Junior Thesis Project Presentations

Date: 

Friday, April 27, 2012, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

This year we have 5 exciting presentations on a broad range of topics.  Your participation is welcomed and encouraged, so please drop by to support our students and to learn about their research.

Schedule of Presentations:

12:00-12:05pm   Welcoming remarks:  Edo Berger

12:05-12:25pm   Christopher Jensen (Advisor:  Ramesh Narayan):  "Theoretical Models for the Gravitational Lensing of a Quasar by a Dwarf Galaxy" 

12:25-12:45pm   Corinne Tu (Advisor:  Laura Brenneman):  "Constraining the Black Hole Spin of Arkakelian 120"

12:45-1:05pm     Caroline Huang (Advisor:  Daniel Eisenstein):  "The Infrared Luminosity Function of Galaxies"

1:05-1:25pm       David Abarca (Advisor:  Alicia Soderberg): "The Host Galaxies of Hybrid Type Ia/IIn Supernovae"

1:25-1:45pm       Maham Siddiqi (Advisor:  Hagai Perets):  "Moon-Moon Scattering and the Origin of Irregular and Runaway Moons"