Fall 2014
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/24/14 | Dan Durda (SwRI) | Asteroid Surfaces – Geology And Milli-g Dynamics | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/14 | Barbara Cohen (MSFC) | Lunar Flashlight: Mapping Lunar Surface Volatiles Using A Cubesat | Abstract | Link |
| 12/24/14 | Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory) | Is Vesta A Protoplanet? | Abstract | Link |
Spring 2015
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/24/15 | Phil Metzger (UCF) | Compaction Of Regolith On The Moon, Asteroids, And Other Airless Bodies: By Vibration Or By Thermal Cycling? | Abstract | Link |
| 2/24/15 | Dan Scheeres (University of Colorado) | Evidence For And Implications Of Cohesion In Rubble Pile Asteroids | Abstract | Link |
| 3/24/15 | Jocelyn Dunn (Purdue University, School of Industrial Engineering) | Toward detecting human health and stress states via wearable devices and habitat systems data on a simulated long-duration Mars mission | Abstract | Link |
| 3/24/15 | Faith Vilas (Planetary Science Institute) | What Can We Learn About The Space Weathering Of S-Complex Asteroids In The UV/Blue? | Abstract | Link |
| 4/24/15 | Larry Taylor (University of Tennessee at Knoxville) | Space Weathering In Its Totality | Abstract | Link |
| 4/24/15 | Gal Sarid (FSI) | It’s Icy Out There – Bulk Processing In Outer Solar System Minor Bodies | Abstract | Link |
| 4/24/15 | Lindy Elkins-Tanton (ASU) | Planetesimals: Early Differentiation And Consequences For Planets | Abstract | Link |
| 4/24/15 | Justin Karl, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (UCF) | Cheaper Private Suborbital Flight Opportunities On The Horizon- Research Implications | Abstract | Link |
Fall 2015
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/24/15 | Rodger Handberg (UCF) | US Commercial Space Enterprise: Confronting Competition Domestically And Internationally | Abstract | Link |
| 9/24/15 | Jim Cantrell (Co-founder of SpaceX) | The Role Of Rogue Thinkers And Doers In Human Progress | Abstract | Link |
| 9/24/15 | Dan Britt (UCF) | Economics And Exploration: A Bit of Historical Perspective On The New Age Of Exploration | Abstract | Link |
| 10/24/15 | Charles F. Radley (Associate Fellow AIAA) | Lunar Surface Operations – Major Cost Reduction By A Lunar Elevator | Abstract | Link |
| 10/24/15 | Patrick Michel (Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur) | Asteroid Impact And Deflection Assessment (AIDA) Mission: Science Return And Technology Demonstration | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/15 | Serkan Saydam (UNSW) | An Integrated Economics Model Of ISRU In Support Of A Mars Colony | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/15 | Jim Pawelczyk | What Price A Martian? Human Limits To Exploring The Red Planet | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/15 | Andrew Schuerger | Hypobarophile Bacteria Capable Of Growth Under Martian Conditions Of 7 mbar, 0 C, And CO2-enriched Anoxic Atmospheres | Abstract | Link |
| 12/24/15 | Leslie Gertsch | Asteroids, Economic Geology, And The Exploration Of Space | Abstract | Link |
| 12/24/15 | Scott Branting (Anthropology UCF) | The Necessity Of Space-Based Monitoring Of Cultural Heritage Destruction In Syria And Iraq | Abstract | Link |
Spring/Summer 2016
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/24/16 | Kieran A. Carroll (CTO Gedex) | Asteroid Surface Gravimetry, Weighing Boulders On Asteroids | Abstract | Link |
| 2/24/16 | Peter Brown (Western University, Canada) | Physical Structure And Origin Of Meter-Sized Earth Impactors | Abstract | Link |
| 2/24/16 | Zoe Landsman (UCF Physics) | Primitive Asteroids In The Mid-Infrared: Comparing Young And Old Families | Abstract | Link |
