LEPP Research Experience for Undergraduates

2007 Research Reports (PDF)

Cornell University - Wayne State University
Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator ScienceS and Education (CLASSE)

Cornell University Participants

1. Jake Bennett, Roanoke College
   Radiative chi_cJ Decays to Light Hadrons
   Mentors: Matt Shepherd and Ryan Mitchell, Indiana University.


2. Daniel Carmody, Carnegie Mellon University
   Electron Cloud Modeling for CesrTA
   Mentors: David Rubin and Levi Schachter.


3. Chris Cude, Indiana University
   Diagnostics for Electron Cloud Measurements in CESR
   Mentors: Mark Palmer, Jerry Codner and Levi Schachter.


4. Pauli Kehayias, Tufts University
   Fast Ion Instability Simulations for CesrTA
   Mentors: David Rubin and Mark Palmer


5. Ronald (Zach) Lamberty, University of Notre Dame
   Modeling Quantum Fields with Discretized Anharmonic Oscillators
   Mentors: Maxim Perelstein and Andrew Noble


6. Pardis Niknejadi, California State Polytechnic, Pomona
   Vertical Tests of ILC Cavities and Detection of X-Rays from Field Emission
   Mentor:Bill Ashmanskas


7. Elizabeth Olhsson, University of Oregon
   Partially Automated Tuning Programs for Nine-Cell ILC Cavities
   Mentor: Bill Ashmanskas


8. Ken Soong, Cornell University
   Lattice Design for a Very High Brightness X-ray Storage Ring
   Mentors: Ivan Bazarov and Richard Talman


9. Benjamin Schmitt, University of Rochester
   Development of Control Systems and Applications for the Cornell ERL Electron Source Laser System;
   Mentors: Bruce Dunham and John Dobbins


10. Henry Timmers, The College of Wooster
    Laser Shaping for High Brightness Photoelectron Sources
    Mentor: Ivan Bazarov


11. Mackenzie Van Camp, Lawrence University
    Optimization of CESR-c Optics for High Time-Integrated Luminosity
    Mentor: Jim Crittenden

Wayne State University Participants - REU and RET

1. Courtney Couvreur (RET)
   Glass Capillary X-ray Optics;
   Don Bilderback, CHESS.


2. Christian Hammill
   Out-gassing of Stainless Steel Vacuum Chambers and Performance Evaluation of a Titanium Sublimation Pump;
   Mentor: Yulin Li
   


3. Brandon Willard
   Functions Alternative to the Likelihood;
   Mentors: David Cinabro and Giovanni Bonvicini, Wayne State University
   


4. Emmett Windisch
   Heat Bump Modeling in High Heat-load X-ray Optics;
   Mentors: Peter Revesz and Ivan Bazarov