Wednesday, March 13, 2002, 6 PM
“Understanding Meteoroids and
Meteoroid Plasma Regions Detected with
RADAR”
by Sigrid Close, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
As a technical staff member in the Space
Surveillance Group at MIT Lincoln
Laboratory, Sigrid Close performs meteor
research, ionospheric modeling and
analysis, and orbit determination for
Space Command. She has a B.S. in
physics and astronomy from the
University of Rochester and an M.S. in
physics from the University of Texas at
Austin where her thesis included the
analysis of gravity waves and traveling
ionospheric disturbances. Currently she
is finishing her Ph.D. in space physics at
Boston University where her research
involves the analysis and modeling of
meteoroid interactions with the earth's
atmosphere. Sigrid is a member of the
International Union of Radio Science and
is currently heading up the meteor
research program with NASA in order to
assess the meteoroid hazard to the
International Space Station as well as
other space assets.
ace Surveillance Group at MIT Lincoln
Laboratory, Sigrid Close performs meteor
research, ionospheric modeling and
analysis, and orbit determination for
Space Command. She has a B.S. in
physics and astronomy from the
University of Rochester and an M.S. in
event is sponsored by the Women inphysics
Engineering
Program
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from the University
of Texas
Austin
where her
thesis included the
the UMass Chapter of the Society of
Women
Engineers.
analysis of gravity waves and traveling
ionospheric disturbances. Currently she
is finishing her Ph.D. in space physics at
Boston University where her research
involves the analysis and modeling of
meteoroid interactions with the earth's
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