Category: CLASP
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Expanding the CYGNSS Mission: Tracking Ocean Microplastics from Space
Microplastic pollution can be spotted from space because its traveling companion alters the roughness of the ocean’s surface.
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Faculty Honored with Michigan Engineering Awards
Associate Professor Gretchen Keppel-Aleks and Professor Michael Liemohn are honored with prestigious awards from the U-M College of Engineering.
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NEMISIS Investigation Selected for NASA Geospace Dynamics Constellation Mission
NASA has selected the final investigations for its flagship mission, the Geospace Dynamics Constellation, which include NEMISIS to be led by Prof. Mark Moldwin.
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Rackham King Talks: Nwankwo Discusses Importance of Breaking Barriers in Space Sciences
Onyinye Nwankwo, a Ph.D. student, spoke about the space sciences in the Rackham King Talks honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Washtenaw Voice
An article in The Washtenaw Voice highlights mentorship and the success of a student intern at CLASP after overcoming financial hardship, as Thomas co-authored the paper titled “Magnetic Switchbacks Heat the Solar Corona.”
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Jablonowski to Speak at Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Symposium
Prof. Christiane Jablonowski will present at the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Annual Symposium in March.
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Congratulations to our new Climate & Space PhD!
Dr. David Sweeney will continue his work on tracking systems and algorithms development, and transition to working full time at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Three Win COE Staff Incentive Awards
Three staff have been selected to receive the Michigan Engineering 2022 Staff Incentive Award.
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American Meteorological Society Features Work by U-M Climate & Space
Faculty, students and researchers from the U-M Department of Climate and Space made an impact at the 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.
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New Space Innovation Laboratory To Support Research and Mission Planning
The new Leinweber Space Innovation Laboratory is coming to the Climate and Space Research Building in 2024.
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Second Edition CYGNSS Handbook Released
In 2022, the CYGNSS Science Team released a new handbook for NASA’s CYGNSS Mission.
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U-M Climate & Space Recognizes Faculty Emeritus
The U-M Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering celebrated several retirements in 2022. Congratulations to our faculty on their retirement!
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Raising Awareness in Mental Health and Inclusion in the Sciences
During its annual meeting held in Chicago, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) broke ground by holding a session focused on Raising Awareness on Mental Health in the Earth and Space Sciences.
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Brown Honored with Alumni of the Year Award
The U-M Department of Climate and Space congratulates Dr. Shannon T. Brown, who is the recipient of the 2022 Alumni of the Year Award.
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Alumna Aisha Bowe Goes to Space
Aisha Bowe will make history when she boards an upcoming Blue Origin flight that will cross the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. She will be the first female U-M alum and sixth Black woman to do so.
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U-M Student Wins NASA’s Visualization Competition
U-M Climate and Space graduate student Austin Brenner was among the seven winners of NASA’s Michael H. Freilich Student Visualization Competition focused on science storytelling and data visualization.