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The Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics (CRASH), one of only five new predictive science research centers funded last spring, has launched it's web site. Visitors to the site at http://aoss-research.engin.umich.edu/crash can learn more about the research team, the Center's science, the new doctoral program and administrative contact information. http://aoss-research.engin.umich.edu/crash
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An open discussion on the role of universities in space exploration and engineering. As interests, funding and project structures change, how should institutions of higher education that are based in hard science research react; how do these changes affect the education of future scientists and engineers — what does the future hold?
For 60 years SPRL has been a vital participant in space science and engineering. Join us on October 16 & 17, 2008 for an open discussion on the role of universities in space exploration and engineering.
For more information and to register for this event , go to SPRL @ 60 |
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The University of Michigan’s Departments of Geological Sciences (GS) and Atmospheric Oceanic and Space Sciences (AOSS) announce five tenure-track positions in the field of Global Change: Cryosphere and Sea-Level Impacts. Pending final approval, the objective of this cluster hire is to advance cross-disciplinary research in Global Change research as part of the University of Michigan’s interdisciplinary junior faculty initiative. Candidates are sought in the fields of: (1) Glaciology, (2) Climate and Ice Sheet Modeling, (3) Coastal Processes, (4) Physical Oceanography, and (5) Regional Climate Modeling. Candidates will be appointed at the assistant professor level with a university year appointment in either GS or AOSS, but will be expected to interact with the cluster cohorts in both departments, as well as existing faculty. Successful candidates are expected to establish independent research programs and contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching. A complete application will include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of present and future research plans, statement of teaching experience and interests, and names of at least five persons who can provide letters of recommendation. The applicant should identify in the cover letter the position being applied for. Additional information about the departments can be found at: http://www.geo.lsa.umich.edu and http://aoss.engin.umich.edu. Applications should be sent to: Global Change Search Committee (Re: Position 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan 1100 N. University Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 For full consideration applications should be received before November 1, 2008. Questions concerning these positions should be directed to glbch-search@umich.edu. The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs of dual career couples. |
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research held An Advanced Study Program Summer Colloquium on Numerical Techniques for Global Atmospheric Models on June 1-13, 2008 in Boulder, Colorado. The Primary Organizers were Peter H. Lauritzen (NCAR), Christiane Jablonowski (University of Michigan), Mark Taylor (Sandia National Laboratories) and Ramachandran D. Nair (NCAR) Additional support is provided by NASA and DOE. The colloquium surveyed the latest developments in numerical methods for the dynamical cores of Atmospheric General Circulation Models. This academic event attracted graduate students with backgrounds in atmospheric science, applied mathematics, and/or computer science, and it introduced them to the latest developments in weather and climate modeling. An elite group of lecturers, model developers, and mentors provided input and guidance for the two weeks of intensive work. A total of 38 students, 4 organizers, 13 modeling mentors, and 18 lecturers participated in this event that produced significant benefits for both the attendees and the atmospheric research community. The graduate students received education and experience in atmospheric science, modeling, and computer architectures, and they performed and archived more than 350 simulations from models that incorporated the 13 dynamical cores. Link to presentations and data. |
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19th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics November 7-8, 2008
The 19th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics invites undergraduate authors to submit papers on their research. The Symposium will be conducted Friday and Saturday, November 7-8, 2008, at Argonne National Laboratory. All Symposium presenters and attendees are required to pre-register and to pay a $60 registration fee. |
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Amanda Mims (AOSS undergrad) was recently awarded the annual National Weather Association Meteorological Applications Award for 2008 for the paper "WindSat Ocean Surface Emissivity Dependence on Wind Speed in Tropical Cyclones". She has been invited to present the paper at their annual meeting October 12-16 in Louisville, KY, and to be presented with a certificate and monetary award at their Awards Luncheon that week.
The paper reports results from a project she and Prof. Chris Ruf are working on together. |
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The 2008 North American Solar Challenge started July 13th from Plano, Texas and AOSS student, Brad Charboneau, is this year's meteorologist for the University of Michigan Solar Car Team. The UM solar car, Continuum, will compete against nearly twenty teams from both sides of the Atlantic. As they travel across North America, check the daily updates for team times at the team blog at http://www.umsolar.com/blog/. Official updates will also be available on the NASC site at http://www.americansolarchallenge.org/. The pre-race edition of SolEx newsletter is found online at http://www.engin.umich.edu/solarcar/multimedia/solex_july2008.pdf. |
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Nilton Renno will be on WDET Detroit Public Radio’s “Detroit Today” Monday, 11:30 AM discussing the new equation for predicting intensity of severe storms. You can listen on the web at: http://www.wdetfm.org or at 101.9 FM on your radio. The release about the model is available at: http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6639 |
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CampusRoost is a University funded student startup focused on streamlining every aspect of off-campus living. Their primary goal is to help UofM students easily find a place to live, and this summer we're catering to incoming graduate and international students. CampusRoost also features a roomate posting board and a Leasing and Living in Ann Arbor Guide written by students, for students. |
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By measuring the charged particles in the planet Mercury's magnetic field, a University of Michigan sensor enabled the first observations about the surface and atmospheric composition of the closest world to the sun. |
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The 17th Annual U.S./Canada Great Lakes Operational Meteorology Workshop, October 8-10, 2008, offers an excellent opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and research findings related to all aspects of Great Lakes meteorology. Abstracts will be accepted through September 1, 2008. Please submit in MS Word format via email to: Greg.Mann@noaa.gov.
