Climate & Radiation Laboratory Seminar Series Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Goddard Space Flight Center

Weak secular variations in the solar irradiance are hotly debated, as they may have large implications on our understanding of the role of the Sun in climate.  If the total energy that reaches Earth from Sun varies only by less than 0.1 percent over the 11‑year solar cycle, and changes even less with longer time scales, how can such a small variation drive larger climate variability?  Connections of the solar cycle to the atmosphere and ocean are small but non-negligible in amplitude; they must work together to induce substantial climate changes.  While it is challenging to define the role of the Sun in climate change and characterize underlying mechanisms, space-borne measurements of solar irradiance are important to observing solar cycle 24, which is the least active cycle in 90 years.  In this context, an introduction of the upcoming Total Spectral Solar Irradiance‑1 (TSIS‑1) mission, which is expected to launch to the international space station, will be presented.


Climate & Radiation Laboratory Seminar Series

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Building 33, Room H114

1:30PM

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The NYIT REU Program will provide opportunities for 10 motivated and talented undergraduate students to collaborate with our faculty and graduate students in research on methods of securing smartphones and their networks using both hardware and software approaches (women and minority students are strongly encouraged to apply).

Undergraduates will have access to NYIT's state-of-the-art research facilities and gain valuable hands-on research experience in simulating the spread of malware on smartphones, implementing cryptographic algorithms and authentication schemes for smartphones, studying topology control of wireless networks, geolocating smartphones, detecting physical attack on a network of smartphones, and developing privacy-protected medical sensing methods using smartphones.

The program runs from May 31 - August 4, 2017
Application/Recommendation deadline: February 28, 2017

Benefits include:
  • $5,000 Stipend
  • Up to $600 Travel Allowance
  • $2,800 Housing and Food Allowance
  • Graduate School Preparation
  • Visits to state-of-the-art labs, security centers, and attend security conferences
  • Meet and network with security professionals
  • Weekend outings in NYC

