Clemson professor participating in NASA research competition

Clemson University announced June 20 that Professor Jens Oberheide is part of a team competing in a nine-month concept study to develop Phase A proposals to enact NASA’s Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling mission.

The project’s goal is to design and build a satellite with science payloads to explore gaps in our understanding of how changes in the lower atmosphere influence the upper atmosphere and low Earth orbit.

“DYNAMIC will allow us to finally understand the prevailing space weather conditions in the uppermost reaches of Earth’s atmosphere where most of the manned and unmanned spaceflight takes place,” Oberheide said. “I am excited to provide my students at Clemson the opportunity to work on an exciting new satellite mission that will allow them to become leaders in a field of top national priority.”

Oberheide’s team will compete against two other groups as it uses its $2 million award from NASA to further explore a proposal spearheaded by the University of Colorado Boulder, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the MIT Haystack Observatory. His team is also partnering with Arizona State University, the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the National Center for Atmospheric Research during the competition.

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