Specifics regarding the workshop location, hotel accommodations, abstract submission, agenda and registration information will be made available at: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/?n=glom.
The workshop is co-sponsored by NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and the Meteorological Service of Canada. This year's workshop is co-hosted by NWS Detroit-Pontiac and the University of Michigan - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences.
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With more than 2000 particpants, this year's Weather Dance winners had some stiff competition. See the winners: http://aoss.engin.umich.edu/pages/2008weatherdancewinners
Be sure to check back next March and join the fun for the 2009 Weather Dance Web site at: www.weatherdance.org <http://www.weatherdance.org/> . |
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Simulations by AOSS Professor Nilton Renno and doctoral candidate Manish Mehta correctly predicted that the pulsed jets of the Mars Phoenix lander would strip the soil to the subsurface ice or rock as the craft touched down.
Photos of the area beneath the craft on Friday revealed a hard surface that scientists say may be ice. It could also be rock, and researchers won’t know until the Phoenix can dig into the dirt. But it’s clear the craft cleared away soil as it landed.
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2008-09 Weather Underground Scholarship. The $5,000 award is for AOSS undergraduates and the application process is simple and easy.
The Weather Underground is pleased to announce the following scholarship opportunity for College of Engineering students who are preparing for careers in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences industry: 1 scholarship of $5,000 for an undergraduate who will be of Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing in September 2008. This scholarship will be awarded for use during the 2008-2009 academic year.
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The latest AOSS news is in the Spring issue of the Daily Planet. Some of the articles in this issue include:
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The AOSS WeatherDance game during the NCAA college basketball tournaments gives armchair forecasters a chance to shine. Weather Dance, based on teams in the men's and women's tournaments, lets players predict which team's city will be hotter or colder on game day in each round of the Big Dance. Beginning March 17, players can make their forecasts at the Weather Dance Web site at: www.weatherdance.org. The site will be updated with cities promptly after NCAA seeding announcements. Team selection occurs March 16 for men and March 17 for women. First round Weather Dance selections must be entered by 11:59 p.m. EST March 19.
Players can register now and receive periodic reminders as the game progresses. |
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AOSS Professor Paul Drake will be director of the new Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics, which is funded primarily by a $17-million, five-year cooperative agreement from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Office of Advanced Simulation and Computing. The grant will also fund a doctoral program for predictive science and engineering at U-M.
“The research at this Center has the potential to contribute to solving major problems facing humanity,” said David Munson, the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering. “The work there will improve scientists’ abilities to understand and model the world and the universe around us.”
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Planning for the AOSS 2008 Tornado Camp is underway! The tentative dates are early May, for 2-3 weeks. This year Tornado Campers wil sign up for AOSS 498 for spring semester. Additional information:
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Numerical Techniques for Global Atmospheric Models
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In January, the MESSENGER spacecraft, with the SPRL built FIPS instrument onboard, transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. At the same time, FIPS began analyzing particles from Mercury's atmosphere to determine its composition.
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The Space Physics Research Laboratory within the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan has a limited number of research assistant positions openings for undergraduate students enrolled in programs at accredited schools. This program is partially funded by the Department of Defense ASSURE program, in cooperation with the National Science Foundation REU program and the GEO/ATM Aeronomy section.
