Center for Adaptive Optics Intern Symposium UH Hilo UCB 100 February 1, 2005
University of California Santa Cruz Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) Director of Education Lisa Hunter (above) addresses the audience before the start of the program. The four UH Hilo students and their presentations were:
A Correlation Between Water Vapor Measured in the Near Infrared and Optical Depth Measured at 225 GHz
Jenny Berghuis (UHH student at UH Institute for Astronomy)
Investigation into the Effects of Antenna Tilts on Pointing for the SMA Antennas
Ben Berkey (UHH student at Sub-Millimeter Array)
Data Reduction, Observing Runs and Science: Summer Internship at the Gemini Observatory
Sarah Knights (Gemini Observatory)
L and Ms Band Spectroscopy with NIRC2 and Keck II Adaptive Optics: Feasibility Observations of NGC7027 and DH141569
Sunny Stewart (W.M. Keck Observatory)
l-r: Ben Berkey, Jenny Berghuis, Sarah Knights and Sunny Stewart.
UHH Chancellor Rose Tseng gave an opening message to a crowd of observatory professionals, UHH faculty and students, and interested public
Dr Robert Fox, UHH Physics and Astronomy Chair, closed the symposium with a message of congratulations and enthusiastic support for the UHH students