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HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF THROUGH CARES

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF THROUGH CARES

ANDERSON UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL PORTION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND

ANDERSON UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS TO STUDENTS

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

EMBRACE-AGS-GROWTH: MODELING SPACE WEATHER AS A NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEM -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO PREDICT AND UNDERSTAND GEOMAGNETIC STORMS? SIGNIFICANT DISTURBANCES IN EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD CAUSED BY SOLAR ACTIVITY. THESE STORMS CAN IMPACT MODERN SOCIETY BY DISRUPTING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS POWER GRIDS, SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, AND GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. BY EMPLOYING INNOVATIVE MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND APPLYING CONTROL SYSTEMS THEORY, THE RESEARCH SEEKS TO CHARACTERIZE THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE BEFORE AND DURING THESE EXTREME SPACE WEATHER EVENTS. THE PROJECT'S OUTCOMES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SAFEGUARDING CRITICAL TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, PROMOTING THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE, AND ADVANCING NATIONAL PROSPERITY AND WELFARE. FOR BROADER IMPACT, THE PROJECT EMPHASIZES EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE BY MENTORING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, CONTRIBUTING TO OUTREACH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. THE RESEARCH FOCUSES ON MODELING THE NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE USING CONTROL SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO FORECAST SPACE WEATHER. THE KEY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE EXPLORING SPACE-WEATHER CONTROL SYSTEMS, PARAMETERIZING L?VY ?-STABLE PROCESSES, DEVELOPING STOCHASTIC FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELS, AND ASSESSING THE PROBABILISTIC HAZARD LEVEL. BY INTEGRATING CONTROL THEORY WITH ADVANCED STOCHASTIC MODELING TECHNIQUES, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF MAGNETOSPHERIC DYNAMICS AND IMPROVE PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES FOR GEOMAGNETIC STORMS. THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES INCLUDE A COMPACT DESCRIPTION OF THE MAGNETOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO SOLAR WIND INPUTS, IMPROVED FORECASTING METHODS FOR SPACE WEATHER EVENTS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WELL-TRAINED STEM WORKFORCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND MENTORING. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

THIS ACTION APPROVES AN AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000 TO ANDERSON UNIVERSITY FOR THE CLEANUP OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE AND PETROLEUM CONTAMINANTS AT THE PRO-WEAVE SITE LOCATED AT 821 WILLIAMSTON ROAD, ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA. DURING THE LIFE OF THIS PROJECT THE RECIPIENT WILL CARRY OUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE SUCH THAT THE FUTURE REUSE OF THE PROPERTY WILL CREATE/RETAIN JOBS AND DOES NOT POSE A THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH AND/OR THE ENVIRONMENT.

RUI: CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF SPACE WEATHER GEOMAGNETIC FLUCTUATIONS -SOCIETY RELIES UPON TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND CONSTELLATIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES FOR DAILY FUNCTIONING. THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF MAGNETIC STORMS AND OTHER SEVERE SPACE WEATHER. THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY WHAT FACTORS LEAD TO SPACE WEATHER IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER PREDICT IMPACTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE WORK WILL INVOLVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM IN RESEARCH AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION. ADDITIONALLY, AN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM WILL BE DEVELOPED TO INCREASE GENERAL SCIENCE LITERACY AND TO MAKE LINKS BETWEEN SPACE SCIENCE AND ART. THE SCIENCE OBJECTIVE IS TO DETERMINE NONLINEAR METRICS THAT SPECIFY THE DYNAMICAL STATE OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF, AND DURING, EXTREME SPACE WEATHER. THE RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE AND STATISTICALLY CHARACTERIZE, MODEL, AND FORECAST THE SPATIOTEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS OF THE GROUND MAGNETIC FIELD USING ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES. THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT SPACE WEATHER ASSOCIATED SPATIOTEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS OF THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD FOLLOW THE STATISTICS OF INTERMITTENCY-INDUCED CRITICALITY. DATA WILL BE USED FROM ARRAYS OF GROUND-BASED MAGNETOMETERS FROM HIGH-TO-EQUATORIAL LATITUDES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.