SURF: 30 Years of Student Achievement

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Annual Report 2008

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships

California Institute of Technology Every summer for the past 30 years something spectacular has hap- pened at Caltech: hundreds of energetic, bright, and curious young scholars have given up their summer of sleeping late and beach par- ties in favor of scientific discovery. Through SURF, students join a community of scholars who come together to explore some of the most pressing questions in today’s world. Investigating everything from environmental sustainability to the engineering of HIV immunity, this year’s SURF students were no different. More than 385 students worked with nearly 204 mentors in all six academic divisions and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a few adventurous SURFers worked at other schools across the nation and the world. U.S. News & World Report recently described Caltech as “a school with outstanding aca- demic undergraduate research programs”—an assessment that surely owes much to the long success of the SURF program.

SURF is able to maintain its world-class status because of the sup- port and dedication of many individuals. Faculty mentors collaborate with students as senior partners, helping them move from develop- ing a research proposal to assuming full intellectual responsibility for What’s in a number? their work. Graduate student, postdoctoral scholar, and staff scientist co-mentors provide day-to-day guidance and support for SURFers as XXX (Roman numerals) and 11110 (base 2). they learn new techniques and encounter obstacles. Staff from vari- ous campus offices come together to ensure that the students’ many 30 = 2*3*5 (the product of the first three primes) and 30 = 1+4+9+16 (the sum of the first four squares). needs are met, helping to create a welcoming and safe environment. Alumni participate in networking events and professional development 30 is the approximate number of centimeters in a foot. workshops, and serve as Seminar Day session chairs and judges. The SURF extended family embraces well over 1,000 people, and I’d like to 30 is the number of edges in both a dodecahedron and an thank each of them for their invaluable support. 30icosahedron, two of the five regular polyhedra. 30 is the approximate number of days in a lunar month, and On this special occasion, SURF’s 30th summer, it is especially impor- the mean orbital velocity of Earth in kilometers per second. tant to recognize all those who so generously fund the program. This summer, the SURF endowment has reached $15 million. Many long- 30 is the melting point of gallium (in degrees Celsius), and time donors consistently give to the program because they recognize the atomic number of zinc. It is also the molecular weight of nitric oxide, and the number of inches of mercury in a the significant role it plays in the academic experience of our students. barometer (inHg) at the pressure of 1 standard atmosphere. Many new donors start giving because as alumni, alumni parents, and community members they’ve seen the remarkable impact that under- 30 is the number of days in the gestation period of rabbits graduate research has had on our students. Through such generosity and the incubation period of whooping cranes. you have ensured that the SURF story will continue for generations to — Thanks to Po-Ling Loh, SURF ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08 come.

Happy Anniversary, SURF!

Jean-Lou Chameau President, California Institute of Technology

2 1 Capital Campaign: A Great Success!

Kirk Dawson, Chair, SURF Board

Reflecting on the past year, I realize what an excit- As is true for any successful campaign, it did have These donors realize that great improvements in Additional highlights from the 2008 SURF Board: ing time it has been to be a part of SURF and the a great organization behind it. Carl Larson, as living standards have resulted from applying the SURF Board. This year has served not only as a campaign chair, provided exceptional leadership. results of research in medicine, transportation, labor > The Board would like to thank Bob Roney and time to honor the thirty-year history of SURF but He and his wife Shirley provided an example for all saving products, and the like. These advances have Sean Upchurch (SURF ’92, ’93) for their two also as a time to focus on making sure the pro- to follow. John Gee, as SURF Board Chair for most made life longer and easier for tens of millions and terms of dedicated service to the SURF Board. gram is solidly positioned for its future. The SURF of the campaign period, provided a very effective have created productive jobs in our country and the Many folks know Sean through his role as Chair campaign has been instrumental in this endeavor interface with the Board members and alumni— world economy. of the SURF Seminar Day Committee. He has and as we draw closer to reaching our goal it seems many of whom contributed significant financial been instrumental in developing a strong SURF constructive to review our progress and what made support. The Caltech Development Office assigned For research to move ahead and produce continu- alumni network! the campaign work so well. Mark Reinecke to spearhead the SURF effort from ing advances, we must entice the best and brightest that office. Mark provided unending energy and minds to pursue careers in research and to teach in > This year we welcome two new members, In 2002, we established a goal to increase the the great ability to accurately tell the SURF story research-oriented schools. SURF does exactly that. Varoujan Gorjian (SURF ’89, ’90, ’91), Spitzer SURF endowment by $10M. These funds support to potential donors. His success in bringing donors By providing an opportunity for undergraduates to Research Scientist at JPL, and David Tirrell, the SURF students’ summer awards. Six years later, into the program was exceptional. Finally, Carolyn do research with Caltech’s world-class faculty on Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Profes- donors have generously given over $8.6 million in Ash and Candace Rypisi, the two directors of the challenging summer projects, many have chosen sor and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical new endowment and an additional $2.7 million in Student-Faculty Programs Office during this period, research careers—some are now on the Caltech Engineering; and Division Chair of Chemistry and annual gifts. managed SURF in a manner that ensured the pro- faculty. Chemical Engineering. gram was meeting its objectives—a key requirement Why did the campaign progress so well? What were in assuring prospective donors that SURF This highly attractive program with its potential > The Alumni Committee led by Leslie Maxfield the “ingredients” that motivated donors to support was worthy of their support. for major payoffs from Caltech students entering (SURF ’92, ’93, ’94) has developed a new SURF SURF when there are so many other philanthropic research careers was a significant factor for many Alumni webpage, www.surf.caltech.edu/alumni, options for giving these days? The answers seem to However, beyond the campaign organization donors and for the success of the capital campaign. and a Facebook page to help keep in touch with reside in several factors. First the campaign was ex- and its talented and dedicated staff is a factor that The SURF program is truly remarkable for what it is our over 6,000 SURF alums. tremely well organized, thanks to the skills, dedica- for many prospective donors was the deciding fac- achieving and its potential for the future. Thanks to tion, and energy of the people involved. The second tor. A number of donors with significant resources all those who support it! factor lies in the very nature of SURF, its goals, and have told me they are searching for ways to sup- its demonstrated success over thirty years of pro- port, in a personal and enduring way, activities that viding an undergraduate research experience. have a high potential for major long-term improve- ments in society and our economy. When the SURF concept is described to them—including their ability to meet the individual students and hear about their research—the prospective donors almost always respond favorably.

2 3 Looking Toward the Sun My hope is that Caltech and the program will con- Additional highlights from the 2008 SURF Dedication tinue to expand the worldwide SURF community Administrative Commitee: in order to develop more opportunities for Caltech We proudly dedicate SURF 2008 to Dr. Fred Shair, Immediate Past-Chair, students to conduct research elsewhere and for > The SURF Class of 2008 was comprised of 293 David L. Goodstein, the Frank J. Gilloon SURF Administrative Committee (AdComm) top students from other universities to experience students from Caltech and another 93 students Distinguished Teaching and Service Caltech. Such an exchange would undoubtedly have from throughout the world. An astonishing 204 Professor and Professor of Physics and Thirty years ago, Ernest Swift suggested that (1) an impact on our students’ future academic and mentors, 215 co-mentors, and 16 associate Applied Physics. This dedication recog- the “modern SURF” program involve the entire career plans, as well as serve as a great opportunity mentors worked diligently to provide an extraor- nizes his extraordinary contributions to Institute, and allow—even encourage—students to recruit talented graduate students to campus. dinary research experience. Another 61 faculty, and support of undergraduate research in one discipline to conduct research with faculty alumni, staff, and friends served as Seminar Day at Caltech. As Vice Provost from 1988 – in other disciplines, (2) the program should be Finally, I hope that Caltech will continue to increase session chairs and judges. As noted by Quondam 2007, he oversaw the growth and devel- endowed, and above all, (3) SURF should always try the interaction between the campus and JPL via Director Carolyn Ash, SURF is “truly embedded opment of the SURF program and the to do what is best for the student. Since that time, SURF. Although the cultures of each organization within the Caltech community.” Student-Faculty Programs Office. He has SURF has become the premier program that it is are quite different, both have benefited greatly from provided outstanding leadership, men- today because so many Caltech faculty, students, such interactions. > Because of the increase in graduate student, torship, and vision, and for that we will administrators, and friends have taken an interest in postdoc, and research staff co-mentors in some always be grateful! realizing Swift’s vision. During the past three decades it has been pro- research fields, a pre and post survey was foundly satisfying, and an honor, to have sailed with conducted to better understand the impact of In their recent book entitled Revolutionary Wealth, so many wonderful people in the SURF sloop. May this trend. The surveys indicate that overall, co- SURF Dedicatees Alvin and Heidi Toffler emphasize that “wealth” the wind continue to be at your back and the sun in mentoring is a positive and useful experience for should be measured in terms of the opportunity to your face. the co-mentors as well as for the SURF students. 1985 Dr. Ernest Swift select good options. Through SURF a plethora of As a result of the findings, the SURF program 1986 Dr. Lee A. DuBridge opportunities is opened to students. will continue to provide co-mentor workshops in 1987 Dr. Robert P. Sharp the beginning of each summer; continue to urge 1988 Dr. Ray D. Owen faculty mentors to involve co-mentors early in the 1989 Dr. Hans W. Liepmann SURF selection process; and focus on providing 1990 Dr. Fredrick H. Shair increased student/mentor/co-mentor interaction 1991 Dr. Lew Allen, Jr. throughout the summer. 1992 Dr. John D. Roberts 1993 Dr. Robert E. Bacher > In June 2008, an AdComm ad hoc committee 1994 Dr. Edward C. Posner was established with the charge to see what, if 1995 Mr. Samuel P. Krown any, processes need to be changed in order to 1996 Dr. Edward B. Lewis ensure that the efforts of the SURF AdComm 1997 Dr. Harold Brown and the SURF Board continue to meet the 1998 Dr. Thomas E. Everhart needs of Caltech, including the Office of the 1999 Dr. Ward Whaling Vice Provost. Members of the ad hoc commit- 2000 Dr. Terry Cole tee are Paul Bellan (Chair), Kirk Dawson, Steve 2001 Dr. William M. Whitney Frautschi, Anna Hiszpanski (SURF ’06, ’07, ’08), 2002 Dr. Edward C. Stone Joe Kirschvink, David Rutledge, David Tirrell, 2003 Dr. Thomas A. Tombrello, Jr. Candace Rypisi (ex officio) and Melany Hunt (ex 2004 Dr. Harry B. Gray officio). 2005 Paul K. Richter and Evalyn E. Richter Memorial Funds 2006 Lew and Edie Wasserman 2007 Carolyn A. Ash 2008 David L. Goodstein

