2016
The Effect of Angle of Elevation on Muon Flux
Sudheshna Gullanki (Troy High School) and Tanner Allen (Paul K Cousino High School) Teacher Mentor: Mike Niedballa (Michigan Collegiate High SChool) Research Mentor: Gil Piz (Wayne State University) The purpose of our research is to study and experiment the correlation between the angle of…
Shower Studies
Frank Vella (Western International High School) Rumana Begum (Hamtramck High School) Mike Niedballa (Michigan Collegiate High School) Dr. Gil Paz (Wayne State University) 1 July 2016 Our project was based on shower studies. The…
2016 Abstract from Ryan
Waves to Ones and Zeros: Data Acquisition in Radio Astronomy Ryan Thornton (Marmion Academy) Dr. Christopher Stoughton (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Abstract I designed the data recording and analysis of the QuarkNet Radio Telescope, a…
2016 Abstract from Pranav
Big Data Analytics for Identification of Gravitationally Lensed Quasars in the Dark Energy Survey Pranav Sivakumar, Brian Nord, Liz Buckley-Geer Abstract We report results from an automated method to identify lensed quasars from the Dark Energy Survey using a PSF-difference…
2016 Abstract from Keshav
art Visualization Using ParaView Keshav Kapoor (Naperville Central High School) Dr. Adam Lyon (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Abstract The purpose of this project is to create a real time visualization of the data that is produced from…
2016 Abstract from George
Muon Beam Storage Magnet B Field Shaping George Ressinger (St. Charles North High School) Dr. Brendan Kiburg (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Abstract The Muon G2…
2016 Abstract from Gabriel
Design and Modeling of Dark Matter Axion Detectors Gabriel Rizzo (Oak Park and River Forest High School) Dr. Andrew Sonnenschein (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Abstract Axions are a proposed cold dark matter particle. They are very light…
2016 Abstract from Collin
Digital Design for Astrophysics Detectors Collin Bradford (Homeschool Student) Dr. Chris Stoughton (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Abstract Sensors in particle detectors often have to sample at a rate that far outpaces typical computers…
2016 Abstract from Ben
Quarknet Radio Telescope: The mechanization to track celestial objects Ben Hardin (Batavia High School) Dr. Adam Anderson (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Abstract The purpose of this experiment is to get high school students around…
2016 Abstract from Amira
Creating a Runs Database Under MIDAS and MySQL Amira Malik Dr. Mandy Rominsky Abstract At the Fermilab Test Beam facility, scientists test their equipment against the provided test beams. Since the equipment needs to be accurately tested,…