Joint Space Weather Summer Camp 2014 July 16 - August 6 Welcome to the ! Joint Space Weather Summer Camp 2014! ! The Joint Space Weather Summer Camp is a partnership between the University of Alabama in Huntsville, the DLR (German Aerospace Center), and the University of Rostock. Because of the considerable historical ties between Huntsville and the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) in the development of rockets, mis- siles, and eventually manned spaceflight, the Joint Space Weather Summer Camp was created to forge ties and !develop communication between these two regions that had such an impact on the 20th century.! The Joint Space Weather Summer Camp is an opportunity to learn about space physics in the context of meet- ing a very practical need - to understand the influence of the Sun on the space and upper atmosphere of the Earth and its related impact on the technological systems and needs of modern society. This is a new, exciting !and emerging discipline called Space Weather.! About twenty students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville and from a variety of universities and re- search centers across Germany participate in a multiple week series of lectures, hands-on projects, and excur- !sions as they learn both the theoretical underpinnings and practical applications of Space Weather.! The Joint Space Weather Summer Camp consists of two consecutive sessions.! During the first part in Northern Germany we will focus on the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. Besides the lectures there will also be practical project work, and we will visit the University of Rostock and the Leibniz-Insti- tute of Atmospheric Physics e.V. at the University of Rostock (IAP) in Kühlungsborn.! ! Space Weather is more than just interactions with Earth’s atmosphere. In order to understand and even predict Space Weather we also need to understand where those energetic particles come from and how and where they gain their energy.! In the second part of the Joint Space Weather Summer Camp students will learn about our Sun as the source of the solar wind, a stream of charged particles, that emanates outward forming the heliosphere; they will learn !about coronal mass ejections and Gamma Ray Bursts, solar magnetic fields, sunspots, and ring currents.! As part of the Joint Space Weather Summer Camp we also want to give the students a first hand experience of what it means to be a researcher. During the second part of the Summer Camp they will work in smaller groups of 2-4 students on independent projects, which involve observations, data analysis and instrumentation.! ! The Joint Space Weather Summer Camp is much more than just lectures, projects and experiments. It also pro- vides a wonderful opportunity for cultural exchange between the US and Germany in an academic setting. The visit of the ‘Historical Technical Museum in Peenemünde’ in the Northeast of Germany or the visit of the Space !and Rocket Center in Huntsville, USA, are just two further examples of a program that goes beyond.! We hope that the Joint Space Weather Summer Camp will be an interesting introduction to the theoretical and !practical aspects of Space Weather combined with a cultural exchange between the US and Germany!! ! The Joint Space Weather Summer Camp 2014 Committee Huntsville Aug 6 - Wed Departure from from Departure emarks and Project Lunch at Wintzell's Aug 5 - Tue Aug 5 - Ed Buckbee Owen Garriott Final Presentations Concluding R BBQ Lunch Project Project Veronica Aug 4 - Mon Huntsville Restaurants Transfer to Aug 3 - Sun Room 330 The Bridge St. Huntsville, AL 35806 AL The BridgeHuntsville, St. 330 TN 37201 N, Nashville, Ave.. 1202nd 2076 2096 2008 Rooms Lunch Event Aug 2- Sat Presentations Coffee Breaks Coffee Cantina Laredo WildHorse Saloon Labs 7.00 pm Nashville Aug 1- Fri Transfer to Wildhorse Saloon Wildhorse Oak Ridge National Ridge Lunch Project Schedule Jul 31- Thu Jul 31- Transfer to Oak Lunch Project Project Jul 30 - Wed Time am 10.00am- 11.00 am- 12.00 pm 11.00 1.00 pm- 2.00 2.00 pm- 3.00 3.00 pm- 4.00 am 10.3011.30 am- am- 12.30 pm 11.30 Lunch Project Jul 29- Tue Jul 29- US Space and Rocket Center Transfer to USSRC Transfer Lunch Project Opening The Inner (L. Upton) (R. Preece) Phenomena Presentations Jul 28 - Mon Introduction Introduction (V. Florinski) (V. Sun and Solar Meet & Greet Plasmasphere (D. Gallagher) Dr. Ray Vaughn Ray Vaughn Dr. Introduction to Introduction to Introduction the Heliosphere the Heliosphere Alexander Dosch Gamma-Ray Bursts Active Regions and Active Regions Introduction to the Introduction CME's (D. Falconer) The Solar Wind and The Solar Wind Magnetosphere and 1.30 pm Jul 27 - Sun Recuperation Recuperation Cantina Laredo Title IntroductiontheSun to and Solar