, Ithaca College
- Charles Payson, Teacher, Battle Creek Central High School,
Battle Creek, MI
Cryostat Modeling for the Superconducting Interaction Region Magnets:
CESR Phase III
Postscript (1,002 kB)
PDF (136 kB)
Mentor: James Welch, Cornell University
- Daniela Silva, Department of Mathematics,
Wayne State University
Performance Testing and Tuning of Kalman Track-Fitting for CLEO III
Postscript (270 kB)
PDF (97 kB)
Mentors: Jon Thaler and Michael Marsh, University of Illinois
- Heather Smith, Department of Physics,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Developing CLEO III Online Data Analysis Software
Postscript (1.1 MB)
PDF (62 kB)
Mentor: Andreas Wolf, Cornell University
- Jeffrey Smith, Department of Physics, Knox College
CESR Beam Position Monitors Signal Processing and
Synchrotron +24 V Elimination Scheme
Postscript (108 kB)
PDF (33 kB)
Mentors: Donald Hartill and John Dobbins, Cornell University
- Marty Zwikel, Physics, Grinnell College
Investigation of the Feasibility of a Free Electron Laser for the
Cornell Electron Storage Ring and Linear Accelerator
Postscript (737 kB)
PDF (142 kB)
Mentor: Gerry Dugan, Cornell University
dgc@lns.cornell.edu
1998/09/22