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March for Science raises public trust, support for discovery
Almost five decades ago, Fred Huemmrich marched on the first Earth Day as a Pittsburgh high school student. Back then, standing up against air pollution was a controversial act, he remembers....
April 24, 2017
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8:49 AM
Something to CHEW On (Climate, Health, Ecosystems, Weather)
Susan Hoban (JCET faculty) and Alexandra St. Pé (JCET graduate student) have been awarded a grant from the University of Maryland Center of Environmental Science for a project entitled "Something...
April 21, 2017
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10:54 AM
J. Vanderlei Martins, Physics Professor
Dr. Martins will discuss the saga of a young physicist who, like many others, wanted to follow Feynman’s and Einstein’s steps in making fundamental discoveries that would change the world, but...
March 29, 2017
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9:11 AM
Dr. Christopher Shuman, a JCET researcher who has studied ice sheets at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, told the Earth Observatory, “Once you pop that cork, the wine inside — all that glacial...
February 17, 2017
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12:04 PM
Congratulations to JCET Faculty Jasper Lewis and Simone Lolli, who are co-authors on a paper that has received the 2017 Alan Berman Research Publication Award, which is conferred by the Naval...
February 6, 2017
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11:22 AM
Tiny satellites make big contributions to essential science
J. Vanderlei Martins Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Tiny satellites, some smaller than a shoe box, are currently orbiting...
February 3, 2017
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9:00 AM
JCET GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP 2017-18
Due Date: 5 PM EDT, April 21, 2017 JCET is seeking proposals from the JCET faculty or fellows at UMBC or NASA Goddard who wish to engage a new student on a research projects. Non-JCET faculty...
February 1, 2017
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3:44 PM
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Goddard Space Flight Center
Weak secular variations in the solar irradiance are hotly debated, as they may have large implications on our understanding of the role of the Sun in climate. If the total energy that reaches...
January 27, 2017
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2:15 PM
Faculty present poster session
On December 7, 2016, JCET faculty presented a poster session featuring faculty research. Topics included Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing, Ice Loss Processes in The Seal Nunataks Ice Shelf,...
January 17, 2017
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2:24 PM
Scientists meet to collaborate over sustainability issues
JCET staff and faculty were present at the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, CA (December 12-16, 2016). Valerie Casasanto presented a poster ‘Height Matters:...
January 17, 2017
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8:59 AM