Past Programs

2022 UCSB Physics REU

 

In Summer 2022, we ran an in-person REU program with 8 students participating.
 
 
Jacob VanArsdale from Colorado State University (CO) did a project in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. See Jacob's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Ilia Qato from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL) did a project in Astronomy. See Ilia's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Avital Keeley Polston from Eastern Michigan University (MI) did a project in Astronomy. See Avital's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Johanna Schubert from Swarthmore College (PA) did a project in Soft Matter Physics. See Johanna's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Sasha Toole from Mt. Holyoke College (MA) did a project in Soft Matter Physics. See Sasha's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Amelia Schaeffer from Reed College (OR) did a project in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. See Amelia's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Luciano Malavasi from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA) did a project in Experimental Particle Physics. See Luciano's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Maxwell Siebersma from Oregon State University (OR) did a project in Condensed Matter Theory. See Maxwell's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.

 

2021 UCSB Physics REU

 

Due to ongoing covid-19 restrictions, we ran a remote program in Summer 2021, with a cohort of 8 students participating remotely.
 
Brian Bauer from Siena College (NY) did a project in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. See Brian's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Josh Breckenridge from University of Cincinnati (OH) did a project in Astronomy. See Josh's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Beck Dacus from Amherst College (MA) did a project in Astronomy. See Beck's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Naunet Leonhardes-Barboza from Wellesley College (MA) did a project in Observational Astronomy. See Naunet's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Joi Malone from Spelman College (GA) did a project in Soft Matter Physics. See Joi's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Khanh Pham from University of California, Berkeley (CA) did a project in Condensed Matter Physics. See Khanh's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Emily Pottebaum from Iowa State University (IA) did a project in Experimental Particle Physics. See Emily's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.
 
Abel Shiferaw from Georgia Institute of Technology (GA) did a project in Gravity Theory. See Abel's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.

 

 

2020 UCSB Physics REU

 

Due to covid-19, we ran a remote program in Summer 2020 with a small cohort of students participating remotely.

Matthew Dittrich from The Citadel in South Carolina did a project in Experimental Particle Physics, and worked on "Catching Cosmic Rays": See Matthew's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.  Matthew is now doing a Ph.D at University of Florida, Gainesville.

Addison Hartman from Amherst College in Massachusetts did a project in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, and worked on "Simulating Quantum Dynamics": See Addison's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk.

Claire Keckley from Tulane University in Louisiana did a project in Gravity Theory, and worked on "Quantum Properties of Black Holes": See Claire's REU paper report and REU Symposium Talk