2024 June 29

(2024 June 29) AIAA LA Planetary Defense and Asteroid Exploration mini- Conference 2024

(Video Recording I)

https://youtu.be/fSh5lZrheKE

Please see Part II for further presentations: https://youtu.be/6kPnP-6EJFg

00:00:00 AIAA Los Angeles Section (Welcome)

00:03:20 Dr. Nahum Melamed (Introduction)

00:24:33 Morgan Goodwin

00:55:00 Luisa Fernanda Zambrano Marin, M.S.

01:34:05 Prof. Michael Nolan

02:23:45 Brent W. Barbee

03:05:35 Nancy C. Wolfson and Kevin Barry

03:34:45 Arushi Nath

03:49:30 Prof. Madhu Thangavelu

04:13:50 Alexander (Sasha) N. Cohen

04:49:46 Brin Bailey (Part I)

Please see Part II for further presentations: https://youtu.be/6kPnP-6EJFg

(Video Recording II)

https://youtu.be/6kPnP-6EJFg

Please see Part I for earlier presentations: https://youtu.be/fSh5lZrheKE 

00:00:00 Brin Bailey (Part II)

00:22:50 Remaining questions

00:31:10 Group Photo

00:35:55 Dr. Nahum Melamed (Conclusion/Summary)

Please see Part I for earlier presentations: https://youtu.be/fSh5lZrheKE

Agenda:

10:00 AM PDT: Check-in; Networking

Morning Session

10:30 AM PDT: Dr. Nahum Melamed: Progresses on Planetary Defense and Asteroid Exploration

10:50 AM PDT: Morgan Goodwin: Introducing the Planetary Sunshade

11:10 AM PDT: Luisa Fernanda Zambrano Marin, M.S.: Rocks in Space with Radar!

12:00 PM PDT: Lunch Break; Networking (Lunch on guests’ own, not provided by AIAA LA Section)

Afternoon Session

12:50 PM PDT: Dr. Michael Nolan: Twenty years of Bennu: From Arecibo to Orbit (and on to Apophis)

01:40 PM PDT: Brent W. Barbee: Planetary Defense: NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

02:15 PM PDT: Nancy C. Wolfson: From Ozone Layer to Planetary Defense: Lessons from the Montreal Protocol

02:35 PM PDT: Arushi Nath: PhAst: Accelerated Asteroid Characterization through Novel Photometric Integration Using Ground and Space-Based Sky Surveys

02:55 PM PDT: Prof. Madhu Thangavelu: Preliminary Planetary Defense Concepts from USC and ISU

03:25 PM PDT: Alexander (Sasha) N. Cohen: Hydrocode simulations of asteroid disruption and deflection for planetary defense

03:55 PM PDT: Brin Bailey: Ground effects simulations of terminal asteroid disruption via fragmentation

04:25 PM PDT: Dr. Nahum Melamed: Opportunities and Future of Planetary Defense and Asteroid Exploration (Or, additional speaker(s))

04:45 PM PDT: Adjourn (could be extended if needed)

(From Prof. Madhu Thangavelu)

(From Ken Lui)