The mission of the BU Center for Space Physics (CSP) is to bring together faculty, graduate students, and research staff from ENG and CAS to pursue new and innovative approaches to space research.<\/p>\n
While the CSP does not formally administer degrees, several options exist for students who wish to pursue a plan in space physics. Boston University, through the College of Arts and Sciences<\/a> (CAS), offers an undergraduate program with plans in Astronomy, as well as Physics and Astronomy. CAS also offers a graduate program for a PhD in Astronomy<\/a>. In the College of Engineering (ENG) an Aerospace Concentration is offered for undergraduates as well as an MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Graduate students in the CSP can take courses across a range of departments to fulfill degree requirements.<\/p>\n The following are space physics related courses offered by the Astronomy Department and taught by faculty from both the Department and the Center:<\/p>\n CAS AS 701 Introduction to Astrophysics <\/p>\n Historically, ECE students in the CSP have pursued research on one of two broad tracks: ECE Track 1: Radio science and remote sensing<\/strong><\/p>\n EC505 Stochastic Processes* ECE Track 2: Space Instrumentation and measurement<\/strong> <\/p>\n The Mechanical Engineering department offers the following courses frequently taken by CSP graduate students.<\/p>\n ENG ME 515: Vibration of Complex Mechanical Systems The mission of the BU Center for Space Physics (CSP) is to bring together faculty, graduate students, and research staff from ENG and CAS to pursue new and innovative approaches to space research. While the CSP does not formally administer degrees, several options exist for students who wish to pursue a plan in space physics. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9387,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3638,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions\/3638"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCAS AS 703 Introduction to Space Physics
\nCAS AS 704 Cosmic Gas Dynamics
\nCAS AS 706 Radiative Processes and Spectroscopy
\nCAS AS 708 Cosmic Plasma Physics
\nCAS AS 709 Observational Techniques
\nGRS AS 751 The Interstellar Medium
\nGRS AS 753 Normal Galaxies and the Milky Way
\nGRS AS 757 High-Energy Astrophysics
\nGRS AS 759 Cosmology
\nCAS AS 781 Planetary Atmospheres
\nCAS AS 783 Ionosphere
\nCAS AS 785 Magnetosphere
\nGRS AS 786 The Sun and Heliosphere
\nCAS AS 793 Special Topics in Space Physics
\nCAS AS 850,851 Graduate Literature Seminar
\nCAS AS 865,866 Graduate Research Seminar<\/p>\n
\n1) remote sensing of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere and space environment, primarily with radar, optical, or magnetic sensors
\n2) development and deployment of space-flight instrumentation. The following graduate courses are offered by the ECE department to support these tracks:<\/p>\n
\nEC565 Electromagnetic energy transmission
\nEC566 The atmosphere and space environment*
\nEC702 Recursive estimation and optimal filtering
\nEC707 Radar Remote Sensing*
\nEC716 Advanced DSP
\nEC717 Image reconstruction and restoration
\nEC731 Applied plasma physics*
\nAS727 Cosmic Plasma Physics
\nAS783 Ionospheric Physics (possible cross-list with ECE?)<\/p>\n
\nEC515 Digital communication
\nEC575 Semiconductor devices
\nEC580 Modern Active circuit design
\nEC582 RF\/Analog IC design fundamentals*
\nEC731 Applied plasma physics*
\nEC751 Design of asynchronous circuits and systems<\/p>\n
\nENG ME 518: Product Quality
\nENG ME 519: Theory of Heat Transfer
\nENG ME 526: Simulation of Physical Processes
\nENG ME538: Introduction to Finite Element Methods and Analysis
\nENG ME542: Advanced Fluid Mechanics
\nENG ME557: Additive Manufacturing
\nENG ME560: Precision Machine Design and Instrumentation
\nENG ME714: Advanced Stochastic Modeling and Simulation
\nENG ME785: Computer-Integrated Manufacturing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"