Research in the CSP
Faculty within the Astronomy, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Departments here at Boston University work with research scientists, visiting scholars, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and undergraduate students to pursue unique research within their distinctive research fields.
Research Newsletter
Every month the Center releases a newsletter which details recent events, presentations, publications, and personnel news. The December 2018 and January 2019 Newsletter can be viewed and downloaded here.
Faculty Research Interests
Department of Astronomy
Professor John Clarke – Planetary atmospheres; UV astrophysics; FUV instruments for remote observations
Assistant Professor Wen Li – Space plasma waves; Earth’s radiation belt physics; solar-wind magnetosphere coupling; energetic particle precipitation; Jovian magnetosphere and aurora
Research Assistant Professor Carlos Martinis – Ionospheric Physics, Space Physics, Thermosphere/Ionosphere plasma irregularities
Professor Michael Mendillo – Space physics; planetary atmospheres; observations and models
Professor Merav Opher – Computational and theoretical plasma physics in space and astrophysics; Interaction of the solar system with the interstellar medium; solar wind; shocks in the lower corona, T-Tauri and Solar-Like Stars
Professor Meers Oppenheim – Computational and theoretical space plasma physics; dynamics of the ionosphere and solar atmosphere; particle-wave interactions in plasmas; physics of meteor trails
Associate Professor Paul Withers – Planetary atmospheres and ionospheres; radio science instruments; accelerometer instruments
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor W. Clem Karl – Statistical signal processing, Inverse problems, Biomedical signal and image processing, Multidimensional signal and image processing, Synthetic Aperture Radar
Professor Ronald Knepper – VLSI integrated circuit technology, SiGe BICMOS device and circuit modeling, Silicon CMOS and bipolar devices, Numerical device simulation, RF/analog IC design
Research Associate Professor Toshi Nishimura – Aurora, Solar wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Interaction, Ionosphere-Thermosphere Interaction at Earth, Optical and Radar Imaging, Space Weather
Professor Joshua Semeter – Ionospheric and space-plasma physics; radar signal processing; spectroscopy of atmospheric airglow and aurora; optical sensors; image reconstruction and tomography
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Thomas Bifano – Deformable Mirrors, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Adaptive Optics, Biphotonic Microscopy, Astronomical Telescope Instrumentation, Laser Wavefront Control
Associate Professor Ray Nagem – Structural dynamics, Random vibration, Wave propagation, Inverse problems
Professor Brain Walsh – Space Plasmas, magnetic reconnection, X-ray imaging, cubesats, spacecraft instrumentation, and space technology