The Department of Astronomy and CCAPP hosted our eleventh annual Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium on August 4, 2017. Students who participated in our Summer Undergraduate Research Program presented their research and answered questions. The speakers this year were:

Connor Basinger (Advisor: Prof. Don Terndrup)
Stellar Rotation and Ages

Erica Behrens (Advisor: Prof. Adam Leroy)
Demographics of Star-Forming Regions in Nearby Galaxies

Grace Calhoun (Advisor: Prof. Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg)
Sexual Dimorphism in the Geometry of Modern Human Canines (*)

Zhiyuan Guo (Advisor: Prof. Paul Martini) 
BAL Quasar Identification

Aishwarya Srivastava (Advisor: Prof. Annika Peter) 
Estimation of Dark Matter Halo Mass

(*) Grace Calhoun presented her Anthopology research this year.