CEDAR email: Call for Applications | Heliophysics Summer School 2015 | Seasons in Space

[Susanne Demaree]

*Heliophysics Summer School 2015 | Seasons in Space*



*Seasons In Space: Cycles of variability of Sun-Planet systems*

July 28 – August 4, 2015 - Boulder, CO



*Deadline is 27 February*

Applications are invited for the 2015 Heliophysics Summer School, which
will be held in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. We are seeking students and
undergraduate level teachers and instructors to join us this coming summer
for a unique professional experience. Students and teachers will learn
about the exciting science of heliophysics as a broad, coherent discipline
that reaches in space from the Earth's troposphere to the depths of the
Sun, and in time from the formation of the solar system to the distant
future. At the same time, a goal of the Summer School is for the group of
instructors to develop materials from Heliophysics that can be applied in
their classes.

The Heliophysics Summer School focuses on the physics of the connections
between the Sun, the heliosphere, the magnetospheres and the upper
atmospheres of the planets. The solar system offers a wide variety of
conditions under which the interaction of bodies with a plasma environment
can be studied, while exoplanets and Sun-like stars offer an even wider
range of perspectives with lessons about our local cosmos from distant past
to distant future.

The 2015 Summer School will start from the foundations of heliophysics and
proceed with a focus on the cycles of variability throughout the planetary
system: the origins of the sunspot cycle, the consequences for the solar
wind and the galactic cosmic rays, and the variety of impacts of these
processes on planetary environments and upper atmospheres, particularly
Earth's. The School will also address the space-weather consequences of
solar wind patterns associated with the Sun's rotation, and will look into
the consequences of planetary orbital motions that cause the seasonal
changes in geospace from ionosphere to magnetotail that are associated with
the tilt of planetary spin and magnetic axes relative to the orbital planes.


The school will be based on lectures, laboratories, and recitations from
world experts, and will draw material from the three textbooks Heliophysics
I-III
<http://www.vsp.ucar.edu/Heliophysics/science-resources-textbooks.shtml>,
published by Cambridge University Press.

Several teachers along with about 35 students will be selected through a
competitive process organized by the UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs. The
school lasts for eight days, and each participant receives full travel
support for airline tickets, lodging and per diem costs.


*Student Application Requirements *

   - Currently enrolled as a graduate student in any phase of training, or
   first or second year postdoctoral fellow.
   - Major in physics with an emphasis on astrophysics, geophysics, plasma
   physics, and space physics, or experienced in at least one of these areas.
   - Pursuing a career in heliophysics or astrophysics.

*Special Opportunity for Teachers*

*Teacher Application Requirements*

   - At least three years of teaching experience.  (Already having a
   connection with heliophysics is not a requirement.)
   - Currently teaching physics (preferably electricity & magnetism),
   astronomy/planetary science, or Earth sciences at the upper division
   undergraduate level.
   - Willingness to provide feedback to the Summer School faculty and
   organizers on the comprehensibility and comprehensiveness of the overall
   set of lectures and supporting materials.

For additional information on this program and instructions on how to apply,

please visit the Heliophysics website at

www.Heliophysics.ucar.edu



For further information, call (303) 497-1605 or e-mail vspapply at ucar.edu



The Living With a Star program of the Heliophysics Division in NASA’s
Science Mission Directorate sponsors the Summer Schools. The University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Visiting Scientist Programs
collaborates with NASA in administering the schools. The University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research is an EE/AAE who values and encourages
diversity in the workplace. Images courtesy of NASA.

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*Susanne Demaree*

*Web Developer | Marketing | Social Media*

P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO  80307
Phone: 303-497-8627

     <http://www.vsp.ucar.edu>
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