About Us

The CMB Cosmology group at Case is led by Prof. John Ruhl. You can learn about some of our past projects (Acbar and Boomerang) and our current projects (Spider and the SPT) by using the navbar to the left. The current members of our group are (GS = Graduate Student, UGS = Undergraduate Student):

Rick Bihary (Technician of Everything)
Sean Bryan (GS, Spider)
Jon Leong (GS, Polarized detectors)
J.T. Sayre (GS, SPT)
Zak Staniszewski (GS, SPT...and former winterover!)
Craig Lawrie (UGS, jack-of-all-trades)
Dan Riley (UGS, stepped waveplate system)
Will Simmons (UGS, continuously rotating waveplate system)

Phone numbers (all have 216 area code):

Rock 117 lab: 368-1153
Rock 117a lab: 368-3608
Rock 117a fax: 368-0952
Rock 114 lab and GS office: 368-2489
Physics Student Shop: 368-3053
Prof. Ruhl's office: 368-4049

We are located in Rockefeller Hall, on the main quad campus of Case Western Reserve University. Our shipping address is:

Physics Dept, Rockefeller Hall
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106-7079

Here are a few PhD theses from members of our group:

John Ruhl's thesis in gzipped ps format.
Phil Farese's thesis (Compass) in gzipped ps format
Tom Montroy's thesis (Boomerang) in pdf format
Jon Goldstein's thesis (Acbar) in pdf format
Ted Kisner's thesis (Boomerang)... almost done!