ECU Space Grant Inaugural Symposuim
1st Session, 27 January 2011
1:00pm, Mendenhall 244
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This inaugural session commemorated East Carolina University’s recent integration into the North Carolina Space Grant Consortium and highlighted research and educational activities in space science at ECU.
North Carolina Space Grant and ECU
1:00pm Welcome and Introductions
John D. Rummel, ECU Space Grant Collaborative
1:10pm Welcome to NC Space Grant
Jobi Cook, NC Space Grant Associate Director
Space-Related Research and Education at ECU
1:40pm Planet Earth and Its People, Remotely
Tom Allen, Geography / RENCI at ECU
1:50pm Planet Ocean from Space Richard L. Miller, Geological Sciences
2:00pm Precipitation Systems: The View from Space
Thomas M. Rickenbach, Geography
2:10pm The Rock Record of a Living Planet
Adriana Heimann, Geological Sciences
2:20pm Understanding Precipitation Extremes from Space
Scott Curtis, Geography
2:30pm Chemistry and the Earth Environment
Siddhartha Mitra, Geological Sciences
2:40pm Monsoons & Missions: Observing and Modeling Earth's Climate
Rosana Nieto Ferreira, Geography
2:50pm Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Evolution of Life on Earth
Jinling Huang, Biology
3:00pm Go-Science and Space Exploration
Roger Connor, Executive Director, GO-Science
3:10pm Astrobiology: Life on Earth and Elsewhere?
Matthew O. Schrenk, Biology
3:20pm Planetary Exploration without Contamination 13 John Rummel, ICSP
3:30pm Engineering Opportunities with NASA
O. Hayden Griffin, Chair, Engineering
3:40pm Space Radiation and Exploration Zi-Wei Lin, Physics
3:50pm Space Related Research in the BSM
John Meredith, Brody School of Medicine
4:00pm Human Perception in Space
Cynthia Bickley-Green, School of Art and Design
4:10pm Astronomy and Science Education
Sharon Schleigh, Mathematics, Science,
and Instructional Technology Education
4:20pm Additional Discussion/Questions
4:30pm Adjourn
2nd Session, 4 February 2011
12:30pm, Mendenhall 244
This second session will focus on student opportunities with the East Carolina Space Grant Collaborative, and feature three different “meet and greet” periods for students to meet with Collaborative faculty, face-to-face.
12:30pm Soft Drinks and Snacks Available for Attendees
1:00pm Welcome and Introductions
John D. Rummel, ICSP (Campus Director)
1:05pm Overview of ECU Space Grant Consortium and educational/
research/scholarship opportunities available
John Rummel
Student Opportunities in Space-Related Research and Education at ECU
1:20pm Student opportunities in the Geological Sciences
Sid Mitra, Geological Sciences
1:30pm Student opportunities in Astrobiology and Biology
Matt Schrenk, Biology
1:40pm Student opportunities in Geography
Tom Allen, Geography (et al.)
1:50pm Student opportunities in Math, Science, and Instructional
Technology Education Sharon Schleigh, MSITE
2:00pm Student opportunities in Engineering and Computer Science
Hayden Griffin, Engineering
Student Meetings with Potential ECU Sponsors
2:10pm First Rotation
2:25pm Second Rotation
2:40pm Third Rotation
2:55pm Question Time
3:00pm Adjourn
