HR: 09:15h
AN: SH41A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Solar and heliospheric physics at US universities
AU: * Zurbuchen, T H
EM: thomasz@umich.edu
AF: Department of AOSS, The University of Michigan 2455 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AU: Grant, A E
EM: aeg33@cornell.edu
AF: Department of AOSS, The University of Michigan 2455 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States
AB: We summarize the results of a one year assessment of university-based solar and heliospheric communities at US universities. The data represents results of a three-step process. First, all relevant funding agencies were contacted and provided information about university based funding during the last decades. Second, we analyzed university participation in space missions in leadership roles, and its evolution over time. Third, we contacted all key US universities active in solar and heliospheric physics and quantified their impact in teaching and research. We discuss these data in context and determine overall trends and challenges of university based research.
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0840 Evaluation and assessment
DE: 7500 SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly