General Objective: Development of a national research network in the areas of astrophysics, simulation and data analysis, electronic instrumentation and information systems applied to astroparticles, cosmic rays and space weather with the capacity to train highly trained human resources and international projection.
To this end, this proposal aims to generate significant contributions at four levels:
- Basic Sciences: development of research in astrophysics and space weather through the detection of cosmic rays in the energy range of 10GeV< E < 106 GeV, studying the effects of solar activity and variations in the local geomagnetic field.
- Technological Development: developing WCD-type cosmic ray detection systems that can also collect atmospheric and environmental data.
- Information technology: through the development of a web portal for research and a repository of cataloged synthetic and experimental data, indexed with quality preservation and accessibility systems.
- Education: training and training professionals and undergraduate students as young researchers in the areas of Astrophysics, Electronics, Computer Science and Information Technology.
Specific objectives:
- Organization of meetings with the participation of scientists from Ecuador's educational and research institutions for the formation of the Ecuadorian Network for Research in Astroparticles, Cosmic Rays and Space Weather.
- Implementation of a laboratory for the design, development and testing of particle detection systems and monitoring of atmospheric variables.
- Construction and commissioning of a WCD detector on the campus of the National Polytechnic School.
- Implementation of a web portal that will house the virtual collaboration environment of the network and will serve as access to the data repository of the experiments.
- Implementation of a digital repository of synthetic and experimental data from the detectors with cataloging, indexing and a system for preserving data quality, security and accessibility for members of the scientific community.
- Training of researchers from the CEDIA consortium institutions on topics related to Astrophysics, Space Weather, Electronic Instrumentation, Collaborative Virtual Environments and Big Data.
- Training undergraduate students in science and engineering as young scientists through their participation in all phases of the project. Through this, it is intended to promote the generation of knowledge in Ecuador and achieve its scientific development.
- Participation in Seminars and Congresses at an international level with the presentation of research advances on issues related to the project.
- Writing scientific articles related to the proposed research activities.
Participating Institutions:
USFQ, EPN, ESPOCH.
Participants:
- Dennis Cazar Ramirez
- nicholas vasquez
- Mario Audelo Guevara
Awarded budget: $30000
Project status:
