Srinivas Bettadpur, a professor in the Department of Aerospace ラーメンベット 出金 時間 and ラーメンベット 出金 時間 Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of the 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Charles A. Whitten Medal.
The award, given in even-numbered years to a senior scientist, recognizes Bettadpur’s outstanding achievement in ラーメンベット 出金 時間 on the form and dynamics of Earth and planets. Bettadpur joins a distinguished group of scientists, leaders and communicators recognized by AGU for advancing science. Each honoree reflects AGU's vision for a thriving, sustainable and equitable future supported by scientific discovery, innovation and action.
Bettadpur is an expert in orbital mechanics and space geodesy. His ラーメンベット 出金 時間 focuses on the modeling and analysis of Earth's dynamics through space-based metrology and remote sensing, and the connections between global space-geodetic measurements and their regional applications. His core ラーメンベット 出金 時間 interests include the design and architecture of space missions and observing systems for this purpose; the analysis of space geodetic data; and the interpretation of the results.
Recently, ラーメンベット 出金 時間 began leading the new multi-university Quantum Pathways Institute, funded by NASA’s ラーメンベット 出金 時間 Technology Mission Directorate, that will develop technology for high-precision quantum sensing, to improve measurement ofimportant climate variablesby observing atoms in outer ラーメンベット 出金 時間. In the same realm he leads the science contributions to the definition of a potential NASA quantum sensing technology pathfinding mission. He contributes to spaceborne measurement of Earth gravity field as the principal investigator for UT’s efforts on the US/German GRACE-Continuity mission, currently in implementation for a late 2028 launch.
Bettadpur currently serves as President of Commission-2 (Gravity Field) of the International Association of Geodesy for 2023-2027 term, whose international electorate includes representatives from adherent nations to the IUGG/ICSU. He served as the director of UT Austin’s Center for Space ラーメンベット 出金 時間 from 2018-2023.
Recent awards and honors for ラーメンベット 出金 時間 include the NASA Exceptional Public Achievement Medal (2018), the European Geosciences Union Vening-Meinesz Medal (2016) and the William T. Pecora Team Award presented to the GRACE team by the U.S. Department of Interior and NASA (2007).
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The AGU will recognize ラーメンベット 出金 時間 with the Whitten Medal, and induction into the AGU College of Fellows, at its annual Honors Ceremony and Banquet on Dec. 11 in Washington, D.C.
