Wisconsin Space Conference 2015 Program

! z! 2015% Wisconsin'Space'Grant'Consortium'and' Experimental'Aircraft'Association'Present:' The$Twenty#Fifth&Annual! WISCONSIN'SPACE'CONFERENCE! ! EAA!AirVenture!Museum! Oshkosh,!Wisconsin! ! Friday,'August'14,'2015' ! z! WSGC'Presentation'Schedule' August!14,!2015! 7:30#8:15am! ' 8:15#8:30am! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Registration'&'Continental'Breakfast'' '''''''' '''''''(Lobby'&'Founders'Wing)''' Welcome'&'Introductions' ''''''' ' ' ' ' Christine'Thompson:'Program!Manager,!WSGC;!Carthage!College'' Kevin'Crosby:'Director,!WSGC;!Dean,!Division!of!Natural!and!Social!Sciences,!! Carthage!College! ! ! ! Mike'LeDocq:'Chair,!WSGC!Advisory!Council;!Natural!Science!! ! ! Department!Head!and!Physics!Instructor,!Western!Technical!College! Session'1:'Plenary'Speaker' ' ' ' ' ' ''''''''(Founders'Wing)' 8:30#9:15am' Moderator:'Bret'Steffen,'Director!of!Education,!EAA! ' John'Monnet:'President!and!Founder,!Sonex!Aircraft!LLC! ' '' (Founders'Wing)' !!!! % Session'2:'NASA'Partnerships'''' ' ' ' ' ''''''''''(Founders'Wing)' ' ! ! !!! ! !!! ! Moderator:'William'Dirienzo,'WSGC!Advisory!Council;!Department!of!Computer! Science,!Engineering,!Physics,!and!Astronomy,!UW#Sheboygan! ! ! ! ! 9:15#9:30am! ' ' ' ! ! ! ' 9:30#9:45am! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! 9:45#10:00am' ' ''''''''''''' ! ! ! ! 10:00#10:15am! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! 10:15#10:20am!! ' HUNCH:'Matt'Heer,'NAVi3:'Stabilizing'and'Controlling'a'GoPro'Camera'' with'Gyroscopes'in'Microgravity;!Physics!&!Engineering;!!! ! ! Teacher,!Platteville!High!School' USIP:'Tessa'Rundle,'Kevin'LeCaptain,'Benjamin'Tillema,'Microgravity'' Propellant'Gauging'Using'Experimental'Modal'Analysis;!Physics;!! ! Undergraduates,!Carthage!College! XVHAB:'Nicole'Przybyla,'Design'of'CarbonFfiber/FDM'Spacecraft'' ' Structural'Fabrication'System'(SSFS);!Engineering!&!Applied!Sciences;!!! Undergraduate,!UW#Milwaukee! Senior'Design:'Justin'Collins,'Stephen'Skibinski,'Thermal'Energy'Management' on'Enceladus;!Mechanical!Engineering;!Undergraduates,!Milwaukee!School!! of!Engineering! FNL'Video:'Chris'Thompson,!Carthage!College'' ! Session'3A:'Student'Research' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' ''''''''(Vetti)' ' ! !!! !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' 10:30#10:45am! ! ! ! ' 10:45#11:00am! ! ! ! ! 11:00#11:15am''''' ' ' ' ! ! ! ' ' ' 11:15#11:30am' ! ! ! ! 11:30#11:45am!!! ! ! ! ! 11:45#12:00am! ' ' ' Moderator:'Lindsay'McHenry,!WSGC!Associate!Director,!Undergraduate!! Scholarships!and!Graduate!Fellowships;!Associate!Professor!of!Geosciences,!! UW#Milwaukee! Stephanie'Bradshaw,'Thunderstorm'Electrification;!Physics!&!! ! Astronomy;!Undergraduate,!Carthage!College' ! Christopher'Christopherson,'Observing'Nebulosities;'Physics!&!Astronomy;!! Undergraduate,!UW#Oshkosh'! Jordan'Zimmerman,'Riveting'Hammer'Vibration'and'Nerve'Damage;'' Biomedical!Engineering!