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MEETINGS

2006 FALL MEETING

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Talia Jurgens
jurgens@tsgc.utexas.edu

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fax: 512-471-3585

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Austin, Texas 78759

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TSGC Meetings

Agenda

SPACE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING IN SAN ANTONIO
DRAFT AGENDA
November 2 & 3, 2006

Thursday, November 2, 2006

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

 

Friday, November 3, 2006

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