HamSCI 2025 Program
Posters and presentations at the HamSCI workshop are made for community discussion and for exploration of new possibilities. Please note that these materials are not peer-reviewed.
All Workshop events to be held at the NJIT Campus Center, 150 Bleeker Street, Newark NJ 07103
Note: Agenda is subject to change
Main workshop page: hamsci.org/hamsci2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
| Eastern Daylight Time | UTC | NR | Title | Presenter | Modality | Location |
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| 7:15 AM EDT | 1115z | Registration & Breakfast | Ballroom | |||
| 8:15 AM EDT | 1215z | Day 1 Welcome & Opening Remarks |
Dr. Teik C. Lim Lt. Col. James Carter |
In-person | Ballroom | |
ORAL SESSION I - Personal Space Weather Station
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| 8:30 AM EDT | 1230z | O1 |
HamSCI Welcoming Address / DASI2 Project
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Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF Gary Mikitin AF8A |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 8:50 AM EDT | 1250z | O2 | Software Development for the Grape Personal Space Weather Station, V2 | Cuong Nguyen KC3UAX University of Scranton |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 9:10 AM EDT | 1310z | O3 | Interim Findings of the HamSCI DASI2 HF Antenna Project | Michael Hauan AC0G WSPRDaemon / HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 9:30 AM EDT | 1330z | O4 | The Whistler Catcher Thin: An Advanced VLF Reception System Based on the Whistler Catcher Pi |
Jonathan Rizzo KC3EEY |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 9:50 AM EDT | 1350z | O5 | EZIE-Mag: A low cost, science quality, magnetometer suite enabling global coverage | Dr. Jesper Gjerloev John Hopkins - Applied Physics Laboratory |
Virtual | |
| 10:10 AM EDT | 1410z | O6 | HamSCI in OpenSpace: Toward Unified Visualizations of Geospace Data | Dr. Kristina Collins Space Science Institute |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 10:30 AM EDT | 1430z | COFFEE BREAK | Ballroom | |||
ORAL SESSION II - Solar Eclipses
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| 10:50 AM EDT | 1450z | O7 | HamSCI Solar Eclipse QSO Party (SEQP): Observations and Modeling on Ionospheric Effects | Dr. Kuldeep Pandey New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 11:10 AM EDT | 1510z | O8 | The Solar Eclipse Inverse Problem | Rachel Boedicker AC8XY Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 11:30 AM EDT | 1530z | O9 | Analysis by Citizen Scientists of Doppler Radio Observations of the April, 2024 Solar Eclipse | Dr. Mary Lou West KC2NMC Montclair State University |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 11:50 AM EDT | 1550z | O10 | Analysis of the HamSCI Solar Eclipse High Frequency Time Difference of Arrival Experiment Observations Using Automated Techniques |
Alexandros Papadopoulos KC3WUD |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 12:10 PM EDT | 1610z | O11 | Approaches to Identifying Medium Wave Signal Enhancements in HamSCI's Solar Eclipse Data | Nick Hall-Patch VE7DXR HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 12:30 PM EDT | 1630z | LUNCH | Ballroom | |||
ORAL SESSION III
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| 1:30 PM EDT | 1730z | O12 | The HamSCI Book Club Note: There is optional reading material associated with this presentation. Click on the abstract to find a copy of Romeo and Juliet andCode Poems. Only "RJ", from Code Poems, will be discussed. |
Dr. David Kazdan AD8Y Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 1:50 PM EDT | 1750z | O13 | High-Frequency Signal Strength Simulation at GRAPE Personal Space Weather Stations Using PHaRLAP Ray Tracing | Gamal Zayed American University in Cairo |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 2:10 PM EDT | 1810z | O14 | Ionospheric Variability's Impact on HF Propagation: Insights from Grape V1 Doppler Residuals and PHaRLAP Ray Tracing | Sabastian Fernandes New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 2:30 PM EDT | 1830z | O15 | Radio Wave and GPS Scintillation Impacts of the 10 May 2024 G5 Geomagnetic Storm Observed at the United States Military Academy | Jason Derr KI5YMW United States Military Academy |
Virtual | Ballroom |
| 2:50 PM EDT | 1850z | O16 | Post-sunset sporadic F propagation: A sign of electron density isopleth convergence? |
Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 3:10 PM EDT | 1910z | O17 | Bob Gerzoff, WK2Y HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Ballroom | |
| 3:30 PM EDT | 1930z | COFFEE BREAK WITH SNACKS | Ballroom | |||
ORAL SESSION IV
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| 3:50 PM EDT | 1950z | O18 | Diego Sanchez KD2RLM University of Scranton |
In-Person | Ballroom | |
| 4:10 PM EDT | 2010z | O19 | Effect of the equatorial plasma bubbles on amateur radio communication: Full-wave simulation Study |
Eun-Hwa Kim |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 4:30 PM EDT | 2030z | O20 | Generating and Receiving GPS-Timed Acoustic and Radiofrequency Costas Array Sounding Signals | Solomon El-Gannam KZ5FZH Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 4:50 PM EDT | 2050z | O21 | GPS-Disciplined Shortwave Beacon for High Rate Of Measurement Ionospheric Propagation Analysis | Ruslan Gindullin W2HAT Case Western Reserve University |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 5:10 PM EDT | 2110z | O22 | The Physical Nature of Sporadic-E | Dr. Chris Deacon G4IFX The University of Bath |
In-Person | Ballroom |
| 5:30 PM EDT | 2150z | Day 1 Closing Remarks | Dr. Gareth Perry KD2SAK New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Ballroom | |
Friday Night Banquet
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| 6:30 PM EDT | 2230z | Banquet Begins | Campus Center Atrium | |||
| 7:30 PM EDT | 2330z | Keynote: Discovering Amateur Radio | Bob Inderbitzen NQ1R Director of Marketing and Innovation, ARRL |
In-Person | Campus Center Atrium | |
Saturday, March 15, 2025
| Eastern Daylight Time | UTC | NR | Title | Presenter | Modality | Location |
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| 7:15 AM EDT | 1115z | Registration & Continental Breakfast | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| 8:30 AM EDT | 1230z | Welcome & Opening Remarks | In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
ORAL SESSION V
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| 8:50 AM EDT | 1250z | O23 | Predictive Implications of Space Weather on Quantum Network Functionality | Brett Martin U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom |
| 9:10 AM EDT | 1310z | O24 | PAC e-Lab's Space Education Initiatives in Africa through Amateur Radio on the International Space Station | Miracle Chibuzor Marcel Pan-African Citizen Science e-Lab (PACS e-Lab) |
Virtual | Campus Center Ballroom |
| 9:30 AM EDT | 1330z | O25 | The NRAO Exploring the EMS/Ham Radio Project: The Way Ahead | Jesse Alexander WB2IFS National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom |
| 9:50 AM EDT | 1450z | O26 | Integrating Amateur Radio into the Introductory Electricity and Magnetism Curriculum at Kettering University | Dr. Ronald E. Kumon K8DTJ Kettering University |
Virtual | Campus Center Ballroom |
| 10:10 AM EDT | 1410z | COFFEE BREAK | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
INVITED TUTORIALS I
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| 10:30 AM EDT | 1430z | T1 | INVITED TUTORIAL: The Role of the Polar Vortex in Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling |
Lynn Harvey |
In-person | Campus Center Ballroom |
| 11:00 AM EDT | 1500z | T2 | INVITED TUTORIAL: Radio Wave Propagation and Antenna Fundamentals | Steve Cerwin WA5FRF HamSCI Community |
In-person | Campus Center Ballroom |
| 11:30 AM EDT | 1530z | LUNCH | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
INVITED TUTORIALS II
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| 1:30 PM EDT | 1730z | T3 | INVITED TUTORIAL: GNU Radio | Dr. Derek Kozel GNU Radio Community |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom |
| 2:00 PM EDT | 1800z | T5 | INVITED TUTORIAL: A History of Space Weather Research |
Dr. Louis Lanzerotti |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom |
POSTER / DEMO / BREAKOUT SESSION |
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| 2:30 PM EDT | 1830z |
POSTER / DEMO SESSION BEGINS |
Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| 3:00 PM EDT | 1900z | COFFEE BREAK WITH SNACKS | ||||
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS | ||||||
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2:30 PM EDT 3:00 PM EDT |
1830z 1900z |
B1 B2 |
NJIT Makerspace Tour NJIT Campus / K2MFF Tour |
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Meet in Campus Center Meet in Campus Center |
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4:00 PM EDT 4:30 PM EDT |
2000z 2030z |
B3 B4 |
NJIT Makerspace Tour NJIT Campus / K2MFF Tour |
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Meet in Campus Center Meet in Campus Center |