&!Cell!Biology;!Undergraduate,!Marquette!! ! University/Medical!College!of!Wisconsin! ' Sarah'Martens'–'Star'Forming'Rates'and'HI'Gas'Content'in'Galaxy'Groups;!! Astronomy!&!Physics;!Undergraduate,!UW#Madison! Trent'Cybela,'Developments'in'Fire'Suppression'on'Orbit,!Mechanical!!! Engineering;!Undergraduate,!UW#Platteville! Aaron'Olson,'Recent'Progress'in'Lunar'HeliumF3'Extraction'Research;'' Engineering!Physics;!Graduate,!UW#Madison' ' Session'3B:'KV12'General'Outreach'' ' ' ' ''' ' '''(Batten)' ' ! !!! !!! ! ! ! ' 10:30#10:45am! ' ' ' ! 10:45#11:00am! ' ' ' ! 11:00#11:15am''''' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 11:15#11:30am!!! ' ' ' ' ' Moderator:'Karen'Broitzman,'WSGC!Associate!Director,!Aerospace!Outreach;! Aviation!Education!Program!Manager,!Wisconsin!Department!of!Transportation! Barbara'Bielec,'Wild'Weather!'&'Biotechnology:'Basics'–'BTC'Institute'' Outreach;!K#12;!Program!Director,!BTC!Institute' Susan'Kelly,'NASA'Astronaut'at'Middle'School'2016'Summer'Science'' ' Camps'at'UWFLa'Crosse;'Mathematics;!Professor,!UW#La!Crosse! John'Heasley,'Driftless'Dark'Skies:'STEM'Careers'for'Rural'Students;!! ! Environmental!Education;!Space!Science!Educator,!Kickapoo!Valley!! ! Reserve! Chris'Janssen,'Space'Simulator'Engaging'Youth'for'Leadership'and'' Engineering'Skills;!Planetarium;!Director,!Wausau!School!Planetarium!! ! 11:30#11:45am! ! ! ! Thomas'Consi,'Learning!Spacecraft!Engineering!with!Underwater!Vehicles;!! Freshwater!Sciences;!Assistant!Professor,!UW#Milwaukee' ' Lunch' ' ' ' ''''' (Founders'Wing)' Session'4:'Academic'and'Industry'Research'' '' '''''' (Founders'Wing)' ' 11:45#12:45pm! 11:45#12:45pm! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Lunch' Individual'Awardee'Photos' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ' 12:45#1:00pm! ! ! ! ' 1:00#1:15pm! ! ! ! ! 1:15#1:30pm''''' ' ' ' ! ! ! ! 1:30#1:45pm!!! ' ' ' ! 1:45#2:00pm! ' ' ' ! 2:00#2:15pm! ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ' 2:15#2:30pm' ' ' ' ! ! ! ! 2:30#2:45pm! ! ! ! Moderator:'Gubbi'Sudhakaran,'WSGC!Associate!Director,!Research! Infrastructure;!Chair!of!Physics!Department,!UW#La!Crosse! Seth'King,'Effects'of'Gamma'Irradiation'on'ZnO;!Physics;!Associate!! ! Professor,!UW#La!Crosse' Robert'Benjamin,'Variable'Stars'of'the'Galactic'Disk;'Physics;!Professor,!! UW#Milwaukee'! Brian'Kragh,'Rachel'Post,'Nathaniel'Lee,'Stephen'Janke,'Exploring'Drone'' Capabilities'for'Academic'Research;!Natural!Science!Division;!Undergraduates, Carthage!College! Taviare'Hawkins,'Microtubule'Mechanics'in'the'Presence'of'Lattice'' ' Defects;!Physics;!Assistant!Professor,'UW#La!Crosse' Todd'Treichel,'Astronaut'Crew'LED'Lighting'&'Human'Factor'Effects;' Senior!Systems!Engineer,!Orbital!Technologies!Corporation! Eric'Compas,'Investigating'the'Use'of'LowFCost'UAVs'for'LowFAltitude,'' HighFTemporal'Resolution'Aerial'Photography'for'Natural'Resource'' ' Research'and'Teaching;!Geography,!Geology,!and!Environmental!Science;! Assistant!Professor,!UW#Whitewater! Lindsay'McHenry,'Developing'Impact'Cratering'Labs'for'an'Online'' ' Introductory'Planetary'Geology'Course;!Geosciences;!Associate!Professor,!! UW#Milwaukee! Robert'Ragan,'Predicting'Equilibria'in'1Fd'Collisionless'Gravitational'Systems;! Physics;!Professor,!UW#La!Crosse! ! Session'5:'Networking'&'Poster'Session' ' ' ' ''''''' ''''(Fergus'Plaza)' ' 