University of Illinois at Chicago / Chicago State University Center

QuarkNet center for teachers in the Chicago area particularly interested in cosmic ray studies.

Contacts:

Mark Adams, Mentor
Edmundo Garcia, Mentor
Nate Unterman, Lead Teacher

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Welcome to the UIC QuarkNet Center.  Our website is found at http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/quarknet/

and our active dector sites are given in this google map:

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=zl9zMEZG24yo.kx2jOVu0S4ek

Links :

UIC-CSU Annual Report for 2022-2023

The QuarkNet Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago State provides mentoring, organization, and collaborative structure to students and teachers at seven Chicagoland high…

Annual Report 2021-2022

Report of QuarkNet Activities at UIC and CSU during 2021-2022   The QuarkNet Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Chicago State provides mentoring, organization, and collaborative…

QuarkNet at UIC and CSU in 2021-22

Annual Report

Moon Shadow Design November 2020

QuarkNet plans to attempt to measure the moon's shadow cast by cosmic ray muons. This note begins the design process: discussing where the shadow appears in the sky as a function of energy; and…

Cosmic Ray Asymptotic directions from Yangbajing

UIC Center Summer 2021 Meeting August 9-12

  General Notes MEETING For the moment, masks and social distancing will be observed.  We will meet at New Trier High School (Winnetka) Room 151 from 9am  -- 3 pm. New Trier High School     385…

UIC-CSU 2020 Annual Report

UIC-CSU 2020 Virtual Cosmic Ray Workshop 13-15 July, 2020

“Our mission is to create opportunities for teachers and students to explore the nature of scientific research. Using data from cosmic ray muon detectors, participants perform analyses employing the…

Resources for Cosmic Ray Analyses Online

Cosmic Ray Analysis Opportunities The QuarkNet Cosmic Ray e-Lab (https://www.i2u2.org/elab/cosmic) contains a large data set of cosmic ray events and analysis tools with which teachers can perform …