EMIT Program Participation
EMIT Program Participation
I'm a student in the EMIT (Establishing Multimessenger astronomy Interdisciplinary Training) program at Vanderbilt. Through the program, I have learned about multimessenger astronomy (MMA), completed MMA-related coursework, built mentorship skills, and done outreach.
I am nearly done with my certification, with just one requirement left to finish this summer.To learn more about the program, see the link.
More specifics of my time in EMIT are below!
My experiences from EMIT
EMIT Summer School July 2025
MMA-focused summer school that included a mock LISA merger discovery.
Blast Modules (Between Fall 2023-Present)
“Web Design”- This was a two-part workshop, facilitated by a guest speaker from Yale University, Antonio Porras, who provided basic foundational knowledge to our students on how to customize their professional websites. In between sessions, faculty members provided open office hours to students to further assist them with their website design needs. Event Discussion Topics: Setting up GitHub, Creating a repository for your website, Downloading Sublime text editor, Choosing a template that works for you, Populating the template with your information, & Publishing your website
“How Does a Computer Work? From Dirac Equation to Cat Gifs” - This was a 10-week workshop facilitated by a postdoc student, who taught the attendees how modern computers can perform simulations of galaxy formation, sift through terabytes of particle collider data per second, livestream video games with lifelike graphics, and run increasingly human-like artificial intelligence.
“Instrumentation on the MinXSS CubeSats and SSAXI-Rocket to probe hot Solar plasma” - Guest Speaker, Christopher Moore from Harvard, who spoke about the latest findings/updates regarding the X-ray telescope instrument for NASA
“Large Scale Structure” - Facilitated by Dr. Robert Scherrer, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Scherrer covered theories for the formation of the large-scale structure in the universe, i.e., the distribution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies we see in the universe today. In addition, some of the statistical tests used to analyze the clustering of galaxies were discussed during this session.
EMIT Courses: ASTR 8010: Radiative Processes, ASTR 8090: Relativistic Astrophysics, NCSI 593: Professional Skills for Graduate Studies, ASTR 8070: Astro Statistics (Spring 2025)