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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Once a SARP mentor, always a SARP mentor! Reliving the SARP days on the SARP West Alumni Panel 2026, paying it forward to the current cohort. ♥️ #NASA #ECR #SARP #scientificprogramming

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This year, attended AWE 2026 from the other side 🎉 Gave a talk on where XR meets real science. Felt especially spatial! @awexr.com #AWE2026 #SpatialComputing #XR #Ispatial

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Wrapped up my #EnCorps STEM volunteering at Estancia High School this week. Teaching these students to debug code, think through their own errors, and see themselves in #STEM has been inspiring. One student shared, "It made my interest in this field skyrocket." That's the whole reason. 💙

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Honored to give a lecture on sound design in XR for XRCC, drawing from my research in Immersive Analytics. 🎧🌐 I share sonification design guidelines built from two case studies: earthquake disaster response and space weather data exploration. #XRCC #XR #immersive #spaceweather @awexr.com

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Submissions for XRCC are right around the corner 🚀 To the teams I've been mentoring, you've brought such thoughtful ideas to the table. Excited to see your final builds! 🚀 #XRCC #XR #immersiveinsiders @awexr.com

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

🧵 Did you know that the timing of a solar storm can shape its impact? New research confirms it — and it corroborates findings from my MS thesis & JGR paper. 🌐 New highlight: eos.org/editor-highl... #SpaceWeather #SolarStorm #Geomagnetism #MachineLearning #SpaceScience

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Timing of Geomagnetic Storms Shapes Their Impact - Eos

The impact of geomagnetic storms, which can disrupt satellites, GPS, and power grids, is shown to depend on their onset timing.

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Curious what 22 years of X-ray astronomical data sounds like? NASA just released a sonification of the Chandra Source Catalog, turning hundreds of thousands of cosmic X-ray sources into music. What a magical way to experience the universe! www.nasa.gov/missions/cha...

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NASA's Chandra Releases Deep Cut From Catalog of Cosmic Recordings - NASA

Like a recording artist who has had a long career, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has a “back catalog” of cosmic recordings that is impossible to

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Check out AROW ~ Artemis Real-time Orbit Website 🚀🌙 It's an interactive real-time visualization of telemetry from the Orion spacecraft, live right now as #ArtemisII flies around the Moon! www.nasa.gov/missions/art...

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NASA: Artemis II

Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a sustained human presence at the Moon for decades to come.

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

One of my favorite NASA SARP 2024 memories: crossing paths with Artemis astronaut Victor Glover mid-science flight, he had just wrapped flight training. 🚀 Yesterday, he and the Artemis II crew made history, flying farther from Earth than any humans ever have. Absolutely unforgettable! #NASAScience

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AWE XR @awexr.com · 16/03/2026

The AWE USA 2026 lineup is growing Join us to explore the latest in robotics, AI wearables, and physical AI. Initial agenda: www.awexr.com/usa-2026/age... 🎟️ Super Early Bird rates end March 19! Register: events.awexr.com/usa-2026 #AWE2026 #ISpatial #XR

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Openscapes @openscapes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

✍🏼Summary post on NASA Openscapes Champions 2025 - A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess. Links to recording, slides, notes doc nasa-openscapes.github.io/news/2025-11...

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Thoughts from NASA Champions 2025 - A welcome to NASA Earthdata and earthaccess – NASA-Openscapes

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Walking the Walk: A Year of Living Open Science www.opensciencetraining.org/blog/2025-11...

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Walking the Walk: A Year of Living Open Science

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Congratulations to Prof. Don Blake, a UC Irvine atmospheric chemist and a founding scientist in the SARP community, for receiving the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal news.uci.edu/2025/07/01/u...

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UC Irvine atmospheric chemist receives NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal

Donald Blake honored for role in field campaigns and student research program

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Teaching scientific programming to NASA SARP interns! Students are ready to analyze ground, flight, and satellite Earth observation data! 📊📈🌎 #coding #scientificprogramming #NASA #SARP #Earthdata @nasaearth.bsky.social

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Sharing some of the interdisciplinary research projects with the NASA SARP interns! Getting them ready for coding this summer! @NASA Wallops Flight Facility #NASASARP #SARPEast #Interdisciplinary #ScientificProgramming #Wallops #WFF

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Open Science Session by NASA Langley Researchers at SARP Campaign! #TranformToOpenScience #OpenScience #NASASARP #SARPEast

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Back to NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.! SARP 2025 begins!

