Astronomy Undergraduate Research Topics

 
Topic Supervisor Opportunity for Graduate-Program Continuation?
Application of Machine Learning to Radar Meteor Echo Detection Peter Brown Yes
Oceanic Detection of Meteorite Impacts Peter Brown Yes
Determining Meteoroid Origins by Measurement of Deceleration Using Multi-station Radar Data Peter Brown Yes
Origins and Physical Properties of Meter-sized Earth Impactors Peter Brown Yes
Multi-technique Modelling of Small Meteoroid Ablation Peter Brown Yes
Wavelet-based Detection of Meteor Showers Using Radar Data Peter Brown

Yes

The Mystery of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs) Jan Cami

Yes

Buckyballs in Planetary Nebulae Jan Cami Yes
Interstellar Gas and Dust Jan Cami/ Els Peeters

Yes

Winds Around Supermassive Black Holes Sarah Gallagher

Yes

Compact Galaxy Groups Over Cosmic Time Sarah Gallagher Yes
Exploring Geometries of Circumstellar Disks Carol Jones

Yes

Data Mining and Machine Learning of Emission Lines from Massive Star Systems Carol Jones

Yes

Detecting the Shadows of Outer Solar System Comets Stan Metchev

Yes

Discovering Earth-like Transiting Exoplanets around the Coolest Stars Stan Metchev

Yes

Extraterrestrial Storms in the Solar System and Beyond Stan Metchev

Yes

Telescope and Stratospheric Balloon Testing of Novel Infrared Cameras for Astronomy Stan Metchev

Yes

Probing Star Formation in the Universe with Carbonaceous Molecules Els Peeters Yes
Characterizing Cosmic Carbonaceous Material Els Peeters Yes
Be Stars with Truncated H-alpha Disks Aaron Sigut

Yes

Comet and near-Earth asteroid survey Paul Wiegert

Yes