Did you know...
A typical bolt of lightning is about 4 miles long, moves up to 1/3 the speed of light and packs a current of 100,000 volts! Learn more about lightning in the Power House exhibit at the Discovery Center Museum.
Happy 60th!
Argonne National Laboratory celebrates its 60th anniversary in the fall of 2006: Argonne National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Department of Energy's largest research centers. It is also the nation's first national laboratory, chartered in 1946. Argonne is a direct descendant of the University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, part of the World War Two Manhattan Project where the world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction was created. After the war, Argonne was given the mission of developing nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes. Over the years, Argonne's research expanded to include many other areas of science, engineering and technology. Argonne is not and never has been a weapons laboratory.Research Programs
Illinois Institute of Technology
- High Reynolds Number Turbulent Boundary Layers
http://fdrc.iit.edu
Using national Diagnostic Facility to examine turbulent boundary layers with pressure gradient and roughness effects. - Enhanced Performance of Airfoils for Advanced Military Transport Applications
http://fdrc.iit.edu/Aeroacoustics
Evaluation of force and moment coefficients on airfoil shapes used at moderate mach numbers in presence of zero-value flux pulsed blowing. - Actuators for High Lift Airfoils
http://fdrc.iit.edu/aeroacoustics/
Development and testing of actuators for active flow control in high lift airfoils. - Rough Wall Turbulent Boundary Layers
http://fdrc.iit.edu/
Investigate effects on roughness on turbulent boundary layers.
Northwestern Illinois University
- Laboratory work to develop techniques for making mirrors, which reflect x-rays
http://www.astro.northwestern.edu/~ulmer/
Development of new methods of fabricating high performance x-ray optics (e.g., electriforming, surface measurement and vacuum system operation. - Development of Deployable Mirrors
http://www.astro.northwestern.edu/~ulmer/
Development of large deployable space objects for radio, infrared, and optical radiation. - Study of Compact Objects
http://www.physics.northwestern.edu/
The purpose of this project is to build a better model for the x-ray emission from isolated neutron stars.
University of Chicago
- Experiments in High Energy Astrophysics (TRACER)
http://tracer.uchicago.edu/
Research in particle astrophysics. Development of advanced detectors for high-energy cosmic rays, to be used on balloon or in space. Calibrations in the laboratory, and test measurement at high energy particle acceleratorys. Work is done by close interaction of faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students, and technical staff. - Studies of the Cosmic Radiation at High Energies (CREAM)
http://cream.uchicago.edu/
Research in particle astrophysics. Development of a new cosmic-ray detector for ultrlong-duration balloon flight. Calibrations in the laboratory, and test measurement at high energy particle accelerators. Work is done by close interaction of faculty, post-docs, graduate and undergraduate students, and technical staff.
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/ISGC/urop/index.html
NASA Internship Opportunities
- NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program
http://www.vsgc.odu.edu/Menu3_1_3.htm
Undergraduates across the United States mentored research experiences at participating NASA Centers and research support facilities. The NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program is managed for NASA by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium of Hampton, Virginia. - NASA Marshall Space Grant Research Internship Marshall Space Flight Center will again offer the Marshall Space Grant Research (MSGR) Internship this summer. This 10-week, hands-on internship provides mentored research experiences to undergraduate and graduate students.
The start date for this summer's internship is Monday, June 1, 2009. To apply, students must complete an Application Form, provide a copy of their transcript, and submit a recent resume. The transcript can be unofficial. A recommendation letter is not required, but encouraged. To be considered for the MSGR internship, students should be enrolled full-time, and must be a U.S. citizen. There is no minimum GPA; however, the student's GPA is a factor in the review and selection process. The application deadline is 2 March 2009. Selections and notifications are expected no later than 1 April 2009. For further information, contact Mona Miller, Marshall Space Flight Center, mona.miller@nasa.gov.
- NASA JPL Internships The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) offers a variety of summer internships for undergraduate students. For further information, click here. If you want to be considered for Illinois Space Grant funding for a JPL internship, send a cover letter, your resume and transcript (can be unofficial transcript) to Diane Jeffers at dejeffer@illinois.edu by February 20, 2009.