4 5 An interview with the legendary Jack Roberts

n Homer’s famous epic, Q: What is your perspective on mentoring? The Odyssey, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, took I JDR: Our goal is to provide each SURFer with an the male form of Mentor. Mentor provided Odysseus individual project with the objective of attaining and his son, Telemachus, with advice and support publishable results. Because these projects have to help them through their heroic journey. Thus, the the common theme of using NMR to study confor- concept of mentoring was born. Many, many years mational analysis, there are many opportunities to later, in 1978 the Harvard Business Review pub- Proof 2 Jack Roberts Group share mutual interests and laboratory experiences. lished the seminal article entitled, “Everyone Who Research and education are tightly integrated, with Makes It Has a Mentor”—highlighting the impor- 5a >> each participant having responsibility for an indi- 5 tance of mentoring in all our journeys. 4a >> 4 vidual research problem, so in a sense, all partici- 3a 3 pants (including postdoctoral fellows) are treated as >> 2a 2 When it comes to mentoring SURF students, there 1a >> equals among equals. It is hard to conceive of a bet- 1 is no greater model than Dr. John (Jack) D. Roberts. ter approach for training beginners to do research, Since taking on his first SURF student in 1986, Dr. because we bring in all of the elements that are 10a >> 10 Roberts has mentored 89 individuals on 110 dif- 9a >> usually involved from beginning to end of a project, 9 8a ferent projects. Carol Casey and Candace Rypisi, of 8 except for raising the necessary funds to start and >> 7a the Student-Faculty Programs Office, sat down with 7 sustain it. 6a >> 6 l Dr. Roberts for an interview. Q: What do you look for in an Q: How did you first get involved 15a >> undergraduate researcher? 15 14a >> with SURF? 14 13a 13 JDR: I have an email conversation with each of >> 12a JDR: I was Provost when SURF was just getting 12 the students who contact me. I tell them about a 11a >> started. SURF founder, Fred Shair, came to me to 11 problem we are studying and, if they are interested, discuss starting an endowment for the program. I ask them to write up a one to two page explanation said no. I told him: “Do it well and the funding will 20a >> 20 of what they might do. It’s great if they have NMR 19a >> 19 come.” And that’s what happened. 18a and/or synthesis experience, but I’m really looking 18 >> 17a 17 for tenacity. 16a >> Q: Had you worked with undergraduate 16 researchers prior to SURF? JDR: While I was at MIT, I worked with several 25a >> 25 24a >> 24 students who did exceptional research for their “… I told him: ‘Do it well and the 23a 23 senior thesis projects. One student later discovered >> 22a 22 funding will come.’ And that’s 21a >> Nutrasweet. Another went on to be a Vice President 21 at Dupont. So, I knew undergraduate students who what happened.” do well at research can expect to have a leg up in 30 >>> 30a — Jack Roberts 29a >> going on to oustanding careers. 29 28a 28 >> >> 27a 27 26a >> 26

6 7 Q: Are there other traits, along Q: What direction would you like to see the information about a certain molecular arrangement better come up with your own plans! This resulted with tenacity, that an undergraduate SURF program take in the next five years? from NMR data taken in a liquid-crystal medium. in the most valuable experience of all: JDR instilled researcher needs to be successful? He wrote the paper himself and it will be published within me a sense of self-reliance, and replaced JDR: There should be more emphasis on taking in the Journal of Physical Chemistry in 2009. He is fear of the unknown with scientific objectivity and JDR: They need to understand what they are doing. non-Caltech students. They do good work and it is a now a graduate student at MIT. critical thinking (he was critical of my thinking, at That begins with the mentor choosing a problem great way to recruit talented students to come here Judy Chen (SURF ’02, ’03) represents a very any rate). Our exchanges have continued long after that a student can understand. Then they need to for graduate work. different example, one of extraordinary persistence. leaving Caltech, at both the scientific level (eventu- work hard. Students should have an excitement Her parents wanted here to go into medicine, but ally resulting in a publication on the role of viscosity about chemistry. There should be an instinctive de- Q: What are some of your most memorable that was not her wish. So she started off at Cal Poly in T1 relaxation and the nuclear Overhauser effect sire to solve problems and they should be interested SURF stories? Pomona in 1994, left school the next year, went into in nitrogen-15 NMR spectroscopy) and the person- in all sorts of problems, not just the one they are JDR: There have been many memorable SURFers; business, and then back to school at Cerritos Col- al level—in the form of those unforgettable family working on. some have come with extraordinary talent from col- lege, 1999-2003. She was a SURFer in 2002 and photos every holiday season. My experience with leges not usually discussed in the same sentence showed talent in producing a dazzling final report. Dr. Roberts has had the most direct impact imagin- Q: What advice would you give to with Caltech. After that, she worked with us as a technician, while able: I am currently a professor at Purdue University a new faculty mentor? One example is A. A. Smith (SURF ’06), who completing requirements at Cal State LA for admis- in West Lafayette, Indiana, pursuing research in JDR: Get the undergraduates into your groups. was a junior majoring in chemistry and mathematics sion to Berkeley. She then went off to Berkeley, organic and materials chemistry, and teaching a You will find it a rewarding experience. from Mount Union College in Ohio. Andy took on a made excellent grades and did some research. In course on NMR spectroscopy. quite difficult problem of great significance for our fall of 2005, still avoiding medical school, she went overall program in validating assumptions made on to New York to work as a chemist in a perfume fac- Marni (Bozer) Anbar the basis of molecular models, simple NMR spectra, tory and, in 2006, started at Columbia University as (SURF ’90, University of Notre Dame) and estimations from combining sophisticated the- a graduate student. Year 2008, 14 years after high What makes Dr. Roberts so special is his willing- ory and NMR data. Andy was able to get structural school, she published her first high-level paper on ness to share his considerable talents as a chem- her Columbia research. She is clearly now on the ist with undergraduates, some of whom (myself gold road to a fine PhD. included) are not destined for scientific careers. By my junior year of college, I was, much to my great Q: How would students describe you surprise, a mathematics major and I had no inten- as a mentor? tion of studying chemistry seriously. Yet Dr. Roberts JDR: Well, you would need to ask the students that was willing to invest time and energy in a student question. who was not only not from Caltech but was also not destined for any kind of career related to chemistry Author’s Note: So we did just that. and was, frankly, quite challenged by the subject Here is what a few former JDR students had to say. matter. It was just the type of disconcerting intel- lectual experience a young woman needs! I had the privilege of working with a group of very bright Alexander Wei (SURF ’86, ’87, ’88) people my age and had a wonderful, genuine, colle- gial, scientific experience. Currently, I am a mostly- I had the privilege of spending three summers with at-home mom and I teach music classes for very John D. Roberts. Each summer was a priceless ex- young children and their caregivers part-time. My perience. In addition to learning the nuts and bolts SURF experience has had an impact on how I learn, of NMR instrumentation and the concepts of relax- teach, and parent. I thank everyone, past and pres- ation (molecular and mental), the SURF roundtables ent at SURF, and Dr. Roberts for investing a little bit and lunchtime lectures brought in the broader per- of his talent and enthusiasm in me. spective of putting research to practice. My relation- ship with JDR was similar to that of a hiker and a park ranger. There was much wilderness to explore, but only a few ground rules were laid—so you had

