A3D3 Members Attend the 2025 Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics

By: Katrine Kompanets
March 4, 2025

The Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CU*iP) is a unique annual event that takes place at multiple locations across the country simultaneously. This January, A3D3 was represented by members attending multiple locations of the conference.

Students from the University of Minnesota attended CU*iP at Michigan Tech, where they got to explore the high-end laboratories there and network with fellow undergraduates. Yiwen Chen and Megan Averill presented “Distinguishing Astrophysical Signals from Noise: Machine Learning for Gravitational Waves Detection,” Emma DeBruin presented “Improving Sensitivity to Neutron Star Gravitational Wave Events using the Qp Transform,” and Katrine Kompanets shared her research on “Improving Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Event Detections Using Machine Learning”. It was an amazing experience to meet students from all over the country and share experiences and research with each other!

At the University of California, Berkeley, students at the CU*iP career fair enjoyed learning about the A3D3 Postbaccalaureate Research Fellowship and the many different research areas and synergies under the A3D3 umbrella. Quite a few students expressed enthusiasm for applying to the postbac program, and a few even said it was already their top choice after graduation!

A3D3 members operate a booth at the UC Berkeley CU*iP career fair.