SummerWorkshop2007
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Nuclear Structure Laboratory
Physics Department, Stony Brook University
8:30AM-4:30PM, daily
Directions to the NSL
Brainstorm
Brainstorm
Enter here to put your brainstorming ideas for future research. Some ideas will be winners, and some won't, but all ideas are valid.
Participants
Alphabetical by last name
- Kimberly Bogler- Student,Bay Shore High School
- Samuel Bryant - Student, Bay Shore High School
- Cosmic Chris - Student, Hauppauge High School
- Tania Entwistle - Physics Teacher, Ward Melville High School
- Jessica Corbin - Student, Roosevelt Union Free School District
- Ian Drayer - Student, Ward Melville High School
- Isaac Degani - Student, Mepham High School
- Arjun Dhawan - Student, Deer Park High School
- Russell DiGrigoli - Student, Northport High School
- Richard Gearns - Physics Teacher, Sachem High School East
- Dan Grove - Student, Smithtown High School - Western Campus
- Akshay Gupta - Student, Sachem High School East
- Jessica Gutierrez - Student, Sachem High School East
- Luka Jurukovski - Student, Murphy Junior High School
- Bill Leacock - Physics Teacher, Wellington C. Mepham High School
- David LeWine - Math Teacher, The Young Women's Leadership School
- Adam Lamson - Student, Shoreham-Wading River High School
- Andrew Loo - Student, Park Ridge High School
- Mike Lopez - Student, Rocky Point High School
- Sungsu Lee - Student, Port Jefferson High School
- Jie Min - Student, Ward Melville High School
- Patrick Montalto - Student, Rocky Point High School
- Peter Ramirez - Student, Sachem High School East
- Michael Ross - Student, Northport High School
- Golda Steiner-Physics Teacher,Park Ridge High School,Ridge High School
- Helio Takai - Physicist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Jeremy Tomaszewski - Physics Teacher, Bay Shore High School
- Tom Tomaszewski - Physics Teacher, Shoreham-Wading River High School
- Ashwin Varughese - Student, Deer Park High School
- Robert Velte - Student, Deer Park High School
- Christopher Wankel -Student, Deer Park High School
- Gillian Winters - Physics Teacher, Smithtown High School
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MARIACHI is an experiment that makes use of cutting edge computer technology to gather and analyze experimental cosmic ray data collected over a wide geographic area. Located at high schools, colleges and national laboratories, MARIACHI data acquisition computers gather data locally, and securely upload data to the main server located at Stony Brook University, while preserving information integrity. This experimental topology was chosen for the search of temporal coincidences between radar return signals and particle detection from a cosmic ray shower. A positive answer would validate radar technology as viable for the detection of ultra high energy cosmic rays over very large areas. MARIACHI data acquisition sites will also simultaneously collect digital data from unconventional sensors that measure terrestrial electric and magnetic field, ultrasound, infrasound, and lightning. Correlation between these parameters can be used to study a number of basic scientific problems that probe the influence of cosmic rays on terrestrial weather and their correlation with solar weather. MARIACHI takes full advantage of forefront software development to implement a data analysis strategy for all participants. Innovative tools facilitating the submission of science projects to computer farms for analysis will be available to a large number of participants.
MARIACHI is a collaborative effort that involves a diverse group of people located over a wide area. For this reason MARIACHI implements the use of asynchronous and synchronous collaborative tools to exchange information. Tools such as secure email, secure wiki and blog are being used to create a common MARIACHI knowledge database. The same technology is being exported to a larger teacher community for the creation of a knowledge database for teaching. MARIACHI is establishing a videoconferencing server to allow efficient communication amongst its members. MARIACHI's strategy for science investigation involves teams of scientists, teachers and students working on a research subject. It is envisioned that teams formed around certain subjects will carry out each research. Starting from jus a few topics it is expected to grow with nucleation of new ideas and teams. The MARIACHI summer workshop is designed for physics and research teachers, as well as high school students interested in pursuing research projects. The workshop will be a combination of training, brainstorming, and hands-on sessions. We will review the science reach of the experiment, review the equipment that is available to schools, the experiment's cyberinfrastructure, and the data collected. The use of a secure wiki and email, and other cyber-communication tools will be reviewed. Through brainstorming sessions the goal of the workshop is to catalyze groups around common research interests and establish tracking mechanisms to monitor progress. Students should come away from the workshop with a research plan and the beginnings of a project. |
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