8 9 Karl Haushalter Tony Guerrera Katherine Rutledge what must be to them a mind-numbingly simple (SURF ’93, ’94, ’95, Rice University) (SURF ’99) (SURF ’03, Williams College) theory/fact/procedure. He put a great deal of time Completing my SURF with Jack Roberts was Working for Dr. Roberts took me beyond the books Working with Dr. Roberts was an eye-opening into his SURF students, selecting a project for each hugely influential in the formative stages of my and helped turn me into a real-world problem solver. experience. He was an excellent preceptor because based on their background and experience, answer- career. When I was a first-year student, Jack took a Though I’m not currently engaged in the world of he asked thought-provoking questions but was ing questions, as I said before, and even editing bet on me and offered me this amazing opportunity chemistry, it’s an experience that translates to pretty also very focused and deliberate in monitoring the SURF proposals, status reports, and final papers to do research with him. After a few weeks in lab, I much anything. I took a leave from Caltech to recov- research we worked on with him. I’m currently in my himself. Although an Emeritus faculty member, he was hooked. I returned the following two summers er from the sleep deprivation that accompanied an third year of medical school at Albany Medical Col- is still actively dedicated to chemistry and to his to do two more SURFs and I benefited greatly from attempted double major in physics and chemistry. I lege in New York. students. I’m starting my first year as a graduate his mentorship. I am very grateful for his guidance never finished my degree, and at this point, I highly student in Chemistry at the University of California, and the rigorous approach to science that he taught doubt that I will. But my education at Caltech was a Donnele Daley Riverside. us. After undergrad, I completed my Ph.D. at Har- valuable experience. I have trouble finding the exact (SURF ’05, Vassar College) vard and I am currently the Iris and Howard Critchell way to describe the experience, but one essential I have greatly benefited from having Dr. Roberts Dmitry Kondratuk Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biology at part of it is the ease with which undergraduates as a mentor. In addition to learning more than I (SURF ’08, Lomonosov Moscow State Uni- Harvey Mudd College. can become involved in the lab. I’ve since become a could have ever imagined about physical organic versity) poker strategist, authoring books, hosting a weekly chemistry and the use of NMR in chemical analysis, Although I was a part of his group for only three Matt Goff radio show, developing software for online gaming, Dr. Roberts helped to develop my skills in writing months, I have been acquainted to Prof. Roberts for (SURF ’93, ’95) and serving as an independent consultant. scientific literature and presenting my work to the six years through the Russian edition of his famous Dr. Roberts was both my freshman advisor as well wider scientific community. He encouraged us to “Modern Organic Chemistry” textbook. It was this as my SURF mentor. He provided a great perspec- Richard Rymer think independently and challenge ourselves intel- book that pulled me into marvelous world of organic tive in both capacities and was always very support- (SURF ’02, University of Colorado) lectually, as this forced us to meticulously analyze chemistry as a high school student and conceivably ive. Looking back, I am impressed that he was able I remember Dr. Roberts most for the marathon lab the information that we were presented with, and affected me the most in my commitment to science. to craft a meaningful project in NMR spectroscopy meetings we had on Fridays. Those 6-hour long to discover innovative ways to interpret our results. I was lucky to try on these high teaching standards that a freshman could execute. I learned a great meetings engendered a tightly knit community that More importantly he emphasized the need for us to personally and my thinking of Dr. Roberts as a great deal about physics and research over the course of allowed the superconductor-like free-flow of ideas work effectively as a team of scientists. I am very teacher has been strengthened significantly. What my SURF with Dr. Roberts. I am currently an iShares that was characteristic of his lab. Honestly, I wish grateful to have worked with Dr. Roberts and I am amazed me most during the summer was how this portfolio manager for Barclays Global Investors in more people ran their labs the way he runs his. I am forever indebted to him for the many things he has “Big Name” was able to spend his cherished time San Francisco. a third-year PhD candidate in Biochemistry at the taught me. I am currently completing an M.D./Ph.D. teaching us the very rudiments…answering, at University of California, Berkeley. program at Penn State University. times, not the cleverest questions…and being so Neelendu Dey accessible. Dear Prof. Roberts, Thank you for that! I (SURF ’97, Harvard University) Olivia Alley am finishing up my last year at Lomonosov Moscow My most memorable and formative experience (SURF ’06, ’07) State University and also am in the middle of apply- during SURF was having a discussion with Dr. I’m very grateful to Dr. Roberts for taking me on, ing for graduate school. Roberts about the nature of a true scientist, which somewhat at the last minute, for the summer of he described as almost obsessive. He told me that 2006, and for all the help he gave me that summer I should be day-dreaming and dreaming about that and the year after. Despite all his outside obliga- which I study. I finally know what he meant. I am a tions, he would always find time to respond to an second-year gastroenterology fellow at University of emailed question, or a question in person in the California, San Francisco (UCSF) studying the gut weekly meetings of his SURFers, or if I knocked microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease, and I on his door—and his answers always seemed to love my work. Thanks, Dr. Roberts! consider every relevant angle and arrive at the best answer to my question, even if it took me a while to understand what he meant. The Caltech chemistry department is full of brilliant professors, but only a handful will sit down with an undergrad and explain

10 11 Team Titan

wo hallmarks of a The Titan SURF project got its start two years ago Proof 3 Team Titan Caltech educationT are teamwork and collaboration. with SURF student Sarah Sherman, a Mechanical Undergraduate students learn quickly that working and Aerospace Engineering major from Princeton together is necessary to solve problem sets, un- University. Sarah worked on a joint Caltech-JPL derstand complex theories, and even to adequately project with Dr. Jerry Marsden and graduate student prepare for Interhouse parties. Through SURF Philip Du Toit on designing a navigation system for undergraduates bring this commitment of teamwork a balloon mission to Titan. After two summers of re- 5a >> 5 and collaboration to the research endeavor. SURF search Sarah graduated and has just started work- 4a >> 4 3a 3 is designed so that students become full members ing at JPL. Sarah’s work sparked further interest in >> 2a 2 1a >> 1 of research groups and work in full collaboration the topic in Virendra Sarohia, Assistant to the Chief with graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, Technologist at JPL. Much of Dr. Sarohia’s work is and faculty mentors. This summer the Titan SURF focused on increasing the collaboration between

10a >> project built on this tradition by bringing together Caltech’s Division of Engineering and Applied Sci- 10 9a >> 9 8a 8 a team of Caltech faculty, JPL scientists and ence and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In the Titan >> 7a 7 6a >> 6 engineers, graduate student and postdoctoral SURF project he saw a great way to further this l co-mentors, and eight SURF students to design goal! Together with Craig Peterson, a Senior Engi- a balloon mission to Titan. neer at JPL, he lined up the mentors and helped secure the necessary funding to move forward. 15a >> 15 14a >> 14 Since the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn’s 13a 13 >> 12a 12 moon, Titan, NASA has been interested in going According to Dr. Marsden this team approach has 11a >> 11 back to explore its unique character. Titan’s atmo- had many benefits. “There is a lot of enthusiasm sphere is believed to contain methane, ethane, and and team spirit with this effort. It is wonderful to other complex hydrocarbons. This atmosphere may have students exploring different aspects of the

20a >> 20 be similar to the Earth’s before life began. If NASA same project. They inform one another’s work and 19a >> 19 18a 18 >> 17a decides to go back to Titan, the mode of explora- keep the excitement going.” The team began meet- 17 16a >> 16 tion just may be a Montgolfiere, or hot air balloon. ing monthly in May, providing an opportunity for Such a lighter-than-air vehicle would allow for it students and researchers to present and discuss to not only traverse such a dense and challenging their work within the framework of the entire mis- sion. Student Han Bin Man sums it up: 25a >> atmosphere but also allow it to get close enough for 25 24a >> 24 23a 23 observing and sampling the moon’s surface, which >> 22a 22 21a >> is believed to harbor “lakes” of liquid methane. 21 “This experience was very unique

to Caltech. Who knew that I would

30 >>> 30a be working alongside the world’s 29a >> 29 28a 28 >> >> 27a 27 best scientists at Caltech and JPL 26a >> 26 trying to fly a hot air balloon around

Titan?”

