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The GEM 2023 Summer Workshop will be held during the week of June 11-16, 2023 at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel in San Diego, CA. Student Day is on Sunday, June 11th, and the main workshop will continue throughout the week. Please see the GEM Workshop website for the most updated information.

The GEM poster schedule is now available!

Welcome to the GEM Student Forum

Student Representatives

GEM Student Advisory Committee 2023-2024

  • Espen Fredrick, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Dillon Gillespie, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
  • Krishna Khanal, University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • Pedro Silva, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Neha Srivastava, University of New Hampshire
  • Dominique Stumbaugh, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Aaron West, University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities

GEM Student Email List

We have created a google form to help expand our email list, so if you meet new students that may be interested in joining or attending GEM next year please forward them the link to sign up: GEM Student Email List. This is the form for students, who are new to community or have graduated, to add or remove their names from GEM student email list.

Join our GEM Discord Student Channel

Are you looking to know the latest GEM Student news and announcements? Join the GEM Students Discord, or email our student representatives.


For past information, see GEM Student Organization Archive.

2023 GEM Workshop Student Day

Organized by Student Representatives Erik Vandegriff (University of Texas at Arlington) and Hsinju Chen (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

The GEM 2023 Summer Workshop will be held during the week of June 11-16, 2023 at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel in San Diego, CA. Student Day is on Sunday, June 11th, and the main workshop will continue throughout the week. Please see the GEM Workshop website for the most updated information.

Introduction

  • Intro to GEM? - Erik Vandegriff and Hsinju Chen

Student Tutorials

  • Fundamentals of Plasma Physics & Magnetosphere - Akhtar Ardakani (University of New Hampshire)
  • Dayside Magnetosphere - Pedro Silva (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Nightside Magnetosphere - Sanjay Chepuri (University of Iowa)
  • Inner Magnetosphere - Xingzhi Lyu (West Virginia University)
  • Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling - Shannon Hill (University of Michigan)
  • Global System Modeling - Austin Brenner (University of Michigan)
  • Data Science - Aaron West (University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities)
  • Space Weather - Mei-Yun Lin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Special Topic

  • NSF Office Hour - Dr. Chia-Lin Huang (NSF)

GEM Financial Aid Application

Selection criteria:

  • Applicants must be enrolled in a US-based institution and traveling from a location within the US.
  • Applicants must be enrolled in a university as a graduate student on the date the financial support application closes.
  • A student applicant’s advisor must submit a letter of acknowledgement. A statement of financial need is optional.
  • Students receiving financial support must participate during the Student Day activities and present a poster during the main workshop poster sessions.
  • Student representatives will be funded.
  • Student tutorial speakers will be funded.
  • Financial need: letters from the student’s advisor (or from the post-doc applicant) stating the level of financial need will be considered (e.g., the post doc has no travel funding; the advisor only has travel funding for one student but has five students who want to attend, etc.).
  • Lottery: Of the remaining funds, students will be selected via a lottery system. 1st time attendees will be weighted heavier in the randomized selection to ensure they are prioritized. There will be a box to check on the application to note if this is the student’s first time attending GEM.

GEM Poster Guidelines

We, the GEM Student Representatives, host the GEM Student Poster Competition. The competition is designed to be feedback oriented, with students being judged over various areas of poster making and oral presentation. Student's ballots will be returned to them during the conference or afterwards by email. You may sign up for the poster competition as late as Student Day (the Sunday of GEM). To sign up for the GEM Student Poster competition, click here.

Below are some criteria students should consider when constructing their poster.

