Student Research at Another Institution: The Kolenkow-Reitz Fund provides student stipend and travel support for Carleton students working with non-Carleton science and math faculty at another institution during during summer and over winter break. Awards fund student stipends ($430/week for full time work) for up to 10 weeks (summer) or 3 weeks (winter break) and may include up to $700 in expenses ($250 for winter break) to help defray travel or other expenses. Awards typically do not exceed $5000 (summer) or $1500 (winter break). Note that students must work full time in order to qualify. Before applying, students should have already contacted and discussed the nature and timing of their project with the person they are planning to work as well as with a faculty member at Carleton who can vouch for the project.
https://apps.carleton.edu/mathscience/faculty/studentresearchaway/
Research with alums:
Physics alum David Sterling ’06 is a medical physicist in the Twin Cities who is working on increasing the use of 3D printing in medical physics. If you are interested, there might be the possibility of using Kolenkow-Reitz funds to work with David. Please contact Melissa Eblen-Zayas for more information.
Val Wiesner ’08 is looking for a rising junior or senior to work on a materials science project for 10 weeks during the summer with Lewis’ Education and Research Collaborative Internship Program (LERCIP) at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio. The student’s objective will be to evaluate the high-temperature behavior of particulates, like sand and volcanic ash, in contact with coating materials used to protect turbine engine components in next-generation commercial aircraft. The project will entail performing high-temperature testing, preparing samples for optical and scanning electron microscopy and analyzing specimens using other traditional materials characterization techniques. Please consider applying to the LERCIP if you are interested or contact Valerie if you have questions.