12 13 The Titan SURF team focused on several aspects Tony Wu, a freshman in Electrical Engineering, Lagrangian Coherent Structures provided both Dipping my hands into space mis- involved in the planning and design of a possible and Kyle Dyroff, a junior from the University of Evan Gawlik and Han Bin Man a way to sion research while learning from balloon flight to Titan. Students worked in the areas Toronto, both worked on creating and simulating better understand trajectories and drift patterns of balloon design, path prediction and trajectory, an aerobot model. Tony worked with mentors Mark associated with the mission. Working with Dr. Caltech professors, JPL scientists, navigation, flight simulations, atmospheric analysis, Powell and Alberto Elfes, members of the techni- Marsden and graduate student Philip Du Toit, Evan, and fellow student researchers was and surface sampling models. cal staff at JPL, to create a graphical interface for an Aerospace Corporation SURF Fellow, designed existing aerodynamic modeling software used to fuel-efficient trajectories by using the dynamics both enlightening and fun. The Titan SURF starting line-up: simulate aerobot missions to Titan. Kyle, mentored of the three-body problem, a classic problem from by JPL engineer Jonathan Cameron, focused on celestial mechanics. Han, the Fred and Jean Felberg — Evan Gawlik Anuj Arora, a freshman in Electrical Engineer- validating the underlying physics associated with SURF Fellow, focused on predicting drift patterns of ing, and Daniel Beylkin, a sophomore in Ap- the aerodynamics of the aerobot model and to the balloon while within Titan’s atmosphere. plied and Computational Math, worked with mentors further develop the existing computer simulation Jerry Marsden, Carl F Braun Professor of Engineer- program. On Titan, scientists hope to sample both the It is unclear at this time whether or not NASA will ing and Control and Dynamical Systems, and Claire atmosphere and the surface of the moon. Kevin move forward with the Titan mission. If they do, it is Newman, an Associate Research Scientist, on path While other members of the team worked on flight Noertker, a junior majoring in Mechanical estimated that a launch could happen in 2018, with prediction for an Earth-based demonstration flight. paths and aerobot modeling, junior Kevin Chen, Engineering and History, worked with Dr. Joel an arrival at Titan scheduled for 2026. Next sum- Anuj employed Lagrangian Coherent Structures, an Aeronautics major at Caltech, worked with Tim Burdick, Professor of Mechanical Egineering and mer, scientists and engineers will present a demon- typically applied to ocean currents, as a way of Colonius, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering, to analyze which sampling mecha- stration project of the hot-air balloon in the Mojave understanding how a balloon could autonomously JPL Senior Engineer Jeffery Hall, to determine the nism would offer the best access considering the Desert. With any luck SURFers will be a part of it all! navigate the atmosphere. In order to do this, he has best balloon design to maximize the buoyant forces balloon height and drift speed. Kevin, the John and used data from the Weather Research and Fore- of the Titan atmosphere. Kevin, the Kirk and Marjory Barbara Gee SURF Fellow, suggests that a dropped casting Model to understand wind fields and predict Dawson Family SURF Fellow, explored various and tethered sampling device might be best for use a path for a the passive Montgolfiere balloon. balloon designs, such as using interior baffling to from the balloon’s aerial platform. Daniel, one of five Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu SURF redirect flow in order to uniformly heat the balloon Scholars, also worked with the Weather Research interior. Using the immersed-boundary method, Kev- and Forecasting Model in order to apply Discrete in examined the impact of design on the tempera- Mechanics and Optimal Controls (DMOC) systems ture and velocity fields of the balloon. to computer balloon fight trajectories in a wind field. The main goal of his work is to use DMOC to compute trajectories in a three-dimensional, time- dependent wind field. Both students would like to understand how best to exploit the wind fields in order to optimize the control system of the balloon.

14 15 Spotlight on Alumni Ari Kaplan, SURF ’89 Sabeer Bhatia, SURF ’89 Hirata’s research experience was just be- “ ginning. The following summer he conducted a Excerpts from the Caltech Public Relations I’ve had an incredible couple of decades living my Another successful SURF alumnus is Sabeer second SURF project with Peter Goldreich, Lee A. June 2008 press release, “SURFing the Waves dream of working with Major League Baseball. It’s Bhatia (BS ’91), cofounder of Hotmail and now the DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary of Success for 30 Years” all a direct result of my work with SURF, and I’m still chairman of Nanocity. During the summer of 1989, Physics, Emeritus. It involved studying turbulence in going strong with it.”—Ari Kaplan (BS ’92) Bhatia was the Hugh F. and Audy Colvin Interna- a conducting magnetized fluid—research to be used tional SURF Fellow under the tutelage of Roddam in interstellar space. Ari Kaplan has worked with Major League Base- Narasimha, director of the National Institute of After graduating from Caltech at 18 with his ball teams since 1989. During that year, under the Advanced Studies in India. Bhatia studied high- bachelor’s degree in 2001, Hirata flew to the East direction of Rod Kiewiet, professor of political sci- speed phase detection at the National Aeronautical Coast to earn his PhD in physics at Princeton ence at Caltech, Kaplan conducted a SURF project Laboratory in Bangalore, India. He says his SURF University. In the fall of 2007, Hirata returned to entitled “How Do You Spell Relief? An Analysis of project provided his first experiences working out- Caltech as an assistant professor of astrophysics. Baseball Pitching, 1876-Present.” His research led side academia. His current projects at the Institute include directly to working with MLB. While he was giv- “The skill set that I acquired, most important of cosmology—the study of the origin, structure, and ing his SURF presentation as a sophomore, sitting which is to ask the right questions, has led me on evolution of the universe. He is involved in large in the audience was the owner of the Baltimore an exciting path of creating companies that solve research collaborations, making observations that Orioles. He hired Kaplan on the spot. Kaplan later problems through the use of technology,” Bhatia help test cosmological models. Other work involves New ways for SURF alumni landed on NBC’s Today Show, which put him in says. determining how to analyze current and future cos- to connect touch with former Dodgers general manager Fred Bhatia’s quest following SURF started with mological data sets. Led by Leslie Maxfield (SURF ’92, ’93, ’94), Claire. His early work with MLB focused on individu- creating Hotmail, which solved the problem of the Alumni Relations Committee of the SURF al players, analyzing reliever effectiveness and other universal e-mail access, and continued guiding him Board has created two new ways for SURF common statistics. Now he works on game-based in all of his technology ventures. Bhatia says, “I think To read the entire press release visit the Caltech alumni to keep in touch. The first is a SURF strategies, like determining the best batting order. the SURF program is one of the most meaningful Media Relations website at: Alumni Webpage, which can be found at In addition to continuing his work with teams, aspects of the education at Caltech.” http://mr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/ http://www.surf.caltech.edu/alumni/index. for the past three years Kaplan was president of the PR13166.html html. Here alums can learn about what is go- Independent Oracle Users Group, a 22,000-mem- Christopher Hirata, SURF ’99, ’00 ing on and find ideas for how to get involved. ber professional technical association for the Oracle Corporation, one of the world’s largest An equally impressive alumnus came to Caltech in The second is a new SURF Alumni Face- software companies—second only to Microsoft. He 1997, at the mere age of 14. Chris Hirata spent his book page. Become a “fan” at http://www. was awarded Caltech’s prestigious Alumni of the undergraduate years studying physics while main- facebook.com/pages/Caltech-SURF-Alum- Decade distinction for the ’90s. In 2001, he was taining an active social life, spending all four years ni/19099488491. included in Crain Communications’ “40 Under 40” on the varsity swim team, for instance. During the profile of business leaders. summer of 1999, Hirata conducted his first SURF project with research advisor Fiona Harrison, pro- fessor of physics and astronomy. It involved design- ing an X-ray imaging system for a satellite. This was Hirata’s first research project. And, he says, being so young then, the most important part of his expe- rience with SURF was the research group itself. “Seeing the processes and sociology of how a research group operates helped convince me that I wanted to continue doing research,” says Hirata. “I wouldn’t have found that in the classroom.”

16 17 Jet Propulsion Lab Seminar Series The William Whitney Workshops Highlights of Summer 2008 on Professional Development Cecilia N. Guiar Formulation Projects Systems Engineer, Astronomy and Inventing Your Future: What Are Your Options? Physics Directorate Dr. William Whitney, Deputy Manager, Education Allied Programs SURF Summer Program System Engineering at JPL Office, JPL; Carolyn Ash, Quondam Director, Student- Faculty Programs Office This summer the undergraduate research community Caltech Seminar Series Robert F. Shotwell at Caltech consisted of 570 students from schools and Project Systems Engineer for Phoenix and Program Building a Professional Reputation universities across the nation and world. While many of Nathan S. Lewis Systems Engineer Julia McCallin, Associate Vice President for Human these were SURF students, others were participants in George L. Argyros Professor and Professor of Chemistry Phoenix Resources; Debra Dison Hall, Partner, Allen one of the allied programs administered by the Student- Powering the Planet With Fuel From the Sun Matkins; Kirk Dawson, SURF Board Chair; Heather Faculty Programs Office. Yoseph Bar-Cohen Pinkett, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biochemistry; Helen Ashley Stroupe Senior Research Scientist and Supervisor, Advanced McBride, Senior Scientist, Amgen; Todd Gingrich (SURF MURF JPL, Mars Rover Driver; Staff Engineer, Advanced Technologies Group ’06, Amgen Scholar ’07). Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory Robotic Controls Group Human-Like Robots (LIGO) SURF The Present and Future of Robotic Planetary Exploration Informational Interviewing and Networking: Caltech Amgen Scholars Program Diane L. Evans How to Make It Work for You NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program Erik Winfree Director for the Earth Science & Technology Directorate Candace Rypisi, Director, Student-Faculty Programs NASA Space Grant Associate Professor of Computer Science, Computation Global Climate Change Office; Alumni and Friends NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Undergraduate and Neural Systems, and Bioengineering Research Program Programming a DNA World Charles D. Norton Understanding Your Leadership Style Caltech-IIT Kanpur Exchange Strategic Initiative Leader: Advanced Simulation and Dr. Jerry Houser, Director, Career Development Center Caltech-National University of Singapore Exchange Dennis Dougherty Modeling; Supervisor: Model-Based Systems Engineering Caltech-Hong Kong Universities Exchange George Grant Hoag Professor of Chemistry and Architectures Group Embrace Your Fear Like a Pro: Caltech-Cambridge Exchange The Chemistry of Nicotine Addiction High-Performance Computing and Applications Standing Up and Giving Effective Presentations Caltech-University of Iceland Exchange Robert Hanna (SURF ’90), JPL, Project Manager for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute EXROP John Preskill Jaret B. Matthews Next Generation Navigation Software Project John D. MacArthur Professor of Theoretical Physics ATHLETE Task Manager & Lead Systems Engineer, Prin- Putting Weirdness to Work: Quantum Information Science cipal Investigator for the Lunar Tweel, Robotic Hardware Scientist as Speaker SURFers 2008 Systems Group Evan Gawlik, Junior, 2007 Perpall Speaking Competition, Joann Stock The ATHLETE Rover First Place; 2006 Perpall Speaking Competition, Third Professor of Geology and Geophysics Place Class Level Percent What Happens to the San Andreas Fault at Its Southern Candice J. Hansen Pre-Freshman <1% End, and Should We Be Worried About It? Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) Investigation Graduate School: Scientist and UVIS Co-Investigator on Cassini, Deputy The Nuts and Bolts of the Application Process Freshman 27% David Chan Principal Investigator on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Jonie Watanabe Tsuji, Career Counselor, Career Develop- Sophomore 34% Associate Professor of Biology (MRO’s) High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ment Center; David Wales, Professor of Mathematics; The Dynamic Properties of Mitochondria Junior 34% (HRISE) Natalie Gilmore, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies; The Discovery of Enceladus’ Water Vapor Plume Nneka Williams, Graduate Student in Geological and Senior 4% Diana Kormos-Buchwald Planetary Sciences; Madeline Miller, Graduate Student in Women 32% Professor of History Kendra Short Mechanical Engineering; Peter Hung (SURF ’05, ’06, ’07), Working With Einstein Manager, Mechanical Systems Division Graduate Student in Applied Physics Minorities 8% Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Average GPA* 3.43

