Unveiled on March 1st, 2023 on the UCI OIT site https://womenintech.uci.edu/applause/2023-applause-recipients/
Mars Rover — Good Night Oppy
December 31, 2022 by
I signed up for Send Your Name to MARS as part of the history in 2011
Nite nite Oppy is a sweet documentary (in my view it is REALLY lovely!).
I honestly couldn’t imagine how these scientists planned and conducted such a long~~~ ops duration for 8 Mars years (15 Earth years).
While my ISS E-FIELD Flames operation was merely Oppy’s 0.4%, it was only 21-testday (or around 131 hours).
It is definitely that nothing compares.
And Perseverance has already been in action for 663 sols!
In my mind, it was not so long ago that it was launched and then landed on Mars several months later.
I still recall that one of my MS student who was an intern at NASA Ames at that time, described the enthusiasm and how the whole helicopter team cheer for the success of launching and landing.
It was 2020, 2021 already! [Read more…]
Interview of CAMP November Spotlight
November 1, 2022 by
CAMP November Newsletter of 2022
OK. It feels strange to read my words.
“I really enjoy brainstorming ideas and fixing things.”
“Everyone needs a cheerleader that will help them thrive in STEM. But you also have to be a good listener and listen to feedback….”
“I try to speak in a language that students will understand to bridge the knowledge…it is about having empathy…” [Read more…]
Miramar Airshow #3.5
September 23, 2022 by
This is my 4th time at the Miramar base, but the 3rd “Miramar Airshow” specifically.
B-52H Stratofortress, Photo credit: a passionate airshow participant
I was asked at the airshow, “Is this your first time here?” I stumbled through my words since everything feels like more than “10 years ago” and all memories are blended by now.
I was here in 2009, 2011, and 2012, [Read more…]
CSSA | Research
August 10, 2022 by
History creates E-FIELD Flames legacy.
California Alliance for Minority Participation Summer Science Academy, Series 2.
60+ participants in the Junior & Senior session. Hosts/guests from left: Yu-Chien Chien, Derek Dunn-Rankin, Pheather Harris, Nancy Arteaga, Leonora Peña
Dr. Dunn-Rankin & Dr. Weinberg,
with five NASA supported E-FIELD Flames Ph.D.s,
plus numerous voluntary project participants,
All of us have one common goal — Microgravity E-FIELD Flames
In 2018, we had achieved it!
And the legacy is ongoing and weaving……
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