| Program Schedule | |
| Thursday, September 25, 2008 Birthday Symposium Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall |
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| 8:30–8:45 a.m. | Welcome Edward M. Stolper, Provost, William E. Leonhard Professor of Geology, Caltech |
| 8:45-9:30 a.m. | Introduction to GALCIT's New Faculty |
| Special Event | Address from Space Gregory Chamitoff Astronaut, NASA (GALCIT MS '85) (cancelled due to hurricane IKE) |
| Session 1 | Chair Hans Hornung C. L. "Kelly" Johnson Professor of Aeronautics, Emeritus, Director of GALCIT, Emeritus, Caltech |
| 9:30-10:00 a.m. | Ian Waitz Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Department Head, Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Title: Environmental Impacts of Aviation |
| 10:00–10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | Petros Koumoutsakos Professor, Institute of Computational Sciences- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich
Title: Diffusing, Growing, Swimming: Multiscale Simulations using Particles |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. | Paul Krueger Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Methodist University
Title: Pulsed-Jet Propulsion at Large and Small Scales |
| 11:30-Noon | Joanna Austin Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: Hydrodynamic Void Collapse Mechanisms in Detonation Initiation |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. Dabney Gardens |
Lunch |
| 1:30-2:15 p.m. | Keynote Speaker Introduction Paul Dimotakis Chief Technologist, JPL, John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics, Caltech Keynote Speaker Title: The Global Space Industry: Economic Activity and Technological Change |
| Session 2 | Chair Wolfgang Knauss Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics, Emeritus, Caltech |
| 2:15-2:45 p.m. | Tony Waas Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
Title: On the Dynamic Buckling of Impacted Slender Structures |
| 2:45-3:15 p.m. | Jean-François Molinari Director, Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory (LSMS), Professeur, École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne (EPFL)
Title: Numerical Modelling of Nanotribology |
| 3:15-3:45 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:45-4:15 p.m. | Ioannis Chasiotis Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Title: Mechanics of Polymeric Nanofibers |
| 4:15-4:45 p.m. | Pradeep Guduru Associate Professor, Division of Engineering, Brown University
Title: Mechanics of Biologically Inspired Adhesion, Friction, and Engineered Surfaces |
| 4:45-5:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks Alexis Livanos President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Vice President, Northrop Grumman; Chair, GALCIT Advisory Council |
| Thursday, September 25, 2008 Symposium Banquet & AHS von Kármán Wings Award (Evening) The Athenaeum |
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| 6:00-7:00 p.m. | Reception |
7:00-9:00 p.m. |
Banquet
Introduction Official Welcome Speakers Dan Goldin Former Administrator, NASA [Video] Kent Kresa Chair, Caltech Board of Trustees [Video] Scott Large Director of the National Reconnaissance Office and Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology) [Video] Presentation Ceremony Presentation of the 2008 International von Kármán Wings Award to Dr. Alexis Livanos President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology and Vice President, Northrop Grumman [Video] |
| Friday, September 26, 2008 Guggenheim Re-Opening Guggenheim |
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| 9:30-10:00 a.m. |
Official Ceremony Jean-Lou Chameau President, California Institute of Technology Ares Rosakis Director, GALCIT |
| 10:00-Noon | Guggenheim Tours, Self-Guided Research Lab Tours, and Student Poster Session |
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. 10:00 - Noon |
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| Noon-1:30 p.m. Dabney Gardens |
Lunch
Ares Rosakis Director, GALCIT; Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, Caltech Title: Our Students and Our Future |
| 1:30 p.m.
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Adjourn
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