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Attended the Inland Empire Innovation Summit last week, an incredible showcase of regional innovation, defense collaboration, and small business potential! I finally met with Daniel Delgado in person, FedTech's Crucible Ignitor champion, and Troy Clarke, the director of NavalX's IE Tech Bridge.

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Honored to be serving as a panel reviewer for the NASA TechLeap Space Technology Payload Challenge ~ www.stpc.nasatechleap.org/evaluation-p... "Are you ready to advance space technology through flight testing?" #NASA #TechLeap

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NASA TechLeap Prize

Space Technology Payload Challenge seeks solutions to address NASA’s technology shortfalls to meet needs of future exploration, science, and other missions. Winners can receive up to $500K to build th...

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Check out a new video by DUTC's Open Science TA, Mars Lee - GitHub for Academic Research youtu.be/K638j_LdlMw?...

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GitHub for Academic Research

YouTube video by Don't Use This Code • James Powell

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

HySea Pitch ~ Hydrogen Generation from Seawater youtu.be/7LkSB3Ng_cA?...

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HySea Pitch

YouTube video by FedTech

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Wrapping up the Crucible Ignitor Program this week, powered by FedTech and NavalX. While my team didn’t advance to the final pitch, I’m grateful for what an incredible journey this has been. The hands-on learning, guided by FedTech, entrepreneurs, VCs, and NavalX leadership, has been invaluable.

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

March DUTC NASA Open Science Community Event is here: mailchi.mp/dutc/readyto... Join to celebrate DUTC's early career students and researchers' incredible contributions to Open Science education!

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📧 You're Invited! March DUTC NASA Open Science Community Event

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Goodbye, until the next time! 🥰🥖🇫🇷 #IEEEVR2025 #SaintMalo

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Virginia Tech CHCI’s contributions to IEEE VR 2025 hci.icat.vt.edu/research/chc... Proud to be an alum of the VT CHCI community! :) Go Hokies!

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CHCI’s Contributions to IEEE VR 2025

March 11, 2025

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I will present at IEEE VR 2025 next week in Saint-Malo, France - a premier international conference for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Let me know if you'll be there! If you're interested in Immersive Analytics or want to chat, visit me at booth 1227. #IEEEVR2025

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I recently wrote a blog sharing my reflections from a NASA open science training we (@DUTC) held at Johns Hopkins University (@jhuartssciences.bsky.social). Researchers from diverse disciplines joined the training.

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Reflections from JHU: An Open Science Perspective

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Proud of my mentee, Maya Niyogi, for presenting her work on validating TEMPO satellite data with aloft NO2 measurements collected during the NASA Student Airborne Research Project (SARP) 2024 airborne campaign. Check out her work here: ams.confex.com/ams/105ANNUA...

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<em>24STUDENT</em> A Comparative Analysis of Tropospheric NO<sub>2</sub>: Evaluating TEMPO Satellite Data Against Airborne Measurements

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) plays a major role in atmospheric chemical reactions; th...

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Dr. Chelle Gentemann @cgentemann.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Here is a quick video on how anyone can access the high resolution Maxar satellite data (xpress.maxar.com) for the LA fires. A huge kudos to Maxar for their open data program & fast release high res images in disaster areas. #opendata #PALISADES #EATON #WILDFIRES www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhpP...

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Open Data LA Fires

YouTube video by Chelle Gentemann

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Brainstorming and getting feedback on the work from the Heliophysics + Open Science workshop held at the NASA Eddy Symposium last year! Already planning for the session next year with Kate and Rebecca! #UCAR_CPAESS #OpenScience #AGU2024

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Disha Sardana @disha-sardana.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Recently, I gave a guest talk at #Rutgers University, at the Department of Psychology & the Center for Cognitive Science #RuCCS seminar, highlighting the power of interdisciplinary research and collaboration.

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Dr. Chelle Gentemann @cgentemann.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

A great day at #AGU24. wonderful talking to @disha-sardana.bsky.social again!

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