Research

Is comprised of faculty and research staff that study all aspects the solar-terrestrial environment: sun's surface, solar atmosphere, solar wind, interplanetary medium, Earth's magnetosphere, and Earth's upper, middle, and lower atmosphere. This vast range of interest and capabilities enables CSTR to study coupled system science to a higher level than any other group in the United States.
Is largely an experimental and observational group, focusing on instrument design, construction, operation, and data analysis and inversion. Though we utilize various numerical models in our studies, we fundamentally believe that data is what drives science forward.
Is, as part of an "Institute of Technology", deeply involved with the practical aspects of space weather. Specifically, our resources enable us to directly address the impacts of space weather on technological systems, e.g., GPS systems from solar flares, spacecraft charging from space radiation, spacecraft drag from a heated upper atmosphere.
Is keenly aware of its roll in a public research university and its mission to educate the next generation of undergraduate and graduate students to actualize their full potential as "geospace physicists."