HamSCI, The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, is pleased to announce that Dr. Kristina Collins KD8OXT has been awarded the Hamvention 2025 Technical Achievement Award by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association awards committee. Dr. Collins serves as the Chief Operations Scientist for the HamSCI Personal Space Weather Station (PSWS) network. In this role she coordinates with citizen-scientists to pinpoint significant events, organize campaigns and ensure that PSWS data is validated and curated for scientific purposes. Dr. Collins also introduces the test signal which is heard on WWV at eight minutes after the hour and WWVH at 48 minutes after the hour where she introduces the test signal for the WWV/H scientific modulation working group. She has been instrumental in organizing many scientific workshops through HamSCI and has guided many undergraduate and graduate students in radio science projects including instrument deployments, eclipse campaigns and data analysis. She is a dedicated member of the Case Amateur Radio Club W8EDU working to integrate amateur radio into the university’s curriculum and research. At the Space Science Institute, Dr. Collins employs virtual reality and sonification in her research to explore geospace and other interdisciplinary scientific questions. Her primary research interests lie in using open-source hardware and software to enhance participation and accelerate progress in science and engineering. Since inception, more than fifty HamSCI PSWS stations remain actively reporting data including most who operated during the 2024 annular and total solar eclipses. HamSCI serves as a means for fostering collaboration between professional researchers and amateur radio operators. It assists in developing and maintaining standards and agreements between all people and organizations involved. Its goals are to advance scientific research and understanding through amateur radio activities, encourage the development of modern technologies to support this research and provide educational opportunities for the amateur community and the public. For more information about HamSCI, and to join our mailing list and receive our quarterly newsletter, please visit the HamSCI website. ###
