[HeliosphereNews] Heliosphere News - May 10, 2016

Tue May 10 23:01:43 EDT 2016

Heliosphere News - May 10, 2016

http://heliospherenews.unh.edu/

A newsletter devoted to Heliospheric Science. 

Editor: Nathan Schwadron (nschwadron at unh.edu)

Co-Editor: Mihir Desai (mdesai at swri.edu)

Co-Editor: Eric Zirnstein (ezirnstein at swri.edu)

Co-Editor: Merav Opher (mopher at bu.edu)

Co-Editor: Adele Corona (icnsmeetings at gmail.com)

Co-Editor: Nikolai Pogorelov (np0002 at uah.edu)

Web site editor: Ken Fairchild (Ken.Fairchild at unh.edu)

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** Announcements

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1. Call for Abstracts for Session #9 at the 2016 SHINE Workshop

2. ISSI Post-doc positions

3. ASTRONUM-2016 - Abstract submission deadline May 15

4. Call for Abstracts for two sessions at the 2016 SHINE workshop -
Session 2: Understanding the Origin and Transport of GLEs with Modern
Observations; Session 13. Heliosphere as Revealed from IBEX and Voyager
Measurements

5. MEETING: International Astronomical Union Symposium 328 "Living
around Active Stars," 17-21 October, 2016, Maresias, SP, Brazil

6. MEETING: 7th Solar Orbitor Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,
April 3-6, 2017, Granada, Spain

7. MEETING: SDO 2016 - Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity, October 17-21,
2016, Burlington, VT

8. SCOSTEP Visiting Scholarship - Call for Applications 2016

9. Project SMART Summer Institute 2016

10. JOB OPENING: Research Fellow in Extreme Environments: Northumbria
University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

11. Postdoctoral Research Assistant II Position at The University of
Alabama in Huntsville 

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1) Call for Abstracts for Session #9 at the 2016 SHINE Workshop

Session 9: Kinetic Range Physics in the Solar Wind: Turbulence and Waves
with Implications for the Turbulent Dissipation Challenge

Conveners: S. Peter Gary, Kris Klein, Tulasi Parashar, Chadi Salem, and
Daniel Verscharen

This session will focus on kinetic range physics of plasma turbulence in
the solar wind. The primary goal is to understand the nature of
electromagnetic fluctuations at scales smaller than the spectral break
point. Some studies have suggested that the turbulence at these scales
is highly intermittent and nonlinear while others indicate that linear
theory may describe some properties of fluctuations at these scales. The
primary science question of the session is: "What is the common ground
between the above mentioned viewpoints?" Specific questions that address
the differences between nonlinear turbulence and linear waves are:

1) Can we classify the kinetic range turbulence as "strong" or "weak"?
Are the fluctuations in the quasilinear or fully nonlinear regimes?

2) What properties of kinetic range fluctuations can be adequately
represented by linear waves?  If linear theory is useful for wave
descriptions, can the waves be classified as kinetic-Alfven-like and/or
magnetosonic-whistler-like?

3) If kinetic range turbulence is a fundamentally nonlinear phenomenon,
which computational models and which physical models (fluid, hybrid, or
kinetic) are necessary to adequately represent the physics?  Can
nonlinear properties such as intermittency be quantified in kinetic
turbulence?

4) What are the implications of various processes for heating of
electrons, protons, and heavy ions?  

5) What are the key issues in the design of critical simulations of the
Challenge?

The session especially invites presentations of fully nonlinear
simulation results.

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2) ISSI Post-doc positions

ISSI invites applications for Two Post-Doctoral Positions for a two-year
period starting in October 2016 or by agreement. One of the two
positions is in Space Sciences, the other is in Earth Sciences. The
successful candidates should have received a Ph.D. within the last five
years in a field relating to either Space or Earth Sciences in general.
All applications must be received by ISSI no later than July 31st, 2016.

