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Scientists earn funding to build miniature magnetometer
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Scientists at the University of Iowa have been awarded funding to create a magnetic field instrument small enough to be outfitted on mini satellites that would be launched into space.
Sherwani lands on Forbes list of celebrated young innovators
Sunday, December 13, 2020
It’s been a whirlwind 12 months since Suman Sherwani graduated from Iowa. She’s working on NASA-funded rocket and satellite missions in the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, and is featured on Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for science.
Physicists win NASA funding to build special apparatus for magnetic field sensors
Thursday, October 15, 2020
David Miles, assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded $199,999 from NASA to design and build a special mast that can carry magnetic field instruments outfitted for miniature space satellites.
TRACERS mission funded by $115 million grant from NASA takes next step
Thursday, June 25, 2020
UI Physics and Astronomy Assistant Professor David Miles is developing a new magnetic-field instrument called MAGnetometers for Innovation and Capability (MAGIC). Miles said MAGIC will be a supplement, or an add-on, to the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, which will strive to answer questions regarding space weather.
NASA-Iowa TRACERS project moves into next phase
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
A $115 million space mission awarded by NASA to the University of Iowa can now proceed in earnest. Called TRACERS, it will study interactions between the sun’s and Earth’s magnetic fields. NASA also approved an extra $7.6 million for a magnetic field instrument to be designed and built at Iowa,
Called MAGnetometers for Innovation and Capability (MAGIC), the instrument is intended to demonstrate that Iowa can reliably manufacture a new magnetic-field instrument that meets NASA’s exacting standards.
ICI-5 Launch
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Video of the ICI-5 launch taken from the harbor by one of the University of Iowa scientists Suranga Ruhunusiri
A career path changes trajectory
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Suman Sherwani is well on her way to becoming a rocket scientist. The December graduate is staying at University of Iowa to work as a design engineer on NASA-funded rocket and satellite missions in the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
University of Iowa receives grant from NASA to study auroras
Monday, September 9, 2019
The University of Iowa department of physics and astronomy has received another grant from NASA, now allowing them to launch rockets to measure the interaction between the Earth’s magnetic field and sun particles.
NASA chief touts ‘transformational’ work done at Iowa
Friday, August 30, 2019
Not long after receiving the largest research award in its history, the University of Iowa welcomed top officials from NASA, who toured Iowa facilities and lauded the meaningful work being done by researchers and students.
Instrument-producing furnace furthers the development of magnetic field and space exploration
Sunday, May 19, 2019
A furnace developed in the Van Allen Hall is producing instruments key to magnetic field research and space explorations. The research conducted by David Miles and others has made the UI the new source of fluxgate magnetometers and tools to measure precise magnetic fields.
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