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Nicole Lemaster

Graduate Student
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
Peyton Hall - Ivy Lane
Princeton, NJ 08544-1001 USA

Lemaster (at) astro (dot) princeton (dot) edu

Education

Ph.D. candidate, Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, expected completion in 2008
B.S., Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2004 (with highest honors)

Graduate Research Topics

MHD turbulence in molecular clouds (thesis), with Jim Stone
Colliding stellar winds, with Jim Stone
Microlensing by planetesimal disks, with Scott Tremaine
Extracting L and T dwarfs from SDSS, with Jill Knapp

Publications

Lemaster, Stone, & Gardiner, "Effect of the Coriolis Force on the Hydrodynamics of Colliding Wind Binaries", 2007, ApJ, 662, 582.
Figueiredo et al., "The Optical Design of the Background Emission Anisotropy Scanning Telescope (BEAST)", 2005, ApJS, 158, 118.
Kangas et al., "A 31 Pixel Flared 100-GHz High-Gain Scalar Corrugated Non-bonded Platelet Antenna Array", 2005, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 4, p.245-248.

Conference Proceedings

Lemaster & Stone, "Dissipation and Heating in Supersonic MHD Turbulence", 2007, AAS poster.
Villa et al., "Characterization of the BEAST Optics at Millimeter Wavelengths", 2003, ESA Proceedings, WPP-212, p.413.

Graduate Lectures

When		Topic		Audience


2/2007		Geometrical Optics		Princeton AST 542
11/2006		The Study of Galaxy Formation by Numerical Simulation		Princeton AST 541
5/2006		Evolution of the Morphology-Density Relation		Princeton AST 522
3/2006		Read and Dead: Near-IR Selection		Princeton AST 542
10/2005		Black Hole Entropy		Princeton AST 541
2/2005		Information Theory		Princeton AST 542
11/2004		Primordial Nucleosynthesis		Princeton AST 541

Undergraduate Research

When		Topic		What/Where


6/2004		Design and Fabrication of mm and sub-mm Wavelength Metal Mesh Filters		Undergraduate Senior Thesis, UCSB Physics Dept
5/2004		Design and Fabrication of mm and sub-mm Wavelength Metal Mesh Filters		Talk for spring UCSB RISE Program
5/2004		Design and Fabrication of mm and sub-mm Wavelength Metal Mesh Filters		Poster at UCSB Undergraduate Research Symposium
3/2004		Design and Fabrication of mm and sub-mm Wavelength Metal Mesh Filters		Talk for winter UCSB RISE Program
11/2003		Design and Fabrication of mm and sub-mm Wavelength Metal Mesh Filters		Talk for fall UCSB RISE Program
8/2002		Design and Fabrication of a Corrugated 90-Ghz Platelet Horn Array		Talk for summer UCSB RISE Program

Last updated July 29, 2007