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The Rocky Mountain Section's Annual Technical Symposium is Coming Soon, and you're invited!

  • 1.  The Rocky Mountain Section's Annual Technical Symposium is Coming Soon, and you're invited!

    Posted 11 Nov, 2019 16:47

    Dear St. Louis Section Members,
    You are invited to attend the Rocky Mountain Section's
     Annual Technical Symposium, which brings together the regional leaders, technical experts, and academia in the aerospace and aeronautics industry. ATS is a forum to help shape the future of the industry, a place for people in all stages of their career to gather, network, and collaborate. It is a place to learn a new process, gather inspiration, and make the connection to turn that inspiration into reality. This day-long symposium is in its eighth year and will be held on Tuesday, November 19th at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

    Registration is open for this year's ATS. Register at aiaa-rm.tech

    Student (AIAA Member) $45.00

    Professional (AIAA Member) $65.00

    Professional (Non-Member) $85.00

    Rocky Mountain AIAA is proud to announce the sessions and presenters for this year's ATS:

    Feature Presentations

    • Voyager Space Holdings

    Matthew Kuta Voyager Space Holdings

    • CRADLE-California Research Analog for Deepspace and Lunar Environments

    Hunter Singh University of Colorado, Boulder

    • Airborne Drone Traffic Broadcasting and Alerting System

    Rick Zelenka, CEO and Founder Drone Traffic

    Session 1: Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation Systems (ASN)

    • A New Advanced Medium Accuracy Star Tracker from Ball Aerospace
    1. Tchilian and S. Lutgring, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    • CONFERS: The Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations

    Fredrick Slane, Space Infrastructure Foundation

    • Colorado Boulder Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3) student designed and built 6U CubeSat

    Brodie T. Wallace –CU-E3 Project Manager University of Colorado Boulder

    Session 2: Autonomous Systems (AUT)

    • Improved Reliability of UAS Through Machine Learning

    Austin Anderson Black Swift Technologies, LLC

    • Machine Learning and Data Aggregation for UAS Data Analysis

    Tim Haynie Spectrabotics, LLC

    • Autonomous Planetary Landing Operations with the Vision Navigation Sensor (VNS) LIDAR.

    R.R. Rohrschneider, Ball Aerospace

    Session 3a: Bioastronautics (Bio)

    • Space Veggies: Regenerative Life Support System, Food, and Inflammation-Fighting Micronutrients

    Barbara Demmig-Adams, Christine Escobar, Jared J. Stewart, Gabrielle Glime, Cedric M. Zeller, Naiara D. Garcia, William W. Adams III
    Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; University of Colorado at Boulder

    • In-situ CO2 utilization with a supported ionic liquid membrane

    James Nabity, Mitchell Woolever and Christine Escobar University of Colorado, Boulder

    • Benefits and Challenges in Developing a Passive Capillary Driven Growth Bed for Aquatic Plants in Microgravity

    Brett Shaffer Space Lab Technologies, LLC

    Session 3b: Human Spaceflight

    • Smart Technology Infusion for Deep Space Exploration Habitats

    T.K. Clark, A.P. Anderson, J.A. Nabity, R. Braun, N.T. Banerjee, S.P. Eshima, J.R. Kintz, A.E. Rollock, S. Zaccarine, P.K. Pischulti, D.M. Klaus University of Colorado Boulder

    • Ensuring Each Breath: An Oxygen Compatible Flowmeter for the Exploration PLSS

    Adam Escobar President and CEO Space Lab Technologies, LLC.

    • Orion Ascent Abort 2 Flight Test

    Heather McKay, Roger McNamara, Sandy Mossman, Launch Abort System, Orion Program Lockheed Martin Space

    Session 4: Fluids, Structures and Materials (FSM)

    • Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) Technology Demonstration Mission (TDM)

    Christopher McLean Ball Aerospace

    • An Analytical Optimization of Heatsink Thickness for Concentrated Heat Loads

    Sean Cohen Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

    • The Role of Acoustics & Vibration in the Space Industry

    Dr. Indranil Dandaroy, LM Fellow, Lockheed Martin Space

    • Folding Airfoil Structures through Utilization of High Strain Composites

    Zachary McConnel, Roccor LLC

    • Geometric Nonlinear Analysis of Composite Beams

    Qi Wang Siemens Wind Energy

    • Advanced Computational Techniques in the Development of the Overture. XB-1 Future Supersonic Commercial Airliner

    Byron Young and Chandler Clifton, Boom Supersonic

    Session 5: Remote Sensing, Earth and Space Science (RSESS)

    • Remote Sensing with Geiger-mode Avalanche Photodiode (GmAPD) Single Photon LIDAR Receiver Technology

    Peter K. Kondratko, Ronda Irwin, Jeffrey Wilhite, Jacob Wilson, Leye Aina Ball Aerospace Technologies Corporation

    • Simplified field radiometric validation method for UAV acquired spectral images

    Bogdan Lita, Innovation and Research 2u, Boulder, CO
    Alex Olsen-Mikitowicz, Kevin Yemoto, and Huihui Zhang, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO
    William Rock, Leah Bartnik, and Basil Desousa, Headwall Photonics, Inc., Bolton, MA

    • A Cubesat Infrared Imaging Radiometer with On-Board NIST-Traceable Calibration System for Earth and Planetary Science Applications