Phenomena Active Regions and CME's Introductionto Introduction to GammaRayBursts(GRB's) The Inner Magnetosphere and Plasmasphere The Solar Wind andtheHeliosphere The Real Space Cowboys SpaceWeather al in al Arriv Huntsville Jul 26 - Sat Speaker July 28 Monday, LisaUpton DavidFalconer Rob Preece DennisGallagher Vladimir Florinski August 5 Tuesday, Ed Buckbee Owen Garriott 3.00 -3.30 8.30 - 9.00 9.00 - 9.30 1.00 - 1.30 1.30 - 2.00 2.00 - 2.30 2.30 - 3.00 3.30 - 4.00 4.00 - 4.30 4.30 - 5.00 9.30 - 10.00 12.30 - 1.00 10.00 - 10.30 10.30 - 11.00 11.00 - 11.30 11.30 - 12.00 12.00 - 12.30 1 2 3 4 5 Rayford Vaughn, PhD! Vice President for Research! Distinguished Professor of Computer Science! University of Alabama in Huntsville! ! ! Dr. Vaughn received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Kan- sas State University in 1988. Prior to entering academia, he completed a career in the US Army retiring as a Colonel fol- lowed by three years as Vice President of DISA Integration Ser- vices, EDS Government Systems. His research interests are cyber security and software engineering with a special focus on industrial control systems security. His past experience includes an assignment at the National Computer Security Center (NSA) where he conducted classified research and participated in the development of National Computer Security Guidance. Dr. Vaughn has over 100 publications to his credit, has obtained more than $40M in funded research projects. Dr. Vaughn joined Mississippi State University in 1997 where he was named an Eminent Scholar and in 2008 was named Mississippi State Uni- versity’s most outstanding faculty member. In 2009 he was des- ignated the Department Head for Computer Science and Engi- neering and in 2010 became the Associate Vice President for Research at MSU. In May of 2013, he joined the University of Alabama in Huntsville as the Vice President for Research. The University of Alabama in Huntsville! The University of Alabama in Huntsville was founded in 1950 and became an autonomous campus with The University of Al- abama System in 1969. Since that time, it has grown into one of the nation’s premiere research universities, offering a challeng- ing hands-on curriculum that ensures our graduates are pre- pared to become tomorrow’s leaders.! ! As a tier-one research university, UAH is home to more than a dozen research centers and labs – not to mention the recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and contracts. ! But research at UAH doesn’t just take place on campus. Our Office of Research has ties to federal and industry partners across the country and around the world, including NASA, the U.S. Army, the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, NIH, the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and NOAA/National Weather Service. That means students have the chance to tackle the kinds of real-world challenges they’ll one day face as a professional in the field, like filing patents, publish- ing papers, and presenting at conferences long before your peers at other universities. It’s the kind of experience that can give students the advantage they need to rise to the top of their class – and their career field. Projects Build your own Gamma-Ray Burst ! ! " ! Dr. Rob Preece! ! Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are extreme cosmological ex- plosions that happen roughly once per day in the Universe. Like snowflakes, no two are alike; if you look at the bright- ness of each over time they fluctuate unpredictably (see figure). Yet, it seems that they may be made up of a collection of overlapping pulses. We would like to test this hy- pothesis by trying to recreate bright GRBs by adding together a set of pulses with standard shapes. The student will select several GRBs from a published Catalog (up to ~10, if time is available) and try to match them by adding together pulses that have been stretched in height and offset in time. They will be using custom software that is fairly easy-to-use for this purpose. Each student will then use standard GRB analysis software (RMFIT) to generate a report for each burst they have done. These reports will be used for a data analysis project as part of a paper to be submitted to a peer reviewed journal, where the students will be given recognition for their efforts. ! Finally, there will be a contest to see who can create Short Biography! a burst with the most unusual characteristics ("Mat- ! terhorn", "Hand-of-god", ?)! UAH Associate Research Professor Robert Preece ! received his B.A. in Math and Physics from the Uni- ! versity of California at Berkeley (Go Bears!) in 1982, Requirements:! a M.S. in Physics from The Ohio State University in Very little Math/Physics background is necessary.! Columbus, Ohio, and a Ph.D.