Scientific Criteria

  • Relevance. Through connections to past works, how well does this current study advance, compliment, or supplement previously published works.
  • Methodology. The process in which the study was performed should be well articulated and described.
  • Results/Current Progress. Pending the current state of the project, are results (or future hopeful results) described and relevant to the work. Future work, if any, should be included and described.
  • Oral Articulation. How well articulated was your verbal/oral presentation. Presentation should be cohesive with the poster.
criteria 1 (below average) 3 (average) 5 (above average)
relevance No citations to previous work. No connection to current other work in the field. Presentation demonstrates connection to prior work and impact to larger community. Presentation shows impressive connection to prior work and applications to the field.
methodology Methodology is vague or not mentioned at all. Methodology outlined but some aspects not clear or well described. Comprehensive and thorough description of appropriate methodology is provided.
results There is no mention of results. Results are mentioned but not clearly described or connected to context of research. Results provided with description of impact OR future work.
oral articulation of science Presentation was not well articulated. Presenter was mostly clear and well articulated. Oral presentation of work was clearly worded, harmonious with poster, and insightful.

Visual Presentation

  • Balance. The poster should be filled with information without being considered cluttered. Avoid unnecessary blank spaces.
  • Legibility. Poster should be legible from a normal standing distance (~2-6 feet / 0.6 - 1.8 meters). You may want to avoid font sizes less than 24. Figures should be large enough to be identifiable.
  • Graphics. Figures are formatted clearly. All information should be clearly described (e.g., titles, legends, scales, color bars, etc.). Any expository dialogue pertaining to the figure should be present without appearing cluttered (see Balance).
  • Flow. The poster follows a logical order. Order should be intuitive.
criteria 1 (below average) 3 (average) 5 (above average)
balance Large empty spaces on poster/awkward cramped parts of poster. Fair use of space on poster. All of poster was filled without appearing cramped or difficult to read.
legibility Most of poster illegible, even when close up to poster. Most of poster legible from normal distance. All of poster perfectly legible from normal distance.
graphics Pixelated beyond point of legibility axes not labeled, missing needed information to interpret plots. Graphics fulfill the minimum of expectations with the presenter present, but improvements would be needed to stand alone. Figures are formatted to clearly convey information and have all needed information present to interpret plots.
flow Reading of poster jumps around from side to side. Flow is mostly intuitive with a few jumps. Flow of poster is intuitive.

GEM Student Poster Competition Winners

Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interaction (SWMI)

Year Name Institution Title
2016* Terry Liu University of California, Los Angeles Observations of a new foreshock region upstream of a foreshock bubble’s shock
2016* Katie Raymer University of Leicester Solar cycle influences on the shape and location of the Earth's magnetopause
2017 Terry Liu University of California, Los Angeles Energetic ion leakage from foreshock transient cores
2018 Mei-Yun Lin University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Determining the Role of Nitrogen Ions in the Ring Current Evolution
2019 Yi Qi University of California, Los Angeles Magnetic Curvature Identification of the Reconnection Line on the Earth's Magnetopause
2022 Sophie Marie Graf University of Texas at Arlington Effects of Upstream Small Scale Structure on Predictive Performance of the Space Weather Modeling Framework
2023* Kris Pritchard University of Texas, San Antonio Electron Diffusion Region Reconnection Rate: Absolute or Evolving Value?
2023* Mike Coughlan University of New Hampshire Interpretable Forecasting of Ground Magnetic Perturbation Spikes at Mid-Latitude Stations

Inner Magnetosphere (IMAG)

Year Name Institution Title
2016 Mykhaylo Shumko Montana State University Automated FIREBIRD Microburst Detection Using Wavelets in the 200 keV to >1 MeV Range
2017 Mohammad Barani West Virginia University Azimuthal mode number of ULF magnetic pulsations in inner magnetosphere using multiple pairs of geostationary GOES magnetometers
2018* Luisa Capannolo Boston University Understanding the Driver of Energetic Electron Precipitation Using Coordinated Multi-Satellite Measurements
2018* Leng Ying Khoo University of Colorado - Boulder On the Relation between Deep Penetration of Energetic Electrons and the Innermost Plasmapause Locations During Magnetic Storms
2019 Longzhi Gan Boston University Quantifying Non-linear Effects of Realistic Chorus Waves on High energy electrons in the Earth's Radiation Belt
2022* Myeong Joon Kim University of Texas at San Antonio / Southwest Research Institute Cold Ions Heating Inside the Plasmaspheric Plume Observed by MMS
2022* Colin William Wilkins University of California, Los Angeles Statistical Characterization of the Electron Isotropy Boundary from ELFIN Observations
2023 Sheng Huang Boston University Deep Learning Model of Hiss Waves in the Plasmasphere and Plumes and Their Effects on Radiation Belt Electrons

