Joint Physics Dept.–Inst. for Space Weather Sci. Colloquium

 

 

September 10, Thursday (** SPECIAL DAY**)

 

 

Space Weather: What It Is, Why It's Important

 

 

Dr. Louis J. Lanzerotti, NJIT

(Solar & Terrestrial Physics, Host: Wang)

 

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check email/poster or request from kenahn@njit.edu

 

Time: 1pm - 2pm (**SPECIAL TIME**)

(Attendance check for Phys791 students at 12:50pm)

 

Abstract:

Since the development of the electrical telegraph in the 1840s, space weather processes have affected the design, implementation, and operation of many engineered systems, at first on Earth… and now in space. As the complexities of engineered systems increase, as new technologies are invented and employed, and as humans have ventured beyond Earth’s surface, both human-built systems and humans themselves become more susceptible to the effects of Earth's solar and space environment.

 

Text Box: Brief Bio: 

For more than five decades Louis Lanzerotti's principal research interests have included space plasmas, geophysics, and engineering problems related to the impacts of atmospheric and space processes and the space environment on space and terrestrial technologies. He is a Fellow of five professional societies and an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and of the International Academy of Astronautics.