Scientists travel to Singapore for various conferences and meetings. It is through these meetings that we had the opportunity to invite them for talks. The following are the 3 talks organised during the Space Week.
On the 1st of August 2023, SST students from Astronomy Club and Science Talent Development Programme were given a talk by Professor Loren Chang from the National Central University.
His talk was "How to survive space flight?"
Dr. Loren Chang is a Professor at the Department of Space Science andEngineering at National Central University (NCU) in Taiwan. Dr. Chang conducts research on the Earth’s upper atmosphere and its role in spaceweather, analysis of satellite data from the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 andTIMED missions, and serves as the Taiwan lead for the International SatelliteProgram in Research and Education (INSPIRE) consortium. Dr. Chang hasserved as the Principal Investigator of the IDEASSat (Ionosphere DynamicsExplorer and Attitude Subsystem Satellite)/INSPIRESat-2 spacecraft and iscurrently leading the development of SCION-X (SCintillation and IONosphereNetwork eXtended) and ILITE missions, as well as the Deep Space RadiationProbe (DSRP) payload, which is Taiwan’s first lunar science payload. Dr.Chang is working to further enhance spacecraft design and operationscapacity, as well as an academic program focused on astronautics at NCU,while also serving as a consultant for space technology developments byTaiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and private industry.
The planets and moons of the Solar System are incredibly diverse worlds with histories both ancient and dramatic. Etched into their surfaces is a fascinating story – of fire and ice, of order and upheaval, of great cataclysms and slow change. Volcanoes are common throughout the Solar System and volcanic eruptions are among nature's most awesome spectacles. As we explore volcanoes on Earth and other worlds, we find a wide variety of landscapes—even ice volcanoes. Dr. Rosaly Lopes will discuss what space missions such as Galileo and Cassini have revealed about the wide variety of volcanoes in the solar system.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Rosaly M. C. Lopes is Deputy Director for Planetary Science at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, and former Editor-in-Chief of the planetary journal Icarus. She obtained a B.Sc. in astronomy and Ph.D. in planetary science from University College London, UK. Her research expertise is on planetary geology and volcanology and she has studied Mars, Io, and Titan. She was a member of Galileo’s Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer team from 1991-2003 and of the Cassini Titan Radar Mapper (2003-2019). She is the PI of the NASA Astrobiology Institute project “Habitability of Hydrocarbon Worlds: Titan and Beyond”. She is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Geological Society of America, and the American Geophysical Union. She has received several awards including the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society, the Ambassador Award from the American Geophysical Union, and two NASA Exceptional Public Service Medals. |
1.Structure of Earth atmosphere and ionosphere
(Important things to know when you plan a Cube Sat)
2.Venus orbitor mission - from dream to reality
How I could walk long way to make my dream come true.
(Why I wanted to explore Venus, what the atmosphere pressure , temperature of Venus, Do Lightning and active volcanoes exist on Venus?)
Biography of Professor Oyama:
Current position
Senior fellow International Center forPlanetary Environment Research, Kyushu Univeristy
CEO, Ltd Asia Space Environment ResearchConsortium
Professor Koichiro Oyama has held various appointments in Universities in Japan, visiting professorships in Taiwan, and held various international appointments related to Space Exploration.
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