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AAS - 2013

The Winter American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting is the largest meeting of professional astronomers in the world. NITARP educators attend an AAS first to meet their team, then they go home and work remotely for much of the year, and then attend an AAS to present their results.  At any given AAS, then, we could have two NITARP classes attending - those finishing up, and those getting started. Reload to see a different set of quotes.

We were out in force at the AAS 2013 meeting in Long Beach, CA! A record number of NITARP-affiliated people attended, including the 2012 class finishing up and the 2013 class getting going. The 80 or so NITARP-affiliated folks made up about 3% of the AAS attendees.

Special article on AAS attendees!  And don't miss Danielle Miller's blog!

Quotes

  • Data taken for one purpose may often be exploited for other purposes. This is the genius of the archives. Even without access to a telescope, anyone with ideas, intelligence, and little computer savvy can do a lot of good science!
  • [student:] I presented our [poster] to them, we talked about my goals and plans for attending their institution in the impending school year, and then they offered me a research opportunity [at my upcoming university] over the summer! Everything just came together so perfectly. It was easily one of the best days of my life.
  • [I talked to students presenting from NITARP 2012 and] although they were nervous, they did a wonderful presentation. They knew their stuff and fielded questions well. Most of all, you could tell they had grown as students and were passionate about their topics and what they had found. To me, that was awesome. I hope my students will show the same poise[...]
  • I thought that was cool that you could be involved with astronomy and still be learning new things about it every day
  • [student:] I found it interesting how subtle the whole meeting was. Coming from the automotive industry where trade shows are huge flashy events, it was interesting how multi-million dollar companies were represented by just a small booth and table, sometimes without any literature. I learned that there are plenty of niches to be filled in the industry so I hope to find an internship in it soon.

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AAS - 2013