NASA recently announced the selections for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunities, including the membership of the Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP). SIOSlab personnel will work alongside six other research groups (as well as the
Congratulations to Dr. Spohn!
On July 12th, Corey Spohn successfully defended his B exam, completing the requirements for his PhD program. You can see a recording of his talk below.
Congratulations to Grace Genszler on Being Named a 2023 Amelia Earhart Fellow
Grace Genszler has been named as one of the 2023 Amelia Earhart Fellows by Zonta International. Amelia Earhart fellowships are granted to those who have achieved an outstanding academic record and demonstrated initiative, ambition and commitment to pursuing a career
Congratulations to Dr. Stojanovski!
On April 19th, 2023, Zvonimir Stojanovski successfully defended his B exam, completing the requirements for the PhD program. You can see a recording of his talk below.
EXOSIMS at EMAC
I recently gave a talk on EXOSIMS at the first ever Exoplanet Modeling and Analysis Center Workshop.
Congratulations to Kaitlyn Summey on Completing her MS Degree!
On August 30th, 2022, Kaitlyn Summey successfully defended her MS thesis in Aerospace Engineering. You can view her talk below, and a copy of her slides here. Congratulations to Kaitlyn!
Congratulations to Rachel Oliver on Passing her A Exam
Rachel Oliver successfully passed her A exam on 8/31/2022, marking the entrance into the dissertation phase of her degree program. The presentation can be viewed below, and the slides are available here.
SIOSlab at SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2022
Zvonimir Stojanovski, Corey Spohn, and Jackson Kulik all presented posters at this year’s Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation SPIE meeting.
Congratulations to Jackson Kulik on Passing his A Exam
Jackson Kulik successfully passed his A exam on 08/25/2022, marking the entrance into the dissertation phase of his degree program. The presentation can be viewed below, and the slides are available here.
Astrodynamics Makes for Pretty Pictures
A particularly cool thing in preliminary orbit design is something called ‘Lambert’s Problem’. The problem consists of finding all of the trajectories around a central body (F) patching points P1and P2. The points are points in space, but can also be at two