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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: IMCEPI [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
- 10:15-10:30am: The Sun and Solar Wind (Solar Regions, Solar Cycle, Solar Wind Parameters) - Chao Yue (UCLA)
- 10:30-10:45am: The Outer Magnetosphere (Bow Shock, Magentosheath, Tail Lobes, etc.) - David Mackler (SWRI/UTSA)
- 10:45-11:00am: The Inner Magnetosphere (Radiation Belts, Ring Current, Plasmasphere) - Quintin Schiller (UCoBoulder)
- 11:15-11:30am: The Ionosphere and Thermosphere (Basic Structure) - Ian Cohen (UNH)
Dynamics
- 11:30-11:45am: Solar Wind Drivers (CIRs, CMEs, Magnetospheric Coupling, etc.) - Sun-Hee Lee (UAF)
- 11:45-12:00pm: Geomagnetic Storms - Whitney Lohmeyer (MIT)
12:00-12:15pm: Introduction of New Student Representative Candidates 12:15-1:30pm: Lunch (Garden Terrace)
- 1:30-12:45pm: Substorms - Christine Gabrielse (UCLA)
- 1:45-2:00pm: Magnetospheric Waves - Lauren Blum (UCoBoulder)
- 2:00-2:15pm: High Latitude Electrodynamics (Electric Fields and Currents) - Ying Zou (UCLA)
Modeling
- 2:15-2:30pm: GGCM Modeling (MHD Backbone) - Jodie Barker Ream (UCLA)
- 2:30-2:45pm: Non-MHD Models - Wendy Mata (UCLA)
- 2:45-3:00pm: CCMC Modeling – Competition Winner - Colin Komar (WVU)
- 3:00-3:15pm: Data-Model Comparisons - Yanhua Liu (UNH)
3:15-3:40pm: Break (25 minute) Hot Topics
- 3:40-4:00pm: Van Allen Probes (Science Objectives, Instruments, & Data) (20 min) - Brett Anderson (Dartmouth)
- 4:00-4:20pm: Connection to CEDAR: Dayside MIT response to transient solar wind, bow shock, and magnetopause phenomena (20 min) - Christina Chu (UAF)
- 4:20-4:40pm: New GEM Focus Group: Storm-Time Inner Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Convection (20 min) - Nathaniel Frissell (VT)
- 4:40-5:00pm: New GEM Focus Group: Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere (20 min) - Gina DiBraccio (UMich)
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
2:00-2:15pm: Data Assimilation - Quintin Schiller
2:15-2:30pm: GGCM Modeling - Xing Meng
2:30-2:45pm: CCMC Modeling - Aaron Schutza
2:45-3:15pm: Break (Half an hour)
3:15-3:30pm: Entropy in space physics - Xuanye Ma
3:30-3:45pm: Tail-Inner Magnetosphere Interactions - Lauren Blum
4:00-4:15pm: Ionospheric Influence on the Magnetosphere - Binzheng Zhang
4:15-4:30pm: David Sibeck (GEM Steering Committee Chair) addresses students
2011 CEDAR-GEM Joint Workshop Student Tutorials
Topics
- What is CEDAR? - Roger Varney
- What is GEM? - Jenni Kissinger
- Introduction to the Magnetosphere - Weichao Tu
- Introduction to the Ionosphere - Julie Feldt
- Geomagnetism and Geomagnetic Indices - Matina Gkioulidou
- High Latitude Electrodynamics - Nathaniel Frissell
- Convection in the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere - Feifei Jiang
- Aurora: Magnetospheric View - Christine Gabrielse
- Aurora: Ionospheric View - Carl Andersen
- Geomagnetic Storms - Lauren Blum
- Ion Outflow: R Redmond
- Applications of Incoherent Scatter Radar to MI Coupling - Hassen Akbari
- Introduction to Sounding Rockets - Steve Kaeppler
- CubeSats - Alex Crew
- Ionospheric Models - Levan Lomidze
- GEM Models - Matt Gilson
2010 Workshop Student Tutorials
Topics
- Sun and solar wind- Mike Klida
- The terrestrial magnetosphere - Christine Gabrielse
- Plasma convection in magnetosphere - Jenni Kissinger
- High latitude electrodynamics - Rick Wilder
- Geomagnetic activity - Brian Walsh
- MHD models - Asher Pembroke
- Kinetic models - Roxanne Katus
- CCMC tutorial - Dave Berrios
- Dayside magnetopause reconnection - Ray Fermo
- Near Earth magnetosphere - Dmitriy Subbotin
- Tail dynamics: Substorms, Sawtooth events, SMCs - Matina Gkioulidou
- Future Missions - Alex Crew
Thank you to all who gave student tutorials. If anyone has any questions please contact Jenni Kissinger, [jkissinger@ucla.edu].