2:45#3:45pm! ! ! ! ' ' ' ! ! ! ' ' ' ! ! ! ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! Poster'Session;'Refreshments'in'Hallway! !!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!3:30pm'V'Group'Photo'in'Eagle'' ' ' ''''''''''Moderator:'Michael'LeDocq' ! ! ' Ryan'Manske,'Using'Radio'Frequencies'to'Spatially'Track'ID'Tags;!Natural!! Sciences;!Science!Teacher,!East!Troy!High!School! ' Evan'Dowling,'Can'Dark'Matter'Halos'Change'Shape?;!Physics;!Undergraduate,! UW#La!Crosse! ' Zachary'Dercks,'Matthew'Arnoldussen,'Asteroid'Attachment;!Mechanical!! Engineering;!Undergraduates,!Milwaukee!School!of!Engineering! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! Andrew'Eagon,'The'Circulation'of'Ionized'Gas'on'the'Milky'Way;!Astronomy;! Undergraduate,!UW#Whitewater' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ' ! ' ! ' ! RockSatVC'Team:'Amelia'Gear,'Tessa'Rundle,'Jordan'Rice,'Justin'Barhite:'' Normal'Field'Instability'of'Ferrofluid'in'Microgravity;!Physics;!Undergraduates, Carthage!College! ! ! ' ! ! ' ! Collegiate'Rocket'Launch:'Second'Place'–'Engineering'Division'–'Team'Badger' Ballistic;'Undergraduate!Student,!University!of!Wisconsin#Madison! ! Represented!by!Lucas!Jewell! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ' ' ! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ' ! ! ! ' ' ! ' ' ' ! ' ! ! ! ' ' ! ' ' ' ! 2015'Elijah'High'Altitude'Balloon'Program'Launch'Team:'! ' Alana!Tirimacco;!Mechanical!Engineering,!MSOE! ! Jordan!Petrie;!Mechanical!Engineering,!MSOE! ! Danny!Ochoa;!Mechanical!Engineering,!MSOE! ! ! ! ! ! Jadee!Kellogg;'Physics,!Ripon!College' ' Henri'LeMieux'–'Massive'Stellar'Content'of'the'Cygnus'Superbubble;'Physics!! and!Astronomy;!Undergraduate,!UW#Oshkosh' ' Stephen'Dornbos'–'Early'Life'on'Land:'Evaluating'the'Biogenicity'of'' ' Mesoproterozoic'FluvialFLacustrine'Stromatolites;!Geosciences;!Associate!! Professor,!UW#Milwaukee! ! ! ! ! Geoffrey'Ament'–'NASA!Internship;'Engineering!Physics;!Undergraduate,!UW# Platteville! ! ! Session'6:'WSGC'Team'Projects' ' '' ' ' ''''''''''(Founders'Wing)' ' ' ' ' ! ! ! ' 3:45#4:00pm! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 4:00#4:15pm' ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 4:15#4:30pm! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! 4:30#4:45pm''''' ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 4:45#5:00pm!!! