University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez QuarkNet Center Annual Report 2017

The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM) QuarkNet center had an active and interesting 2016-2017. On November 12-13, 2016, Mark Adams facilitated a cosmic ray workshop with the teachers. He also, in the surrounding days, went to several schools to help teachers with their detectors and cosmic ray studies. 

The group reconvened on February 25, 2017, for a shortened CMS Data Workshop facilitated by Ken Cecire. Ken also visited UPRM QuarkNet teacher Danelix Cordero and her students on February 27 to assist with plateauing their cosmic ray detector. The UPRM group followed up on March 25 with a CMS masterclass and videoconference.There were 60 students and 13 teachers participating.

In summer 2017 the UPRM group was active in the solar eclipse cosmic ray project.