ALFALFA

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Martha tells the group about neutral hydrogen while data reduction of Sunday night data runs at right.
[Photo credit: Tom Balonek]

Here students practice remote observing from the Arecibo Observatory Learning Center classroom.
[Photo credit: Tom Balonek]

Participants split into 5 teams to work on group activities called "scavenger hunts." Here one group works out a calculation. The hunts are available at the Undergraduate ALFALFA Team Observing and Data Analysis page and our Practice question page. Feel free to use these if you'd like!
[Photo credit: Tom Balonek]

Team members conducted actual ALFALFA observations Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday 2:00-07:15. Here's the 6:00 Sunday crew in the Arecibo control room.
[Photo credit: Rebecca Koopmann]

On Wednesday, several students presented talks and papers about their ALFALFA research projects. Here are the speakers in front of student poster. From left to right: Phillip (GSU), Ali (UWM), Geoff (StLU), Noch (Union), Nancy (UPR), Schuyler (Union), and Tess (Humboldt)
[Photo credit: Rebecca Koopmann]

Team faculty meet in the Visitors' Center Seminar Room to discuss collaborative projects. [Photo credit: Tom Balonek]

On Tuesday morning, Observatory staff conducted tours of the platform and the dish. Here one group waves from the catwalk.
[Photo credit: Tom Balonek]

Dana shows a group the receiver room.
[Photo credit: Parker Troischt]

Two happy groups on tour.
[Photo credit: Parker Troischt]
 
Chris models our Workshop T-shirt designed by Cornell grad student Ann Martin.
[Photo credit: Tom Balonek]


Standing, back row: Seth (ugrad, St. Mary's), P.J. (ugrad, GSU), Ron (faculty, St. Mary's), Jeff (faculty, StLU), Adam (ugrad, UWSP), Lyle (faculty, Lafayette), Schuyler (HS, Union), Chris (ugrad, Skidmore), Dave (faculty, WTA&M), Michael (ugrad, Colgate), Sander (ugrad, Skidmore), Steven (ugrad, Humboldt), Becky (faculty, Union), Martha (faculty, Cornell), Riccardo (faculty, Cornell), John (U. Indiana) The 2010 Undergrad ALFALFA Team
Standing, middle row: Noch (ugrad, Union), Nancy (ugrad, UPR), Jaclyn (ugrad, Lafayette), Tess (ugrad, Humboldt), Brandon (ugrad, GSU), Nick (ugrad, GMU) [Photo credit: Tom Balonek]

Sitting/kneeling: Ben (ugrad,Cornell), Katie (faculty, UWSP), Jessica (faculty, GMU), Jillian (ugrad, St. Mary's), Ali (ugrad, UWM), Geoff (ugrad, StLU), Tom (faculty, Colgate), Betsey (grad, Cornell), Ann (grad, Cornell), Parker (faculty, Hartwick)

[Photo credit: Tom Balonek]
   
Standing, back row: PJ (GSU), Adam (UWSP), Steven (Humboldt), Schuyler (Union), Chris (Skidmore), Sander (Skidmore), Michael (Colgate), Seth (St. Mary's) The 2010 Undergrad ALFALFA Team Students


Standing, middle row: Nick (GMU), Noch (Union), Tess (Humboldt), Jaclyn (Lafayette), Nancy (UPR)

Sitting/kneeling: Geoff (StLU), Ben (Cornell), Ali (UWM), Brandon (GSU), Jillian (St. Mary's)

[Photo credit: Tom Balonek]


The Undergraduate ALFALFA Workshop is part of the NSF-sponsored Undergraduate ALFALFA Team program to promote undergraduate research within the ALFALFA project.



Last modified: Thu Jan 21 15:48:50 EST 2010 by becky