March 2007 Fellows Meeting
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Dr. Robert Cassanova | Welcome and Status of NIAC Activities | NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts |
John Slough | Plasma Magnetic Shield for Crew Exploration | University of Washington |
Matthew Silver | Bio-electric Space Exploration | Intact Labs |
Daniella Della-Guistina | The Martian Bus Schedule: An Innovative Technique for Protecting Humans on a Journey to Mars | University of Arizona |
David Akin | Development of a Single-Fluid Consumable Infrastructure for Life Support, Power, Propulsion, and thermal Control | University of Maryland |
Floris van Breugel | Evolution of a Scalable, Hovering Flapping Robot | Cornell University |
Dr. Paul Spudis | Keynote Speaker | Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
Robert Hoyt | Reduction of Trapped Energetic Particle Fluxes in Earth and Jovian Radiation Belts | Tethers Unlimited |
Jonathan Sharma | START: Utilizing Near-Earth Asteroids with Tether Technologies | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Mason Peck | In-Orbit Assembly of Modular Space Systems with Non-Contacting, Flux- Pinned Interfaces | Cornell University |
Dr. Ronald Turner | Keynote Speaker - "Grand Challenges in Space Radiation Protection" | Analytic Services |
Moderator: Bob Scaringe | Panel on Funding Opportunities Beyond NIAC | AVG Communications |
Panelist: Doug Comstock | Panel on Funding Opportunities Beyond NIAC | NASA |
Panelist: George Petracek | Panel on Funding Opportunities Beyond NIAC | Atrium Capital |
Panelist: Rahul Saxena | Panel on Funding Opportunities Beyond NIAC | Seraph Group |
Panelist: Paul Eremenko | Panel on Funding Opportunities Beyond NIAC | Booz Allen Hamilton |
Guillermo Trotti | Extreme eXPeditionary Architecture (EXPArch): Mobile, Adaptable Systems for Space and Earth Exploration | Trotti and Associates |
Devon Crowe | Self-Deployed Space or Planetary Habitats and Extremely Large Structures | PSI Corporation |
Tom Ditto | Primary Objective Grating Astronomical Telescope | DeWitt Brothers Tool Company |
J. Michael Burgess | Advanced Grazing Incidence Neutron Imaging System | University of Alabama, Huntsville |
Joe Ritter | Large Ultra-Lightweight Photonic Muscle Telescope | University of Hawaii |
Roger Angel | Practicality of a Solar Shield in Space to Counter Global Warming | University of Arizona |
Rigel Woida | The Road to Mars | University of Arizona |
George Williams | Spacecraft Propulsion Utilizing Pondermotive Forces | Ohio Aerospace Institute |