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 Please note that these materials are not peer-reviewed.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
7:15 AM EDT	1115z		Registration & Continental Breakfast			Ballroom
8:15 AM EDT	1215z		Day 1 Welcome & Opening Remarks	Dr. Teik C. Lim President New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Andrew Gerrard Professor and Department Chair, Physics Director, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research New Jersey Institute of Technology	In-person	Ballroom
ORAL SESSION I - Personal Space Weather Station Chair:
8:30 AM EDT	1230z	O1	HamSCI Welcoming Address / DASI2 Project Expanding the HamSCI PSWS Network	Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF The University of Scranton Gary Mikitin AF8A HamSCI Community	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 HamSCI Community	In-Person	Ballroom
9:50 AM EDT	1350z	O5	EZIE-Mag: A low cost, science quality, magnetometer suite enabling global coverage	Dr. Gesper Gjerloev John Hopkins - Applied Physics Laboratory
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 Chair:
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 Eclipseations	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 University of Scranton	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 Chair:
1:30 PM EDT	1730z	O12	The HamSCI Book Club	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 WSPRDaemon / HamSCI Community	In-Person	Ballroom
3:10 PM EDT	1910z	O17	Distributional Characteristics of Short-Term 2022 20-Meter Sequential Matched WSPRDaemon Noise Observations	Bob Gerzoff, WK2Y HamSCI Community	In-Person	Ballroom
3:30 PM EDT	1930z		COFFEE BREAK WITH SNACKS			Ballroom
ORAL SESSION IV Chair:
3:50 PM EDT	1950z	O18	Climatology of Large-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Observed with 14 MHz Amateur Radio Using a Novel Automated Detection Technique	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 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	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
5:50 PM EDT	2150z		Day 1 Closing Remarks	Dr. Nathaniel Frissell W2NAF The University of Scranton	In-Person	Ballroom
Friday Night Banquet NJIT Campus Center Chairs:
6:00 PM EDT	2230z		Banquet Begins			Campus Center
7:00 PM EDT	2345z		Keynote: Amateur Radio and Innovation	Bob Inderbitzen NQ1R Director of Marketing and Innovation, ARRL	In-Person	Campus Center

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Eastern Daylight Time	UTC	NR	Title	Presenter	Modality	Location
7:15 AM EDT	1115z		Registration & Continental Breakfast			Campus Center
8:30 AM EDT	1230z		Welcome & Opening Remarks		In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
ORAL SESSION V Chair:
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	Expanding Amateur Radio activities in Africa: PACS e-Lab’s Efforts to Bridge Space Education Gaps	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	In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
10:10 AM EDT	1410z		COFFEE BREAK			Campus Center
INVITED TUTORIALS I Chair:
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	Virtual	Campus Center Ballroom
11:30 PM EDT	1530z	T3	INVITED TUTORIAL: GNU Radio	Derek Kozel GNU Radio Community	In-person	Campus Center Ballroom
12:00 PM EDT	1600z		LUNCH			Campus Center Ballroom
INVITED TUTORIALS II Chair:
1:30 PM EDT	1730z	T4	INVITED TUTORIAL: An Early History of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)	Gene Niemiec K2KJI New Jersey Institute of Technology	In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
2:00 PM EDT	1800z	T5	INVITED TUTORIAL: A History of Space Weather Research	Dr. Louis Lanzerotti Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology	In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
POSTER / DEMO / BREAKOUT SESSION
2:30 PM EDT	1830z		POSTER / DEMO SESSION BEGINS			Campus Center Ballroom
3:00 PM EDT	1900z		COFFEE BREAK WITH SNACKS
			BREAKOUT SESSIONS
3:00 PM EDT	1900z	B1	NJIT Makerspace Tour NJIT Campus / K2MFF Tour		In-Person	Meet in Campus Center
4:30 PM EDT	2030z	B2	NJIT Makerspace Tour NJIT Campus / K2MFF Tour		In-Person	Meet in Campus Center
4:30 PM EDT	2030z	B3	Collegiate Amateur Radio Program (CARP) Panel		In-Person	Campus Center

			POSTERS AND DEMOS
		P01	Monitoring tropospheric propagation at 24 GHz: A pilot study	Gwyn Griffiths G3ZIL HamSCI Community	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)	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 The University of Scranton	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 New Jersey Institute of Technology	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	Bridging Indoor RFID Localization and Long-Range Sensing: Exploring Energy-Efficient Backscatter Positioning	Gamal Zayed American University in Cairo	In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
		P14	Enhancing Lidar-GPS Fusion for Localization: Integrating Ionospheric Modeling with NeQuick G and V2V Implementation	Gamal Zayed American University in Cairo	In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
		P15	Turkish Morse Code (TMK)	Hanife Kılıç Karabuk Science and Art Center School YM2VKA	Virtual	Campus Center Ballroom
		P16	Machine learning applied to the ray tracing model of the OTH radar	Zenon Saavedra Universidad Nacional de Tucuman - Argentina	In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
		P17			In-Person
		P18			In-Person
		P19			In-Person
		P20			In-Person
		P21			In-Person
		P22			In-Person
		P23			In-Person
		P24			In-Person
		P25			In-Person

		D01	WSPRDaemon GRAPE Software Defined Receiver + PSWS Antenna	Elmer Musser N3AGE	In-Person	Campus Center Ballroom
		D02			In-Person
		D03			In-Person
		D04			In-Person

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.

Friday, March 14, 2025

ORAL SESSION I - Personal Space Weather Station
Chair:

ORAL SESSION II - Solar Eclipses
Chair:

ORAL SESSION III
Chair:

ORAL SESSION IV
Chair:

Friday Night Banquet
NJIT Campus Center
Chairs:

Saturday, March 15, 2025

ORAL SESSION V
Chair:

INVITED TUTORIALS I
Chair:

INVITED TUTORIALS II
Chair:

POSTER / DEMO / BREAKOUT SESSION

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.

Friday, March 14, 2025

ORAL SESSION I - Personal Space Weather Station Chair:

ORAL SESSION II - Solar Eclipses Chair:

ORAL SESSION III Chair:

ORAL SESSION IV Chair:

Friday Night Banquet NJIT Campus Center Chairs:

Saturday, March 15, 2025

ORAL SESSION V Chair:

INVITED TUTORIALS I Chair:

INVITED TUTORIALS II Chair:

POSTER / DEMO / BREAKOUT SESSION

ORAL SESSION I - Personal Space Weather Station
Chair:

ORAL SESSION II - Solar Eclipses
Chair:

ORAL SESSION III
Chair:

ORAL SESSION IV
Chair:

Friday Night Banquet
NJIT Campus Center
Chairs:

ORAL SESSION V
Chair:

INVITED TUTORIALS I
Chair:

INVITED TUTORIALS II
Chair: