About Us

Who We Are

Since the dedication of the NIRo telescope in 2010, we have had the good fortune of working with a steady stream of undergraduate physics and engineering majors on observational, technical, and engineering projects.

Students (Past & Present)

• Brent Segally, ’11 (initial engineering and calibration, eclipsing binaries – T Lmi)
• Gerald Keller, ’12 (instrumentation – robotic lens cap, LED array)
• Matthew Bernard, ’13 (initial MPC submission)
• Craig Holland, ’13 (eclipsing binaries – Y Leo)
• Andrew Jackura, ’13 (instrumentation – robotic lens cap)
• Natalie Walker, ’13 (initial engineering and calibration)
• Daniel Huizenga, ’14 (near-Earth asteroids)
• Ryan Torrenga, ’14 (eclipsing binaries – Y Leo, ER Vul)
• Devin Whitten, ’15 (near-Earth asteroids, exoplanets)
• Jerald Balta ’17 (near-Earth asteroids, asteroid light curves, chip calibration)
• Joshua Balcerak (chip calibration)
• Szymon Cias (near-Earth asteroids, asteroid light curves)
• Salvador Espinoza (chip calibration)
• Steven Garza (near-Earth asteroids, asteroid light curves)
• Richard Gorby (chip calibration, asteroid light curves)
• Jacob Pavel (near-Earth asteroids, chip calibration, Algol-type eclipsing binaries)
• Xavier Richardson (chip calibration)
• Omar Siddiqui (near-Earth asteroids)
• Samantha Tarkington (exoplanets, near-Earth asteroids, asteroid light curves)
• Joshua Vandenoever (near-Earth asteroids, asteroid light curves)
• Andie Wahlberg (chip calibration)