ISWI Newsletter - Vol.6 No.034
01 May 2014
Dear ISWI Participant:
This is a reminder that this newsletter is on a new format: It is issued twice per month, on the 1st and 15th of each month. In terms of material to be published, contributions from subscribers are welcome. Editor
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
[1] 2nd Space Weather School for Engineers, 15-17 October 2014 (read it)
[2] Intellectual Exchange and Innovation Program (IEI Program) (read it)
[3] New ISWI Steering Committee (read it)
[4] CALLISTO status report/news letter #49 (read it)
[5] Three Space Weather medals - call for nominations (read it)
[6] AWARD OF FELLOWSHIP OF AFRICAN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY AGS (read it)
[7] ISWI welcomes three new instrument arrays (read it)
Attachments (find it)
[1] The 2nd Space Weather School for Engineers will be organized in Leuven
(Belgium) from 15-17 October 2014. More information can be found on the
webpage:
http://www.stce.be/sw4e/
Details in this pdf: 
(Sent in by Stefaan Poedts)
[2] Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences (IGSES) of
Kyushu University is seeking candidates of outstanding qualification for
its IEI Program (a doctoral program). Submissions can be made online
starting 10 May 2014. For those seeking a MEXT scholarship,the deadline
for submission is 6 June 2014.
For complete details, please visit
http://www.tj.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/igses/c_education/iei_doctor.php
Degrees awarded:
+ Doctor of Engineering (Eng.D.)
+ Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)
+ Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Courses taught in English for 20 international students each year.
Ten students who are evaluated as particularly gifted during the admissions process will be awarded a scholarship of 145,000 JPY per month for three years, which is enough to cover their primary living expenses.
(Sent in by Tohru Hada)
[3] Members of the re-vitalized ISWI Steering Committee (alphabetical order)
| Christine Amory-Mazaudier | France | GPS |
| Masaki Fujimoto | Japan | JAXA (TBC) |
| Sharafat Gadimova | Austria | UNOOSA |
| Katya Georgieva | Bulgaria | SCOSTEP/VarSITI |
| Nat Gopalswamy | US | Chair |
| Keith Groves | US | Scintillation Networks |
| Lika Guhathakurta | US | NASA HQ |
| Norbert Jakowski | Germany | SOFIE and GIFDS |
| Ian Mann | Canada | U. Alberta |
| Christian Monstein | Switzerland | CALLISTO |
| Terry Onsager | US | ISES |
| Babatunde Rabiu | Nigeria | NASRDA |
| Jean-Pierre Raulin | Brazil | SAVNET |
| Deborah Scherrer | US | SID Monitor Network |
| Kazunari Shibata | Japan | CHAIN project |
| Chi Wang | China | Space Weather Meridian |
| Akimasa Yoshikawa | Japan | MAGDAS |
(from http://www.iswi-secretariat.org/)
[4] CALLISTO: A new Callisto station has been set up in Lima at
Comision Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Aeroespacial (CONIDA).
The antenna is a log-periodic dipole array (LPDA) with 23 elements
in a fixed sky position covering 70-1000 MHz.
Full report in this pdf: .
(Sent in by Christian Monstein)
[5] Three Space Weather Medals: In 2013, a set of three medals
in Space Weather have been created at the occasion of the 10th
anniversary of the European Space Weather Week. These medals are
now becoming an annual event, with a medal ceremony during the
European Space Weather Week (November 17-21, 2014, Liege, Belgium,
http://www.stce.be/esww11/).
Full text in this pdf:
(Sent in by Jean Lilenstein)
[6] Prof. Fambitakoye (Laboratoire de Geophysique, France) has been
awarded FELLOWSHIP OF AFRICAN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY (AGS). Details of
this announcement in this pdf: .
(Sent in by Christine Amory-Mazaudier)
[7] New ISWI Instruments: ISWI is pleased to announce the expansion of the ISWI instrument network with the inclusion of three more: (1) SOFIE, (2) GIFDS, and (3) LISN.
SOFIE (Solar Flares detected by Ionospheric Effects):
This is a project from the Ionosphere group of the Institute of
Communications and Navigation and the
School-Lab
at DLR Neustrelitz. The SOFIE project will establish receivers
worldwide to enhance space weather awareness and in particular
to initiate cultural exchange between schools at different countries.
(Contact: Dr. Norbert Jakowski, German Aerospace Center)
GIFDS (Global Ionosphere Flare Detection System):
One GIFDS
receiver has already been established in Boston College and plans
are underway to deploy another one at Stanford University.
(Contact: Dr. Norbert Jakowski, German Aerospace Center).
More details in this pdf: ).
LISN (Low-latitude Ionosphere Sensor Network) Observatory:
This is a distributed observatory dedicated to monitor and specify
the conditions of the equatorial and low-latitude ionosphere over
South America. LISN presently manages 47 GPS receivers, 5 magnetometers
and 2 vertical incidence pulsed ionospheric radar (VIPIR)
ionosondes across South America. LISN would like extend to
Central America and the Caribbean.
(Contact: Cesar Valladeres, Boston College).
More details in this pdf: .
(Sent in by Nat Gopalswamy)
Note from the Editor:
These three new instrument arrays have already been added to
the ISWI website of http://www.iswi-secretariat.org/
Click-sequence-on-tabs is: "Projects" then "Instrument Projects".
(This comment from Mitko, who runs the ISWI website.)
Webmaster Notes: You can try these quick links 1/ SOFIE; 2/ GIFDS; and 3/ LISN
George Maeda
Editor of ISWI Newsletter
(1) Announcement: The 2nd Space Weather School for Engineers Leuven
Belgium from 15-17 October 2014 )
(2) CALLISTO status report/news letter #49 )
(3) Announcement Three Space Weather Medals: )
(4) FELLOWSHIP OF AFRICAN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY (AGS) )
(5) GIFDS summary )
(6) LISN summary )