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Class of 2003

Jared Carter	Economics Major Astronomy minor
Heidi Freeman	Astrophysics - Teacher Certification
Elizabeth Kuhn	Physics and Fine Arts
Kip Lyall	Astrophysics major, Art minor
Chris Peters	Astrophysics		Honor's thesis entitled "Modeling the Baseline Variability of the Light Curve of BL Lacertae from 1971-2002 Including Data from the Olin Observatory. Chris is now attending graduate school at Darmouth in astrophysics.
Wyley Scherr	Physics and Economics

Class of 2002

Jenna Beem	Astrophysics		Honor's thesis: "Optical Variability of BL Lacertae in the R and I filters"
Valerie Benesh	Physics and Math
Sierra Burton	Biology major, Astronomy minor		Currently in Medical School in Washington DC
Ross Gobeille	Physics		Honor's thesis: "A simultaneous Analysis of Several Low Temperature Absorption Spectra"
Elizabeth Hansel	Physics		Email: hansele@brynmawrschool.org Liza Hansel is teaching physics and coaching at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore, MD
Steve Hughes	Chemistry major, Physics minor		Graduate school in Chemistry
Noah Kolodziejski	Physics
Chris Massey	Physics
Dina Ryskina	Economics major, Astronomy minor
Matthew Veigas	Physics		Honor's thesis: "Light Rays in the Kerr Solution to Einstein's Equation" Graduate School - University of Pittsburgh started in 2003

Class of 2002

Jenna Beem	Astrophysics		Honor's thesis: "Optical Variability of BL Lacertae in the R and I filters". Jenna is currently working as research assistant in the Astronomy Dept. at the University of Washington.
Valerie Benesh	Physics and Math
Sierra Burton	Biology major, Astronomy minor		Currently in Medical School in Washington DC
Ross Gobeille	Physics		Honor's thesis: "A simultaneous Analysis of Several Low Temperature Absorption Spectra". Ross "the soccer guy" is pursuing a Master's in Sports Management at the University of Springfield in Massachusetts. He also is TAing in the physics department there.
Steve Hughes	Chemistry major, Physics minor		Graduate school in Chemistry
Noah Kolodziejski	Physics		Noah is currently employed as an optical design engineer in Boston.
Chris Massey	Physics
Dina Ryskina	Economics major Astronomy minor
Matthew Veigas	Physics		Honor's thesis: "Light Rays in the Kerr Solution to Einstein's Equation". Matt is now doing graduate work in physics at the University of Pittsburgh.

Class of 2001

Brian Aoaeh	Physics		Brian is working in the financial sector in SE Connecticut and he is in the process of taking his CPA exams. Best of luck Brian!
Jennifer Kiehling	Physics		Honor's thesis: "Photon Emission Cross-sections of H+ and SO2"
Wes Michaels	Physics		Wes started his own company which specializes in Marine Supplies. We hear that his business is doing well! Congratulations Wes!
Tracey Nelson	Math major Astronomy minor
Elizabeth Robinson	Biology major Astronomy minor
Mac Stevens	Computer Science major, Astronomy minor		Mac is currently in Minnesota, working for General Dynamics. He actually ended up in the Space Systems division where he works on onboard satellite computers.
Sean O'Sullivan	Physics and Chinese		Currently in China teaching English
Carrie Udall	Physics major, Astronomy minor		Email:cauda@conncoll.edu Honor's thesis: "V, R and I band Optical Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei". Carrie just finished her master's degree and teacher's certification at Boston College in science education.
Kevin Wilkinson	Chemistry major, Physics minor

Class of 2000

Sushil Bhattari	Physics major Geophysics minor
Jay Eno	Physics		Email: jayeno@yahoo.com
Matt Moore	Physics		Email: mdmoo@optics.rochester.edu Matt Moore is starting a Master's program in optics at U.Rochester.

Class of 1999

Laura Carson	Biology major, Astronomy minor		Email: ltoth@rizzo.com Laura and her husband David Toth have moved back to the New London area from Massachusetts.
Geoff Constantine	Physics and Astronomy		Geoff is publishing an electronic financial newsletter called Astronomical Returns that combines his love of astronomy and his love of finance. He is also pursuing a career in science writing and journalism.
Paula Farina	Astronomy minor
Ray Kahn	Physics		rakha77@hotmail.com and rak@bdal.com Ray currently works for a company called Bruker Daltonics in Billerica MA. http://www.bdal.com/ It is a company that manufactures different types of mass spectrometry tools. He works in the MALDI TOF (Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionozation Time Of Flight) group. Basically he builds and repairs TOF mass spectrometers. He travels quite a bit to customers to set up instruments and do service. He is going to Tulane University soon in New Orleans to continue his education.

Class of 1998

Mohamed Diagne	Physics		Mohamed finished his PhD in Physics at Brown University in 2002 and is currently a senior scientist at a company working on blue lasers located in New Hampshire.
Lam Nguyen	Physics
Doug Ratay	Physics and Astronomy		Email:doug@bell.astro.ufl.edu Honor's thesis: "Optical Variability of Markarian 501" Doug is currently finishing his PhD in astrophysics at the University of Florida. His thesis work is on interacting galaxies and galactic dynamics and when he is not observing at telescopes around the world, he is interested in astronomy outreach and science education.

Class of 1997

Pito Chickering	Physics major, Astronomy minor		Senior thesis: "A study of Suspected Long Period Mira-like variables"
Jonathan DiCarlo	Physics
Mike Tibbetts	Physics major Astronomy minor		Honor's thesis: "Variability of Oxygen-Rich Semiregular and Irregular Stars". Mike is currently working at the Center for Astrophysics in the Chandra X-Ray satellite group. He and his wife just had a baby boy in March 2003. Congratulations!

Class of 1995

Alison Edge	Physics		Email: aedge@vt.edu Honor's thesis: "Digital imaging of the H+ and He collision system". Alison did a Masters in Applied Physics at the University of Virginia. She is now finishing a degree in veterinary medicine at the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. She is in her 3rd year. Go Alison!
Nick Kalayjian	Physics major, Astronomy minor		Email: nick@simpledevices Honor's thesis: "Design, construction and use of an Astronomical CCD camera". Nick finished his Masters in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford. He then went on to start his own company REMDesign with some folks from Stanford. He has since moved on to work in for a new company called Simple Devices, located in Mountain View california.There he will be "developing systems to deliver text, audio, and video content from the internet to devices around the home".
Craig Morrison	Physics
Lance Ritchie	Physics		Email:ritchie@barus.physics.brown.edu Lance is currenly finishing his PhD in Physics at Brown University.

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Class of 1981