Student Projects completed with J. Hibbard, NRAO

Also see the webpage for NRAO Student Programs

2010/2011/2012/2013

• George Privon, UVa (Ph.D. Thesis Project, with A. Evans, NRAO/UVa)
  HI Obsevations of GOALs Galaxies (related to previous work HI in IR Luminous Galaxies

2009/2010/2011

• Brendan "Moose" Mullan, PSU (Ph.D. Thesis Project, with J. Charlton, PSU)
  Star Clusters in the Tidal Tails of Interacting Galaxies

2009/2010

• Lisa-May Walker, University of Virginia (Ph.D Thesis project, with K. Johnson, UVa)
  Spitzer observations of Compact Group Galaxies

2005/2006/2007

• Jodie R. Martin, University of Virginia (Ph.D Thesis project, with R. O'Connell UVa)
  Near-UV Merger Signatures in Early-Type Galaxies (astro-ph/0707.1793) (2005 AAS Abstract)

2005

• Amanda Heiderman, University of California-Berkeley (NRAO Summer Student, with K. Johnson, UVa)
  VLA HI and Spitzer mid-IR Observations of Hickson Compact Groups
• Julia Sandell, Barnard College/Columbia University (NRAO Summer REU Student)
  HI and GALEX Observations of Interacting Galaxies

2004/2005

• Sara Sallam, University of Virginia (Senior Thesis project; with T.X. Thuan, UVa)
  HI Observations of Three Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies

2003/2004

• Jodie Martin, University of Virginia (Ph.D Thesis project)
  The Structure of Merger Remnants: Ellipticals with Anomolous Light Profiles
  • Model predictions
  • Nuker ALPs (NGC524, NGC3599, NGC1331)
  • LEDA ALPs
  • NICMOS ALPs
  • AAS Abstract
• Joe Masiero, Pennsylvania State University (Senior Thesis project with J. Charlton, PSU)
  Star Cluster Formation in Tidal Tails.
  Contributed to journal paper: Maybhate et al. 2007, MNRAS, in press (astro-ph/0707.3582)

2003

• Jodie Martin, University of Virginia (NRAO summer student)
  The HI Environment of Ellipticals with Anomalous Light Profiles

2002

• Randy McEntaffer, University of Colorado (2nd year project with J. Stocke, U.Colorado)
  The Environment of the low-redshift Ly-a absorbers in the Mrk 817 sightline

2001/2002

• Megan Kohring, University of Virginia (Masters project, Astronomy)
  Mass Estimates of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies in N-body Simulations of Colliding Disk Galaxies
• Matthew Garvin, University of Virginia (Masters project, Astronomy; with T.X. Thuan, UVa)
  HI of Low-Mass dwarf Irregulars

2000/2001

• Megan Kohring, University of Virginia (NRAO Summer REU Student)
  Poster from 198th AAS (Pasadena, June 2001): Mass Estimates of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies in N-body Simulations of Interacting Disk Galaxies ( eps.gz version)
• Erin Geaney, University of Virginia (Senior Thesis, Comp. Sci.)
  Identikit: A Visualization Tool for N-body Simulations
• Colleen Connearney, University of Virginia (Senior Thesis, Comp. Sci.)
  Identikit: A Visualization Tool for N-body Simulations

2000

• Caylin Mendelowitz, Evergreen State University (NRAO Summer REU Student) (with L. Matthews, NRAO)
  The Rotation Curve and Mass Decomponsition of the Superthin Galaxy UGC 711
• Megan Kohring, University of Virginia (NRAO Summer REU Student)
  N-body Simulations of Tidal Dwarf Galaxies

1999/2000

• Chris Power, Trinity College & Durham (NRAO Summer GRP Student)
  Visualization of N-body Data and Numerical Modeling of The Antennae
• Veronica Ponce, University of Virginia (Senior Tutorial)
  Spectral Line Observations of Interacting Galaxies

1998/9

• Francois Levrier, Ecole Normale Supérieure (with T.X. Thuan at UVa).
  HI Observations of Blue Compact Dwarfs
• Greg Stinson, Charlton College (NRAO Summer REU Student)
  Numerical Modeling of Arp 299
• Kjersten Bunker, NCSU (NRAO Summer REU Student)
  HI in Infrared Bright Ellipticals