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3) ASTRONUM-2016 - Abstract submission deadline May 15

Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 June, 2016

Maison de la Simulation (CEA/CNRS/UPS/UVSQ), France will organize
ASTRONUM 2016 - the 11th International Conference on Numerical Modeling
of Space Plasma Flows in Monterey, California, USA, on 6-10 June, 2016.
The conference web site is
https://www.icnsmeetings.com/conference/astronum2016/index.html

The conference will cover the following topics:

(1) Advanced numerical methods for space, astrophysical and geophysical
flows;

(2) Large-scale fluid-based, kinetic, and hybrid simulations;

(3) Turbulence and cosmic ray transport;

(4) Magnetohydrodynamics

(5) Software packages for modeling and analyzing plasma flows /
Visualisation

with the application to

(1) Physics of the Sun-Heliosphere-Magnetosphere;

(2) Interstellar medium and star formation;

(3) Cosmology and galaxy formation;

(4) Dynamo effect;

(5) Stellar Physics.

The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading experts in
applied mathematics, space physics, astrophysics, and geophysics to
discuss the application of novel numerical algorithms and petascale
parallelization strategies to computationally challenging problems.

The conference will be structured around invited, 40-minute keynote and
25-minute regular talks, and a limited number of contributed talks, with
the attempt to have no parallel sessions. The conference web site
icnsmeetings.com will provide the information about the conference
venue, registration, and means of transportation. E-mail inquiries about
the meeting should be directed to Nikolai.Pogorelov at uah.edu and
Edouard.Audit at cea.fr.

Program Committee: Tahar Amari (CNRS Ecole Polytechnique), Edouard Audit
(CEA, Maison de la Simulation, co-chair), Amitava Bhattacharjee
(Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Phillip Colella (Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory), Anthony Mezzacappa (University of
Tennessee, Knoxville), Ewald Mu?ller (Max-Planck-Institute for
Astrophysics, Garching), Nikolai Pogorelov (University of Alabama in
Huntsville, chair), Kazunari Shibata (Kyoto University), James Stone
(Princeton University), Jon Linker (Predictive Science Inc.), and Gary
P. Zank (University of Alabama in Huntsville).

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4) Call for Abstracts for two sessions at the 2016 SHINE workshop

Session 2: Understanding the Origin and Transport of GLEs with Modern
Observations

Conveners: Eric Christian, Jim Ryan, Georgia deNolfo, and Gen Li

Session 13. Heliosphere as Revealed from IBEX and Voyager Measurements

Conveners: Nikolai Pogorelov, Merav Opher, and George Gloeckler

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Session 2: Understanding the Origin and Transport of GLEs with Modern
Observations

Conveners: Eric Christian, Jim Ryan, Georgia deNolfo, and Gen Li

Session Description:

How the highest energy solar energetic particles, the so called Ground
Level Enhancements (GLEs) are accelerated to GeV energies remains a
mystery. Both acceleration through flare reconnection and CME-driven
shocks are plausible, but the question remains as to their relative
importance in driving the highest energy SEP events. While these
high-energy particles often reach near Earth with minimal transport
effects compared to the widely studied low-energy SEPs, the spectral
shape, anisotropy, and time-evolution of GLEs suggest that transport is
important in interpreting these events.  This session will focus on the
origin and transport of the highest energy (>100 MeV) particles in SEP
events, with a focus on GLEs and high-energy SEP events that may fail to
register in neutron monitors, the so-called sub-GLEs (e.g. Jan 6 2014,
Jan 27 2012).

Solar cycle 24 has provided an unprecedented view of GLE events
including the first spectral and pitch angle measurements of GLEs over a
wide range in energy from PAMELA and AMS, complementing the observations
of traditional ground-based instruments. In addition, multi-point
observations from spacecraft at 1 AU and the STEREO spacecraft provide
detailed contextual data, particularly on CME structure and evolution
and potential magnetic connectivity. While solar cycle 24 brings excited
new observations to shed light on the GLE process, we welcome
discussions on high-energy events from previous solar cycles.

