Former Projects

For this project, we will compile existing experimental data from the literature to investigate at what pressure and temperature methane decomposes into diamond in Uranus .

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 2-4

Location: In-person or remote

Explore crustal evolution through analysis of geochemical information from the oldest remnants of Earth's earliest crust!

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 3

Location: In-person

In this project, we will investigate the strength of different clay minerals and how they impact deformation, faulting, and earthquake hazards.

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 2-3

Location: In-person or remote

Students will learn to model the geochemistry of mantle melting and crystallization and help build a model for periodically replenished magma chamber using the available python code.

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 2

Location: In-person or remote

In the project, students will help pick olivine crystals from mid-ocean ridge basalts, make the olivine crystals into mounts for analysis, and analyze the chemical compositions of olivine crystals using the relevant instruments.

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 1

Location: In-person

Conduct a comprehensive literature review of various salt minibasins to determine consistent geologic features across them, such as sedimentary deposits, expected stratigraphy, and structural features.

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 1

Location: Remote

Investigate the land surface temperature responses to solar farms worldwide using various satellite observations to provide a comprehensive understanding of the real-world effects of solar farms.

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 1

Location: In-person

This project will entail a literature search to establish the state of the current knowledge of the field based on the isotopic evidence relevant to the differentiation and evolution of the Hadean Earth by compiling data and sample locales.

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 3

Location: In-person

Students will explore ways to detect different types of shaking recorded by nearly 800 instruments distributed throughout Japan, and how they could be related to subsurface features.

Project Dates: July 31-August 18, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 2

Location: In-person or remote

Learn about how earthquake waves propagate through the Earth, and how they can be used to produce 3-D images that represent the structure of masses of rock they pass through.

Project Dates: June 5-June 23, 2023

Number of Available Positions: 1

Location: In-person or remote

Characterize the background state of Mercury as a fingerprint for volcanism in Earth's past

Project Dates: June 13-July 1, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1

Location: In-person or remote

Help improve an algorithm that locates jet streams

Project Dates: August 1-19, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1-2

Location: In-person

Convert microfiche images containing underground and atmospheric nuclear tests into a digital format 

Project Dates: June 13-July 1, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1

Location: In-person or remote

Track down ground shaking recording data from the 1970s

Project Dates: June 13-July 1, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1-2

Location: In-person or remote

Develop a graph-neural-network based approach for direct ground motion prediction

Project Dates: June 13-July 1, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1-2

Location: In-person or remote

Quantify how well climate models are able to simulate atmospheric circulations in the Equatorial Pacific

Project Dates: August 1-19, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1

Location: In-person or remote

Run a basic radiative transfer climate model and summarize its results

Project Dates: June 13-July 1, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1-2

Location: In-person or remote

Identify magnetic minerals in ALH 84001 that are suitable for mapping at high pressures

Project Dates: August 1-19, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1-2

Location: In-person

Mark the mechanisms by which rainfall changes magnetic content

Project Dates: August 1-19, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1-2

Location: In-person or remote

Investigating the impact of energy operations in the Los Angeles basin on seismic hazards: A machine learning approach

Project Dates: January 3 - January 21, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1

Hadean and Archean zircons from South Africa: When, where, and what they tell us about early tectonic processes

Project Dates: January 3 - January 21, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1

The cultural history of the Pilbara in Western Australia and the problem of parachute science

Project Dates: January 3 - January 21, 2022

Number of Available Positions: 1

Design an engaging educational experience for fellow students

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 35

Hired: 2 students

Harrison Ngue (sophomore)

Alisa Regassa (first year)

Learn about using seismic waves to determine mantle structure

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 38

Hired: 2 students

Catherine Huang (first year)

Ian Martin (sophomore)

Use remote sensing data to map mountain belt geology

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 37

Hired: 2 students

Cindy Liu (first year)

Alexandra Purcell (first year)

Study earthquake hazards in Los Angeles, California

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 59

Hired: 4 students

Tijesunimi Borode (first year)

Annika Huprikar (first year)

Tyler Nilson (first year)

Kento Yamada (first year)

Explore how energy production affects earthquake occurrence in California 

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 59

Hired: 2 students

Benjamin Fisher (first year)

Alexander Glynn (first year)

Use the chemistry of old sediments to solve for the environment

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 63

Hired: 5 students

Anika Allen (first year)

Gorham Partington (sophomore)

Raisha Rahman (sophomore)

Chase Van Amburg (first year)

Aditya David Wirawan (first year)

Explore how fault maps can be used to understand earthquake occurrences

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 60

Hired: 2 students

Kimberly Armas (first year)

Michelle Liu (first year)

Investigate whether the sun's brightness has been consistent over time

Number of Available Positions: 3

Number of Applications: 84

Hired: 3 students

Elizabeth I Ogolo (first year)

Daniel Shen (first year)

Hannah Shin (sophomore)

A taste of climate science and exposure to basic python programming

Number of Available Positions: 3

Number of Applications: 120

Hired: 3 students

Abdullah Bannan (sophomore)

Catherine Mailly (sophomore)

Isha Sangani (first year)

Learn how active faults made today's landscape

Project Dates: July 31-August 4

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 46

Hired: 2 students

Margarita Bogdanova-Shapkina (incoming first year)

Caroline Choi (incoming first year)

Investigate changes in pollutants at cities and rural areas

Project Dates: July 31-August 4

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applications: 101

Hired: 2 students

Muriel Dol (incoming first year)

Stacey Fabo (incoming first year)

Test new digitization software  prior to public release

Project Dates: July 31-August 4

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 51

Hired: 2 students

Laura Appleby (incoming first year)

Joseph Brower (incoming first year)

Understand current and historical locust outbreaks

Project Dates: July 29-31

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applicants: 19

Hired: 1 student

Catherine Liang (incoming first year)

Examine trends in air pollutants and greenhouse gases

Project Dates: July 29-31

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applicants: 26

Hired: 2 students

Eleftheria Lambropoulos (rising sophomore)

Eric Reyes-Munoz (rising sophomore)

Model spread of COVID and relate to the environment

Project Dates: July 17-21

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applicants: 28

Hired: 3 students

David Hacker (rising sophomore)

Ariana-Dalia Vlad (incoming first year)

Cindy Wang (incoming first year)

Help convert simple climate calculations and effective data visualization codes

Project Dates: July 16 - 20

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applicants: 8

Hired: 2 students

Stephanie Lin (incoming first year)

Sofiya Lysenko (incoming first year)

Interview biogeochemists for web updates

Project Dates: July 8-10

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applicants: 14

Hired: 3 students

Marie Ayiah (rising sophomore)

Lauren Chen (incoming first year)

John Hatcher  (incoming first year)

Digitize sediment chemistry data

Project Dates: July 6-8

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applicants: 43

Hired: 2 students

Martha Denton (rising sophomore)

Leah Teichholtz (incoming first year)

Explore raindrop sizes and weather

Project Dates: July 6-8

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applicants: 67

Hired: 2 students

Kathleen Bellon Pizarro (incoming first year)

Tabasom Monfared (incoming first year)

Explore the link between glaciers and mountain heights

Project Dates: July 1 - 6

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applicants: 63

Hired: 1 student

Talon Flodman (incoming first year)

Run climate models

Project Dates: July 1 - 6

Number of Available Positions: 1

Number of Applicants: 89

Hired: 41 students

24 incoming first years and 17 rising sophomores; see project page for a list of students

Design an engaging educational experience for fellow students

Number of Available Positions: 2

Number of Applications: 35

Hired: 2 students

Harrison Ngue (sophomore)

Alisa Regassa (first year)