2009 Student Rresearch

Katie Schuff - Katie's a rising sophomore Physics/Math double major who is working with me on the elemental composition of rainwater collected from Schenectady's Historic Stockade District and analyzed using the 1.1 MV tandem electrostatic Pelletron particle accelerator.

Katie, Chad and Colin all presented posters at the Joint Meeting of the Nuclear Physics Divisions of the American and Japanese Physical Societies in Waikoloa, Hawaii, October 13-17, 2009.
Below are pictures of them at the Meeting and links to their posters

Katie's Poster	Colin's Poster	Chad's Poster

Below are pictures from the Meeting in Hawaii and from the accelerator lab throughout the year

This is a picture of the entire group from Union College's Department of Physics & Astronomy that went to the conference. From left to right in the front row: Prof. Rebecca Surman, Ana Mikler, Prof. Scott LaBrake, Chad Herrington, & Katie Schuff. In the back row from left to right: Danny Berringer, Colin Gleason, & Prof. Mike Vineyard.

Katie working hard on Facebook probably. Actually she's working on a method for preparation of the rainwater samples.

Chad, Colin, and Kaite running the accelerator.

Mike, Colin, and Chad watching the charge collection from the beam hitting the sample. Mike is too focused on data collection to notice the camera.

Colin loading another aerosol sample.