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| 4:30 PM EDT | 2030z | B5 | Collegiate Amateur Radio Program (CARP) Panel | In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | |
| 5:30 PM EDT | 2130z | DINNER | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| POSTERS AND DEMOS | ||||||
| P01 | Monitoring tropospheric propagation at 24 GHz: A pilot study |
Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P02 | Why you should attend the Youth on the Air camp |
Katherine Campbell KE8LQR & Jack Roberts W9RFT
Youth on the Air (YOTA)
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In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P03 | Integration & Validation of a Standardized Library & File Format for PyDARNMUSIC & DARNtids: Migrating From Legacy Pickle Files to HDF5 & Implementing a Comprehensive Testing Suite |
Nicholas Guerra AC3LB |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P04 | Investigation of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in CB Radio with Elementary Students: A 'Super Bowl' Mystery | Alexandre Takio Kitigawa Department of Education of Insaial, Brazil |
Virtual | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P05 | Sunrise: A natural perturbation enables identification of propagation modes from distinct Doppler shifts | Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P06 | Understanding HamSCI Magnetometers Measurements and Observations | Rachel Frissell W2RUF The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P07 | How Do We Put a HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station in Antarctica? | Rebecca Potter KE2EBI The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P08 | HamSCI as a Tool for Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Study | Kornyanat Hozumi The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P09 | A Statistical Study of Ion Temperature Anisotropy Using AMISR Data |
Aidan Thayer |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P10 | Are Weak Type II Radio Bursts Associated with Shocks Driven by Coronal Mass Ejections? | KesUranNu Baylor New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P11 | A Low-Cost Low-Power Chirp Ionosonde for Studying Eclipse Ionospheric Impacts | Gerard Piccini KD2ZHK The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P12 | WSPRsonde Installation at WWV/WWVB | Dave Swartz W0DAS HamSCI Community |
Virtual | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P13 | Gamal Zayed American University in Cairo |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| P14 | Gamal Zayed American University in Cairo |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| P15 |
Hanife Kılıç |
Virtual | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| P16 |
Machine learning applied to the ray tracing model of the OTH radar |
Zenon Saavedra |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P17 | HamSCI's Meteor Scatter QSO Party | McKenzie Denton KO4GLN HamSCI Community |
Virtual | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P18 | Mindy Hull, MD KM1NDY HamSCI Community |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| P19 | James Fox KE2ANL The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | |||
| P20 |
Development of a Contesting and DXing Dashboard for the HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station |
Owen Ruzanski KD3ALD The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P21 | Investigating January 2016 Traveling Ionospheric Disturbance Causes with SuperDARN | Michael Molzen KE2ENS The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P22 | University of Scranton W3USR Teaching Amateur Radio at the Lackawanna Blind Association | Tom Pisano KE2BAC The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P23 | Electron thermionic emission and tunneling transport in spherically symmetric charged grains in dusty plasmas | Rebecca Potter KE2EBI The University of Scranton |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P24 | The IP400 Networking Project | Steve Stroh N8GNJ Zero Tries Newsletter |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| P25 | Incorporating HamSCI Project into a College Physics Course: A Progress Report | Hyomin Kim KD2MCR New Jersey Institute of Technology |
In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| D01 | WSPRDaemon GRAPE Software Defined Receiver + PSWS Antenna | Elmer Musser N3AGE | In-Person | Campus Center Ballroom | ||
| D02 | NOAA Weather Satellite Reception | Bill Liles NQ6Z | In-Person | Campus Center | ||