Our session will expand on the discussion from SHINE 2015, focusing on
the following questions:

- What is the spectral shape (and its evolution) over a broad energy
range and how does this constrain models of acceleration? Are there
spectral roll-overs, breaks?

- Is there a relationship between the anisotropic phase and it's
evolution with time and the spectral shape (and its evolution)?

- Do all GLEs exhibit an anisotropic phase? What about sub-GLEs?
Isotropy at later times appears to be universal.

- What spectral features and/or pitch angle differences do we expect
between GLE events that are well-connected. such as 2012 May 17, and
other events (not necessarily GLEs) originating from the eastern
hemisphere, e.g., 2012 March 7?

- Several of the GLEs in cycle 24 are associated with high-energy
gamma-ray observations from Fermi/LAT. How or do the gamma-ray
observations influence our understanding of GLE particle acceleration?
Are the particles in the flare and those in space related, and how?

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Session 13. Heliosphere as Revealed from IBEX and Voyager Measurements

Conveners: Nikolai Pogorelov, Merav Opher, and George Gloeckler

Session Description:

In situ observations by Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, combined with the
heliosheath tomography using energetic neutral hydrogen fluxes measured
by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) in different energy bands
gives the space physics community a unique opportunity to investigate
the fundamental physical processes accompanying the solar wind (SW)
interaction with the local interstellar medium (LISM).  The proposed
session will address microscopic and macroscopic phenomena derived from
IBEX and Voyager observations, and especially their combination. It will
particularly focus on the following scientific questions:

1. What is the effect of the coupling of the heliospheric and
interstellar magnetic fields at the heliopause? What is the correlation
between observations and model predictions for the magnetic field and
plasma quantities? What do space-time variations in the magnetic
structure tell us about the physics of the heliosphere and termination
shock?

2. What are the physical mechanisms of the IBEX ribbon and distributed
ENA fluxes?

3. What are the ion acceleration mechanisms in the inner heliosheath?
How do anomalous cosmic rays affect the structure of the heliosphere?
What are the reasons of the variation in the galactic and anomalous
cosmic ray fluxes observed by Voyager 1?

Scene-setting presentations will be given by David McComas and John
Richardson on behalf of the IBEX and Voyager mission teams,
respectively, and followed by a discussion on the themes of the session.

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SHINE 2016 Conference Info:

Workshop Dates: July 11th-15th, 2016

(Student Day July 10th)

Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Registration Fee: $425

Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 20th

Late Registration: $475

Deadline for student support: April 29th

Deadline for abstract submission: June 9th (extra poster $50)

Hotel Reservation Deadline: June 9th

http://shinecon.org/CurrentMeeting.php

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5) MEETING: International Astronomical Union Symposium 328 "Living
around Active Stars," 17-21 October, 2016, Maresias, SP, Brazil

From: Dibyendu Nandi (dnandi at iiserkol.ac.in)

Rationale: The variable activity of stars such as the Sun is mediated
via stellar magnetic fields, radiative and energetic particle fluxes,
stellar winds and magnetic storms. This activity influences planetary
atmospheres, climate and habitability. Studies of this intimate
relationship between the parent star, its astrosphere (i.e., the
equivalent of the heliosphere) and the planets that it hosts have
reached a certain level of maturity within our own Solar System –
fuelled both by advances in theoretical modeling and a host of
satellites that observe the Sun-Earth system. In conjunction, the first
attempts are being made to characterize the interactions between stars
and planets and their coupled evolution, which have relevance for
habitability and the search for habitable planets. This Symposium will
bring together scientists from diverse, interdisciplinary scientific
areas such as solar, stellar and planetary physics, atmospheric and
climate physics and astrobiology to review the current state of our
understanding of solar and stellar environments.  The Symposium is
expected to fertilize exchange of ideas and identify outstanding issues
– tackling which necessitates coordinated scientific efforts across
disciplines.

