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DESCRIPTION:Hispanic Heritage Month Colloquium\nTOPIC: The Science of Space
Weather\nSPEAKER: Ramon E. Lopez\, University of Texas at Arlington\n\nAs
our technological civilization becomes more dependent of space technology
\, we become more vulnerable to changes in the space environment in which
that technology functions. These environmental changes are known as “sp
ace weather.” In this talk I will discuss what drives space weather and
how it affects human activities both in space and on the Earth. I will a
lso discuss recent efforts by the Center for Integrated Space Weather Mode
ling to create physics-based numerical simulations of the magnetosphere to
be used in forecasting space weather.\n\nRamon E. Lopez is a Professor of
Physics at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research is both in
space plasma physics and physics education\, and he is the author of over
100 peer-reviewed papers and coauthor of the popular science book "Storms
from the Sun." Ramon is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Hi
s awards include the 2002 APS Nicholson Medal\, the 2010 SACNAS (the Socie
ty for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) Distin
guished Scientist Award\, the 2012 APS Edward A. Bouchet Award\, and two N
ASA Group Achievement Awards. Ramon has also been very active in precolle
ge science education and has assisted in the development of nationally mar
keted science instruction materials for elementary and high school grades.
Ramon was one of the authors of the College Board's Standards for Colleg
e Success Science Standards and he is part of the Leadership Team for the
development of the Next Generation Science Standards project. He has also
served as a science education consultant for numerous school districts\,
state departments of education\, and other organizations including the Dis
covery Channel. Ramon earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Ill
inois at Urbana-Champaign\, and Ph.D. in space physics from Rice Universit
y.\n
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Colloquium - Ramon E. Lopez\, University of Texas at
Arlington - The Science of Space Weather
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SPEAKER: Ramon E. Lopez\, University of Texas at
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\n\nAs our technological civilization become
s more dependent of space technology\, we become more vulnerable to change
s in the space environment in which that technology functions. \; Thes
e environmental changes are known as “space weather.” \; In this t
alk I will discuss what drives space weather and how it affects human acti
vities both in space and on the Earth. \; I will also discuss recent e
fforts by the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling to create physi
cs-based numerical simulations of the magnetosphere to be used in forecast
ing space weather.
\n\nRamon E. Lopez is a Professor of Physics at the
University of Texas at Arlington. \; His research is both in space pla
sma physics and physics education\, and he is the author of over 100 peer-
reviewed papers and coauthor of the popular science book "\;Storms fro
m the Sun."\; \; Ramon is a Fellow of the American Physical Societ
y (APS) and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AA
AS). \; His awards include the 2002 APS Nicholson Medal\, the 2010 SAC
NAS (the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in S
cience) Distinguished Scientist Award\, the 2012 APS Edward A. Bouchet Awa
rd\, and two NASA Group Achievement Awards. \; Ramon has also been ver
y active in precollege science education and has assisted in the developme
nt of nationally marketed science instruction materials for elementary and
high school grades. \; Ramon was one of the authors of the College Bo
ard's Standards for College Success Science Standards and he is part of th
e Leadership Team for the development of the Next Generation Science Stand
ards project. \; He has also served as a science education consultant
for numerous school districts\, state departments of education\, and other
organizations including the Discovery Channel. \; Ramon earned a B.S.
in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, and Ph.D
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