Magnetotail and Plasma Sheet (MPS)

Year Name Institution Title
2016 Mojtaba Akhaventafti University of Michigan Initial MMS Observations of Force-Free FTE-Type Flux Ropes in the Earth’s Magnetopause
2017* Dong Lin Virginia Tech Electromagnetic Particle-in-cell Simulation of Electron-Ion Hybrid Instability
2017* Michelle Salzano University of New Hampshire A Statistical Analysis of Pi1B Seasonal Variations and Generating Mechanisms
2018 Nithin Sivadas Boston University Constraining the source of an energetic electron precipitation event using ground- and space-based measurements
2019 Riley Troyer University of Iowa An overview of the Loss through Auroral Microburst Pulsations (LAMP) mission
2022 Joel Tibbetts University of New Hampshire Comparing Tail Dynamics Using TWINS and THEMIS
2023* Tyler Metivier University of New Hampshire Contrasting Dipolarization Front Structure and Dynamics with MMS
2023* Sanjay Chepuri University of Iowa Testing Adiabatic Models of Energetic Electron Acceleration at Dipolarization Fronts

Global System Modeling (GSM)

Year Name Institution Title
2016 John Haiducek University of Michigan Statistical study of substorm onset times in MHD and observations
2017 Irina Zhelavskaya GFZ Postdam Modeling of the plasmasphere dynamics using neural networks
2019* Subash Adhikari University of Delaware Magnetic reconnection as an inherent cascade process
2019* Emil Atz Boston University Characterization of CubeSat Instruments for Observations of Magnetic Reconnection
2022 Timothy Keebler University of Michigan MHD with Adaptive Embedded PIC: Halloween 2003 Storm
2023 Austin Smith University of Alaska, Fairbanks Juno Data -GAMERA Model Comparisons of Jupiter's Magnetosphere

Magnetosphere Ionosphere Coupling (MIC)

Year Name Institution Title
2016 Nadine Kalmoni University College London Characterisation of the spatial scales along the Substorm Onset Arc
2017 Boyi Wang University of California, Los Angeles/Boston University The dayside diffuse aurora brightening associated with Magnetosheath High-Speed-Jets and their related magnetospheric signatures
2018 Bruce Fritz University of New Hampshire Tomographic Reconstruction of the Cusp Using RENU 2 and DMSP Measurements
2019 Agnit Mukhopadhyay University of Michigan Identifying Sources of Ionospheric Conductance using Global MHD
2022 Riley Reid University of Colorado Boulder Development of a radiation belt electron detector using coded aperture imaging
2023 Alex Shaffer University of Illinois A 3D Visual Reconstruction of Ionospheric Plasma Outflow

General

Year Name Institution Title
2016 Thomas Kim University of Texas at San Antonio / Southwest Research Institute Resolving M/q on space based ESA-TOF instruments
2023 Alex Hoffmann University of Michigan Enabling Boomless CubeSat Magnetic Field Measurements with the Quad-Mag Magnetometer and an Improved Underdetermined Blind Source Separation Algorithm

* Indicates tie

|** Poster Competition not held in VGEM 2020 and VGEM 2021, due to COVID-19.

Archived Student Workshop Material

2022 GEM Workshop Student Day

Organized by Student Representatives Mei-Yun Lin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Erik Vandegriff (University of Texas at Arlington)

The GEM 2022 Summer Workshop was held during the week of June 19-26, 2022 at the ‘Alohilani Resort in Honolulu, Hawaii. Student Day is on Sunday June 19th, and the main workshop continued throughout the week. Joint GEM-SHINE meeting days are on June 25th and 26th.

You can find more information on the workshop here: GEM Summer Workshop and GEM 2022 Schedule.