Invited Speakers: Anil Bhardwaj (India), Cesar Bertucci (Argentina),
Paul Charbonneau (Canada), Manuel Guedel (Austria), Gaitee Hussain
(Germany), Moira Jardine (UK), Colin Johnstone (Austria), Laurène Jouve
(France),  Eiichiro Kokubo (Japan), Hiroyuki Maehara (Japan), Jose Dias
do Nascimento Jr. (Brazil), Rachel Olsten (USA), Katja Poppenhaeger
(UK), Steve Saar (USA), Alexander Shapiro (Germany)

Specifics: The symposium will be held in the sea side town of Maresias,
Brazil from 17-21 October, 2016. Further details, including
registration, abstract submission, financial support and accommodation
information are available at the conference websites:

http://www.sab-astro.org.br/IAUS328

Financial support application deadline: 30 April 2016

Abstract submission deadline: 16 June 2016

Early Registration deadline: 16 July 2016

On behalf of the Organizing Committees we welcome you to the IAUS 328
and look forward to hosting you in Maresias, Brazil.

Scientific Organizing Committee: Dibyendu Nandi (Chair), Sarah Gibson
(Co-Chair), Pascal Petit (Co-Chair), Margit Haberreiter, Emre Isik,
Heidi Korhonen, Kanya Kusano, Duncan Mackay, Cristina Mandrini, Allan
Sacha-Brun, Adriana Valio, Aline Vidotto, David Webb

Local Organizing Committee: Adriana Valio (Chair), Gustavo Guerrero
(Co-Chair), Alisson Dal Lago, Jorge Melendez, Emilia Correia, Caius L.
Selhorst

Contact: iaustars328 at gmail.com

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6) MEETING: 7th Solar Orbitor Workshop: Exploring the Solar Environs,
April 3-6, 2017, Granada, Spain

EXPLORING THE SOLAR ENVIRONS

7th Solar Orbiter Workshop to be held from 3rd to 6th of April 2017 at
the Granada Convention Center (Granada, Spain). This event will be
hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia - CSIC.

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7) MEETING: SDO 2016 - Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity, October 17-21,
2016, Burlington, VT

SDO 2016:  Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity
Oct. 17-21, 2016   *   Burlington, VT

Living With a Star's Solar Dynamics Observatory invites you to its 2016
Science Workshop “SDO 2016: Unraveling the Sun’s Complexity,” October
17-21, 2016, at the Sheraton Conference Center in Burlington, VT.   All
members of the science community are welcome and encouraged to attend.
To submit your abstract, reserve your hotel room, register, apply for a
Metcalf Travel Award, or review the science program details, please
visit our website:  http://SDO2016.lws-sdo-workshops.org.

Important Due Dates:

Abstracts:  July 15

Metcalf Travel Award Applications:  June 15

Early Registration & Hotel Reservation:  September 16

Abstracts are solicited for presentations describing solar research in
the following eight broad areas:  1) Motions Inside the Sun, 2) The
Evolution of Active Regions, 3) Studies of Solar Eruptive Events (SEEs),
4) Motions Near and Above the Solar Surface, 5) Atmospheric Dynamics and
Sources of the Solar Wind, 6) Solar Magnetic Variability and the Solar
Cycle, 7) The Sun as a Star, and 8) Space Weather at the Earth and other
Planets.

With a great science program and Vermont’s beautiful fall foliage in
mid-October, we hope you make plans to join us.  Submit your abstract
today!

The Scientific Organizing Committee for SDO 2016:
W. Dean Pesnell (chair), Charles Baldner, Mark Cheung, Frank Eparvier,
Meng Jin, Aimee Norton, and Barbara Thompson

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8) SCOSTEP Visiting Scholarship – Call for Applications 2016

From: Marianna Shepherd (mshepher at yorku.ca)

The submission of applications for the 2016 SCOSTEP Visiting Scholarship
is now open. 

The SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program is a capacity building
activity of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics),
which complements the current scientific program, VarSITI (Variability
of the Sun and its Terrestrial Impact, http://www.varsiti.org/) and
SCOSTEP’s public outreach activities.

The objective of the SVS program is to provide training to young
scientists and graduate students from developing countries in
well-established solar terrestrial physics institutes, for one to three
months. The training will help the young scientists to advance their
career in solar terrestrial physics using the technique/skill they
learned during the training. SCOSTEP will provide the airfare, while the
host institute will provide the living expenses (accommodation,
sustenance, ground transportation, visa fees and other incidentals).
Trainees should have their own health insurance or arrange a provision
with the host institution.

Interested candidates should contact one of the SVS program hosts listed
at http://www.yorku.ca/scostep/?page_id=2103 and work out the details of
the visit. Once the applicant and the host agree on a visit, the
applicant needs to prepare an application package including the
following details of the visit: (i) work to be performed; (ii)
applicant’s curriculum vitae, (iii) dates of the visit and an estimate
of the airfare in economy class; (iv) letter from the applicant’s
supervisor, and (v) a letter from the host scientist/institution. A
single pdf file of the above materials should be sent to SCOSTEP’s
Scientific Secretary, Dr. Marianna G. Shepherd (mshepher at yorku.ca).
Deadline for applications: May 25, 2016.

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9) Project SMART Summer Institute 2016

(Science and Mathematics Achievement Through Research Training)

A Fast-Paced Month of Science for High School Students

University of New Hampshire Project SMART Summer Institute is accepting
applications from (current) high school sophomores and juniors for the
25th year of its program in 2016. The program has a rolling admission
policy, accepting applicants on first-come first-admit basis, based on
applicants’ interest and aptitude in science and mathematics. The 2016
program runs from June 26 to July 22. The program offers three modules;
Biotechnology & Nanotechnology, Marine & Environmental Science, and
Space Science, each admitting up to 25 students.

Project SMART program challenges, educates, and motivates talented high
school students in science and mathematics. The program is open to
students who are currently enrolled (or home schooled) as sophomores
(10th grade) and juniors (11th grade). The participants study advanced
topics in science, mathematics and computers through lectures,
discussions, hands-on laboratory experience, and field trips; and learn
to do research with UNH faculty.

The Summer Institute is an excellent opportunity to learn the
interdisciplinary nature of the various scientific fields and the
applications and implications (economic, social, environmental, legal,
ethical and moral) of recent scientific advancements to society. In
addition to learning/doing science, the students gain a greater
appreciation for careers in the various sciences and establish
friendships with their peers, and mentoring relationships with the UNH
faculty.

The group of student participants is highly talented and includes those
who have already shown interest and aptitude in sciences.

The group is highly diverse, and includes a significant proportion of
participants from minority, underrepresented, economically
disadvantaged, and rural as well as inner-city environs within the US
(from Alaska to Puerto Rico and in between) and several other countries
(e.g. Greece, Turkey, Jordan, Kazakhstan).

Project SMART is a residential program. The students stay in UNH
dormitories. Over the weekends they participate in special programs
like: visits to the Boston Museum of Science, the New England Aquarium,
a whale watching trip to the Ocean, the top of Mt. Washington by Cog
railway, Long Term Experimental Forests, the local malls and the movies,
etc., which also enhance social interaction among the students. What a
way to get connected to your peers. Weekend stay for local students is
optional.

On the final day of the program, students present a scientific poster at
a three-hour long session, which is attended by more than 200 students,
faculty, teachers, parents, UNH administrators and invited guests.

Special evening discussions focus on college admissions, diversity
issues, and careers in science.

For more information go to www.smart.unh.edu

For information on the space science module:

http://projectsmartspacescience.sr.unh.edu/

Please share this information with friends and colleagues.

The Space Science module of Project SMART is partially supported by the
NSF Sun-to-Ice project.

