Cook Research Group: Computational Gravity and Astrophysics
Overview
Professor Cook's research is centered on understanding the behavior of compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars, and often explores their interactions during binary collisions. This research has both theorietical and computational aspects.
Opportunities for Undergraduates
Undergraduate students can usually get involved in this research by helping to carry out various numerical computations. Some of these computations can be performed on your laptop, but many require the use of the DEAC Supercomputing Cluster. Please contact Professor Cook directory to see what current projects are available.
Useful Skills
- Programming experience in any computer language.
- Experience with the Linux operating system.
- Experience with Mathematica.
- Python programming experience.
- C++ programming experience.
- Math classes involving Ordinary Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, or Differential Geometry.
Experience with all of these is certainly not necessary, but experience with at least one is preferred.