* Caltech students only, excluding pre-freshmen and freshmen

18 19 SURFSAC Events Conferences SURFers 2008

This year, thanks to the hard work and dedication of SFP Seminar Days the SURF Student Advisory Council, summer students The highlight of each summer is the seminar days where Total # CIT Non-CIT enjoyed a full calendar of social, cultural, and athletic students present their research projects and findings. On Division of Students Students Students Mentors activities. Led by Andrew Freddo, Chao Liu, and Yiwen August 20 and 21 students working at JPL presented Peng, students coordinated events such as: their work to colleagues and peers on lab. Students Biology 59 39 20 25 working on campus gave oral or poster presentations at Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 71 60 11 27 Beach Trip to Santa Monica Summer Seminar Day on August 21 or Fall Seminar Day Tour of the Huntington Gardens on October 18. To view the abstracts of these presenta- Engineering and Applied Science 100 80 20 41 Explore LA on the Metro tions, please visit: www.surf.caltech.edu Geological and Planetary Sciences 19 10 9 12 July 4th BBQ Pool Party Southern California Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences 17 13 4 10 Broomball and Iceskating Undergraduate Research (SCCUR) Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy 52 43 9 34 Weekly sports night Congratulations to the following summer students who Jet Propulsion Laboratory 46 27 19 33 presented at the 2007 Annual Southern California Con- And much more! Thank you to Student Affairs for their ference on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR). Off Campus 10 9 1 10 support of these events. International 12 12 0 12 Aileen Ariosa Xueliang Liu Wednesday nights were reserved for the always popu- Brandt Belson Micah Manary Total 386 293 93 204 lar SURFSAC Suppers. Each week a group of faculty Natasha Cayco Gajic Anthony Mendez mentors and students enjoyed dinner and conversation ZeNan Chang Lev Pisarsky together at a local restaurant. A special thanks to Dr. Emma Crow-Willard David (Zeb) Rocklin Catherine Jurca, Master of Student Houses, for her con- Teresa Dominguez Kathryn Schaefer Statistics From the 2008 Graduating Class tinued generous subsidy of these dinners. Evan Gawlik Dan Song Brandon Hensley Christina Theodoris Aaron Hoffer Harish Vasudevan Total number of B.S. graduates 206 Awards and Prizes Vibha Laljani Joshua Weiner Of these, the number graduating with honors 109 53% Moran Levi Andy Yen Each year the students who prepare and deliver excellent Benji Lin Zhong-lin Zhang Total number of B.S. graduates who have done a SURF 152 SURF presentations receive the Doris S. Perpall Speak- ing Award. This competition was endowed by Robert C. SCCUR is a one-day conference held each November Of these, the number graduating with honors 93 61% Perpall (BS ’52, MS ’56) in memory of his late wife, Doris on a college or university campus in the Los Angeles Perpall, and encourages and supports effective oral com- area. Over 500 student participants attend for a day Percentage of B.S. graduates who have done a SURF 74% munication. The 2007 Perpall winners were: Evan Gawlik, of presentations and discussions on undergraduate Kate Craig, and Andrew Freddo. research and scholarship. Number of prizes awarded to B.S. graduates 141 National Conference on Of these, the number of prizes awarded to SURFers 117 83% Undergraduate Research (NCUR) The mission of NCUR is to promote undergraduate research and scholarship done in partnership with a faculty mentor. Each year the Doris S. Perpall Speak- ing Competition finalists have the opportunity to attend NCUR and present their research. NCUR 2008 was held at Salisbury University and attended by Kate Craig, Evan Gawlik, Andrew Kositsky, Matthew Lew, Deepak Mishra, and Joy Sheng.

20 21 Funding SURF The Aerospace Corporation Rose Hills Foundation Julie Y. Huang Mentor: Dr. Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Assistant Professor SURF Fellows SURF Fellowships of Biology SURF students receive an award of $6,000 for the Project: Mucus Binding: A Possible Mechanism of ten-week summer period, a total program budget of Since 2001, the Aerospace Corporation has been The Rose Hills Foundation is a legacy created by Colonization That Selects for Multiple Polysaccharides Expressing Bacteroides fragilis over $2 million. Funds are raised from a variety of providing support and mentoring to SURF students. the founders of the Rose Hills Memorial Park, which sources including gifts from individuals, foundations Initiated by Caltech alumnus Gary Stupian, this is the largest cemetery in North America and is Hongdau P. Liu and corporations; faculty grants and other Institute collaboration now provides support to five students located in the city of Whittier. The Foundation sup- Mentor: Dr. Mark E. Davis, Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering sources; and NASA funds (for students working at annually. Students are selected on the basis of ports organizations in Southern California, with an Project: Correlation Between siRNA Inhibition of JPL). SURF relies on the generosity of our many research interests and, in addition to their Caltech emphasis on programs that benefit the residents of Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit M2 and Cell Proliferation in vivo friends and we thank the many donors who sup- faculty mentor, are paired with an Aerospace advi- this area. ported SURF 2008. Below we highlight just some sor. These advisors meet with students regularly In 2007, the Rose Hills Foundation generously Justin K. Ng of those friends. and help guide them in their academic and profes- committed to support fifteen SURF students each Mentor: Dr. Julian M. Tyszka, Member of the Professional Staff in Biology sional paths. In most cases, these relationships year, for five years. These students must dem- Project: Magnetic Stage Resonance Microscope continue well beyond the SURF period! onstrate a strong academic record and be from Reed and Ruth Brantley The 2008 Aerospace Corporation SURF Fel- Southern California. Nam P. Nguyen Mentor: Dr. Joel W. Burdick, Professor of Mechanical Engi- SURF Endowment lows were: Congratulations to the 2008 Rose Hills Foun- neering and Bioengineering dation SURF Fellows: Project: Designing a Surface Environmental Data Sampling This new endowment was established by Mrs. Ruth Arthur H. Chang Method for a Dirigible on Titan Mentor: Dr. Ali Hajimiri, Professor of Electrical Engineering Pradeep Bugga Brantley in honor of her late husband, Dr. L. Reed Project: Near-Field Modulation Technique Using Antenna Mentor: Dr. Brian M. Stoltz, Ethel Wilson Bowles and Rob- Diane J. Plummer Brantley. Dr. Brantley earned a doctorate degree Reflector Switching at 2.4GHz ert Bowles Professor of Chemistry Mentor: Dr. Jesse L. Beauchamp, Mary and Charles Ferkel at Caltech in 1930. Linus Pauling was chair of his Project: Progress Toward the Syntheses of HIV Integrase Professor of Chemistry Daryl B. Coleman Inhibitors Integrastatins A and B Project: Selective Ionization Using Photocleavable Linkers thesis committee. Dr. Brantley went on to serve on Mentor: Dr. James R. Heath, Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and Professor of Chemistry the faculty of both Chemistry and Physics at nearby Stephanie S. Chang Rebecca L. Russell Project: “Click” Chemistry Attachment of Alkyne Terminated Mentor: Dr. Harvey B. Newman, Professor of Physics Occidental College, where he was instrumental in Mentor: Dr. Anand R. Asthagiri, Assistant Professor of Organic Molecules to Sillicon (1 1 1) Surfaces Chemical Engineering Project: Improving the Identification of Electron Neutrinos raising funds to support student research. In 1967, Project: Quantitative Analysis of Directed Cell Migration on in the MINOS Detector Matthew J. Czubakowski Dr. Brantley moved to Honolulu where he helped Novel Surfaces With Micropatterned Ligands Mentor: Dr. Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor and Daniel R. Talancon build a science curriculum at the University of Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science Edward H. Chen Mentor: Dr. Beverley J. McKeon, Assistant Professor Project: Metal-Insulator-Metal Plasmon Waveguides for Hawaii. He retired in 1972. Dr. Brantley and Ruth Mentor: Dr. Gil Refael, Associate Professor of Theoretical of Aeronautics Color Filtering Applications Project: Airfoil Pressure Drag Into Pressure Thrust: met and married in 1984, traveled the world, wrote Physics Project: Vortex Interactions in a Rotating, Multi-Flavored A Computational Study and published several books, and enjoyed the “best Evan S. Gawlik Bose-Einstein Condensate Mentor: Dr. Jerrold E. Marsden, Carl F Braun Professor of times of our lives.” Mrs. Brantley writes: “Reed is Yang Yang Engineering and Control and Dynamical Systems Sunny Chun Mentor: Dr. Anand R. Asthagiri, Assistant Professor of Project: Titan Mission Trajectory Design missed all of the time! I know he would approve of Mentor: Dr. William M. Clemons, Jr., Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering supporting this great educational program.” of Chemistry Project: Crosstalk of Wnt- and EGF-Mediated Beta-Catenin Jan A. Petykiewicz Signaling The first Reed and Ruth Brantley SURF Fellow Project: Structural Characterization of the Enzyme PglA of Mentor: Dr. Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor and the N-Linked Glycosylation Pathway is Ali Abrahim. Ali worked with Dr. Jacqueline Bar- Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science Andy L. Yen Project: Optical Absorption in Silicon Nanowire Arrays ton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor Sherwin Doroudi Mentor: Dr. Harvey B. Newman, Professor of Physics Mentor: Dr. Adam C. Wierman, Assistant Professor of Project: Analysis of Diphoton Production at the LHC and and Professor of Chemistry, on a project entitled Computer Science Its Impact on Higgs Searches in the H ’ yy Channel “Sequence Specific Detection of Proteins With a Project: A Game Theoretic Approach to the Sensor Multiplexed DNA Array.” Coverage Problem Matthew J. Glassman Mentor: Dr. David Baltimore, Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology; Nobel Laureate; President Emeritus Project: Creation of Influenza Reporter Cell Lines and Developing a PolII-Based Expression System

