scholarly journals Detecting Distant Planets with Space Telescope

1985 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
Thornton Page
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Significant Fraction ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Life Space ◽  
Extraterrestrial Life ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Science Institute ◽  
University Of Houston ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
The University

In 1981 and in 1984, I offered at the University of Houston, CLC, a course on Space Telescope, the first of its kind. The 22 graduate students were assigned research projects of their own choosing designed for ST. Several chose the detection of planets of other stars, showing the popularity of the search for extraterrestrial life. Space Telescope's six instruments can be used for this purpose in several ways, and the students, most of them scientists and engineers at the NASA Johnson Space Center, proposed to use most of these after ST is launched in 1986 or 1987. The student proposals require a significant fraction of ST observing time over a period of five to ten years, indicating the over-subscription that faces the ST Science Institute. In this paper, I summarize the capability of ST instruments, and recount the techniques likely to be most effective in using them to detect planets of other stars.

Assessing Efficacy of a New Research-Oriented Peer Mentoring Program: YOU’RE@CU

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Y. Tsai ◽  
Daria Kotys-Schwartz ◽  
Virginia Ferguson ◽  
Beverly Louie
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Engineering Research ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
New Research ◽  
The University

At the University of Colorado, Boulder, a new program designed to link graduate students with 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students through engineering research projects and mentoring relationships was initiated in Spring 2011. Your Own Undergraduate Research Experience at the University of Colorado (YOU’RE@CU) has three main goals: (1) increase retention of undergraduate students in engineering, particularly women and underrepresented minorities (URMs); (2) excite undergraduate student interest in research projects and future careers in academia or industry; (3) provide graduate students with training and hands-on mentoring experience with the expectation that this will positively influence graduate student choices to seek a career in academia. This paper illustrates the details of the YOU’RE@CU program during its pilot implementation in Spring 2011. The assessment strategy and methods are also explained, with presentation of qualitative data and discussion of the overall data analysis process.

Fulbrighter’s Journey

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-182
Author(s):  
Angela D. Banks
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Disadvantaged Students ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
School Of Nursing ◽  
The University

This article provides a synopsis of a Fulbright scholar’s journey to Jordan, filled with challenges, opportunities, and life-changing experiences. The author received a Fulbright lecturing award for 2011–2012 for the Jordan University of Science and Technology School of Nursing. This manuscript discusses the experience of teaching graduate students in nursing in the Middle East, collaborating with Muslim professors on research projects, and organizing a fundraiser that provided financial support for refugees and disadvantaged students at the university.

Book Reviews

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 589-591
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Mechanism Design ◽  
Incentive Compatibility ◽  
Dominant Strategy ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Dynamic Mechanism Design ◽  
Temple University ◽  
The University ◽  
Robust Mechanism Design

Dimitrios Diamantaras of Temple University reviews “An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design,” by Tilman Börgers. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Presents explanations of classic results in the theory of mechanism design and examines the frontiers of research in mechanism design in a text written for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of economics who have a good understanding of game theory. Discusses screening; examples of Bayesian mechanism design; examples of dominant strategy mechanisms; incentive compatibility; Bayesian mechanism design; dominant strategy mechanisms; nontransferable utility; informational interdependence; robust mechanism design; and dynamic mechanism design. Börgers is Samuel Zell Professor of the Economics of Risk at the University of Michigan.”

scholarly journals Teaching 7000 Students Per Year

1990 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
R. Robert Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Undergraduate Program ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Faculty ◽  
The University

The undergraduate program at the University of Texas has grown into the largest astronomy teaching program in the world, with some 7000 students per year (almost 20,000 credit hours). The department has 22.5 Ph.D.-level teaching faculty, about 45 graduate students, and about 40 pre-professional undergraduate majors. But most of the enrollment is in courses that satisfy the science requirements of students in liberal arts and non-technical majors. In 1985–86, 96.4 per cent of our undergraduate credit hours taught were in such classes. It is instructive to examine the historical reasons for our growth and its educational consequences, and to draw some conclusions from both for other programs.

scholarly journals On the abundance of extraterrestrial life after the Kepler mission

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amri Wandel
Keyword(s):  
Significant Fraction ◽  
Habitable Zone ◽  
Radio Telescopes ◽  
Extraterrestrial Life ◽  
Space Density ◽  
Astronomical Data ◽  
Unknown Probability ◽  
Kepler Mission ◽  
Average Longevity ◽  
Electromagnetic Signals

AbstractThe data recently accumulated by the Kepler mission have demonstrated that small planets are quite common and that a significant fraction of all stars may have an Earth-like planet within their habitable zone. These results are combined with a Drake-equation formalism to derive the space density of biotic planets as a function of the relatively modest uncertainty in the astronomical data and of the (yet unknown) probability for the evolution of biotic life, Fb. I suggest that Fb may be estimated by future spectral observations of exoplanet biomarkers. If Fb is in the range 0.001–1, then a biotic planet may be expected within 10–100 light years from Earth. Extending the biotic results to advanced life I derive expressions for the distance to putative civilizations in terms of two additional Drake parameters – the probability for evolution of a civilization, Fc, and its average longevity. For instance, assuming optimistic probability values (Fb~Fc~1) and a broadcasting longevity of a few thousand years, the likely distance to the nearest civilizations detectable by searching for intelligent electromagnetic signals is of the order of a few thousand light years. The probability of detecting intelligent signals with present and future radio telescopes is calculated as a function of the Drake parameters. Finally, I describe how the detection of intelligent signals would constrain the Drake parameters.

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