Introduction

  • Intro to GEM? - Mei-Yun Lin and Erik Vandegriff

Student Tutorials

  • Fundamentals of Plasma Physics & Magnetosphere - Sarah Peery (Dartmouth College)
  • Dayside Magnetosphere - Krishna Khanal (University of Alabama in Huntsville)
  • Nightside Magnetosphere - Hsinju Chen (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Inner Magnetosphere - Jinbei Huang (West Virginia University)
  • Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling - Shannon Hill (University of Michigan)
  • Global System Modeling - Nicole Echterling (University of California, Los Angeles)
  • Data Science - Matthew Cooper (NJIT)
  • Space Weather - Katherine Davidson (University of Alabama in Huntsville)

Special Topic

  • NSF Office Hour - Dr. Chia-Lin Huang (NSF)

A Big Thank You For Student Volunteers of GEM 2022

This year, we have 36 student volunteers. They are essential to this in-person GEM Workshop. See the Student Volunteer List here.

2021 Virtual GEM Workshop Student Day

Organized by Student Representatives Agnit Mukhopadhyay (University of Michigan) and Mei-Yun Lin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Introduction

Student Tutorials

Special Topic

A Big Thank You For Student Volunteers of V-GEM 2021

This year, we have 24 student volunteers in V-GEM 2021 and they are essential to hold this V-GEM 2021 as a successful virtual conference. Next year, we will definitely need more volunteers for in-person GEM in Hawaii and hope more and more student are joining the student volunteer list next year. Access Student Volunteer List here.


2020 Virtual GEM Workshop Student Day Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Matthew Cooper (NJIT) and Agnit Mukhopadhyay (UM)

Introduction

  • Intro to GEM - Matthew Cooper and Agnit Mukhopadhyay
  • History of GEM (Invited Speaker) - Dr. Lou Lanzerotti

Student Talk Series 1

  • Basic Plasma and Space Plasma Physics - Rachel Rice (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
  • Dayside Magnetospheric Physics - Mohammad Barani (West Virginia University)
  • The Magnetotail - Tony Rogers (University of New Hampshire)

Student Talk Series 2

  • Inner Magnetospheric Dynamics - Leng Ying Khoo (University of Colorado - Boulder)
  • Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling - Mei-Yun Lin (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
  • Numerical Modeling & Data Science - Blake Whetherton (University of Wisconsin)

Special Topics

  • Funding Sources, Publication, and Community Issues - Emil Atz (Boston University)
  • Software Carpentry (Invited Speaker) - Dr. Daniel Welling (University of Texas at Arlington)
  • SHINE-GEM Combined Topics: Nicole Echterling (UC Los Angeles)
  • Machine Learning Applications In Space Physics (Invited Speaker): Dr. Abigail Azari (UC Berkeley)

Student Day at V-GEM 2020 was hosted online via Zoom.

2020 Virtual GEM Workshop Student Survey

To access the 2020 VGEM Student Day Survey, please use this link - VGEM 2020 Student Day Survey Form The associated report for VGEM 2020 Student Survey could be found here - VGEM Student Survey Report Student Survey Report Powerpoint


2019 GEM Workshop Student Day Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Ryan Dewey (UM) and Matthew Cooper (NJIT)

  • Intro to GEM - Ryan Dewey and Matthew Cooper


Basic Dynamics

  • Basic Plasma Physics and Basic Magnetic Reconnection - Arya Afshari (University of Iowa)
  • General Magnetosphere Structure & Convection - Leng Ying Khoo (University of Colorado - Boulder)

Magnetospheric Regions

  • The Dayside Magnetosphere - Rachel Rice (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University)
  • The Magnetotail - Tony Rogers (University of New Hampshire)
  • The Inner Magnetosphere - Arlo Johnson (Montana State University)
  • The Ionosphere/Thermosphere - Agnit Mukhopadhyay (University of Michigan)

Models/Resources

  • Computer Modeling: Theory, Types & Capabilities - Camilla Harris (University of Michigan)
  • Spacecraft Observations: Current Missions, Data Resources & Analysis Tools - Abigail Azari (University of Michigan)