Suggested majors include (but are not limited to):
  • Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
  • Information Systems,
  • Mathematics and Statistics,
  • Computer Engineering and other related fields
Click on the link below to read more about this opportunity and see if you are eligible to apply. For help with applying, please contact Dr. April Householder, Director of Undergraduate Research and Nationally Competitive Scholarships at aprilh@umbc.edu.
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Haixu Leng†, James Loy†, Victor Amin‡, Emily A. Weiss‡, and Matthew Pelton*†§
† Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
‡ Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
§ Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60639, United States
ACS Energy Lett., 2016, 1 (1), pp 9–15
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Strobbia, A. Mayer and B. M. Cullum, “Improving Sensitivity and Reproducibility of SERS Sensing in Micro-environments Using Individual, Optically Trapped SERS Probes,” Appl. Spectrosc.DOI:10.1177/0123456789123456 (2016). ]]> P. Strobbia, A. Mayer and B. M. Cullum, “Improving Sensitivity and Reproducibility of SERS Sensing in Micro-environments Using Individual, Optically Trapped SERS Probes,” Appl.... http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0003702816662881 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/65286/guest@my.umbc.edu/c7a22b20222a5fde291606f655cf3965/api/pixel nano@UMBC https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/nano https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/original.png?1793799644 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/large.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/medium.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/small.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxsmall.png?1793799644 nano@UMBC https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/286/9e33f592ddfb6e25341368b76acd4816/xxlarge.jpg?1485541358 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/286/9e33f592ddfb6e25341368b76acd4816/xlarge.jpg?1485541358 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/286/9e33f592ddfb6e25341368b76acd4816/large.jpg?1485541358 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/286/9e33f592ddfb6e25341368b76acd4816/medium.jpg?1485541358 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/286/9e33f592ddfb6e25341368b76acd4816/small.jpg?1485541358 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/286/9e33f592ddfb6e25341368b76acd4816/xsmall.jpg?1485541358 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/286/9e33f592ddfb6e25341368b76acd4816/xxsmall.jpg?1485541358 0 0 true Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:22:52 -0500 The Use of Titanium Dioxide in SERS A new paper from the Cullum Group P. Strobbia, A. J. Henegar, T. Gougousi and B. M. Cullum, “Layered Gold and Titanium Dioxide Substrates for Improved Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Sensing”, Appl. Spectrosc. 70(8), p. 1375 - 1383 (2016). ]]> P. Strobbia, A. J. Henegar, T. Gougousi and B. M. Cullum, “Layered Gold and Titanium Dioxide Substrates for Improved Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Sensing”, Appl. Spectrosc. 70(8), p. 1375... https://www.osapublishing.org/view_article.cfm?gotourl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eosapublishing%2Eorg%2FDirectPDFAccess%2FCB9149F8%2DBEE7%2DD506%2DF49DEDC7874CE9FF%5F348622%2Fas%2D70%2D8%2D1375%2Epdf%3Fda%3D1%26id%3D348622%26seq%3D0%26mobile%3Dno&org=University%20of%20Maryland%20Baltimore%20County%20Library https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/65285/guest@my.umbc.edu/732900e837ad7b53d74612d1c8e75f0a/api/pixel nano@UMBC https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/nano https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/original.png?1793799644 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/large.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/medium.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/small.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxsmall.png?1793799644 nano@UMBC https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/285/89c3f17772178e05d0807a112c7a7fbc/xxlarge.jpg?1485541243 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/285/89c3f17772178e05d0807a112c7a7fbc/xlarge.jpg?1485541243 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/285/89c3f17772178e05d0807a112c7a7fbc/large.jpg?1485541243 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/285/89c3f17772178e05d0807a112c7a7fbc/medium.jpg?1485541243 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/285/89c3f17772178e05d0807a112c7a7fbc/small.jpg?1485541243 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/285/89c3f17772178e05d0807a112c7a7fbc/xsmall.jpg?1485541243 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/285/89c3f17772178e05d0807a112c7a7fbc/xxsmall.jpg?1485541243 0 0 true Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:20:52 -0500 Regenerating Previously Exposed Commercial SERS Substrate A new paper from the Cullum Group M. E. Farrell, P. Strobbia, P. M. Pellegrino and B. M. Cullum, “Surface Regeneration and Signal Increase of Commercially Produced Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrates”, Appl. Opt. 56 (3), p. 198 – 213 (2017). ]]> M. E. Farrell, P. Strobbia, P. M. Pellegrino and B. M. Cullum, “Surface Regeneration and Signal Increase of Commercially Produced Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Substrates”, Appl. Opt.... https://www.osapublishing.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-56-3-B198 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/65284/guest@my.umbc.edu/27468fae731d69335df20370e7250c47/api/pixel nano@UMBC https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/nano https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/original.png?1793799644 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/large.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/medium.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/small.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxsmall.png?1793799644 nano@UMBC https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/284/e6d4a224fffaac8f0e5eab5ee2710742/xxlarge.jpg?1485541115 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/284/e6d4a224fffaac8f0e5eab5ee2710742/xlarge.jpg?1485541115 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/284/e6d4a224fffaac8f0e5eab5ee2710742/large.jpg?1485541115 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/284/e6d4a224fffaac8f0e5eab5ee2710742/medium.jpg?1485541115 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/284/e6d4a224fffaac8f0e5eab5ee2710742/small.jpg?1485541115 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/284/e6d4a224fffaac8f0e5eab5ee2710742/xsmall.jpg?1485541115 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/284/e6d4a224fffaac8f0e5eab5ee2710742/xxsmall.jpg?1485541115 0 0 true Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:18:51 -0500 Optoelectronic Properties of 2D Materials A new publication for the Haydon Group
Paul D. Cunningham*†, Kathleen M. McCreary†, Aubrey T. Hanbicki†, Marc Currie†, Berend T. Jonker†, and L. Michael Hayden*‡
† U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, United States
‡ Department of Physics, UMBC, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120 (10), pp 5819–5826
]]> Paul D. Cunningham*†, Kathleen M. McCreary†, Aubrey T. Hanbicki†, Marc Currie†, Berend T. Jonker†, and L. Michael Hayden*‡ † U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, United States... http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00647 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/65283/guest@my.umbc.edu/1630188a62ba9a215eeda6d5001412df/api/pixel nano@UMBC https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/nano https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/original.png?1793799644 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xlarge.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/large.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/medium.png?1793799644 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/small.png?1793799644 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xsmall.png?1793799644 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/8/xxsmall.png?1793799644 nano@UMBC https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/283/a6b046b26232b6d5d26bf0c1a563cfd4/xxlarge.jpg?1485540923 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/283/a6b046b26232b6d5d26bf0c1a563cfd4/xlarge.jpg?1485540923 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/283/a6b046b26232b6d5d26bf0c1a563cfd4/large.jpg?1485540923 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/283/a6b046b26232b6d5d26bf0c1a563cfd4/medium.jpg?1485540923 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/283/a6b046b26232b6d5d26bf0c1a563cfd4/small.jpg?1485540923 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/283/a6b046b26232b6d5d26bf0c1a563cfd4/xsmall.jpg?1485540923 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/065/283/a6b046b26232b6d5d26bf0c1a563cfd4/xxsmall.jpg?1485540923 0 0 true Fri, 27 Jan 2017 13:15:39 -0500 Dynamic Urban Environmental Systems Research Experience Hands-on research experience at Rutgers University-Newark Title: Dynamic Urban Environmental Systems and Sustainability (DUESS)

