Chelen Johnson
Finding Infrared Excess in the SEIP (fIRes) will be looking for stars with infrared excesses in the Spitzer Enhanced Imaging Products catalog.
I was looking for ways that my students and I could get involved with real science and real astronomy, and NITARP is doing exactly that.
Being a mentor teacher is easy because these teachers are fantastic. They're just off and running with the project.
Astronomers, all of whom are scientists, can be personal, funny, and outright social beings.
