Remembering the Chinwallas
Research Assistant in the SIR Department, Vandana Chinwalla, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 21st, 2018. Dr. Chinwalla had been fighting cancer for nearly three years: nevertheless, her death came…
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Projects of IMSAloquium: The Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Astrophysics
Kathryn Downey (’18) and Spoorthi Jakka’s (’18) SIR project is advised by Dr. Brian Nord, who is an Associate Scientist at Fermilab and a Visiting Research Assistant Professor at the…
Projects of IMSAloquium: Search for Dilepton-Producing Contact Interactions in Proton-Proton Collisions
The crux of Dr. Peter Dong’s research investigation is to prove the existence of preons, hypothetical particles that make up quarks and leptons. Interactions involving preons theoretically occurs at a…
Projects of IMSAloquium: The Effects of High Cholesterol and Obesity on Wound Healing
Not long after the break of dawn every Wednesday, IMSA students board the bus to Chicago for their SIR project. Four of them — Daniel Chen (’19), Joanna Lee (’19),…
SIR Program Killed to Make Way for New Research Program
In a peer-reviewed memo released today, SIR assistant Dr. Roger Idaki announced the closure of IMSA’s celebrated Student Inquiry and Research department. “There were deep, insurmountable issues with the program’s…
Interest in SIR Waning?
SIR is one of the most attractive aspects of IMSA and embodies the essential mission of the Academy. Each year, SIR continues to provide students the unique opportunity to research…