Nora Hoch

This was an experimental physics project that I completed as part of an REU at Indiana University. It was the first time I had done physics research outside of Wellesley. I worked on simulating a neutrino interaction in a certain detector. The project had a really high learning curve because I didn't really know anything when I started. My advisor expected this and his goal was mostly to have me learn about neutrino physics and C++ -- progress in the project was kind of a bonus. It was a remote project so I didn't interface a lot with other members of the lab, but I really liked my advisor and talked to him a bunch about physics and grad school in general. That is often a sign of a good advisor.