


SPACE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING IN SAN ANTONIO DRAFT AGENDA November 2 & 3, 2006
Thursday, November 2, 2006
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8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Overview of Space Research at SwRI - Jim Burch, Vice Prisident, Space Science and Engineering |
8:45 a.m. |
New Horizons Mission to Pluto: Alan Stern (Via remote), Principal Investigator, New Horizons Mission |
9:20 a.m. |
The Magnetospheric Multiscale Satellite Constellation: Jim Burch, Principal Investigator, MMS Mission |
9:50 a.m. |
Break |
10:10 a.m. |
Plasmapause Science with IMAGE - Jerry Goldstein Co-Investigator, IMAGE Satellite Program |
10:45 a.m. |
Planetary Science and Highlights - Wesley Patrick, Vice President, Geosciences and Engineering |
11:30 a.m. |
Young Engineers and Scientists (YES) - Dan Boice, YES Director |
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:00 p.m. |
Interstellar Boundary Explorer - Making a Program Happen - John Scherrer, IBEX Project Manager |
1:35 p.m. |
Near Earth Objects - Are We In Danger? - Walter Huebner, Technical Advisor, Space Science and Engineering |
2:10 p.m. |
From Columbia to Discovery - Understanding the Impact Threat to Space Shuttle (Facility tour) - James Walker, Staff Scientist, Materials and Fluids Engineering |
3:10 p.m. |
Break |
3:25 p.m. |
Space Science and Engineering Research at Trinity University - Wilson Terrel: Title - Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science; Kevin Nickels: Robotics Related Senior Design Project - Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science |
4:25 p.m. |
Space Science PhD at UTSA: Mihir Desai, Principal Scientist, Space Science and Engineering |
4:45 p.m. |
Space Science and Engineering at UTSA - Institutional Representative and Hongjie Xie, Director, Remote Sensing and Informatics Laboratory |
5:30 p.m. |
Mars Express - Particle and Fields Around Mars - Rudy Frahm, Co-Investigator, Analyzer of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms - Mars Express Program |
6:30 p.m. |
Reception and Dinner at Southwest Research Institute After Dinner Presentation: New Results from Titan - Hunter Waite, Team Leader, Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer Investigation |
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Friday, November 3, 2006
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7:30 - 8:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:00 -10:00 a.m. |
TSGC Business Meeting - Including Poster Presentation by USRP Winner Sujitra Siriponglert |
10:00 a.m. |
Break |
10:15 a.m. |
Inside Saturn's Magnetosphere - Dave Young, Cassini Plasma Spectrometer Principal Investigator |
10:55 a.m. |
Juno - Understanding the Origin and Evolution of the Red Planet, Scott Bolton, Principal Investigator, Juno Program |
11:30 a.m. |
LRO Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP): Exploration of Permanently Shadowed Regions and the Lunar Atmosphere - Kurt Retherford, Data Scientist, LAMP Project |
12:05 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:00 p.m. |
Space Physics at Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates - Geoff Crowley, President and Chief Scientist, Space Physics at Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates |
1:20 p.m. |
Ionospheric Variability and Space Weather Effects on Communication and Navigation Systems - Gary Bust, Senior Scientist, Atmospheric and Space Technology Research Associates |
1:45 p.m. |
Space Science and Engineering Calibration Laboratory (Facility tour) - Phil Valek |
2:45 p.m. |
Meeting Wrap-up and Adjourn - Wallace Fowler |
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