HamSCI Award Recipients

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2018 Workshop, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Phil Erickson W1PJE

Keynote Address:  Advancing Radio Remote Sensing and Geospace Science With The Help of Amateur Radio, Then, Now, and in the Future

Ethan Miller K8GU

Invited Tutorial: Space Physics for Radio Amateurs and Ham Radio for Space Physicists

2019 Workshop, Case Western Reserve University

Ward Silver N0AX

Keynote: Ham Radio 2.0 - Science, Service, Skill

Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA

Invited Talk: Ham Radio for Space Scientists

Larisa Goncharenko  

Invited Talk: Space Science for Ham Radio Operators

George Byrkit K9TRV

Providing AV & Video Recording Services at the 2019 HamSCI Workshop

Kristina Collins KD8OXT

Local Organizing Committee Chair for the 2019 HamSCI Workshop

David Kazdan AD8Y

Local Organizing Committee Advisor for the 2019 HamSCI Workshop

Nathaniel Vishner KB1QHX

Local Organizing Committee for the 2019 HamSCI Workshop

Phil Erickson W1PJE

Science Program Committee for the 2019 HamSCI Workshop

Ethan Miller K8GU

Science Program Committee for the 2019 HamSCI Workshop

Bill Liles NQ6Z

Science Program Committee for the 2019 HamSCI Workshop

2020 Workshop, Virtual

David Halliday K2DH

Invited Talk: Amateur Auroral Communications

Liz MacDonald KJ7RUB

Invited Talk: Aurorasaurus: Citizen Science Observations of the Aurora

James LaBelle  

Invited Talk: Observing Radio Signals of Auroral Origin

Tim Duffy K3LR

Keynote: Let’s Push the Exploration of the Ionosphere to The Next Level

2021 Workshop, Virtual

Elizabeth Bruton   Keynote:  The History of Radio
J. Michael Ruohoniemi  

Invited Talk: Midlatitude Ionospheric Physics

Joseph Dzekevich K1YOW

Invited Talk: Amateur Radio Observations and The Science of Midlatitude Sporadic E

2022 Workshop, Huntsville

Chen-Pang Yeang  

Keynote: Ham Radio and the Discovery of the Ionosphere

Jim Bacon G3YLA

Invited Talk: Evaluation of links between Terrestrial Weather and Sporadic-E

Tamitha Skov WX6SWW

Invited Talk: The Ionospheric Impacts of Space Weather and our Heightened Awareness of its Effects on Society

2023 Workshop, University of Scranton

Patricia Reif W5TAR

Keynote: Forging Amateur-Professional Bonds

Jesse Alexander WB2IFS

Invited Talk: The Ham Radio Project: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Joseph Huba  

Invited Talk: Modeling the Ionosphere with SAMI3

Salisa Brown  

Special Appreciation for her outstanding contributions and efforts in making the March 17-18, 2023 HamSCI Workshop a success

Mary Lou West KC2NMC

The Outstanding Mentor and Scientist Award

2024 Workshop, Case Western Reserve University

Scott McIntosh  

Keynote: On Final Approach To Solar Maximum: Testing A Hypothesis In Real Time

Kate Zawdie  

Invited Talk: High Frequency Raytracing for Studying the Ionosphere and Radio Propagation

Phil Karn KA9Q

Invited Talk: The ka9q-radio SDR package

Matthew Canal KE8NZR

Student Mentorship and Logistics

John Gibbons N8OBJ

Expertise in Hardware and Viticulture

David Kazdan AD8Y

Student Mentorship & Outstanding Contributions

Rob Robinett AI6VN

WSPRDaemon and Advancement of the PSWS Project

Dave Witten KD0EAG

Development of the HamSCI/TAPR Magnetometer

Gary Mikitin AF8A

Outstanding Project Management Supporting the Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science

2024 Hamvention HamSCI Forum

Bill Blackwell AB1XB

Outstanding Work in Grape 2 Firmware System Design, Implementation and Support

Bill Engelke AB4EJ

Excellence in Amateur Radio Data Systems Design, Data Processing, and Research

2025 Workshop, New Jersey Institute of Technology 

Bob Inderbitzen NQ1R

Keynote: Discovering Amateur Radio

Lynn Harvey  

Invited Talk: The Role of the Polar Vortex in Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling

Steve Cerwin WA5FRF

Invited Talk: Radio Wave Propagation and Antenna Fundamentals

Derek Kozel K0ZEL

Invited Talk: GNU Radio

Gene Niemiec K2KJI

Invited Talk: An Early History of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)

Lou Lanzerotti  

Invited Talk: A History of Space Weather Research

Ed Efchak WX2R

Excellence in Public Relations and the Advancement of HamSCI

McKenzie Denton KO4GLN

Excellence in HamSCI Social Media

Gareth Perry KD2SAK

Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair for the 2025 HamSCI Workshop

Ryan Tolboom N2BP

Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair for the 2025 HamSCI Workshop

Hyomin Kim KD2MCR

Local Organizing Committee Member for the 2025 HamSCI Workshop

2026 Workshop, American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT 

Marc Kuchner  

Keynote: How I Almost Went to Jail

Rob Suggs NN4NT

Invited Talk: Meteor Scatter Tutorial

Kuldeep Pandey  

Invited Talk: Solar Eclipse Through Ham Radio:  What the Band Revealed

Phillip Jellison  

Outstanding Work Supporting the K3LR PSWS Installation

George Byrkit K9TRV

Outstanding Work Supporting the K3LR PSWS Installation

Paul Elliott WB6CXC

Outstanding Work Developing the WSPRSonde & PSWS Hardware

Jonathan Rizzo KC3EEY

Memorial Talk:  Remembering and Honoring Paul Nicholson, G8LMD, Passionate VLFEnthusiast and Master