10th Annual Technical Meeting, October 28, 2020

General Information

Welcome to the 10th Annual Technical Meeting for the Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation. The meeting will be held VIRTUALLY via Zoom on October 28, 2020 beginning at 11:00 AM EDT.

This meeting provides a forum for technical discussions of research results from the COE CST projects. These are exciting times to be involved in the cutting edge of commercial space transportation. Your participation and input are important aspects to the Commercial Space Transportation industry.

There is no registration fee.

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It is recommended that you preview the Presentation Videos prior to the meeting for a more robust participation.

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AGENDA

10th ANNUAL TECHNICAL MEETING
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

U.S. EDT

AGENDA ITEM

11:00 am
Pre-Conference Videos – Overview of FAA AST Commercial Space R&D

11:30 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Dave Klaus, COE CST Executive Director, University of Colorado Boulder
  • Dr. Ken Davidian, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation

11:45 am

Panel 1: Aerospace Access & Ops Research

Dr. Sigrid Close, Stanford
 
Dr. Penina Axelrad, CU Boulder
Student Bio Videos: Laura Davies
Dr. Moriba Jah, UT Austin
 
Dr. Dan Scheeres, CU Boulder
Student Bio Videos: Yashica Khatri
Mr. Sven Kaltenhaeuser, DLR
Dr. Amitabh Nag, FIT
Student Bio Videos: Mathieu Plaisir
Dr. Tarek Elgohary, UCF
Student Bio Videos: Tahsinul Tasif
12:45 pm
Break (Student auto-biographical videos)

1:00 pm

Panel 2: Aerospace Vehicles Research

Dr. Billy Oates, FSU
 Student Bio Video: Jakob Consoliver-Zack
Drs. Jay Kapat/Jan Gou, UCF
 
Dr. Subith Vasu, UCF
Student Bio Videos: Akshita Parapalli
Dr. Andrei Zagrai, NMT,
Dale Amon, Immortal Data
Dr. Rajan Kumar, FSU
Student Bio Videos: Tim Wilms
Dr. Bin Lim, NMT
 
Mr. Ryan Schnalzer, ARCTOS
Dr. Wije Wathugala, ARCTOS
Dr. Wije Wathugala, ARCTOS
2:00 pm
Break (Student auto-biographical videos)

2:15 pm

Panel 3: Human Spaceflight & Ops Research

Dr. David Klaus, CU Boulder
Student Bio Videos: Hunter Hatchell and Kate Hauber
Dr. Tom Eskridge, FIT
Student Bio Videos: Kazuhiko Momose
Dr. Ed Powers, UTMB
 
3:00 pm
Break (Student auto-biographical videos)

3:15 pm

Panel 4: Industry Innovation Research

  • Suborbital Tourism Industry Emergence Data and Processes
Video: Executive Summary
PDF Presentation Here

 

Dr. Ken Davidian
Dr. Greg Autry
 
Dr. Patricia Hynes, NMSU
Student Bio Videos: Miles Stapleton and Chase Bailey
Dr. Andy Aldrin, FIT
 
Dr. Andy Aldrin, FIT
 

4:00 pm

Closing Remarks

  • Abbreviations: CU-University of Colorado Boulder, DLR-Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center), FIT-Florida Institute of Technology, FSU-Florida State University, McGill-McGill University, NMSU-New Mexico State University, NMT-New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Stanford-Stanford University, UCF-University of Central Florida, UF-University of Florida, UNF-University of Northern Florida, UT-University of Texas, UTMB-University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston