Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Physics students presented at International CEDAR Workshop

Faculty News dated July 15, 2014

Two Penn State students presented their posters at the 2014 CEDAR Workshop held at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA from June 22-26, 2014. The students started their research at the Lehigh Valley campus and worked with Dr.Tai-Yin Huang, associate professor of physics, as undergraduate research assistants sponsored by NSF grants. Richard George presented a poster titled "The Effects of Gravity Waves on Airglow Temperatures in the MLT Region", with Dr. Huang. Chris Dimenichi presented "The Influence of CO2 Concentration and F10.7 Variations on Mesospheric Airglow Emissions", with Dr. Huang. Their travel was sponsored in part by NSF and Penn State Undergraduate Travel Grants.