Articles from October 2024

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Miles, Jaynes to provide Instrumentation for NASA’s LOBSTR Mission

Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Professors Allison Jaynes and David Miles from the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy will provide instrumentation for the LabOratory for the Behavior of the SloT Region (LOBSTR) mission.

DeRoo To Evaluate CMOS Sensors for NASA Astrophysics Missions

Thursday, October 17, 2024
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has awarded Associate Professor Casey DeRoo a $24,225 grant to evaluate the suitability of commercially available CMOS sensors for small satellite missions. These missions will conduct observations in the X-ray bandwidth to achieve scientific objectives relevant to NASA Astrophysics.
Maria Drout

UI Physics Alumna Named to Time 100 Next List

The 2024 TIME 100 Next List includes Maria Drout, a 2010 graduate of the University of Iowa who earned a Bachelor's Degree in Physics and Astronomy.
Hite, Choate, and Blend Receive UI Grad College scholarships

Three Grad Students Earn Scholarships

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Three graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have been awarded scholarships from the University of Iowa Graduate College. Michael Hite and Sarah Choate were awarded the Ballard and Seashore Fellowship, while Dylan Blend was awarded the Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship.
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Jaynes Comments on Aurora Viewing in Iowa

In this Radio Iowa interview, Prof. Allison Jaynes commented on viewing the aurora borealis in Iowa on Oct. 10 and the prospects for seeing it again the next evening.

A Proton Merry-Go-Round Can Dissipate Turbulence in Space

Using spacecraft measurements of protons and electric fields, a team of scientists led by University of Iowa researchers Arya Afshari and Greg Howes discovered that the cyclotron acceleration of protons can dissipate turbulence in space.
Students at 2024 Edge of Space Academy

CLAS Departments Collaborate for Third Edge of Space Academy

Students from across the country traveled to Iowa City for two weeks this past summer to participate in the third year of the Edge of Space Academy, an immersive summer research experience focused on space-based instrumentation for observing Earth and space.

Fasano's paper published in AIP journal

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
An AIP journal recently published a paper written by Graduate Research Assistant Cecilia Fasano, who studies microfabrication and its applications in astronomy.