2015 Western Conference Schedule
As-of 1 March 2015 ~ Subject to change
Day 1: Friday, 20 March
Tour ofKavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC). Meet at 3:00 PM Directions athttp://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/215
Day 2: Saturday, 21 March
Morning and afternoon session at 452 Lomita Mall Physics/Astrophysics Building Conference room 102 and 103 Directions at: http://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/51
Day 3: Sunday, 22 March
Morning and afternoon session at 452 Lomita Mall Physics/Astrophysics Building Conference room 102 and 103 Directions at: http://www.radio-astronomy.org/node/51
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Friday, March 20th |
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3:00 PM |
Tour of KIPAC |
Dr. Mandeep Gill |
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Saturday, March 21st |
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Registration, Breakfast |
Lorraine Rumley |
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9:00 – 9:15 |
Introductions, etc. |
David Westman, Ken Redcap |
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9:15 – 10:00 |
Speaker 1 |
Ken Redcap |
611 MHz Total Power Radio Telescope part 0x03 - Software |
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10:00 – 10:45 |
Speaker 2 |
Curt Kinghorn |
TBD |
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10:45 – 11:15 |
Morning Break |
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11:15 – 12:00 |
Speaker 3 |
Dean Knight |
A Student’s Hands-on Introduction to Radio and Radio Astronomy |
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12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00 – 1:45 |
Speaker 4 |
Tom Hagen |
VLF Receiver for Making Calibrated Magnetic Field Strength Measurements |
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1:45 – 2:30 |
Speaker 5 |
Ray Fobes |
The Dipole Array Radio Telescope |
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2:30 – 3:00 |
Afternoon break |
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3:00 – 3:45 |
Speaker 6 |
Paul Shuch |
Electromagnetic Spectrum Basics |
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3:45 – 4:30 |
Speaker 7 |
Whitham Reeve |
Sudden Frequency Deviations Due to Solar Flares |
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4:30 |
Adjourn |
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6:00 - |
Dinner at restaurant |
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Sunday, March 22nd |
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8:30 – 9:00 |
Breakfast |
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9:00 – 9:45 |
Speaker 8 |
Open Mike |
Short subjects |
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9:45 – 10:30 |
Speaker 9 |
Tushar Sharma, etal |
Radio Jove Instrumentation and Education Outreach |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Morning Break |
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11:00 – 11:45 |
Speaker 10 |
Dr. Maria Spasojevic |
Quantifying the Role of Wave-Particle Interactions in Controlling the Dynamics of the Earth's Radiation Belt |
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11:45 – 12:45 |
Lunch |
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12:45 – 1:30 |
Speaker 11 |
Leif Svalgaard |
Radio, Ionosphere, Magnetism, and Sunspots |
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1:30 – 2:15 |
Speaker 12 |
Phil Scherer |
Viewing the Sun, Inside and Out, with SDO |
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2:15 |
Afternoon Break |
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2:45 – 3:30 |
Speaker 13 |
Jack Welch |
Low Noise Feeds for the Allen Telescope Array |
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Speaker 14 |
Jon Richards |
The Signal Search at the Allen Telescope Array |