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Senior Projects:

• Robert Trenczer (MIT), "AGN Activity in Nearby Galaxies" (1998)
• Mark Ertmer, "Dips in the X-ray Intensity of Cygnus X-1" (2001)
• Anthony Nettleton, "Analysis of Data from RXTE Observations of the Black Hole XTE J1118+480" (2002)
• Travis Dirks, "Modeling X-ray Spectra of the Microquasar GRS 1915+105" (2003)
• Krystal Tyler, "Origin of Absorption Dips in the X-ray Pulsar GX 1+4" (2005)

REU Projects:

• Mark O'Brien, "Accretion Powered Millisecond Pulsars" (2001)
• Anuradha Madhavan, "Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy" (2003)
• Daniel Able, "Black Hole-Jet Connection and Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy" (2004)
• Karri Frank, "Probing the Jets of Microquasars" (2005)

Presentations:

• Mark Ertmer, "Dips in the X-ray Intensity of Cygnus X-1", Undergraduate Research Day, School of Science, Purdue University (2001)
• Sam Vaughn, "Chandra Observations of Black Hole Candidates LMC X-1 and LMC X-3", Undergraduate Research Day, School of Science, Purdue University (2002)
• Ben Smith, "A Wavelet De-Noising Technique for Ground-Based Gamma Ray Astronomy", Undergraduate Research Day, School of Science, Purdue University (2002)
• Ben Smith, "Exploration of Photon Detector Technology for Ground-Based Gamma Ray Astrophysics", Undergraduate Research Day, School of Science, Purdue University (2004)
• Travis Dirks, "Inflows and Outflows in the Microquasar GRS 1915+105", Undergraduate Research Day, School of Science, Purdue University (2004)

Publications:

• Dan Feldkun (MIT), with me and Robert Braun, "Detection of Compact Nuclear X-ray Emission in NGC 4736", Astrophysical Journal, 477, 693 (1997)
• Mark Ertmer, with me and Yuxin Feng, "A Peculiar Flaring Episode of Cyg X-1", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 564, L77 (2002)
• Filip Pizlo, with the VERITAS Collaboration, "The VERITAS Project", Proc. The Universe Viewed in Gamma-rays (Kashiwa, Japan, Sept 25-28, 2002)
• Filip Pizlo, with me, Sam Nolan, John Quinn, Scott Wakeley, Ozlem Celik, and Rene Ong, "VERITAS Data Acquisition and Analysis Systems", Proc. The 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference (Tsukuba, Japan, July 31-August 7, 2003)
• Ben Smith, with me, "Cessation of X-ray Pulsation of GX 1+4", Astrophysical Journal, 602, 320 (2004)
• Ben Smith, with me, the VERITAS Collaboration, and a multiwavelength team, "A Multiwavelength View of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421: Correlated Variability, Flaring, and Spectral Evolution", Astrophysical Journal, 630, 130 (2005)
• Daniel Able, with me and a multiwavelength team, "Coordinated Multiwavelength Observations of 3C 66A during the WEBT campaign of 2003-2004", Astrophysical Journal, 631, 169 (2005)