An REU Site at Rutgers University-Newark that provides students with hands-on research experiences in dynamic urban environmental systems. The site takes advantage of a vigorous multidisciplinary effort that involves near surface geophysics, urban geochemistry and urban ecology in northern New Jersey and especially, the New Jersey Meadowlands. Each scholar will choose one area of specialization but the research and support activities will be integrated to show students: 
  1. how their research experience relates to the whole urban research project, 
  2. how their research affects real-life issues that affect them and their families and 
  3. how they can pursue research careers stemming from this experience.
Research Areas (see the website for full project descriptions):

Near Surface Geophysics
The Near Surface Geophysics Group (NSGG) at Rutgers is engaged in research to develop emerging geophysical technologies for minimally invasive characterization and monitoring of urban environments.

Urban Geochemistry/Biogeochemistry
REU students will pursue research projects in the field of urban geochemistry/biogeochemistry in the polluted urban environment. One area of research focuses on the geochemical processes that control the fate of pollutants such as arsenic and chromium in soils and sediments including advanced spectroscopic tools to assess the mechanisms involved.

Function and Sustainability of Urban Biodiversity
This research concentrates on the structure and function of urban nature. REU teams will investigate whether the proposed causal linkage between biodiversity-ecosystem functioning- ecosystem services –human well-being is applicable to urban systems.

Polar Research
The primary goal of this project is to quantify atmospheric iron properties in the marine atmospheric boundary layer over the Western Antarctic Peninsula.

Dates:
The program will run from June 5 - July 28, 2017
The deadline for the program is February 20

Benefits include:
DUESS REU fellows will receive a $4,000 stipend and free housing at Rutgers University-Newark for the 8-week program (6/5-7/28/17).

Suggested majors include (but are not limited to):
  • Earth Science, 
  • Geography and Environmental Sciences, 
  • Mechanical Engineering, 
  • Chemistry, Biochemistry
  • Biological Sciences
Click on the link below to read more about this opportunity and see if you are eligible to apply. For help with applying, please contact Dr. April Householder, Director of Undergraduate Research and Nationally Competitive Scholarships at aprilh@umbc.edu.
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Training in the CSF Program includes hands-on research conducted by the student in the laboratory of a supervising faculty member, a weekly seminar program to acquaint the student with projects and research activities of the faculty, workshops on career opportunities, ethics training, presentation skills, and how to apply and interview for graduate school. Outside the lab get to know your fellow CSF students through fun events, lunches and dinners near or on the famous Franklin Street. The program culminates with student presentations on their summer research project.

The 2017 Program will begin Thursday, May 18, 2017 - Friday, July 28, 2017
The deadline to apply is Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Benefits include:
  • $3,565 stipend
  • The Pharmacology Department will pay housing costs for participants staying in on-campus housing
  • A food allowance
Suggested majors include (but are not limited to):
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Biomedical Science
Click on the link below to read more about this opportunity and see if you are eligible to apply. For help with applying, please contact Dr. April Householder, Director of Undergraduate Research and Nationally Competitive Scholarships at aprilh@umbc.edu.
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Visiting Lecturer Dr. Katie Kein at Huffington Post, the importance of comedy these days: 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katie-kein/lets-all-laugh-at-donald-_b_14226788.html

Senior Lecturer Dr. Kate on her experience at the Women's March on Washington in the Baltimore City Paper:

http://www.citypaper.com/news/columns/field-tripping/bcp-012517-fieldtripping-womens-march-20170124-story.html

Senior Lecturer Dr. Kate on where we go next, on the Marc Steiner Show: 

http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/national-news-roundtable-donalds-inauguration-saturdays-womens-march/

***Want to know what UMBC feminists are doing next? Email Dr. Kate at drabinsk@umbc.edu to get involved with WILL!***
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