The Best REU Group Ever

The 2001 MSU Physics REU program occupied 8 weeks in June and July. There were two groups of students, a Materials group and a Solar group. Click the solar student's names to read their end-of-summer report.

Material Physics REU students:

  • Andy Keiser, Colby College
  • Matt Klee, University of Iowa
  • Rachel Ruch, San Fransisco State University
  • Patrick O'Neill, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Mark Loeffler, Rhodes College
  • Lisa McGuire, Kalamazoo College
  • Daniel Bauer, TU Ilmenau (a grad student really, but he hangs around a lot)
  • Michelle Lindmier, Montana State University
  • Solar Physics REU students:

  • Anne-Marie Cumberlidge, University of Oxford
  • Emily Barrentine, Bryn Mawr College
  • Keith Lambkin, University College Dublin
  • Mark Reiser, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
  • Derek Lamb, Drake University
  • Nichole "H" Fortin, Skidmore College (she's a biologist, but Solar at heart)
  • Work
    Image and Chemical Analysis Lab
    Magnetic Nanostructure Growth and Characterization Facility
    Surface Science/Ion Beams
    Solar Physics

    Play
    Climbing Mount Baldy
    Whitewater Rafting on the Gallatin River
    Camping at Hyalite Reservoir
    Yellowstone National Park   Page 2
    Glacier National Park: Backcountry Hikers  Day Hikers
    Hiking around the Boulder River/cookout at Hugo Schmidt's cabin
    Grand Teton National Park/Yellowstone (again)
    Miscellaneous
    Rachel's "REU Summer 2001 Slide Show"





    by Derek Lamb

    "I'm uncomfortable with the cat situation." --Reiser