Selected Virtual (Due to Pandemic) Appearances

Hamvention 2021 Technical Award Honor

I have included the awards announcement. I had included the official live recording of my acceptance speech during the Hamvention Virtual Forums, but it seems to be restricted to some. Here is the link anyway, just in case: https://youtu.be/DZhL979mgas?t=3805

It was a true honor to be in the company of Angel Vasquez WP3R from Arecibo Radio Observatory, and moderators Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF(of HamSCI.org fame) and Joe Taylor K1JT (Nobel Laureate).

I will re-post an alternate copy of the speech here shortly.

Keynote Speaker at the Single Event Effects (SEE) Symposium/ Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Devices (MAPLD) Workshop, September 2, 2021

Driving Space Environment Research and Education via a New Paradigm

My talk focused on how we must switch paradigms when it comes to training the Next Generation workforce in applied space-related engineering and science fields. Entry-level workers need a much more synoptic view of space materials, the space environment, and the resources available to them to remain engaged and competitive in this new world of commercial space. Traditional, compartmented methodologies for teaching different academic disciplines is no longer viable.

Television Series Appearances

The Weather Channel: Secrets of the Earth (2014)

I did two episodes for this series, Strange Skies and The Birth and Death of the Planet.

The History Channel: Doomsday (2016)

I was in Episode 4 of this series, called Solar Storm. I did my best to talk about real issues instead of scaremongering.

Selected In Person (Pre-Pandemic) Appearances

TMRO TV Live Interview, Anaheim, CA, USA, February 23, 2019

This is all about my history, when I first got interested in space and our Sun, how being an artist ultimately enabled me to become a physicist, and the inspiration that caused me to embark on creating a new field of broadcast Space Weather.

American Chemical Society (SCALACS) Joint with LAUSD, Invited Lecture, California State University Northridge, CA, USA, March 16, 2019

ISSI Stealth CME Workshop, Bern, Switzerland, April 1-5, 2019

Skyview Radio Society, Invited Virtual Lecture, Pennsylvania, USA, April 16, 2019

Contest University and Hamvention, Invited Professor and Forum Lectures, Dayton Ohio, USA, May 15-18, 2019.

American Meteorological Society Broadcast Conference, Invited Lecture, San Diego, CA, USA, June 12-14, 2019.

Pacific Northwest DX Convention, Invited Lecture, Seattle, Washington, USA, August 9-11, 2019.

American Meteorology Society 98th Annual Meeting, Austin Texas, USA, January 7-11, 2018

I led a panel forum that will discuss tools and resources available to enable the next generation of weather broadcasters to include Space Weather in their broadcasts. See details of the session here: https://ams.confex.com/ams/98Annual/webprogram/Session43838.html

NASA Live TV Broadcast: Eclipse Across America August 21, 2017

I was part of the NASA Glenn Research Center team as we broadcasted LIVE from Jefferson City, Missouri in the path of totality on August 21, 2017 for the Eclipse. Catch the replay of the entire NASA TV broadcast here: https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive.

Television Weather Broadcasts

The Weather Channel: Solar Storm July 16, 2017

Perhaps the world’s first solar storm forecast ever broadcast as a “weather report” on live television. Lets hope this starts a trend.

TWiT TV: Ham Nation (weekly since 2015)

With this cast of amazing amateur radio hosts, I do a space weather forecast segment on their weekly show.

Selected Education and Lecture

NASA at The Smithsonian Museum: Solar Hazards in Exploration (2016)

Joined by experts in the field for a lecture on Space Weather followed by a Q & A session. More pictures: https://flic.kr/s/aHskKfryvE

Contest University: The Wonderful World of Space Weather (2017)

A tutorial on Space Weather phenomena and how it affects us at Earth with a focus on amateur radio.