Hot Topics

  • Magnetic Reconnection: Physics, Locations & Products - Sam Grees (University of Wisconsin)
  • Plasma Waves: Physics, Classification & Particle Interaction - Xu Liu (University of Texas at Dallas)


2018 GEM Workshop Student Day Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Suzanne Smith (CUA) and Ryan Dewey (UM)

  • Intro to GEM - Suzanne Smith and Ryan Dewey


Magnetospheric Regions

  • The General Magnetosphere and Heliosphere - Kun Zhang (University of Colorado - Boulder)
  • The Dayside Magnetosphere - Boyi Wang (UCLA)
  • The Magnetotail - Akhtar S. Ardakani (University of New Hampshire)
  • The Inner Magnetosphere - Mykhaylo Shumko (Montana State University)
  • The Ionosphere/Thermosphere - Dogacan Su Ozturk (University of Michigan)

Dynamics

  • Basic Plasma Physics - Sinh Trung (University of Michigan)
  • Magnetic Reconnection - Prayash Sharma (University of Delaware)
  • Geomagnetic Storms - Arlo Johnson (Montana State University)
  • Substorms - Niloufar Nowrouzi (University of New Hampshire)
  • Kinetic Processes - Arya S. Afshari (University of Iowa)
  • Waves - Xueling Shi (Virginia Tech)

Models/Resources

  • Models - Nicole Echterling (UCLA)
  • Data Resources - Victor Pinto (UCLA)
  • Introduction to Focus Groups - Suzanne Smith (Catholic University of America) and Ryan Dewey (University of Michigan)


2017 GEM Workshop Student Day Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Anthony Saikin (UNH) and Suzanne Smith (CUoA)

  • Intro to GEM 1 - Suzanne Smith
  • Intro to GEM 2 - Anthony Saikin

Magnetospheric Regions

  • The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere - Sebastian De Pascuale (University of Iowa)
  • The Dayside Outer Magnetosphere - Mykhaylo Shumko (Montana State University)
  • The Nightside Outer Magnetosphere - Ryan Dewey (University of Michigan)
  • The Inner Magnetosphere - Cristian Ferradas (University of New Hampshire)
  • The Ionosphere/Thermosphere - David Kenwood (University of New Hampshire)

Dynamics

  • Geomagnetic Storms - Sam Bingham (University of New Hampshire)
  • Geomagnetic Substorms - Niloufar Nowrouzi (University of New Hampshire)
  • Magnetic Reconnection - Mojtaba Akhavan-tafti (University of Michigan)
  • Plasma Waves - Kristoff Paulson (University of New Hampshire)

Models

  • Global Models - Zhiyang Xia (University of Texas at Dallas)

Current/New Work

  • Mission Overview - Kun Zhang (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • New FG: Magnetotail dipolarization and its effects on the inner magnetosphere - Camilla Harris (University of Michigan)
  • New FG: Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling Dynamics - Spencer Hatch (Dartmouth College)
  • New FG: Dayside Kinetic Processes - Sanni Hoilijoki (University of Helsinki)

2016 GEM-CEDAR Joint Workshop Student Day Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Robert C. Allen (SwRI/UTSA), Lois Sarno-Smith (U. Michigan), & Anthony Saikin (UNH)


2015 GEM Workshop Student Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Ian Cohen (UNH) & Robert C. Allen (SwRI/UTSA)

Regions

Dynamics

Data & Modeling

Hot Topics


2014 GEM Workshop Student Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Roxanne Katus (Michigan) & Ian Cohen (UNH)

Regions

Dynamics

Data & Modeling

Hot Topics


2013 GEM Workshop Student Tutorials

Organized by Student Representatives Nathaniel Frissell (VT) & Roxanne Katus (Michigan)

Regions

Dynamics

Modeling

Hot Topics


2012 GEM Workshop Student Tutorials


2011 CEDAR-GEM Joint Workshop Student Tutorials

2010 Workshop Student Tutorials

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