Issue 18-37, September 9, 2018
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- OPAG 2018 MEETING WEBEX CONNECTION INFORMATION
- REMINDER: DPS DEPENDENT CARE GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING
- OPENINGS ON THE DPS PROFESSIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE SUBCOMMITTEE
- 2019A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
- NASA HUBBLE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (NHFP)
- A FREE WORKSHOP FOR EARLY-CAREER ASTRONOMERS WHO WANT TO DO BETTER OUTREACH TO STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC (REGISTER SOON)
- NEW COMETARY INSIGHTS FROM THE CLOSE APPROACH OF 46P/WIRTANEN: A SYMPOSIUM IN CELEBRATION OF MIKE A’HEARN
- PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: WORKSHOP ON IN SITU EXPLORATION OF THE ICE GIANTS
- 4TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR): SMALL SATELLITES FOR SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT
- 43RD SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR) AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS
- JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
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OPAG 2018 MEETING WEBEX CONNECTION INFORMATION
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 | 8:00 am Pacific Standard Time | 12 hours 50
minutes | Not started
Recurrence: Every day, from Tuesday, September 11, 2018, to Wednesday,
September 12, 2018
Meeting Link: https://nasa.webex.com/nasa/j.php?MTID=m3394804e32f82147b0b3c13d3f2eadb8
Meeting number: 997 689 640
Meeting password: W@lc0m31
Audio connection:
Freephone/
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Participant Passcode: 7331611
*On the day of the meeting, copy and paste the link to your browser if
clicking on it does not work.
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https://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html
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REMINDER: DPS DEPENDENT CARE GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHING
The DPS’s Susan Niebur Professional Development Fund provides financial
assistance to qualifying members in order to facilitate their meeting attendance
by offsetting costs for child care, elder care, spousal care, etc. at the meeting
location or at home during the DPS conference.
The deadline for applications is September 15, 2018!
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OPENINGS ON THE DPS PROFESSIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE SUBCOMMITTEE
The DPS Professional Culture and Climate Subcommittee (PCCS) is soliciting
for new members to start at the 2018 DPS meetings. The PCCS’s mission is
“To consider and recommend actions that the DPS Committee can take to
promote a broadly inclusive professional community characterized by respect,
honesty, and trust, so that people of diverse backgrounds are – and perceive
themselves to be – safe, welcome and enabled”
(content/charge-professional-culture-and-climate-subcommittee).
The typically time commitment involves every other week telecons.
If interested, please contact Julie Rathbun (rathbun@psi) by September 14th.
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2019A NASA IRTF CALL FOR PROPOSALS
NASA Infrared Telescope Facility Observing Proposals. The due date for
the 2019A semester (February 1, 2019 to July 31, 2019) is Monday,
October 1, 2018. See our online submission form. Information on
available facility and visitor instruments and performance can be found
at:
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/instruments
Observing on-site or remote observing is available with SpeX, MORIS,
and iSHELL; please see the instrument pages for more information,
including the exposure time calculators for SpeX and iSHELL.
The full text is available here:
http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/callForProposals.php
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NASA HUBBLE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (NHFP)
On behalf of the NASA Astrophysics Division, the Space Telescope Science
Institute (STScI) announces the second annual call for applications for
postdoctoral fellowships under the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program
(NHFP) #02904, to begin in the Fall of 2019.
The Announcement of Opportunity, which includes detailed program policies
and application instructions, is available at the website: http://nhfp.stsci.edu.
The application submission page will be open today until November 1, 2018.
Please share this employment announcement with your friends, networking
groups, mailing lists, and social connections using this link.
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A FREE WORKSHOP FOR EARLY-CAREER ASTRONOMERS WHO WANT TO
DO BETTER OUTREACH TO STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC (REGISTER SOON)
January 5-6, 2019
The AAS Astronomy Ambassadors workshop will be held on the Saturday and
Sunday before the winter AAS meeting in Seattle, WA. Participants will
spend two days learning techniques, examining selected materials, and
getting to know each other and an existing community of astronomers
doing outreach. We especially want to encourage participation by
members of groups underrepresented in science.
Workshop costs are being underwritten by the AAS Board of Trustees, so
workshop registration, materials, and two days’ lunches are free. If
necessary, we can also reimburse you for up to two nights’ lodging if
attendance at the workshop requires you to travel to the meeting venue
early. (Participants are expected to be members of the AAS or to join,
and to register for the other parts of the AAS meeting. Note that
significantly reduced membership fees are available to students and to
educators.)
Applications are being accepted now and must be in no later than 5
November 2018.