22 23 Established SURF Scholar Endowments Robert I. and Winifred E. Gardner SURF Endowment Arthur Rock SURF Endowment John and Barbara Gee SURF Endowment Robert K. and Alice L. Roney SURF Endowment Larson Scholars Endowments David L. Goodstein SURF Endowment Dr. Chandler C. Ross SURF Endowment Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu Scholars Harry B. Gray SURF Endowment Rossum Family SURF Endowment Thanks to the generosity of many committed J. Weldon Green SURF Endowment Warren and Katharine Schlinger SURF Endowment Heather and Paul Haaga SURF Endowment Professor Fredrick H. Shair SURF Endowment SURF Fellow Endowments donors, gifts to the SURF endowment will W.H. Halpenny SURF Endowment Sung-Hsien Chen Shih SURF Endowment ensure students the opportunity to conduct Arthur R. Adams SURF Endowment William Hassenzahl Family SURF Endowment O/istein and Rita A. Skjellum SURF Endowment research for generations to come. Scholar Stephen Adelman Memorial SURF Endowment Thomas C. Hays SURF Endowment Rita A. and O/istein Skjellum SURF Endowment Brenda and Louis J. Alpinieri SURF Endowment Robert T. Herzog SURF Endowment Soli Deo Gloria SURF Endowment endowments provide support for five students Carolyn Ash SURF Endowment Edward W. Hughes SURF Endowment (1992) Samuel and Berta Spalter SURF Endowment annually in perpetuity. Fellow endowments The Associates SURF Endowment Edward W. Hughes SURF Endowment (2005) Edward C. and Alice Stone SURF Endowment provide support for one student annually in Robert L. Blinkenberg SURF Endowment Richard T. Jones SURF Endowment Laurence J. Stuppy SURF Endowment perpetuity. Marcella Bonsall SURF Endowment David S. Koons SURF Endowment Captain Pradeep B. Suklikar Memorial SURF Endowment Hannah Bradley SURF Endowment Samuel P. and Frances Krown SURF Endowment SURF Board SURF Endowment Reed and Ruth Brantley SURF Endowment Toshi Kubota Aeronautics SURF Endowment Ernest H. Swift SURF Endowment Bristol-Myers SURF Endowment William N. Lacey SURF Endowment Nellie Bergen and Adrian Foster Tillotson SURF Endowment Carol Carmichael SURF Endowment Arthur E. Lamel Memorial SURF Endowment Howell N. Tyson, Sr., SURF Endowment Bob and Carole Chapman Minority SURF Endowment William H. and Helen Lang SURF Endowment Mary Vodopia SURF Endowment Donald S. Clark SURF Endowment Shirley and Carl Larson SURF Endowment Erika C. Vote SURF Endowment J. Kent Clark SURF Endowment Thomas Lauritsen SURF Endowment Chung Ip Wing-Wah Memorial SURF Endowment Class of ’36 SURF Endowment Lester Lees Aeronautics SURF Endowment Frank W. Wood SURF Endowment Class of ’52 SURF Endowment Peter A. Lindstrom, Jr., SURF Endowment Harold and Mary F. Zirin SURF Endowment Dr. Terry Cole SURF Endowment Robert J. McEliece and David Rutledge SURF Endowment Hugh F. and Audy Lou Colvin International James J. Morgan SURF Endowment SURF Endowment Thomas Hunt Morgan SURF Endowment SURF Prize Endowments Hugh F. and Audy Lou Colvin SURF Endowment Joanna Wall Muir SURF Endowment Marcella and Joel Bonsall SURF Prize for Technical Writing Robert F. Connelly SURF Endowment Victor Neher SURF Endowment Doris S. Perpall SURF Speaking Award Karen and James Cutts SURF Endowment Franz and Anne Nierlich SURF Endowment Mary P. and Dean C. Daily SURF Endowment Northern California Associates SURF Endowment Kirk and Marjory Dawson Family SURF Endowment Arthur A. Noyes SURF Endowment Endowments Through Planned Gifts Frederick W. Drury, Jr., SURF Endowment Ray Owen SURF Endowment Charles and Valerie Elachi SURF Endowment Toni and Bob Perpall SURF Endowment Dr. and Mrs. George Boone David C. Elliot SURF Endowment Sidney R. and Nancy M. Petersen SURF Endowment Dr. Paraskeva N. Danailov Endowed SURF Fellowship in Biology Doris Everhart SURF Endowment Alain Porter Memorial SURF Endowment Fred and Jean Felberg SURF Endowment Ernest R. Roberts SURF Endowment Flintridge Foundation SURF Endowment Jack and Edith Roberts SURF Endowment

A Timeline of 1977 1983 1994 1999 2002 2005 2006 2007 2008 Lew and Edie Wasser- Samuel and Frances Robert C. Perpall cre- George and MaryLou Caltech launches the An anonymous donor The matching funds Alumnus Kiyo Tomiyasu Nine new endow- SURF Funding man give gift to Caltech Krown establish the ates the Doris S. Perpall Boone make arrange- capital campaign, creates a matching fund continue to create and his wife Eiko estab- ments are established. that stimulated the first SURF endowment, SURF Speaking Awards ments through their There’s Only One. pool with a $2 million excitement. Eight new lish the Tomiyasu SURF These include several founding of SURF which now supports to encourage and rec- estate plan to provide a Caltech. The campaign gift. These matching endowments are estab- Scholar Endowment, created by parents of seven students each ognize excellence in oral gift of $1 million to the includes increasing the funds provide $50,000 lished which supports five SURF alumni; several year presentations SURF endowment SURF endowment by of the $125,000 students annually more named in honor The Paul K. and $10 million needed to establish a Another seven new of Caltech faculty; and Evalyn E. Cook Richter 1998 The SURF Board SURF endowment endowments are es- one given as a holiday Memorial Funds make Marcella Bonsall estab- SURF Endowment is Seventeen new tablished, including one gift from President their first gift to SURF. lishes the Marcella and established by John endowments are in honor of the Class Chameau in honor of his This annual support Joel Bonsall SURF Prize Glanville, Nancy Glan- established using the of ’52 wife, Carol Carmichael continues today and in for Technical Writing ville, and the Glanville matching funds! Since the start of the 2008 the Richter Me- Family Foundation Carl and Shirley campaign, $8.6 million morial Funds supported to encourage Board Larson give a $1 million in new endowment and 33 students members to support the gift to establish the $2.7 million in annual campaign Larson SURF Scholar gifts have been raised, Endowment solidifying SURF for generations to come

