Mid-Atlantic Regional Space Grant Meeting

Oglebay Resort

Wheeling, West Virginia

Agenda

 

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

 

5:00 - 7:00 P.M.         Registration open, Ye-Olde Room, Wilson Lodge, Oglebay Resort

 

6:00 - 8:00 P.M.         Reception (Cash Bar, finger food)

                                    Entertainment Program: West Virginia Hoe-Down

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2003

 

8:00 ­ 12:00                Registration continues outside Ye-Olde Room

 

8:00 ­ 8:30                  Country breakfast, Terrace Room

 

8:30 - 8:40                   Opening Welcome (Dick Henry, MD SGC)

 

8:40 - 9:15                   Update from NASA Headquarters (Diane DeTroye, HQ)

 

09:15 ­ 9:45                Opportunities at Kennedy Space Center (Mike Freeman, KSC)

 

9:45 ­ 10:00                University Programs at GSFC (Irina Nelson, GSFC)

 

10:00 ­ 10:15              Refreshment break

 

10:15 ­ 10:40              Education update  - GSFC (Bob Gabrys, GSFC)

 

10:40 ­ 11:0                NASA 2004 Summer Academy, Aerospace Workforce Collaboration project (Dave Rosage, GSFC) 

 

11:00 - 11:30               Forest Watch project expansion (Barry Rock, NH;  abbreviated presentation was made by Bob Popham)

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2003 (continued)

 

11:30 ­ 11:45              Undergraduate Research in Space Astrophysics at Villanova University (Edward M. Sion, Villanova University)

 

11:45 ­ 12:00              Astronomy Research by Students at Gettysburg and Franklin and Marshall Colleges at the National Undergraduate Research Observatory(Jacquelynne Milingo, Franklin & Marshall College)

 

12:00 ­ 12:30              Leave Oglebay for Center for Educational Technologies (CET) at Wheeling Jesuit University (a 10 minute drive)

 

12:30 - 1:30                 Catered lunch at the CET

 

1:30 - 3:00                   Presentations by and tour of the CET, Classroom of the Future, and Challenger Center (Jeanne Finstein, CET, WV SGC)

 

3:00 - 5:00                   Challenger Center Mission. All will participate in an exciting simulated launch as astronauts and ground control crew.

 

6:30 - 8:00                   Banquet, Ye-Olde Room:  Life in the Universe (Joseph Busche)

 

Thursday, October 2, 2003

 

8:00 ­ 8:30                  Country breakfast, Terrace Room

 

8:30 ­ 9:15                  Synergy Project Overview and Teacher/Student Contributions (Jay Morgan, Towson State University, MD)

 

9:15 - 10:00                 Synergy-related State Contributions (Bob Popham, MD; Karen Davis, WV; Laurel Zeno, VT)

 

10:00 ­ 10:15              Refreshment break

 

10:15 ­ 10:45              Space Day at Penn State (Lisa Brown, PA SGC)

Pathevo Software (Ade Oni, Morgan State University, MD; family emergency caused this presentation to be omitted)

 

10:45 ­ 11:00              Geospatial Extension Program and other Geospatial Activities (Mary Sandy, VA SGC)

 

11:00 ­ 11:15              Astronomy and Space Science Project Proposal (Tom Brown, NJ)

 

11:15 ­ 12:00              Discussion of Mid-Atlantic Workforce Proposal (Dick Henry)

 

12:00 ­ 1:00                Lunch, Terrace Room, and Adjourn