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10) JOB OPENING: Research Fellow in Extreme Environments: Northumbria
University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Research Fellow in Extreme Environments (3 years, then with expectation
of progression to permanent)

Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/eae1534

Closing Date = 12 May 2016

Northumbria University is investing in several multidisciplinary
research themes. Solar Physics is one of the research areas relevant to
the “Extreme Environments” multidisciplinary research theme. Hence, I
wanted to bring this opportunity to your attention.

The “Vice-Chancellor” Fellowship will be for three years in the first
instance with the expectation of progression to a permanent academic
position at the end of the Fellowship subject to satisfactory progress.
The Extreme Environments multidisciplinary research theme is a
university-wide initiative which draws together ground-breaking research
in understanding and harnessing physical and biological environments
that operate under extreme conditions, such as those found in the
Earth's surface, subsurface, oceans, atmosphere and in the solar system.
Theme expertise ranges from the geophysical exploration of Antarctic
subglacial lakes, responses of glaciers, snow cover and permafrost to
climate change through the investigation of nonlinear waves, the
Sun-Earth connection, solar physics and space weather, to the
reconstruction of past extreme climates using ocean cores, speleothems
and pollen records.

We seek to appoint high calibre individuals at Research Fellow or Senior
Research Fellow level, with an excellent international reputation in
research areas relevant to the Extreme Environments multidisciplinary
research theme.

You will be based in the Department of Mathematics & Information
Sciences or the Department of Geography as appropriate to your
disciplinary strengths. You will drive and enhance the highest quality
research, teaching and entrepreneurial activities and actively encourage
this amongst colleagues. The Departments have particular strengths in
solar physics, computer science, environmental geochemistry &
microbiology, mathematics, cold and palaeoenvironments, physics and
statistics.

Candidates with expertise in any of these research areas are welcome to
apply, and we will consider high quality applicants in any fields of
research relevant to the Extreme Environments theme.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact: Dr James
McLaughlin (Solar Physics and Mathematics) at
james.a.mclaughlin at northumbria.ac.uk

Job advert and further details can be found here:
https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/hrvacs/eae1534

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11) Postdoctoral Research Assistant II Position at the University of
Alabama in Huntsville 

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is accepting applications for
the regular full-time position of Postdoctoral Research Assistant II to
work in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research.  The
research will involve modeling of the solar wind interaction with the
local interstellar medium with the focus on instabilities and magnetic
reconnection occurring locally in the turbulent plasma near the
heliopause. The research will be performed using a software suite
(Multi-Scale Fluid-Kinetic Simulation Suite, MS—FLUKSS) developed at
CSPAR. MS-FLUKSS is built on the Chombo adaptive mesh refinement
framework and allows self-consistent solution of MHD, gas dynamics
Euler, and kinetic Boltzmann equations.  The code is scalable to over
150,000 computing cores and was ported to major national supercomputers.
The successful candidate is expected to have a recent Ph.D. in Physics
or Space Sciences, 12-21 months of full-time related work experience,
must have extensive experience in object-oriented programing in C++,
parallel programming using MPI and OpenMP, and the ability to work with
big codes, must have experience in modeling plasma flows on
supercomputers. Experience in data analysis and modeling turbulent flows
is desired.

The approximate annual salary range for this position is $43,209 -
$50,315. Applicants should submit a letter describing their research
interests, a curriculum vitae, and reference letters. The appointment
will be initially for one year, with the possibility of renewal for
another year. Questions should be addressed to Professor Nikolai
Pogorelov at np0002 at uah.edu. Qualified applicants should apply on-line
at http://uah.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=71283. The
University of Alabama in Huntsville is AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER OF MINORITIES/FEMALES/VETERANS/DISABLED.

Best regards,

       Mihir

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Director, Department of Space Research Cell: +1 210 454 1671

Space Science & Engineering Division Fax: +1 210 520 9935

Southwest Research Institute Email:mdesai at swri.edu 
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San Antonio TX 78238-5166, USA  

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