Undergraduate Research Opportunites

Department of Astronomy

University of Washington

Researchers with Projects for Undergraduates:

Eric Agol would like an undergraduate to work on a problem related to:

1) Detection of extrasolar planets.

2) Infrared observations of an eclipsing T Tauri star.

3) Coding the propagation of photons near a black hole.

Zejlko Ivezic has projects from SDSS:

1) Comparison of asteroid size distribution for objects associated with different families.

2) The density-morphology correlation for field galaxies.

3) Milky Way halo structure traced by giant stars and RR Lyr.

4) The white dwarf velocity distribution.

5) Morphological and optical classification of extragalactic radio sources.

Tom Quinn simulates gravitating systems with "N-body" codes, such as proto-planetary disks, galaxies, and large-scale structure. Please contact Tom directly if you would like a specific problem to work on.

Paula Szkodyhas undergrad projects on cataclysmic variables:

1) reduction and analysis of APO spectra of objects found in SDSS.

2) MRO photometry of objects found in SDSS.

This listing is NOT comprehensive. If you are interested in working in a particular area, please contact a professor, postdoc, or graduate student directly. Their research interests can be found at Research Interests of Faculty