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The MESSENGER spacecraft, with the SPRL built FIPS instrument onboard, is set for its first flyby of the planet Mercury on January 14. This is the first return by NASA to Mercury in 33 years. (more) |
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Some of the articles in this issue include: First AOSS Undergraduate Scholarships Awarded AOSS is pleased to announce the first recipients of two new undergraduate scholarships. Rachael Kroodsma, received the Paul B. and Ruth A. Hays Scholarship and Ilissa Ocko was awarded the Weather Underground Undergraduate Scholarship. What exactly is soaring? AOSS Associate Professor Nilton Renno is an avid plane glider. This past year, he came back from soaring in the Swiss Alps and shared some pictures. We asked him to tell us more about this seemingly serene sport. Here, in his own words, is a story of soaring — with some science thrown in of course. Wind Power in Michigan Though it’s been predicted that this will be a relatively mild winter in Michigan, most people will still complain that energy prices are too high. But what alternative do we have but to pay or freeze? Students of the Wind Energy Class run by AOSS Professor Jerry Keeler and Associate Research Scientist Dr. Frank Marsik are trying to find out. |
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After chairing the College of Engineering Committee on Entrepreneurial Environment and Programs for Students and working with students in this area for a year, AOSS Associate Professor Thomas Zurbuchen has been selected as the first Director of the new Center for Entrepreneurial Programs at the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
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Congratulations to AOSS faculty members Joyce Penner and Natasha Andronova and AOSS students Minghuai Wang and Li Xu — part of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was a co-winner with Al Gore of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Joyce was one of the 7 lead authors, Natasha one of 25 contributing authors and Minghuai and Li were contributors to the Fourth Assessment Report chapter, Understanding and Attributing Climate Change.
Professor Penner is the Ralph J. Cicerone Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric Science and Dr. Andronova is a research scientist in AOSS. Both Wang and Xu are doctoral students in the Department.
Information about the IPCC and the Fourth Assessment Report is available at: http://www.ipcc.ch |
| The Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (AOSS) at the University of Michigan is seeking applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position. |
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The latest AOSS news is in the Summer/Falll issue of the Daily Planet. Some of the articles in this issue include: Sending Bill Kuhn off in Style Rollin M. Gerstacker Professor Engineering “AOSS Paid Off!” Student-industry Partnership Sends Local Company into Orbit |
| AOSS undergraduate student Amanda Mims took second place in the student poster competition at the Great Midwestern Regional Space Grant Meeting. The poster, entitled "WindSat Emissivity Sensitivity to Near Surface Wind Field in a Tropical Cyclone", was co-authored by AOSS Professor Chris Ruf and Chris Hennon, assistant professor of atmospheric science, University of North Carolina Asheville. The meeting was held September 6-7 at Purdue University. |
| The cuts in NASA's operating budget could seriously undermine the ability to track climate changes as the number of earth observation satellites could be decreased by half by 2015. As an expert on remote sensing, AOSS Professor and SPRL Director Chris Ruf was sought out for his comments by BBC News, The New York Times and The Scientist. |
Student-industry partnership sends local company into orbitIt is a match made in innovation heaven, backers say, when small companies that struggle with manpower and funding issues are matched with graduate students who hunger for practical application of their education and talents. MORE |
| The new issue of Newsweek (July 2-9, 2007) called on Joyce Penner, Aksel Wiin-Nielsen Collegiate Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, to comment on climate change in the article "Which of These Is Not Causing Global Warming Today?" MORE |
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On June 5, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, with CoE’s Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) aboard, performed flawlessly as it skimmed the cloud tops of Venus at 30,000 miles per hour, passing within 210 miles of the surface of the planet. FIPS, built by the Space Physics Research Laboratory, captured superb data; results from these exciting measurements are forthcoming. Read more at the homepage of the Solar-Heliospheric Research Group. |
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The Space Physics Research Laboratory within the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan has a limited number of research assistant positions openings for undergraduate students enrolled in programs at accredited schools. This program is partially funded by the Department of Defense ASSURE program, in cooperation with the National Science Foundation REU program and the GEO/ATM Aeronomy section.
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The Space Physics Research Laboratory within the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan has a limited number of research assistant positions openings for undergraduate students enrolled in programs at accredited schools. This program is partially funded by the Department of Defense ASSURE program, in cooperation with the National Science Foundation REU program and the GEO/ATM Aeronomy section.
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One week ago, the MESSENGER spacecraft, with the SPRL built FIPS instrument onboard, transmitted to Earth the first high-resolution image of Mercury by a spacecraft in over 30 years since the three Mercury flybys of Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. At the same time, FIPS began analyzing particles from Mercury's atmosphere to determine its composition.
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Numerical Techniques for Global Atmospheric Models
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Simulations by AOSS Professor Nilton Renno and doctoral candidate Manish Mehta correctly predicted that the pulsed jets of the Mars Phoenix lander would strip the soil to the subsurface ice or rock as the craft touched down.
Photos of the area beneath the craft on Friday revealed a hard surface that scientists say may be ice. It could also be rock, and researchers won’t know until the Phoenix can dig into the dirt. But it’s clear the craft cleared away soil as it landed.
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Simulations by AOSS Professor Nilton Renno and doctoral candidate Manish Mehta correctly predicted that the pulsed jets of the Mars Phoenix lander would strip the soil to the subsurface ice or rock as the craft touched down.
Photos of the area beneath the craft on Friday revealed a hard surface that scientists say may be ice. It could also be rock, and researchers won’t know until the Phoenix can dig into the dirt. But it’s clear the craft cleared away soil as it landed.
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