More information about the AAS Astronomy Ambassadors program:
https://aas.org/outreach/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-program
More information and online application link:
https://aas.org/meetings/aas233/aas-astronomy-ambassadors-workshop
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NEW COMETARY INSIGHTS FROM THE CLOSE APPROACH OF 46P/WIRTANEN:
A SYMPOSIUM IN CELEBRATION OF MIKE A’HEARN
We will be holding a symposium at the University of Maryland in
College Park on August 6-8, 2019 in celebration of the contributions
that Mike A’Hearn made to cometary science.
In Mike’s honor, this symposium will focus on results from observations
of comet 46P/Wirtanen (and the other recent bright comets) to allow the
compilation of individual studies into a comprehensive understanding of
the comet.
We encourage comet scientists of all types as well as anyone who knew
and worked with Mike in any capacity to come and participate in this event
and to reflect on his legacy.
For additional details on the Wirtanen Observing Campaign and for future
updates on the symposium, please visit the campaign website:
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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT: WORKSHOP ON IN SITU EXPLORATION OF THE ICE GIANTS
Dates: February 25-27, 2019
Location: Château La Coste en Provence, France
Abstract submission deadline: December 31, 2018
Early registration deadline: January 31, 2019
Maximum number of participants: 100
Website: https://ice-giant-workshop.lam.fr/
We are pleased to announce a workshop addressing scientific and
technological topics relevant to the in situ exploration of ice giant
planet atmospheres, including scientific questions, how to achieve
them, and technological challenges. The workshop will also focus
on potential mission concepts and international cooperation, with
an emphasis on probe studies of the ice giants in the framework of
future NASA-ESA collaborations.
Information regarding registration, lodging, abstract submission,
and the venue will be posted on the workshop website in November.
Contacts:
Olivier Mousis ([email protected])
David Atkinson ([email protected])
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4TH SYMPOSIUM OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR): SMALL
SATELLITES FOR SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE AND DEVELOPMENT
COSPAR 2019
Date: 4-8 November 2019
Place: Herzliya, Israel
Contact: COSPAR Secretariat ([email protected])
Host Organization: The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Scientific Program Chair: Professor Morris Podolak, Tel Aviv
University, Dept. of Geosciences
Abstract Deadline: 15 April 2019
Topics:
– Satellite and nanosatellite observations of ground and underground
soil
– Ground water, seas, and oceans
– Atmosphere and ionosphere
– Magnetosphere
– Solar system objects (planets, asteroids, interplanetary space)
– Extrasolar planets and the interstellar medium
– The Milky Way and intergalactic space
– Education for space engineering
– Space sciences
Selected papers published in Advances in Space Research and Life
Sciences in Space Research, fully refereed journals with no deadlines
open to all submissions in relevant fields.
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43RD SCIENTIFIC ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPACE RESEARCH (COSPAR)
AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS
COSPAR 2020
Date: 15-23 August 2020
Place: Sydney, Australia
Contact: COSPAR Secretariat ([email protected])
Host Organization: Australian Academy of Science
Scientific Program Chair: Prof. Iver Cairns, University of Sydney,
School of Physics
Abstract Deadline: mid-February 2020
Scientific program:
https://www.cospar-assembly.org
Registration, accommodation, etc.:
Topics:
– SC A: The Earth’s Surface, Meteorology and Climate
– SC B: The Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar
System
– SC C: The Upper Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets Including
Reference Atmospheres
– SC D: Space Plasmas in the Solar System, Including Planetary
Magnetospheres
– SC E: Research in Astrophysics from Space
– SC F: Life Sciences as Related to Space
– SC G: Materials Sciences in Space
– SC H: Fundamental Physics in Space
Panels on:
– Satellite Dynamics (PSD)
– Scientific Ballooning (PSB)
– Potentially Environmentally Detrimental Activities in Space (PEDAS)
– Radiation Belt Environment Modelling (PRBEM)
– Space Weather (PSW)
– Planetary Protection (PPP)
– Capacity Building (PCB)
– Education (PE)
– Exploration (PEX)
– Interstellar Research (PIR)
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JOBS, POSITIONS, OPPORTUNITIES
A) ASSISTANT AND ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER, EARTH AND PLANETARY
EXPLORATION USING SMALL SATELLITES
Department: Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
City: Honolulu
State/Province: HI
Institution: University of Hawai’i
Application Due Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Web Link:
http://workatuh.hawaii.edu/Jobs/NAdvert/28814/5026769/1/postdate/desc
The Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) at the University
of Hawai’i (UH) seeks to hire two tenure-track faculty members (one
appointment will be made at the assistant level, the other at the associate
level) to lead the development of small/micro/cube satellite missions (or the
development of key subsystems, such as payloads) to support new Earth and
planetary science missions.
For further details, including minimum/desirable qualifications and application
procedures, please see
http://workatuh.hawaii.edu/Jobs/NAdvert/28814/5026769/1/postdate/desc.
The search is open until the positions are filled.
Position Type: Faculty (tenure or tenure-track)
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