I was a solar physics REU student at Montana State University in summer 2001, which is where this page originates from. I am from Ireland (Dublin) so this was my first time to Montana. The summer was all about working hard and playing harder as our REU group home page will prove.
 

I worked under Dr. Richard C. Canfield. My project for the summer involved expanding a computer program in IDL originally written by Alexei Pevtsov to study active regions on the sun and build up a database of information (current, magnetic field, polarity, did they erupt, distance between dipole centers, tilt angles etc.) on them. The future aim is that this program  can be used to predict the occurrence of coronal mass ejections (CME's) from the sun.
 

Summer Project Summary

• Introduction
• How to use the program
• Future work
• Presentation

• B.Sc. Experimental Physics (1st Class Honors), 2001, University College Dublin.

• Football (or 'soccer' as you would say in America)
• Astronomy
• Travel