Research Experience for Teachers

Past RET Programs

2011 RET Program

Gilbert Amadi (Dorsey High School, Los Angeles, CA), worked with Prof. Paul Crowell on laser measurements of the Kerr and Faraday effects in magnetic semiconductor structures.

Kerry Kopp (Technical High School) worked with J. Woods Halley on measurements of superfluid helium.

Doug Mead (Farmington High School) worked with Prof. Ken Heller on a Science Education Project.

Danielle Moore (Gillian Collegiate Academy, Glenn Heights, TX) worked with Dr. Aaron Wynveen and Prof. J. Kakalios on computer simulations of nanocrystalline structures.

Darren Olson (Grand Rapids High School) worked with Dr. William Miller at the Soudan Underground Physics Lab.

Carl Sandness (Hibbing High School) worked with Dr. William Miller at the Soudan Underground Physics Lab.

Michael Varverakis (Minnetonka High School) worked with Prof. Marco Peloso on a theoretical astrophysics project.

2010 RET Program

Eric Kehoe (JWP High School) worked with Prof. J. Woods Halley on an experimental condensed matter physics project.

Karl Hendrickson (Saint Agnes School) worked with Prof. Lilya Williams on observational cosmology.

David Miller (KMS High School) worked with Prof. Ken Heller on physics education research.

Elizabeth Myers (St. Paul Central High School) worked with Prof. Marvin Marshak on an experimental particle physics project

2009 RET Program

Randy Edlund (Edison High School) worked with Prof. Lilya Williams, on searches for gravitational lensing effects.

Jaoline Kitchenhoff (Northland-Remer High School) worked with Dr. William Miller at the Soudan Underground Physics Lab.

Jeremy Kersten (Jefferson High School) worked with Prof. J. Woods Halley on measurements of the condensate fraction in superfluid helium.

Donna Maier (Arlington High School) worked with Prof. Paul Crowell on spintronic effects in semiconductors.

Steven Pullar (Math and Science Academy) worked with Prof. E. Dan Dahlberg on thin film magnetic structures.