Table of Contents ====================================================================== 1. MEETING: Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop June 16-21, 2013, Snowmass, Colorado 2. Call for Speakers - GEM Student Tutorials Submission deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013 3. Call for Applications for GEM Student Representative Application deadline: May 1, 2013 ====================================================================== *************************** ** THE GEM MESSENGER ** *************************** Volume 23, Number 4 February 23, 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MEETING: Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop June 16-21, 2013, Snowmass, Colorado ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Robert Clauer and Xia Cai The Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Summer Workshop will be held in Snowmass, Colorado during June 16-21, 2013. The Workshop website is now open: www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/ For students requesting financial assistance, please follow the instructions on: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/gem/students.html . Due to the huge demand of requests, this year the first priority will be given to younger students who have been supported less than three years, and especially to students who have never been previously supported by GEM. Once that demand is filled, older returning students will be considered. We urge those students that qualify and are planning to attend the 2013 GEM workshop to act quickly. Please note the following important dates: Deadline for student applications for support: April 15, 2013 Deadline for poster submissions: June 5, 2013 Last day to pay the early registration fee: May 16, 2013 Last day to make lodging reservations and receive discounted rates: May 16, 2013. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Call for Speakers - GEM Student Tutorials Submission deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nathan Frissell and Roxanne Katus Call for Speakers – GEM Student Tutorials GEM Student Day June 16, 2013 Snowmass, Colorado Submission deadline: Friday, March 15, 2013 The GEM student representatives are currently accepting submissions for the 2013 student day tutorials. The meeting will be held on June 16, 2013 in Snowmass Colorado. Tutorials must focus on the listed topics at an introductory level. The list of tutorial topics is provided below. If you will be attending the meeting and would like to present a tutorial, please submit your name, student status (year, anticipated degree, institution and advisor) and the title of the talk that you would like to give. Please include a second choice tutorial topic if you have one. Submissions should be sent to: Nathan Frissell and Roxanne Katus . Tutorial requests must be received by Friday, March 15, 2013. Speakers will be chosen based on qualifications and demographics. Acceptance notifications will be sent by April 1, 2013. Student Tutorial Topics * The Sun and Solar Wind (Solar Regions, Solar Cycle, Solar Wind Parameters) [15 min] * The Outer Magnetosphere (Bow Shock, Magentosheath, Tail Lobes, etc.) [15 min] * The Inner Magnetosphere (Radiation Belts, Ring Current, Plasmasphere) [15 min] * The Ionosphere and Thermosphere (Basic Structure) [15 min] * Solar Wind Drivers (CIRs, CMEs, Magnetospheric Coupling, etc.) [15 min] * Geomagnetic Storms [15 min] * Substorms [15 min] * Magnetospheric Waves [15 min] * High Latitude Electrodynamics (Electric Fields and Currents) [15 min] * GGCM Modeling (MHD Backbone) [15 min] * Non-MHD Models [15 min] * Data-Model Comparisons [15 min] * Van Allen Probes (Science Objectives, Instruments, & Data) [20 min] * Dayside MIT Response to solar wind, bow shock, magnetopause phenomena [20 min] * Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere (New GEM Focus Group) [20 min] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Call for Applications for GEM Student Representative Application deadline: May 1, 2013 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nathan Frissell and Roxanne Katus Call for Applications for GEM Student Representative Application deadline: May 1, 2013 GEM graduate students are invited to apply for the position of student representative for the 2013-2015 term. There are always two GEM student representatives with overlapping terms. Interested students should have previously attended at least one GEM summer workshop, be graduate students actively researching in a GEM field, and have at least two years left before finishing their degree. The GEM student representatives are responsible for organizing the student tutorial day at the GEM summer workshop, representing students at the GEM steering committee meetings, and coordinating/facilitating other professional and social activities for the GEM student community. To apply, please submit your name, student status (year/anticipated degree/institution/advisor) and one or two paragraphs describing your vision and qualifications for serving as the GEM student representative. This information will be distributed at the GEM 2013 student tutorial day on June 16, 2013. The new representative will be selected by vote during the GEM 2013 Summer Workshop. 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