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Moderator:'Bill'Farrow,!WSGC!Associate!Director,!Student!Satellite!Initiatives;! Assistant!Professor,!Milwaukee!School!of!Engineering! Collegiate'Rocket'Launch:'First'Place'–'NonVEngineering'Division'–'Team'' Red'Hawk'Rocketry;'Undergraduate!Students,!Ripon!College! ! Jadee!Kellogg! ! Akash!Sen! ! Paul!Ninneman! ! James!Ihrcke! ! ! Collegiate'Rocket'Launch:'First'Place'–'Engineering'Division'–'Team''' Whoosh'Generator;!Undergraduate!Student,!Milwaukee!School!of!! ! Engineering! ! Represented!by!Eric!Johnson! Midwest'HighVPowered'Rocket'Launch:'Third'Place'–'Engineering'Division'–' Team''Pioneer'Rocketry;'Undergraduate!Student,!UW#Platteville'! ! Represented!by!Jake!Ellenberger! Elijah'Balloon'Payload'Team;'Mechanical!Engineering! ' Benjamin!Jensen,!Milwaukee!School!of!Engineering! ! Kai!Swanson,!Milwaukee!School!of!Engineering! ! Taylor!Davitz,!Milwaukee!School!of!Engineering! ! Woodrow!Walker,!Milwaukee!School!of!Engineering! ! Nate!Klassen,!UW#Whitewater! ! Scott!Frazier,!UW#Milwaukee! Tethered'Aerostat'Program;'NASA!STEM!Persistence!Grant! ' Amy!Jozwiak,!College!of!Menominee!Nation! ! Marilyn!Madosh,!College!of!Menominee!Nation! ! Larry!Madden,!College!of!Menominee!Nation! ! Jesse!Banick,!UW#Fox!Valley! ! Kathryn!Lentz,!UW#Fox!Valley! ! Jeshanah!Zolkowski,!UW#Fox!Valley! ! Travis!Haugstad,!Western!Technical!College! ! Joel!Nielsen,!Western!Technical!College! ! ! ! ! ! Awards'Ceremony' ' 5:00#5:25pm!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 5:25pm! !! !! ! ! ! ' ! ! ! ' ' ! ! ' ' ' ' '' ' ' ' ' ' ''''''''''(Founders'Wing)' Award'Presentation' ! Chris!Thompson!–!EmCee! ! Kevin!Crosby!–!Award!Presenter! ! Mike!LeDocq!–!Award!Presenter! Student'Programs'–'Presenters' ! Lindsay!McHenry!–!Undergraduate!Scholarship! ! Gubbi!Sudhakran!–!Undergraduate!Research!! ! William!Farrow!–!Student!Satellite!Programs! ! Dan!Hawk!–!Tethered!Aerostat!Program! ! Robert!Morrow!–!Aerospace!Internships! ! Lindsay!McHenry!–!Graduate!&!Professional!Programs! ! NonVStudent'Programs'–'Presenters' ' Karen!Broitzman!–!Aerospace!Outreach!Program! ! Nicole!Wiessinger/Michael!LeDocq!–!Special!Initiatives!Program! ! Gubbi!Sudhakran!–!Research!Infrastructure!Program! ! Michael!LeDocq!–!Higher!Education!Incentives! ! Robert!Morrow!–!Aerospace!Industry!Program! Closing'Remarks'–'Kevin'Crosby' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! WSGC'Evening'Schedule' August!14!2015! ! 5:30pm! ' 6:30pm! ' 7:30pm!! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ) ) ! ! ! ! ' ' 8:20pm! ' ! ' ! ! ! Reception' ' ! Welcome'–'Chris'Thompson' ! ' ' Plenary'Speaker:'' ' Introductions:'Kevin'Crosby' ' ) ! ! ' ! Dr.'R.'Aileen'Yingst;'Innovations)in)Spaceflight:)Three)Years)with)Curiosity)on) Mars,'Senior!Scientist,!Planetary!Science!Institute;!Participating!Scientist,!Mars! Exploration!Rover!Mission;!Deputy!Principal!Investigator,!Mars!Handlens!! Imager!instrument!on!Mars!rover!Curiosity! ' ' Closing'Remarks'–'Kevin'Crosby' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ''''''(The'Voyager)' ! ! ! ! ! !(Founders'Wing)' WSGC'Workshop'Schedule' August!15,!2015! ! 