Location: The Historic Academy of Medicine

Address: 875 W Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30309

Directions and Parking

Attire: Business Casual 

 

TimeAgenda
8:30 – 9 a.m.Registration and breakfast

 

Space Weathering of Materials

Session Organizer: Elena Plis, Georgia Tech Research Institute

TimeAgenda
9 – 10 a.m.
Session 1

Basic and early applied research on materials aging in space environments
Lawrence “Larry” Drummy, Air Force Research Laboratory

Material Considerations for Electrodynamic Dust Mitigation
Daniel Engelhart, Hedgefog Research Inc.

10 – 10:10 a.m.Break
10:10 – 11:05 a.m.
Session 2

Development of a Durable Coating Material via Gold Catalysis for Atomic Oxygen Resistance in Low Earth Orbit Environments
Vipul Singh, Georgia Tech

Degradation Behavior of Next-Generation Polymers
Anthony Semenova, University of New Mexico

FTIR Transmission Measurements through Electron-Aged Polymers
Scott Bowman, Air Force Research Laboratory

11:05 – 11:15 a.m.Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session 3

Non-coronagraphic PSF Engineering for Space Domain Awareness
Douglas A. Hope, Georgia Tech

Radiation-Enhanced Hydrogen Retention in Cryogenic Ices and Minerals: Laboratory Constraints for Volatile Sample Return and ISRU
William Denman, Georgia Tech

Electromechanical Characterization of Multifunctional Polymer Nanocomposite Devices for Space Applications
Ide Ezgi Onal, Georgia Tech

Lunar Water Formation and its Connection to Space Weathering
Roshan Trivedi, Georgia Tech

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.Lunch

 

Exploration

Session Organizer: W. Jud Ready, Georgia Tech Space Research Institute

TimeAgenda
1:30 – 1:50 p.m.SolarWing: A Bio-inspired Deployment System for Solar Arrays
Ryan Gaylo, Georgia Tech Research Institute
1:50 – 2:10 p.m.Robot Locomotion in Complex Terrain
Daniel Soto, Ground Control Robotics 
2:10 – 2:30 p.m.Multi-Contact Force Estimation for Continuum Robots via Gaussian-Parameterized Factor Graphs  
Aditya Prakash, Georgia Tech
2:30 – 2:50 p.m.Lunar Ice, Student Operations, and Unexpected Surprises: Stories from the Lunar Flashlight Mission  
Mason Starr, Georgia Tech
2:50 – 3 p.m.Break
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.Beyond Musk and Bezos: Competing Science Fiction Futures in the Commercial Space Age
Lisa Yaszek, Georgia Tech
4 – 4:30 p.m.Joseph Meany, Interstellar Research Group
4:45 – 5 p.m.Closing Remarks
Jud Ready, Georgia Tech Space Research Institute

 

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