On this project, I worked to model the motion of Alfvén waves, which help to heat the sun’s corona. In this research, I used Python to analyze data, create models, and run statistics on these models. Every week, I would present my results to my lab in lab meetings.

In this 10-week program, my team studied exoplanet habitability, and developed a model which built off of the University of Puerto Rico’s Earth Similarity Index. This python model used a dynamic programming approach and determined a 3D optimal path for a futuristic probe to visit earth-like exoplanets. At the end of the program, I presented my team’s research in a colloquium of undergraduate researchers.

Having been selected for this program prior to its cancellation due to COVID-19, I engaged in a fully virtual 6 week internship under Drs. Rasbury and Holt. I researched geophysics, applying mathematics to model the movement of the earth’s crust and mantle. My final project was a 2D python model of the lithosphere.