| 3/24/16 | David Carrier | The Four Things You Need To Know About The Geotechnical Properties Of Lunar Soil | Abstract | Link |
| 3/24/16 | Noemi Pinilla-Alonso (FSI-UCF) | James Webb Space Telescope: All I Want For My Birthday | Abstract | Link |
| 5/24/16 | Amalio Garrido (Drage CEO & Mate International) | METALIQ: Passive High Gravimetric Density Sun-Independent Chemical Energy Storage Compatible With RFC (Regenerative Fuel Cells) And Surface ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilization) Systems | Abstract | Link |
| 6/24/16 | Jordan Steckloff (Purdue University) | SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL! How Sublimative Torques Alter And Destroy Cometary Bodies | Abstract | Link |
Fall 2016
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/24/16 | Antonio Paris (St. Petersburg College) | The Moon: 3D | Abstract | Link |
| 9/24/16 | Sven Bilen (Penn State) | An Overview Of The OSIRIS-3U CubeSat Mission To Investigate Ionospheric Heating | Abstract | Link |
| 10/26/16 | Cyril Opeil | Thermo-Physical Properties of Carbonaceous Chondrites | No info. | Link |
| 10/24/16 | Terry Hurford (NASA Goddard) | Tidal Activity on Phobos | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/16 | Jim Rice (Planetary Science Institute) | Mars | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/16 | Vishnu Reddy (Planetary Science Institute) | Dawn Mission | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/16 | Will Grundy (Lowell Observatory) | New Horizons Mission | Abstract | Link |
| 11/24/16 | Humberto Campins (OSIRIS-REX mission UCF) | Osiris-REX Mission | Abstract | Link |
Fall 2017
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/25/17 | Yan Fernandez | Ensemble Physical Properties of Cometary Nuclei | No info. | Link |
| 10/9/17 | Humberto Campins | Spectral Diversity Among Primitive Asteroids: Implications of Origins of Bennu and Ryugu | No info. | Link |
| 10/30/17 | Dan Durda | Impacts and Regolith | No info. | Link |
| 10/31/17 | Andrei Vedernikov | Cloud Manipulation in Protoplanetary Dust Simulation | No info. | Link |
| 11/13/17 | Chris Bennett | Extraterrestrial Contributions to the Prebiotic Inventory of the Early Earth from Meteorites | No info. | Link |
| 11/20/17 | Javier Licandro | OSIRIS-REx Mission: Detailed Color-Ratio Maps of the Surface of a Primitive Asteroid using the OCAMS Camera Suite | No info. | Link |
Spring 2018
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/12/18 | Alan Rhodes | Call Out For Next Generation SOFIA Science Experiment | Abstract | Link |
| 2/19/18 | Dr. Jesper Gjerloev | How Do We Advance Our Understanding of Global Earth-Space Interactions? | Abstract | Link |
| 2/28/18 | Josh Colwell (UCF) | Electrostatic surface properties of NEAs | Abstract | Link |
| 3/5/18 | Humberto Campins (UCF) | OSIRIS-REx Mapping and site selection | Abstract | Link |
| 3/5/18 | Esther Beltran (FSI-UCF) | Operational Challenges in Human Space Exploration: Radiation Protection and Risk Mitigation Strategies | Abstract | Link |
Fall 2019
| Date | Speaker | Title | Abstract | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/11/19 | Alison Lowndes (NVIDIA) | Fuelling the Artificial Intelligence Revolution with Gaming | Abstract | Link |
| 9/25/19 | Garrett Schieber (Georgia Tech) | REVEALS research in ISRU | Abstract | Link |
| 10/9/19 | David Masten (Masten Space System) | MSS’s Lunar program | Abstract | Link |
| 10/22/19 | Kelsi Singer (SwRI) | Surface science with New Horizons data | Abstract | Link |
| 11/6/19 | Nicole Shumaker (Texas A&M) | Building structures with regolith on the Moon | Abstract | Link |
| 11/20/19 | Vasco Guerra (Instituto Superior Tecnico of Lisbon) | Oxygen production on Mars by non-equilbrium plasmas | Abstract | Link |
| 12/4/19 | Paul Abell (NASA JSC) | Hayabusa 2 science update |