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AS A CO-INVESTIGATOR ON THIS PROJECT DR. MISRA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING TWO TO THREE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS PER YEAR AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN COLLABORATION WITH DR. KILLEN AT GSFC. THE STUDENTS WILL WORK A TOTAL OF 20 HOURS PER WEEK ON THIS PROJECT AVERAGED OVER THE YEAR AND WILL BE PAID HOURLY. THE STUDENTS WILL USE MAXIMDL SOFTWARE TO EXTRACT THE SODIUM EMISSION FROM THE ON-BAND MINUS OFF-BAND OBSERVATIONS TAKEN WITH THE CORONAGRAPH. AS THEY BECOME TRAINED THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES WILL TAKE THE OBSERVATIONS. THE EXTRACTED EMISSION MEASUREMENTS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE PI FOR CALIBRATION AND MODELING PURPOSES. FINALLY THE STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLICATION OF THE PROJECT RESULTS IN THE PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT A STUDENT PAPER WILL BE GIVEN AT THE AGU FALL MEETING IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS PROJECT. THIS MEETING WILL BE LOCAL IN WASHINGTON DC. FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT FEE. STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO PROPOSE FOR STUDENT TRAVEL FUNDS TO ATTEND THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCES IN HOUSTON TEXAS.

$67,676FY2017National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Howard University, Washington DC

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