24 25 Honor Roll of 2008 SURF Donors Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Thomas, Jr. Tribute/Memorial Gifts Edward W. Hughes Dr. Jorge E. Tierno SURF Endowment (2005) Ms. Carolyn A. Ash Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tirrell, Esq. Mrs. Edward W. Hughes in honor of Jack and Edith Roberts’ Dr. A. J. Trotter, SURF ’93, ’94 Annual Gifts Mr. and Mrs. Robert Douglas Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mahoney 90th Birthdays Dr. Duane R. Edgington Mr. Antonio M. Martinez Mr. and Mrs. Kent Tsukamoto David S. Koons SURF Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Adler Ms. Carolyn A. Ash Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Everhart Mr. Alvaro G. Masias, SURF ’99, ’00 Mr. Philip A. Venturelli, SURF ’99, ’00, ’01 Dr. David S. Koons Mr. Viktor Y. Alekseyev, SURF ’97, ’98 in memory of Joanna Muir Mr. and Mrs. Jay Farr Mr. Aron J. Meltzner, SURF ’97, ’98, ’99 Dr. Juanito S. Villanueva, SURF ’80, ’81 Dr. and Mrs. Lew Allen Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Jennings Ms. Iljie J. Fitzgerald, SURF ’98, ’99, ’00 Dr. and Mrs. Lothrop Mittenthal Mr. Scott C. Virgil, SURF ’85, ’86 Toshi Kubota Aeronautics Mr. Robert C. Anderson III, SURF ’93 in memory of Joanna Muir Mr. and Mrs. H. Kent Frewing Dr. Susan Murakami and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wagner SURF Endowment Mr. Michael V. Anshelevich, SURF ’93 Mrs. Gordon C. McClure Mr. Jeffrey T. Freymueller, SURF ’83 Mr. Leroy J. Fisher Mr. John C. Wahl Dr. Hiroshi Higuchi Ms. Tara L. Arvedson, SURF ’91, ’92, ’93 in memory of Gordon C. McClure Mr. Ilya Fushman, SURF ’00, ’02 Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nairn, Jr. Mr. Leslie A. Waite Dr. and Mrs. Eli Reshotko Ms. Carolyn A. Ash Mr. James K. Mitsumori Dr. David C. Gakenheimer Mrs. Douglas B. Nickerson Mrs. Lynne E. Watters, SURF ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Baird in memory of Robert E. Anderson Dr. Delwyn L. Gilmore, SURF ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Noland Mr. Patrick White Lester Lees Aeronautics Dr. Joshua A. Bardin Mrs. W.B. Scarborough Mr. David L. Glackin Mr. and Mrs. Shyam Paryani Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilpiszeski SURF Endowment Mrs. Ellen F. Barrett in memory of Bert Scarborough Ms. Nancy H. Glanville Mr. Amish A. Patel, SURF ’03, ’04, ’05 Dr. James W. Workman Dr. and Mrs. Eli Reshotko Mr. and Mrs. John N. Barrett Mr. Samuel Vodopia and Ms. Carol Hasson Dr. Edray H. Goins, SURF ’92, ’93 Dr. and Mrs. Scott A. Prahl Mr. and Mrs. Pei-Lin Wu Dr. Elizabeth J. Barton, SURF ’91, ’92, ’93 in memory of Dr. Vincent A. Ms. Rachel F. Gray, SURF ’99 Mr. David G. Quimby Mr. and Mrs. Jianguo Xiao Robert J. McEliece and David Rutledge Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baumer Marinkovich Dr. Jane R. Greco, SURF ’94, ’95 Ms. Anandi Raman Creath, SURF ’94, ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Yano SURF Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Arlen W. Bell Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Grubbs Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Randolph, SURF ’80 Mrs. Victoriano L. Yao Dr. Chung-en Zah and Dr. Li Fung Chang Mr. and Mrs. Mikhail Belyi Dr. Philip M. Gschwend Dr. Irving Rappaport Mr. Adrian Zahl Mr. Richard C. Berryman, Jr. Gifts to SURF Endowments Mr. and Mrs. Paul Haaga Mr. Paul B. Ré Mr. Alex Y. Zhang Franz and Anne Nierlich Dr. and Mrs. Donald Blumenthal Ms. Debra Dison Hall Mr. and Mrs. Sembiam Rengarajan Mr. and Mrs. John Ziegler The Associates SURF Endowment SURF Endowment Mr. Joseph R. Boeke Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hardesty Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Richards Mrs. Robert E. Anderson Dr. and Mrs. Donald P. Nierlich Mrs. Jane F. Bondi Mr. Sean S. Hardesty, SURF ’01, ’03 Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Roney Dr. and Mrs. Hubert E. Dubb Mr. Ned B. Bowden, SURF ’92, ’93 Dr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Harris Mr. and Mrs. David P. Rossum Corporate Donors Mrs. Maria Low Ernest R. Roberts SURF Endowment Mrs. Hannah Bradley Dr. Robert H. Harris Mr. David D. Rowlands and Ms. Peggy Kwik Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Roney Ms. May S. Shelton Mrs. Anna J. Brosnahan, SURF ’90 The Aerospace Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Wallis G. Hines Mr. Bruce Rugar Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Webster, Esq. Mr. Christopher W. Bryant, SURF ’92, ’93, Mrs. Iwona M. Hiszpanski Dr. and Mrs. David B. Rutledge Jack and Edith Roberts and Dr. Jasmine R. Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Feng Chu Ho Mr. Luis Saenz Reed and Ruth Brantley SURF Endowment SURF ’93, ’94 Foundation Donors Ms. Sally D. Holbrook Mr. Pongskorn Saipetch, SURF ’89, ’90 SURF Endowment Mr. and Mrs. John H. Glanville Dr. Patricia V. Burke Mr. Everett W. Howe, SURF ’85 Mr. Stephen J. Salser, SURF ’86 Caltech Alumni Association Mrs. Ruth Brantley Mr. and Mrs. Roderick P. Calkins Mr. Carter Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sanford Howard Hughes Medical Institute Sung-Hsien Chen Shih Ms. Sascha B. Calkins, SURF ’99, ’00 ’01 Mr. and Mrs. Hideo Ikawa Mr. Marcus C. Sarofim Jameson Research Foundation Carol Carmichael SURF Endowment SURF Endowment Mr. George L. Cassat Mr. Frank W. Jameson Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Schaeffer W.M. Keck Foundation Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau Mr. and Mrs. Wei T. Shih Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Y. Chang, Mr. Stephen E. Jones, SURF ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Schulman John and Maria Laffin Trust SURF ’98, ’99 Dr. Randall D. Kamien, SURF ’86, ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Piyush C. Shah The Paul K. Richter and Evalyn E. Cook Class of ’52 SURF Endowment Edward C. and Alice Stone Mr. and Mrs. Fon-Chiu Mia Chen Mr. and Mrs. Abner Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shapiro Richter Memorial Funds Dr. Eliot Butler SURF Endowment Mr. Hailong Chen Mr. and Mrs. James M. Kendall, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Sherman Rose Hills Foundation Mr. Richard Y. Karasawa Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. Stone Ms. Jane C. Chen Mr. Gerard S. Ketefian, SURF ’92, ’93 Dr. Douglas G. Shiels, SURF ’91, ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Stewart Mr. Carl W. Chin, SURF ’02, ’04 Dr. Robert M. Kieckhefer Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Simoudis SURF Board SURF Endowment Mr. Daniel H. Chou, SURF ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Myung D. Kim Mr. Thomas M. Snyder, Matching Gifts Dr. Terry Cole SURF Endowment Dr. and Mrs. William M. Whitney Ms. Chun-Young Chu Dr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Kirschvink SURF ’98, ’99, ’00, ’01 Mrs. Terry Cole Dr. and Mrs. Won I. Chun 3M Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Venkata Kollipara Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Soghoian Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Hamilton Erika C. Vote SURF Endowment Mr. Peter K. Clark Cadence Design Systems Mr. and Mrs. James S. Kort Dr. Ruth E. Stark Dr. Carol J. Vote Mr. and Mrs. Evan G. Colgan, SURF ’81 Corning Incorporated Mr. and Mrs. James J. Kosmicki Mr. George J. Stecher, SURF ’85, ’86 Robert F. Connelly SURF Endowment Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy F. Coulter ExxonMobil Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Shih Fan Kuan Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Stefanko Mr. Robert F. Connelly Chung Ip Wing-Wah Memorial Mr. David A. Cuthbert, SURF ’95 Fluor Corporation Dr. Jimmy K. Lam Mr. and Mrs. Larry Stein SURF Endowment Mr. and Mrs. Jan W. Dash Haliburton Foundation Dr. Charles E. Lane Mrs. Laura Steinman Mary P. and Dean C. Daily Engr. Joseph L. Koo and Mr. Thomas A. Daula, SURF ’00 Microsoft Corporation Ms. Janice Lau Wee, SURF ’92, ’93, ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Tab A. Stephens, SURF ’87 SURF Endowment Mrs. Helen Chung Koo, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. John F. Davis, SURF ’91 Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. Mr. Benjamin G. Lee, SURF ’99, ’00, ’01 Dr. Eric Strong Mr. Dean C. Daily II Dr. Peter L. Davis Pharmacia Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Leonard Mr. Yun-Chen Sung, SURF ’81 Frank W. Wood Memorial Mr. and Mrs. Kirk M. Dawson Textron Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lester Mr. Derek M. Surka, SURF ’92, ’93, John and Barbara Gee SURF Endowment Dr. Heather L. Dean, SURF ’98, ’99 The Walt Disney Company Mr. Zebao Li and Ms. Charissa Lin SURF Endowment Dr. Charles Cox Mr. and Mrs. David P. Dennedy-Frank Xerox Corporation Mrs. Angela F. Lim Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Sutherland Mr. and Mrs. John Gee Mr. Richard H. Cox Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. DiCato Mr. Manit M. Limlamai, Space Grant ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Swanson Mr. James Donald, SURF ’00 Ms. Elinor Lin Mr. and Mrs. Randall P. Tagg Mr. James H. Dooley and Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lin Mr. Chung-I Tan Mrs. Laura E. Dooley (SURF ’94) Mr. and Mrs. James G. Magyar Mr. Glenn P. Tesler, SURF ’88, ’89

