Reflections on CIDER ‘08

& Outlook for the Future

CIDER ‘09 Community Workshop

May 18th 10 am

Jackie LiUniversity of Illinois

Mercury’s “Snowing” Core

Mercury

Chen et al. 08

Mercury’s “Snowing” Core

Mercury

Chen et al. 08

TmTad

Temperature

Depth

Cooling

Snowing Iron in Planetary Cores

Ganymede

Hauck et al. 06Mars

Stewart et al. 07

Earth’s Core

TmTad

Temperature

Depth

Cooling

Buffett 01

Mysterious Seismic Observations

High attenuation PKP-Cdiff

Wen 06, Cao et al. 07Bumps

Zou et al. 08

Snowfall in Earth’s Core?

Shan DouGarrett EulerStan HartLouise KelloggCin-Ty LeeMichael MangaBarbara Romanowicz

Bin ChenVernon CormierLili GaoDavid GubbinsKuang HeSvetlana KharlamovaHongfeng Yang

U. IllinoisU. ConnecticutU. IllinoisU. LeedsU. ConnecticutCarnegie Inst. WashingtonSaint Louis U.

Li et al. 2008 AGU Fall Meeting

Snowfall in Earth’s Core?

Li et al. 2008 AGU Fall Meeting

My CIDER ExperienceLectures

Instructors, topics, coverage, discussionsTutorials

e.g. EoSInteractions

OfficematesTutorialsSocial activitiesProjects

Compare AGUGordon ConferenceCOMPRES

My Students’ Experience

My Thoughts on Future CIDERs

Projects: Organization and follow-upTime CommitmentExcellent leadership & admin. supportKITP? or elsewhere?

CIDER on the net?CIDER internship? Min. PhysicsThe INSTITUTION