Carol Paty
Space Science and Engineering Division
Southwest Research Institute
I'm currently a post doc at Southwest Research Institute in the Space Science and Engineering Division, but will be starting as faculty in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech in August 2008. My research focuses on understanding planetary magnetospheric dynamics, specifically using a combination of 3D multi-fluid simulations and data collected by various space based instruments such as the Cassini and Galileo spacecrafts and the and Hubble Space Telescope. Most recently I have focused on Saturn's moon Enceladus; incorporating the neutral-ion interactions between Enceladus' plume and Saturn's magnetospheric plasma into existing plasma dynamic simulations in an effort to better explain observations of local and extended field and plasma perturbations observed by the Cassini spacecraft near Enceladus.
As a graduate student at the University of Washington I worked with Prof. Robert Winglee on computer simulations of planetary magnetospheres. My research focused on understanding the coupled interactions of Jupiter's magnetosphere with that of the icy moon Ganymede and the role of heavy ions in governing the dynamics of the system.
Please take a look at my Research Page for detailed descriptions and current status of the various projects I'm directly working on, the Space Science and Engineering Division page for projects at SwRI, and the Space and Planetary Physics Group page for projects ongoing at the UW in space physics.
I can be easily Contacted via phone, e-mail or mail.
For friends/family searching for a deeper understanding of what I was up to all those years out in Seattle, check out the PhD comics ...
For links to other fun places see the Fun Stuff Page!
Space Science and Engineering Division
Southwest Research Institute
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NOTE -- I Have Moved To Georgia Tech Please visit my new and updated website at: http://shadow.eas.gatech.edu/~cpaty/ Thanks! |
I'm currently a post doc at Southwest Research Institute in the Space Science and Engineering Division, but will be starting as faculty in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech in August 2008. My research focuses on understanding planetary magnetospheric dynamics, specifically using a combination of 3D multi-fluid simulations and data collected by various space based instruments such as the Cassini and Galileo spacecrafts and the and Hubble Space Telescope. Most recently I have focused on Saturn's moon Enceladus; incorporating the neutral-ion interactions between Enceladus' plume and Saturn's magnetospheric plasma into existing plasma dynamic simulations in an effort to better explain observations of local and extended field and plasma perturbations observed by the Cassini spacecraft near Enceladus.
As a graduate student at the University of Washington I worked with Prof. Robert Winglee on computer simulations of planetary magnetospheres. My research focused on understanding the coupled interactions of Jupiter's magnetosphere with that of the icy moon Ganymede and the role of heavy ions in governing the dynamics of the system.
Please take a look at my Research Page for detailed descriptions and current status of the various projects I'm directly working on, the Space Science and Engineering Division page for projects at SwRI, and the Space and Planetary Physics Group page for projects ongoing at the UW in space physics.
I can be easily Contacted via phone, e-mail or mail.
For friends/family searching for a deeper understanding of what I was up to all those years out in Seattle, check out the PhD comics ...
For links to other fun places see the Fun Stuff Page!