26 27 30 Pearls of surf Wisdom 1. Watching the growth and development of SURF, I have learned about the special qualities of Caltech students and faculty and the work they do together. — Marvin L. Goldberger, President Emeritus, 1986 SURF Annual Report 2. Students at the ‘starting line’ have every reason to have hope for an improved future. There can be no greater challenge to a student than the desire and SURF Administrative SURF Student Advisory Committee Council (SURFSAC) will to make things better. — Robert L. Shafer, Former Member of the SURF Board, on the opportunity SURF provides to students, 1986 SURF Annual Report 3. In some quarters teaching and research are regarded as incompatible, but at Caltech we feel that a program of undergraduate research can be a highly Dr. Fredrick H. Shair, Chair Andrew Freddo, Chair Dr. Paul M. Bellan Ioana Aanei effective pedagogical procedure. — Robert P. Sharp, Professor Emeritus, 1987 SURF Annual Report 4. Youth’s confidence that all is fresh is doubtlessly Dr. Geoffrey A. Blake ZeNan Chang part of the exhilaration of research. In that sense it is good that I am convinced that some things need to be experienced anew after they have been Dr. S. George Djorgovski Justine Chia forgotten as science pursued new popular lines; they can’t just be dug out of the aging literature to much effect. — Ray Owen, Professor Emeritus, Excerpt Dr. Steven C. Frautschi Tina Ding Dr. Joseph L. Kirschvink Gongjie Li from speech at the 1988 SURF Kickoff Dinner 5. When an old-timer tries to tell you that his science is on the brink of ‘complete solution,’ that you won’t Dr. Nathan S. Lewis Benji Lin have much to do for long, and that in any case it can’t help but be dull, don’t be discouraged. Maybe the old-timer is just a little tired. — Ray Owen, Professor Dr. Carl S. Parker Joy Lin Dr. David B. Rutledge Chao Liu Emeritus, Excerpt from speech at the 1988 SURF Kickoff Dinner 6. The passing on of ideas and style to the next generation is the most lasting and gratify- Dr. Thomas A. Tombrello, Jr. Helen Luo ing raison d’etre of a university. — Hans Liepmann, Professor Emeritus, Excerpt from speech at the 1989 SURF Kickoff Dinner 7. SURF always reflects well Dr. William M. Whitney Caleb Ng Dr. Richard M. Wilson Yiwen Peng on its parent institution, which also endeavors to excel at everything it sets out to do. — Thomas E. Everhart, President Emeritus, 1989 SURF Annual Report Andrew Price 8. While background materials, related results, and other attempts at solving a problem may be found in books and journals, insight into a problem, and Ex Officio Members Aryan Safaie Dr. Gerald Houser John Schulman its possible resolution, come about only through a student’s systematic attack on the problem. — 1989 SURF Annual Report 9. We are neither able to Ms. Candace Rypisi Leslie Tong shape the future with much certainty, nor are we able to stay around very long to see what happens. The best we can do is to help our young people Jack Wang Fei Yang develop 1) a yearning for discovery, 2) a spirit of openness, and 3) a deep sense of compassion for all of life. There is no better handshake with the Andy Yen future. — Fredrick H. Shair, SURF Founder, Excerpt from speech at the 1990 SURF Kickoff Dinner 10. SURF is providing me with more than a summer job. SURF Board Lisa Zang I have the invaluable opportunity to test and, I hope, prove myself in a laboratory setting before attempting to go on to graduate school. — Matthew Metz, Mr. Kirk M. Dawson, Chair 1994, Richter SURF Scholar, 1994 SURF Annual Report 11. Four weeks of fighting against instrumentation failures is enough to make anyone wonder Ms. Gabrielle A. Adelman, SURF ’85, ’86 SURF Co-Mentor if research is the right choice for them. The SURF program gave me a supportive environment to find out that for me the answer is Yes! — Kimberly L. Ms. Karen Carlson Advisory Council Komisarek, 1995, Class of ’36 SURF Fellow, 1995 SURF Annual Report 12. I’ve learned that professors don’t publish papers every week, experiments do Dr. Carol Carmichael Dr. James A. Cutts Holly Carlisle fail, and that getting results was thrilling! — Pauline Ng, 1995, Howard Hughes Medical Institute SURF Fellow, 1995 SURF Annual Report 13. As I complete Dr. Phoebe Dea Ashish Mahabal my tenure as President of Caltech, I have reflected upon the outstanding individuals, projects, and programs that make the Institute a world leader in Mr. H. Kent Frewing Brad Olsen Mrs. Heather S. Haaga Mara Salvato research and education. SURF is one of those programs. — Thomas E. Everhart, President Emeritus, 1997 SURF Annual Report 14. An important aspect Dr. Catherine Jurca James Van Deventer In Memoriam of SURF is the encouragement of each student to believe that she or he can accomplish tasks that others have not. — Fredrick H. Shair, SURF Founder, Ms. Leslie M. Maxfield, SURF ’92, ’93, ’94 Donors 1998 SURF Annual Report 15. There is room for energetic young people working at the edge of human knowledge. — Robert P. Sharp, Professor Emeri- Mr. Don M. Pinkerton Donald M. Alstadt tus, 1998 SURF Annual Report 16. First, make SURF campus-wide so that students in one field can do research in another discipline. Second, help Dr. Robert K. Roney Robert E. Anderson Dr. Gary W. Stupian George N. Boone them understand that people outside of Caltech are interested in their development. And finally, raise an endowment! — Comments from Ernest Swift when Mr. Sean A. Upchurch, Patricia J. Cassat asked his thoughts on the future of SURF, 1998 SURF Annual Report 17. In my project, everything was subject to change, from experimental conditions SURF ’92, ’93 Clyde C. Chivens Mr. Samuel N. Vodopia David Elliot to computer programs to the very equations the programs were based on. My SURF taught me to challenge assumptions—to interpret data rather than William H. Halpenny just collect it. — Christopher E. Kurtz, 1998 and 1999 SURF Fellow, 1998 SURF Annual Report 18. Working in the lab was about more than discovery; it Life Members George S. Holditch was about developing an independent philosophy for thinking. — Sophia Xiang, 1997 and 1999, SURF Fellow, 1999 SURF Annual Report SURF is Dr. Lew Allen, Jr. Richard T. Jones 19. Ms. Carolyn Ash Werner R. Kirchner widely recognized as the premier undergraduate research program in the country, and it is one of the enterprises that keeps Caltech at the forefront of Mrs. Hannah Bradley Constance M. Lees higher education. — David Baltimore, President Emeritus, 2000 SURF Annual Report They are a breath of fresh air in the lab. They bring enthusiasm Mr. John D. Gee Neville S. Long 20. Mr. Carl V. Larson LeVal Lund, Jr. to science, and they offer a new perspective. — Frances Arnold, Professor and Mentor, thoughts on SURF students, 2001 SURF Annual Report 21. Some Mrs. Douglas B. Nickerson Gordon McClure students need confidence. They might need to work on something simple so they succeed and gain confidence. Other students are like grad students or Dr. Ray D. Owen Joanna Wall Muir Mr. Robert C. Perpall, Sr. Joseph J. Peterson postdocs and are able to take on a problem independently. I think mentoring is really understanding that and being able to adjust to the situation. — Harry Dr. John D. Roberts Fred M. Wells Gray, Professor and Mentor, 2004 SURF Annual Report 22. Through the struggles of research, I learned that I am my own worst critic and also my biggest Dr. Fredrick H. Shair Dr. William M. Whitney Mentors cheerleader. — Adele Shakal, SURF ’93, ’94 23. I believe that money I put into education—my own, my children’s, or of the society I live in—is really an Giuseppe Attardi investment, perhaps the best investment I can make. — Ward Whaling, Professor of Physics, Emeritus 24. (My former SURF students) frequently write Ex Officio Members Seymour Benzer Mr. Bill Burrows J. Kent Clark to thank me for the introduction to research and note the important influence of their SURF experience. To me, participating as a SURF mentor is one of Ms. Debra Dison Hall Herbert B. Keller the most rewarding parts of my job! — Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology 25. As someone has said, “If you know what Mr. Mark Reinecke Ms. Candace Rypisi Students you are doing, it’s not research.” — Jack Roberts, Institute Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus 26. SURF is a great experience and a wonderful preparation Swaroop Hebbale for a lifetime of inquiry and learning. — Richard Murray, Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems 27. Caltech is known for its world-class faculty and its highly motivated underclassmen. The SURF program forms the most intimate connection between these two valuable resources. — Jonathan Bird, SURF ’01, ’02 28. Your donations not only fund stipends, they feed minds and fuel the futures of many aspiring students, and it is the research of these very students that will someday, somehow revolutionize the world. — Joseph F. de Jesus, SURF ’01 29. To have a research 28 project like this is worth everything to me and I really want to thank you for contributing to it. I thought I had high expectations on the research I would be allowed to do. They were far exceeded. — Karin Öberg, SURF ’02, ’03, ’04 30. I came to Caltech knowing I could receive a great education many

photography by Robert Paz; graphic design Denton Design Associates places, expecting unequaled research opportunities, and that’s what I’ve found. — Brian Cleary, SURF ’03 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calfiornia 91125