9:00#9:10am! ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 9:10#9:20am! ' 9:20#9:30am!! ' ' ' ' 9:30#9:45am! ' ' ' 9:45#9:55am! ! 9:55#10:05am!! ' 10:05#10:15am! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 10:15#10:45am! ' ' ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 10:45#10:55am! ' 10:55#11:00am! ! ! ! ! ' Welcome'and'Introductions' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Dan'Choffnes,'Carthage!College,!Workshop!Leader' ' William'Farrow,'Milwaukee!School!of!Engineering' ' Aaron'Olson,'UW#Madison! ' Madeline'Klothe,'UW#Madison' ' ''''''''(Vetti)' Dan'Choffnes:'Overview'of'Workshop'Themes' Dan'Choffnes:!Intentionality'and'Serendipity'in'the'Careers'of'Scientists'' and'Engineers) Bill'Farrow:'Developing'and'Articulating'Career'Goals' ' Aaron'Olson:'Career'Path'and'Advice! Morning'Break' Making'Connections' ' V'Networking!with!Academic!Faculty!&!Staff! ! #!Reaching!out!to!WSGC!Institutional!Representatives! ! #!Courting!Potential!Internship!Sponsors!&!Graduate!Supervisors! The'Statement'of'Purpose' ' #!Role!of!Personal!Statement/Declaration!of!Goals!in!Career!! ! !!(Scholarships,!Graduate!School)! ! #!Common!Myths!about!the!Personal!Statement! ! #!Mock!Review!of!Sample!Personal!Statements! Maddie'Kothe:'Career'Path'&'Advice' Wrap'Up'and'Conclude' ' MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER | JOHN MONNETT President and Founder, Sonex Aircraft LLC ! ! ! ! We!are!honored!to!have!John! Monnett,!Founder!and!President! of!Sonex!Aircraft!LLC,!as!our!Event! Keynote!Speaker.!John,!a!multi# thousand!hour!private!pilot!with! both!glider!and!float!plane!ratings! and!an!A&P!Mechanic,!has!many! de#signs!to!his!credit!including!the! Sonerai!sport!aircraft!series,! Monerai!sailplane,!Moni! motorglider,!Monex!racer,!along! with!numerous!other!homebuilt!aircraft.!John!has!over!40!years!of!homebuilt! aircraft!and!restoration!experience!along!with!extensive!engine!development! ! and!testing!experience.!John!was!inducted!into!the!EAA!Homebuilder’s!Hall!of! Fame!in!2001!and!his!designs!are!on!display!in!the!Udvar#Hazy!National!Air!&! Space!Museum!and!the!EAA!AirVenture!Museum.! ' EVENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER | Dr. R. Aileen Yingst ! ! Dr.!R.!Aileen!Yingst!is!a!Senior!Scientist!at!the! Planetary!Science!Institute,!a!research! institution!headquartered!in!Tucson,!AZ.!She!is! a!Participating!Scientist!on!the!Mars! Exploration!Rover!Mission!and!Deputy!Principal! Investigator!for!the!Mars!Handlens!Imager! instrument!on!the!Mars!Science!Laboratory! rover!Curiosity.!Other!missions!that!Dr.!Yingst! has!worked!on!include!Dawn!at!Vesta,!Mars! Pathfinder,!Mars!Polar!Lander,!and!Galileo.!Dr.! Yingst!also!served!as!Director!of!the!Wisconsin! Space!Grant!Consortium!for!14!years.!! ! Dr.!Yingst!received!her!AB!from!Dartmouth!College!in!Physics!and!Astronomy,! ! and!her!M.Sc.!and!Ph.D.!in!Geological!Sciences!from!Brown!University.! ! !! !