Psyche Inspired is a program that brings undergraduate students from any discipline or major together to share the excitement, innovation, and scientific and engineering content of NASA’s Psyche mission with the public in new ways through artistic and creative works. Read more here.
Natalie Broderick is an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, under advisor Ellen Zweibel. She is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Physics, Astrophysics, and Philosophy, with a certificate in Mathematics and honors in the liberal arts. Her research is primarily in theoretical and computational astrophysics. She is working on a project …
The Polarimetry in the Ultraviolet to Find Features in INterStellar dust (PUFFINS) is a SmallSat mission concept designed to obtain ultraviolet (UV) spectropolarimetric observations to probe the interstellar dust grain properties and to understand wavelength-dependent extinction and star formation. The understanding of interstellar grain alignment has been revolutionized by the development and observational testing of …
Maggie Ju, a second-year physics PhD student, is featured in the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium’s Student Spotlight. Maggie is a recipient of a WSGC Graduate and Professional Research Fellowship and works with Professor Melinda Soares-Furtado on young variable objects (including brown dwarfs and free-floating planets!) in the Orion Nebula Cluster. She uses near-infrared time series …
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