Seminars
The Florida Space Institute’s seminar series will resume in January 2013 and continue through April, see the schedule below for currently scheduled speakers.
The seminar series is open to UCF researchers, administrators, and students, NASA-KSC personnel, FSI member institutions and FSI employees.
Todd Bradley of FSI administers the seminar series that is held in the Partnership I building located in Research Park, adjacent to UCF.
Contact Todd Bradley at tbradley@physics.ucf.edu if you are interested in presenting a talk, wish to recommend someone for a talk, or wish to be on his email distribution list for notices of upcoming talks.
Upcoming Seminars – Spring 2013
Seminars will begin at 11:00am with talks lasting about 45 minutes and 10 minutes for questions.
Location (for directions and parking information click here):
12354 Research Parkway
Partnership I Bldg. Suite 209
Orlando, FL 32826
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sathya Gangadharan: Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle | January 16 | |
| Yanga Fernandez: Physics, UCF | Science From Enigmatic Comets | January 23 |
| Addie Dove: Physics, UCF | Experimental Investigations Of The Lunar Photoelectron Environment | January 30 |
| Masa Ishigami: Physics, UCF | Graphene-Based Electronic And Optoelectronic Devices For Space Applications | February 6 |
| Lt. Col. Paul E. Damphousse, Ret. USMC: Executive Director NSS | *CANCELLED* | February 12 at 11:30am |
| Jamie Foster: Microbiology and Cell Science, UF | Impact Of Simulated Microgravity On The Normal Development Of An Animal-Bacterial Symbiosis | February 20 |
| Ranga Narayanan: Chemical Engineering, UF | Evaporation Instability in the Absence and in the Presence of Gravity. |
February 27 |
| *No Seminar Due To Spring Break* | March 6 | |
| March 13 | ||
| Nan Qin: Florida Solar Energy Center, UCF | Ammonia Borane/Polymer Composite Materials for Space Radiation Shielding Applications | March 20 |
| Jennifer Sinclair Curtis: Chemical Engineering, UF | Cratering of a Particle Bed by a Subsonic Jet | March 27 |
| Xun Gong: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UCF | Low-Cost Phased Array And Reflectarray Antennas | April 3 |
| Patrick Schelling: Physics, UCF | Opportunities For The Application Of Atomic-Scale Simulation To Elucidate Space Weathering Processes | April 10 |
| No Seminar | April 17 | |
| Dan Britt: Physics, UCF | The Center For Lunar And Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS) Proposal: A Structure For Exploration Science And Problem-Solving | April 24 |