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4/25/16

Today we had even MORE visitors in the E-Lab !!! I feel like every class we have a new group of people here to see what we're up to. I talked a lot w...

Week summary: 4/18/16 - 4/23/16

This week was a very active week for the sun, which is a nice change of pace !! There was a large sunspot, AR2529, that produced a lot of flares and ...

4/22/16

Today, members of the Board came to look at everyone's projects and to see what is happening up in the E-Lab. We got to discuss out projects and futu...

4/20/16

Today a student and their family came to tour the E-Lab, so everyone got to practice "pitching" their research projects to strangers. Sunspot AR2529 ...

4/18/16

Today is a very active day for the sun !!! Sunspot AR2529 is spewing out tons of radiation and particles, and earlier this morning produced a large M...

4/15/16

Today was my first day back after the trip !!!! It was really great to see everyone and to get back into the swing of things. At the beginning of cla...

Week summary: 3/28/16 - 4/2/16

This week, I discussed a lot about my project and future ideas with people. I'm planning to build some type of solar weather sensor to keep here in t...

4/1/16

Happy April Fool's Day !!! Today, Savannah, Alice and I Skyped with Marc! We talked about a lot of different topics, including possible ideas for my ...

3/30/16

Today I did some more research into what types of UV/solar sensors we would want if we were to set some up for the HISEAS mission. Most of the types ...

3/28/16

Today was the first day back after spring break!! It was really great to see everyone, even though class was pretty short so we didn't do very much. ...

3/2/16

Today I read about the "space fence," which will help the US air force in tracking debris that could cause damage to satellites and probes in Earth o...

2/29/16

Happy Leap Day! Today I discussed the solar flare EVA sim with Savannah and Alice! After reading the report, there were a lot of things I think they ...

Week summary: 2/22/16 - 2/27/16

This week I started brainstorming and working on a new solar weather monitor in the E-Lab that will be permanent. It will feature lots of stuff from ...

2/24/16

Today I talked with Dr. Wiecking about setting up a permanent "solar weather hub" on one of the monitors in the NASA corner. The monitor would featur...

Week summary: 1/25/16 - 1/30/16

This week I finished the one page write up for the E-Lab window, and I worked on my homework for my CFHT internship. I also spent a lot of time readi...

Week summary: 1/11/16 - 1/16/16

This week I worked on trying to find a solar observatory to link into the Radio Sky software. I also talked with Dr. Wiecking and Mark Seibert about ...

1/15/16

Today Dr. Wiecking and I emailed Marc Siebert about moving forward with the solar sensors for the Hab, and tying those into some new ways to make the...

1/11/16

Today I spent most of my time working on my CFHT internship work, with the HZ research and calculations. I looked at the Radio Sky software too, and ...

Week summary: 1/6/16 - 1/9/16

This week I spend most of my time catching up on the solar weather news from over winter break that I missed. Nothing too exciting happened, besides ...

1/8/16

Today I focused on catching up with the weather reports from over winter break. Surprisingly, nothing really major happened while I was gone. There w...