SHINE Newsletter July 2019

 

Dear SHINE Community,

 

SHINE 2019 is fast approaching!  If you haven’t already registered, please consider doing so!  This year SHINE will be celebrating its 20th anniversary as a stand-along workshop in Boulder, Colorado.  You can find details of the workshop at our website (www.shinecon.org).  We have a fantastic selection of sessions this year! 

 

Hope to see you soon!

Georgia A. de Nolfo

SHINE Steering Committee Chair

 

 

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Contents:

1.      SHINE 2019: Imposter Syndrome Workshop Opportunity Aug 4th, 2019

2.      Call for AGU abstracts on the teaching of space physics and heliophysics

3.      AGU session: Physics of Space Weather Interactions and Societal Impacts

4.      AMS Space Weather Conference & AMS 100th Meeting, 12-16 January, 2020, Boston MA -- CALL FOR PAPERS DUE AUGUST 1 2019

 

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1. SHINE 2019: Imposter Syndrome Workshop Opportunity Aug 4th, 2019

Announcement: 
Through the generous support of the NSF, we will be holding an Imposter Syndrome Workshop on Sunday, August 4th from 12-2 at the conference hotel, Millenium Harvest House Boulder located at 1345 28th Street, Boulder, CO. Imposter syndrome is a persistent, internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud” despite external evidence of one’s accomplishments and abilities, leading to a negative effect on both mental health and productivity. This seminar would be conducted by Dr. Valerie Young, an expert on imposter syndrome who used her doctoral research to develop a workshop that not only teaches participants to recognize imposter syndrome, but provides the tools to overcome it. This workshop will be a part of SHINE Student Day, but we are opening up a limited number of spots to non-student conference participants as well on a first-come basis. If you would like to participate, please fill out the form here: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bdPcSgTEPN9FyL3. Lunch is not provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own. 

For more information on Dr. Young and her work check out her website (https://impostorsyndrome.com/) or her TED talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7v-GG3SEWQ). And for any questions on the event please contact Emily Lichko and Samantha Wallace (shine.student.reps@gmail.com).

 

2. Call for AGU abstracts on the teaching of space physics and heliophysics

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Below is the session abstract for the AGU Fall Meeting on curricular and support materials for teaching space physics to undergraduate or graduate students in a stand-alone class, a full program, and summer workshop, or through some other venue.  We would like to call for submitted papers from various sources that support the teaching heliophysics, space physics and aeronomy, and related topics including:

 

  *   programs and departments

  *   individual instructors teaching stand-alone courses

  *   organizers of summer schools

  *   textbook authors and materials developers

  *   developers of simulations that can be used in teaching

 

Please consider submitting an abstract to this session and contributing to the broader discussion of the teaching space physics.  Note that this session is an ‘education’ section, and does not count as a scientific abstract.

 

ED028 - Forum on University Curricula and Teaching Materials for Space Physics and Heliophysics

Primary Convener: Nicholas Gross, Boston University

Co-Conveners:

Mike Liemohn, University of Michigan

Steven  Cranmer, University of Colorado

Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA Headquarters

 

The last decade has seen extensive development of curricula in space physics and heliophysics, covering topics in solar physics, the heliosphere, geospace, planetary magnetospheres, planetary ionosphere-thermosphere, and space weather. These curricula include intense workshops and summer schools, undergraduate majors or certifications, and curricula for graduate studies. Additionally, a number of resources have become available including books, websites, and computer simulations.  Thus, we believe it is timely to hold a session to showcase these resources and current practices. The goals of this session include: (1) identifying populations that participate in space physics curricula and highlighting the learning goals for these populations, (2) sharing available teaching materials and best-practices, and (3) sharing evaluation results where appropriate. We seek abstracts related to all types of space physics (and space weather) curricula and resources, including undergraduate or graduate course materials, degree programs, summer schools, workshops, textbooks, and online resources.

 

3. AGU session: Physics of Space Weather Interactions and Societal Impacts

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please consider submitting an abstract to the following Space Weather session at the 2019 Fall AGU Meeting, December 9-13, 2019 in San Francisco CA.  Abstracts are due Wednesday July 31.

 

Session Title:     Physics of Space Weather Interactions and Societal Impacts

Section:              SPA-Magnetospheric Physics

Session Link:     https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/prelim.cgi/Session/79713

Conveners:        Shawn Young/AFRL, Michele Cash/NOAA, Eric Sutton/UC-Boulder, and Linda Neergaard Parker/USRA

Session Description:  Understanding the physical basis of space weather has become increasingly important in recent years as society becomes more reliant on space technologies which can be damaged by hazards encountered on orbit (and on ground) through interaction with the space environment.  While many advances have been made in understanding the solar-terrestrial interactions that drive changes in the charged and neutral particle environments in Earth orbit and interplanetary space where spacecraft operate, there is much left to understand.  The session goal is to provide a venue to showcase new and ongoing efforts connecting areas of space physics research to interactions with spacecraft and the geo environment (including ground level effects).  We invite talks covering theory, observations, and models that focus on societal impacts and/or operational applications related to space weather (e.g., impacts on spacecraft, solar flare/SEP/CME forecasting, modeling of the solar wind, power grid vulnerabilities, atmospheric drag on satellites and debris, etc.).

 

4. AMS Space Weather Conference & AMS 100th Meeting, 12-16 January, 2020, Boston MA -- CALL FOR PAPERS DUE AUGUST 1 2019

The 17th Conference on Space Weather, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and organized by the AMS Committee on Space Weather, will be held 12-16 January 2020, as part of the 100th AMS Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.  Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS website as they become available. https://annual.ametsoc.org/2020/  

This is the 100th anniversary of AMS, so it promises to be an exciting meeting!  

Please submit your abstract electronically by 1 August 2019:

 https://ams.confex.com/ams/2020Annual/webprogrampreliminary/17SPACEWX.html 

The Conference on Space Weather solicits papers on the following topics:

I. Ensemble Modeling and Data Assimilation Improving Forecast Accuracy

II. Handling Vulnerabilities and Risks: Power Grids, Aviation, and Communication Networks

III. Heliophysics and Space Weather in History

IV. International and Interdisciplinary Space Weather Initiatives: ICAO and Beyond

V. New Instruments, Platforms and Initiatives for Space Weather

VI. R2O2R : User Needs and Priorities

VII. Rise of the Machines!! Machine Learning and AI for Space Weather

VIII. Space Weather at Other Planets and Solar Systems

IX. Space Weather at Solar Minimum and What's to Come: Solar Cycle 25 Predictions

X. The History of Space Weather Science and Operations

XI. When Forecasts Fail: How We Make Progress

XII. Advances in Research and Modeling of Space Weather Drivers

XIII. Agency Efforts in Space Weather: Priorities and Opportunities

The committee will be providing several small travel grants (~$400) to help defray the cost of attending the AMS meeting for a student who submitted an abstract to present at the Space Weather Conference.  Students who wish to apply should contact the program chairs (Richard Behnke or Barbara Thompson) for application instructions. Deadline for student support is October 15, 2019.

For additional information please contact the program chairpersons, Richard Behnke,  behnke.richard (at) yahoo.com or Barbara J. Thompson, barbara.j.thompson (at) nasa.gov