What is this Project?
This project is an undergraduate technology development project, designed to produce ultra lightweight (<6lbs) and ultra lowcost (<$3000 on average) devices that can (and will) gather real scientific data in Alaska in March 2015.
Students design, manage, and develop several different devices which will then be packaged into ten (10) different payloads based on weight/power restrictions and scientific synergies. (I.e. Can we learn something interesting by comparing VLF and DC/EF field data? Then let's stick them on the same balloon.)
We are working to study the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) in March 2015 in Fairbanks, Alaska. We want to find out all the neat electrical and gaseous pieces of data we can about this region during these unique and beautiful events, which can actually tell us a lot about what is going on with our local Space Weather.
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Log start:
Today was the day of the All-Student USIP Kick-Off telecon phone call.
It was great hearing from all the other students across the country working on projects similar to ours.
Everything is kind of in a flurry right now, but we are all laying the groundwork for a great team so that we can do great work throughout the coming year.
Stay tuned for more information! A group photo is on the way!
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Further actions:
Create and publish a post that outlines an introduction of our project to the public, and to our sister-teams across the country for collaboration purposes.
Rachel Gamblin (USIP-UH member)
