The University of Massachusetts Lowell received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program to create a tenure-track faculty position focused on ionospheric space weather research and its impacts on communication and navigation technologies. This 5-year award under the NSF's Faculty Development in Geospace Science (FDSS) opportunity aims to integrate geospace science into the university's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physics, and Department of Environment, Earth and Atmospheric Science. The FDSS hire will develop space weather courses, build interdisciplinary bridges between the university's PhD programs, and work to broaden STEM participation by engaging first-generation and underrepresented engineering students. No sub-awards are planned under this grant.
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