GEM Student Forum

GEM Student Workshop, Sunday, June 15, 2014

Call for Speakers – GEM Student Tutorials

The GEM student representatives are currently accepting submissions for the 2014 student day tutorials. The meeting will be held on June 15, 2014 in Portsmouth, Virginia.

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: Roxanne Katus <rkatus@umich.edu> and Ian Cohen <ian.cohen@unh.edu>.

Tutorial requests must be received by Friday March 10, 2014. Speakers will be chosen based on qualifications and demographics. Acceptance notifications will be sent by March 17, 2014.

Student Tutorial Topics

Solar Wind (CME and CIRs, solar wind parameters) [20 min]
Outer Magnetosphere (Bow Shock, Magnetosheath, Tail Lobes, etc) [20 min]
Inner Magnetosphere (Radiation Belts, Ring Current, Plasmasphere) [20 min]
Ionosphere and Thermosphere (Basic Structure) [20 min]
Geomagnetic Storms [15 min]
Substorms [15 min]
Magnetospheric Waves (understanding the data) [15 min]
Inner Magnetosphere Data [15 min]
Ionosphere Data [15 min]
MHD models (what do we use them for, examples) [15 min]
Inner Magnetosphere models (RAM, HEIDI, ect) [15 min]
New GEM focus group: Geospace System Science [20 min]
New GEM focus group: Inner Magnetosphere Cross-Energy/Population Interactions [20 min]
New GEM focus group: Quantitative Assessment of Radiation Belt
Modeling [20 min]

Call for Applications for GEM Student Representative

Call for Applications for GEM Student Representative Application deadline: June 1, 2014

GEM graduate students are invited to apply for the position of student representative for the 2014-2016 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 approximately 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 2014 student tutorial day on June 15, 2014. The new representative will be selected by vote during the GEM 2014 Summer Workshop.

Please submit all applications to Roxanne Katus <rkatus@umich.edu> and Ian Cohen <ian.cohen@unh.edu> by June 1, 2014.

Introductions to Tutorial Speakers

Monday, June 17, 2013 (8:15 - 10:00 AM)

IMS tutorial: Magnetotail Transients by Andrei Runov (Christine Gabrielse, UCLA)
Dayside tutorial: Magnetic Reconnection at the Dawn of the MMS Era by Michael Shay (Colin Komar, WVU)

Tuesday, June 18, 2013 (8:15 - 10:00 AM)

IMS tutorials: Recent Science Results from NASA Van Allen Probes by Harlan Spence (Ian Cohen, UNH)
Waves in the Radiation Belts: Overview and Initial Results from the Van Allen Probes by Craig Kletzing (Maria de Soria-Santacruz Pich, MIT)

Thursday, June 20, 2013 (8:15 - 10:00 AM)

MIC tutorial: The Ionospheric Contribution to Magnetospheric Plasma Population by Lynn Kistler (Yanhua Liu, UNH)
Special talk: Results from Colorado Student Space Weather Ex- periment (CSSWE) CubeSat Mission by Xinlin Li (Xiangning Chu, UCLA)

Friday, June 21, 2013 (8:15 - 10:00 AM)

GGCM tutorial: Future Directions for Global Magnetosphere Modeling by John Lyon (Shuo Wu, Dartmouth)
Student selected: Wave-particle interaction in the inner magnetosphere by Reiner Friedel (Roxanne Katus, UMich and Nathaniel Frissell, VT)

New GEM-Students Google Group

Are you looking to know the latest GEM-Student news and announcements? Then join our new listserv, the GEM-Students Google Group.

Graduate Student Opportunities

For graduate students looking for postdoc positions or other opportunities, please visit the SPOReS website. The site collects job posting from a number of different sources and maintains a calendar of opportunities and due dates.

Archived Student Workshop Material

2013 GEM Workshop Student Tutorials

8:00 - 9:30am: Student Breakfast in Salon B
9:30-9:55am: Introductions and Ice-Breaker
9:55 AM: Get everyone settled in seats
10:00-10:15am: What is GEM? – Roxanne Katus (UMich)

Regions

Dynamics

12:00-12:15pm: Introduction of New Student Representative Candidates 12:15-1:30pm: Lunch (Garden Terrace)

Modeling

3:15-3:40pm: Break (25 minute) Hot Topics

5:00pm: Closing Remarks, David Sibeck and Eric Donovan Talk

2012 GEM Workshop Student Tutorials

All students attending GEM are encouraged to participate in the student workshop. We look forward to having some great student tutorials and discussion. The tutorials will be held in Salon A. See schedule below.

2012 Student Representatives: Jenni Kissinger (UCLA) and Nathaniel Frissell (Virginia Tech)

7:30-9:30am: Student Breakfast (Hoaglund room?)

10:00-10:30am: Introductions and ice-breaker

10:30-10:45am: What is GEM? - Nathaniel Frissell

10:45-11:00am: Solar Wind and Magnetosheath - Wendy Mata

11:00-11:20am: The Magnetosphere - Feifei Jiang

11:20-11:40am: High Latitude Electrodynamics - Xiangning Chu

11:40-12:00pm: Aurora - Steve Kaeppler

12:00-12:15pm: Geomagnetic activity (Substorms, storms, etc.) - Christine Gabrielse

12:20-1:20pm: Lunch (1 hour)

1:30-1:45pm: Magnetometers - Kyle Murphy

1:45-2:00pm: SuperDARN - Gareth Perry