    David Osterman, Ball Aerospace

    • Rosetta mission operations of the Alice Ultraviolet Spectrograph Instrument

    Jon Pineau Sr. Space Systems Engineer SwRI / Stellar Solutions

    • The Global Environmental Monitoring Systems (GEMS) Constellation of Passive Microwave Satellites

    Brian Sandrs VP of Space Systems, Co-Founder Orbital Micro Systems

    • Task and View Satellite Imagery On-Demand from the Web with the Rapid Access Program

    Nicholas Zinner Maxar Technologies

    Session 6: Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) Satellite Constellations

    • Development and Adaptation of Origami Folding Algorithms to Compact Deployable Ground Planes

    Kassi Butler, Mechanical Engineer Roccor LLC

    • Improved Data Collection Using Model Predictive Control for Constellation Pointing

    R.R. Rohrschneider, M. Leiber, and C. Weimer Ball Aerospace

    • RIPPLE- Providing Increased Temporal Resolution to Surface Wave Topography: JPL's Next Mission Augmentation CubeSat

    Hunter Singh University of Colorado Boulder

    Session 7: Space Resources

    • Methanotrophic Bacteria Culture Optimized by Mango Materials to Convert Methane and Oxygen Gas into intracellular polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) for Planetary Exploration

    Johan Vanneste Research Assistant Professor
    Colorado School of Mines/Advanced Water Technology Center (AQWATEC)

    • Thermal Mining of Celestial Bodies

    Curtis Purrington Colorado School of Mines

    • Microwave Sintering: A low-cost, Method of Infrastructure Production on Planetary Bodies

    Liz Scott, PhD Student, Colorado School of Mines

    Session 8: Space Systems Technologies

    • Re-architecting the Systems Engineering Enterprise at Lockheed Martin Space to Meet the Challenges of DoD Mission Needs

    Calvin Craig Systems Engineering Director Lockheed Martin Space

    • Aerospace Research Simulator (AReS) Cockpit Simulation

    Carlos Pinedo University of Colorado Boulder

    • Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP): A Robust, Adaptable Robotics Platform for Providing Commercial Lunar Prospecting and Surface Mobility Services

    AJ Gemer Lunar Outpost, Inc

    Poster Presentations

    • GPS-Denied Exploration with Self-Healing Comm Network

    Dr Mike Anderson, United States Air Force Academy

    • Aerial Resupply of Small Teams Using Remotely Piloted Aircraft

    Lt Col Eric Dittman, United States Air Force Academy

    • Open Water Search, Rescue, and Recovery of Downed Aviators

    Lt Col Matt Obenchain, United States Air Force Academy

    • The Power of Measurement and Prediction: Lessons Learned from Project Management

    Kari S. Sanders, Ruag Space

    • Development and Design of an Innovative Mechanism for Increased Mobility in Air-to-Air Missiles

    Matt Snyder, United States Air Force Academy

    • Computationally Efficient Shape Modeling Techniques to Enable the Autonomy of Small Body Exploration

    Dahlia Baker, University of Colorado Boulder

    • Laser Power Beaming Demonstration for CLPS Landers

    David Dickson, Colorado School of Mines

    • Alternative Navigation Techniques for use in GPS-Denied Environments

    Cadet Jedd Lebrilla, United States Air Force Academy

    • Distributed Planning for Communication-Aware Information Gathering by Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)

    Sangwoo Moon, University of Colorado Boulder

    • Rover Wheel Designed for Maximum Payload Efficiency

    Claire Thomas Colorado School of Mines

    • Mitigating Clandestine Cross-Border Small-Unnmaned Aerial Systems SUAS Operations

    Cadet First Class Adam Wilmer, United States Air Force Academy

    • Gravitational Force-Model Aliasing with Non-Gravitational Force Coefficients in Dynamic Prediction

    Vishal Ray, University of Colorado Boulder

    • Repeatable Tethered Aerobraking Maneuver

    Lluis Umbert and Dr. Steve Tragesser, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

    • Comprehensive Safety Risk Assessment Studies in UAS

    Chris Roseman University of Colorado, Boulder

    • Aerodynamics and Performance of a 300 MPH Bonneville Land Speed Record Vehicle

    Ioan Feier, United States Air Force Academy

    • Overview of the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2)

    Jordan Marks, Edward J. Knight, Ball Aerospace

    • A New Method of Radiometric Calibration for the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite

    Tyler McCracken, Ball Aerospace

    • MARKUS (Multi-functional Autonomous Rover and Kinetic Untethered System)

    Joshua Ehrlich, Colorado School of Mines

    • Near Earth Asteroids or the Moon: A Comparative Study
      Delivering Water to the Earth Moon Lagrangian Point 1 from NEOs or the Moon

    Alexander Jehle Colorado School of Mines

    • Hypersonic Flight In the Turbulent Stratosphere (HYFLITS)

    Andrew Mahon University of Colorado Boulder

    • Design of a Lunar Surface Access Vehicle

    Dr. Lynnane George, Noble Kilman, Dylan Hansen; University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

    We hope to see you there!

    For more information or for questions, please contact:
    Christopher Zeller
    Principal Spacecraft Engineer
    Ball Aerospace
    (303) 939-4636
    8382382

    czeller@ball.com



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