UAT Workshop 2012
The fifth NSF-sponsored Undergraduate ALFALFA Workshop was held at the Arecibo Observatory on January 15 - 18, 2012. The Workshop is part of the NSF-sponsored Undergraduate ALFALFA Team program to promote undergraduate research within the ALFALFA project. Attendees are given tours of the telescope, and operate it during observing runs. The Workshop was attended by 33 students and their faculty mentors from 14 undergraduate institutions. Heather Cutler '12 made her third trip to Arecibo (the others were November 2010 and January 2011) with SLU astronomers Dr. Aileen O'Donoghue and Jeffrey Miller.
Photo Gallery
Team SLU: Jeff Miller, Heather Cutler '12, Dr. Aileen O'Donoghue
Heather Cutler '12
Faculty and student workshop attendees
Jeff and Heather's first scavenger hunt team (L-R): Jeff Miller (SLU); Alyssa Sokol '14 (Colgate); Karyn Perdue '13 (U. Wisconsin - Madison); Heather Cutler '12 (SLU); Tom Balonek (Colgate)
Jeff & Aileen model the latest wet-weather fashion
Faculty operating the telescope (L-R): Tom Balonek (Colgate); John Cannon (Macalester): Parker Troischt (Hartwick); Aileen O'Donoghue (SLU)
The telescope tour is about to begin (L-R): Heather Cutler '12 (SLU); Catherine Weigel '12 (Hartwick); John Cannon (Macalester); Betsey Adams (Cornell)
Up on the platform
The tour group stops for a photo with Dana Whitlow (Arecibo Observatory)