Wyoming NASA EPSCoR is a partnership combining resources and management from the State of Wyoming, the University of Wyoming, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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New Call for Pre-proposals, 2008
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A NASA grant of nearly $1.5 million is funding two University of Wyoming research projects. The program is directed by Paul Johnson, chairman of the UW Department of Physics and Astronomy. The Wyoming Infrared Observatory (WIRO) is one of UW's research projects funded the grant. One of the project’s goals, Johnson says, is to promote the WIRO as a astronomical satellite instrument testbed facility for NASA and for commercial aerospace corporations. The NASA funding also helps UW reach one its Academic Plan goal of strengthening the department of physics and astronomy using the WIRO. The project is headed by Ronald Canterna, UW Department of Physics and Astronomy. Wyoming King Air Atmospheric Research Aircraft. Specifically the funding allows for the refitting of the Wyoming Cloud Radar unit into the belly of the King Air and to connect the unit to the plane's new instrumentation system. This will allow the King Air and the Wyoming Cloud Radar to look down into the clouds in the same manner as a satellite. This alignment will allow for important validation studies to take place between what satellites are imaging from space and from what is imaged at the cloud tops, or within clouds by the cloud radar unit. The collaborative study will allow scientists to better understand clouds and their role in the global heat balance, precipitation and atmospheric chemistry. The research project is headed by Bart Geerts and Gabor Vali from the UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Wyoming NASA EPSCoR also received $125,000 for core funding for research infrastructure development including student research programs. NASA EPSCoR began in 1993 to strengthen research capability of states that previously had not participated in competitive aerospace research activities. EPSCoR also works closely with the states’ NASA Space Grant College and Fellowship Programs to help improve the opportunities for science, mathematics, engineering and technology education. NASA EPSCoR is administered by the University of Wyoming NASA Office and the Wyoming EPSCoR Office. For more information contact Paul Johnson in Physics and Astronomy, or Barbara Kissack in the Wyoming EPSCoR Office.
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