Throughout the Spring 2020 academic semester the University of Central Florida, CLASS, and the Florida Space Institute are sponsoring a graduate seminar in “Economic Geology of Lunar and Asteroid Resources”. The speakers will be recognized international experts in science and technology and there will be an opportunity for all in-person and remote participants to ask questions and interact with the speakers. The seminar series is open to all scientists and engineers interested in the subject. Seminar talks last roughly 50 minutes with 30 minutes for discussion. The links below include the recorded talks, recommended readings and brief biographies of the speakers. If you would like to be on the mailing list, please contact us.
Weekly Lecture Topics
| Date & Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 6-Jan, EDT |
Dan Britt (UCF) |
Introduction to Extraterrestrial Economic Geology |
| 13-Jan, EDT |
Dan Britt (UCF) |
Mineral Evolution |
| 20-Jan, EDT |
David Kring (LPI) |
Lunar Geology |
| 27-Jan, EDT |
Brett Denevi (NASA APL) |
The Lunar Highlands |
| 3-Feb, EDT |
Clive Neal (Notre Dame) |
The Lunar Mare |
| 10-Feb, EDT |
Kevin Cannon (UCF) |
Lunar Polar Water Deposits |
| 17-Feb, EDT |
Phil Metzger (UCF) |
Operating on the Moon |
| 24-Feb, EDT |
Clive Neal (Notre Dame) |
The Lunar Surface Environment |
| 2-Mar, EDT |
Steve Desch |
Asteroids: In the Beginning |
| 16-Mar, EDT |
Dan Britt (UCF) |
Physical Evolution of Asteroids |
| 23-Mar, EDT |
Dan Britt (UCF) |
Prospecting Asteroid Resources |
| 30-Mar, EDT |
Addie Dove (UCF) |
Mining in Microgravity |
| 6-Apr, EDT |
Josh Colwell (UCF) |
Asteroid Surface Hazards: Dust, Toxic materials, Charging |
| 13-Apr, EDT |
Angel Abbud-Madrid (CSM) |
Martian Resources |
| 20-Apr, EDT |
Kevin Cannon (UCF) |
Simulating Lunar, Martian and Asteroid Regoliths |
| 27-Apr, EDT |
Dan Britt (UCF) |
Wrap-up: The geologic context for a space gold rush |
