The project, titled “SGR 1935 + 2154 Radio Data Research” was approved for $5,000 in funding which will support Morrigan’s research career, under the guidance of Prof. Sarah Burke-Spolaor, in the fields of magnetars, magnetic reconnection and magnetars as they relate to fast radio bursts.
A theoretical astrophysicist at West Virginia University will play a key role in the development of a first-of-its-kind planned space probe to detect and accurately measure gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space and time.
The resources provided by the NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award will allow Fowler and team to undertake research-related activities that are not always possible within the scope of more “traditional” research grants.
McLaughlin is co-director of the North American Nanohertz Observatory
for Gravitational Waves Physics Frontiers Center, or NANOGrav, which
recently announced evidence for gravitational waves
with periods of years to decades that had never previously been
observed. The Green Bank Telescope in Pocahontas County is the primary
telescope used for this work.
Riggs will graduate in May with a B.S. in Physics and minors in Applied Mathematics and Secondary STEM Education. “My research interests are in space plasma physics, specifically at collisionless shock boundaries like the Earth’s bow shock,” he said. “My past work has focused a lot on satellite observations of this location to work towards understanding how the energy changes as it moves from interplanetary space into Earth’s magnetosphere.”
Five West Virginia University students have joined an elite group of researchers who’ve been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) exists to encourage community interest in physics and to enable creative ideas in students of all ages. Interested students met every other week to organize a variety of outreach activities to promote science to future generations.
Research Corporation for Science Advancement has named three exemplary
Cottrell Scholars as recipients of its 2024 STAR and IMPACT Awards. CS 1997 Mark
Moldwin, Physics, University of Michigan, has won the STAR award, and CS 2009 Maura
McLaughlin, Physics, West Virginia University, and CS 2009 Rory Waterman,
Chemistry, University of Vermont, have won IMPACT awards.
