[Shine-participants] SHINE Newsletter November 2017

Fri Nov 17 09:32:29 EST 2017

SHINE Newsletter November 2017

Dear SHINE Community,

Please reserve some time, especially as many of us will have the opportunity to exchange scientific ideas at the upcoming AGU, to also consider potential workshop sessions for SHINE 2018.  The deadline for session proposals is Jan 15, 2018.  The SHINE 2018 workshop which will be held in Cocoa Beach, Florida during the week of July 30- August 3, 2018 (Student Day is July 29).

Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Fall AGU!

Sincerely,
Georgia A. de Nolfo
SHINE Steering Committee Chair

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Contents:
1. Call for Session Proposals for the 2018 SHINE Workshop (Deadline: Jan. 15).
2. Graduate Studies in Solar and Heliospheric Physics at the University of Arizona
3. Planetary Sciences and SPA Career Night Mixer

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1.  Call for Session Proposals for the 2018 SHINE Workshop
If there is a topic that you would like to see included in next year's Workshop, please consider proposing a session. Session proposals can be very brief (about one page), should include a list of questions that the session will focus on, and can be emailed to me at georgia.a.denolfo at nasa.gov<mailto:georgia.a.denolfo at nasa.gov>. More detailed guidelines for session organizers are included on the SHINE website, www.shinecon.org<http://www.shinecon.org/> (see the first link in the right sidebar of that web page). If you have an idea for a session but would like help organizing it, you can still submit a session proposal. If your proposed session goes forward, the Steering Committee will look for a co-organizer to work with you. The Steering Committee encourages the submission of inter-disciplinary proposals that connect more than one of the principle sub-disciplines represented at SHINE.

In addition to 2018 workshop session proposals, the Steering Committee would like to encourage the submission of proposals for a SHINE Working Group.  A Working Group would consist of 2-3 organizers who have an inter-disciplinary science topic that can be explored in 1-day sessions over 2-3 years. Members of the Working Group would help to organize and sustain the session through multiple years bringing continuity and growth to the identified science topic.  Proposals should identify inter-disciplinary topics and present a plan for exploring this topic over multiple years.

The deadline for submitting session proposals is January 15, 2018.

2. Graduate Studies in Solar and Heliospheric Physics at the University of Arizona

The Department of Planetary Sciences, and Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, at the University of Arizona seeks prospective graduate students interested in pursuing research in heliophysics and space physics.  Successful candidates will (nominally) enter the program in the fall 2018 semester. The deadline for application is December 8, 2017; prospective students should apply at https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/graduate/admission. Research assistantships in solar and heliospheric physics are available.

The Solar and Heliospheric research group (https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/research/heliophysics), consists of eight faculty and researchers, whose broad research interests include: cosmic ray acceleration and transport in the solar system, the nature of the heliosphere, the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field, space weather and the space radiation environment, and fundamental topics in space plasma physics and astrophysics.   We are involved in existing NASA spacecraft missions, including Voyager and the Advanced Composition Explorer, and future NASA missions such as the Parker Solar Probe – a mission to ‘touch’ the Sun – launching next summer.
Students admitted to our program will take courses covering broad aspects of planetary sciences, including physics, chemistry, and geology of the solar system, in addition to research in solar and heliospheric physics.  Further details can be found at https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/graduate
Questions about the program, application process, research projects, or other general questions, should be directed to either Prof. Joe Giacalone (giacalon at lpl.arizona.edu<mailto:giacalon at lpl.arizona.edu>) or Prof. Kristopher Klein (kgklein at lpl.arizona.edu<mailto:kgklein at lpl.arizona.edu>).

We kindly request educators and researchers to distribute this announcement to possible candidates including undergraduates and research assistants.  We are strongly committed to and value diversity and inclusiveness, and encourage minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply, as well as alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs.

3. Planetary Sciences and SPA Career Night Mixer

The AGU SPA Education and Public Outreach Committee, in partnership with the Planetary Science Education Committee, will again host a student-scientist mixer just prior to AGU Fall Meeting on Sunday, December 10 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
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