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WTMC Earth and Space Science Club’s Antenna Installation 

Sruthilaya Rajavelu-Mohan, a pre-engineering student as Washtenaw Technical Middle College (WTMC), participated in a NASA sponsored internship with the University of Michigan’s SunRISE Ground RadioLab where she had the opportunity to analyze solar burst data. Her experiences from this internship inspired her to start the WTMC Earth and Space Science Club where as the President, she led her members in successfully constructing and installing an antenna on the OE building to monitor solar burst activity. Despite various weather related challenges, the team completed the project on January 30th, 2025. 

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WTMC student explores beyond earth, space with NASA-sponsored internship

Photo Story: WTMC radio tower built on the OE roof

Marquette High School Students Research Solar Flares

Students at Marquette Senior High School (MSHS) are researching solar flares as part of the SunRISE Ground Radio Lab project. They are led by their teachers Stephen Atwood and Joe Thomas. Their works focuses on analyzing the solar data to gain a deeper understanding of these space weather events and their potential effects on earth. 

The next phase of this project will begin next fall with the installation of two antennae sensitive to longer wavelengths at MSHS. Only MSHS will be involved in this phase. In conjunction with the ground observations in Marquette, NASA will launch six satellites.

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Marquette High School students research solar flares