Summer 2012 REUs at MIT Haystack Observatory

By: Nathaniel Frissell on: Thu., Nov. 17, 2011 05:25 PM EST (9282 Reads)

June 4- August 10, 2012
MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, MA

Open to: Undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and computer science students. US Citizenship or permanent residency required to be eligible for support.
Application Deadline: 1 February 2012
Apply Through: http://www.haystack.mit.edu/edu/reu/

Funding: Housing plus $500 weekly stipend

PDF of 2012 MIT Haystack REU Flyer

Undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and computer science students are invited to apply for summer research positions at the MIT Haystack Observatory in Westford, MA. Research projects include radio astronomical studies, atmospheric physics investigations, and hardware and software development for data acquisition and processing. The program extends from June 4 to August 10, 2012 and carries a weekly stipend of $500.00. Women, minorities and students with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Haystack Observatory, located 40 miles northwest of Boston, is a research center engaged in radio astronomy, geodesy, atmospheric science, and instrumentation development for radiometry, interferometry, and radar systems. The Observatory instrumentation consists of several large radio and optical telescopes and radar systems, all equipped with sophisticated digital control and data processing systems.

Projects in astronomy, atmospheric sciences and engineering proposed for summer 2011 are listed below:

Characterizing Hemispherical Differences in GPS Total Electron Content
Methanol Masers as Probes of Shock Conditions
Solar Flares and Earth's Upper Atmosphere
Simulation of Propagation Effects in the Solar Corona in Support of Observation s from the MWA Prototype
Relationship Between Stratospheric and Ionospheric Disturbances
Implementation of a Low Cost GPS Synchronization Solution for Software Radar
GPU Accelerated Processing for VLBI Digital Backends
Parallel Processing and the Madrigal Database
Antenna and Amplifier Modeling for High-Accuracy Calibration of Radio Data
Ionospheric Radar Experiment Scenario Modeling

Students majoring in Astronomy, Space Physics, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and several other fields have enjoyed working in this REU program over the past two decades. In recent years, their summer projects have been archived on the web.

See Information on the 2011 REU Program or our REU application packet for specific details about this year's program. For further information please contact or call 781-981-5400. Also check out the MIT Haystack Observatory's web pages for particulars on the various projects underway at Haystack.

Support for the Haystack REU program is provided by the National Science Foundation through the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program. The National Science Foundation, which sponsors this program, requires U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency to qualify for positions supported under the REU Program. Undergraduate students eligible for this program must not have graduated prior to the start of the summer internship in June 2011.

M.I.T. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Summer 2012 REUs at MIT Haystack Observatory

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