Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Space Physics Research

Space Physics Students Are Frequently Involved In Department Research Activities

Space physics student with her experiment aboard the NASA Vomit Comet flight for microgravity simulation.

Space physics student with her experiment aboard the NASA Vomit Comet flight for microgravity simulation.

The PS Department faculty conducts world class research in Space Plasma Phyiscs and frequently involves students in research activities. Opportunities exist for students to actively participate in research activities that include:

  • Ionospheric physics and auroral radio emissions
  • Remote sensing observations from the South Pole
  • Data analysis of multi-satellites measurements in space
  • Numerical simulations of magnetospheric physics
  • Astrophysics

The various research labs maintained and run by the department faculty include: