Melissa Rasmussen
- Program Year: 1
- Academic Institution: Stony Brook University
- Field of Study: Astronomy
- Academic Advisor: Michael Zingale
- Practicum(s): Practicum Not Yet Completed
- Degree(s):
B.S. Physics, and B.S. Computer Science, Utah State University, 2022 - Personal URL: https://melilly.github.io/
Publications
J. A. Guzik, R. Wagner, K. Kinemuchi, E. Farag, M. S. Soukup, M. Rasmussen, and P. V. F. Edelmann (2022). A Visit to a Few High-Amplitude Delta Scuti Stars. Submitted to Proceedings of the 111th AAVSO Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Nov. 4-6, 2022.M. Zingale, M. P. Katz, A. Nonaka, M. Rasmussen (2022). An Improved Method for Coupling Hydrodynamics with Astrophysical Reaction Networks. arXiv:2206.01285.
E. Orlando, M. Rasmussen, and A. Strong (2021). Population Studies of Fermi LAT Galactic Sources. In Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference. https://pos.sissa.it/395/662/pdf.
F. Poole, J. Clarke-Midura, M. Rasmussen, U. Shehzad, and V. R. Lee (2021). Tabletop games designed to promote computational thinking. Computer Science Education. DOI: 10.1080/08993408.2021.1947642.
V. R. Lee, F. Poole, J. Clarke-Midura, M. Recker, and M. Rasmussen (2020). Introducing Coding through Tabletop Board Games and Their Digital Instantiations across Elementary Classrooms and School Libraries. In Proceedings of ACM SIGCSE 2020. DOI: 10.1145/3328778.3366917.
V. R. Lee, F. Poole, M. Rasmussen, J. Clarke-Midura, and M. Recker (2020). Examining Variations in Teacher Talk when Implementing New Unplugged-to-plugged Computing Instruction. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
M. Rasmussen and M. Zingale. Detonation of a White Dwarf Star: Simulations of the Sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae [Oral presentation]. April 2022 Meeting of the American Physical Society, New York City. 12 April 2022.
M. Rasmussen, E. Orlando, and A. Strong. Populations of Galactic Gamma-ray Sources [Virtual oral presentation]. 2020 LAT Collaboration Meeting, Galactic subgroup. 2 Oct. 2020.
M. Rasmussen. Investigating the Blandford-Znajek Process for Black Hole Jets [Virtual oral presentation]. Student Research Symposium, Utah State University. 16 Apr. 2020. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melissa-ann-rasmussen_usu2020srs-srssession9-physics-activity-6654093602840547328-QyQ9
M. Rasmussen. Computational Thinking Exhibited by Sixth Graders in Coding Board Games [Virtual oral presentation]. Student Research Symposium, Utah State University. 16 Apr. 2020. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melissa-ann-rasmussen_usu2020srs-srssession9-computerscience-activity-6654410379994640384-ql1G
M. Rasmussen and M. Zingale. Detonation of a White Dwarf Star: Simulations of the Sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae [Virtual poster presentation]. Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics. 23 Jan 2022.
M. Rasmussen and M. Zingale. Detonation of a White Dwarf Star: Simulations of the Sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae [Poster presentation]. 239th Meeting of the American Astronomy Society. 10 Jan 2022. (Canceled.)
M. Rasmussen, E. Orlando, and A. Strong. Galactic Gamma-ray Source Population Studies [Virtual poster presentation]. 237th Meeting of the American Astronomy Society. 11 Jan. 2021.
M. Rasmussen. Galactic Sources in Gamma-ray Diffuse Emission [Poster presentation]. Fall Student Research Symposium, Utah State University. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/fsrs2020/73/
M. Rasmussen. Investigating the Blandford-Znajek Process for Black Hole Jets [Virtual poster presentation]. Fall Meeting of the American Physical Society, 4 Corners Section. 23 Oct. 2020. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/researchweek/ResearchWeek2020/All2020/36/
M. Rasmussen and J. Lauritsen. Expansion of Computer Science Curriculum with an "Unplugged-to- Plugged" Approach†[Poster presentation]. National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Montana State University. 27 Mar. 2020. (Canceled.)
M. Rasmussen and J. Lauritsen. Expansion of Computer Science Curriculum with an "Unplugged-to- Plugged" Approach [Poster presentation]. Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research, USU. 7 Feb. 2020.
E. O’Donnell and M. Rasmussen. Self-guided Learning for Computer Methods in Physics [Poster presentation]. Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Black Hills State University. 18 Jan. 2020.
M. Rasmussen. Predicting End States in the Directed Majority Automaton [Poster presentation]. Student Research Symposium, Utah State University. 11 Apr. 2019.
Awards
AWARDSOutstanding Graduating Senior Award in Physics, 2022
Outstanding Senior in Computer Science, 2022
College of Science Legacy of Utah State Award, 2021
Outstanding Junior in Computer Science, 2020
O. Harry Otteson Award, 2020
United States Presidential Scholar Nominee, 2018
ACHIEVEMENTS
USU Goldwater Scholarship Nominee, 2021
SDL Student Scholar, 2021
National Merit Scholar, 2018
Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction, 2018
Dean's List, 2018 - 2022
SCHOLARSHIP
Carles D and Leah F. Hendricks Award, 2021
Lindsay and Julia Rawlins Scholarship, 2021
College of Science Dean Theodore M. Burton Scholarship, 2021
Ruth L. Novak Scholarship, 2020
Farrell and Ann Edwards Endowment, 2019
Honors Book Scholarship, 2019 & 2021
USU Presidential Scholarship, 2018 - 2022