Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
College of Natural Science and Mathematics graduate student Austin Smith speaks about his space physics and aeronomy research at the Geophysical Institute.
Austin found himself with an opportunity in the summer of 2021 that would shape his academic future: a 10-week heliophysics internship with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Being a Ph.D. student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, with its strong connection to NASA through the UAF Geophysical Institute, is how he landed there. And he was less than a year into his doctoral program.
UAF’s lengthy NASA connection exists because of the university’s northern location, which allows for great observation of the aurora borealis and for experiments to better understand near-Earth space.
Read more about Austin's research here: https://www.gi.alaska.edu/our-students/meet-phd-student-austin-smith
University of Alaska Fairbanks
College of Natural Science and Mathematics graduate student Austin Smith speaks about his space physics and aeronomy research at the Geophysical Institute.
Austin found himself with an opportunity in the summer of 2021 that would shape his academic future: a 10-week heliophysics internship with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Being a Ph.D. student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, with its strong connection to NASA through the UAF Geophysical Institute, is how he landed there. And he was less than a year into his doctoral program.
UAF’s lengthy NASA connection exists because of the university’s northern location, which allows for great observation of the aurora borealis and for experiments to better understand near-Earth space.
Read more about Austin's research here: https://www.gi.alaska.edu/our-students/meet-phd-student-austin-smith
University of Alaska Fairbanks
