Here in the Physics and Spaces Sciences Department at Florida Tech, we have 14 faculty engaged in teaching and research. Neish: “I have been interested in space science since childhood and was a voracious reader of all types of science fiction. Two years later, I won an essay contest sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency and attended the International Space School in Houston, staying with astronaut Chris Hadfield and his family during my time in Houston. I think the combination of a small university feeling, with a large physics and space science department is ideal. Neish: “Physics and space science is a very broad field, with work ranging from laboratory analysis to computer modeling to remote sensing.