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January 27th
Chris Hansen – NASA Topic: Space Suits Engineer
Haley Cummings – NASA Topic: How to Fly on Mars- Part 1
February 3rd
Dr. Joshua Rovey – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Electric and Chemical Propulsion
Dr. John Shelton – Northern Illinois University Topic: Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
February 10th
Cancelled due to technical difficulties
February 17th
Dr. William Schonberg – Missouri University of Science and Technology Topic: Space Debris
Shannah Withrow – NASA Topic: How to Fly on Mars: Part 2
February 24th
Dr. Darron Luesse – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Topic: How Plants Change their Growth and Development in Space
Dr. Wesley Swingley – Northern Illinois University Topic: The interactions between life and the environment that drive
March 3rd
Dr. Zach Putnam – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Planetary Entry, Descent, and Landing
Mark McDonald – Chief Architect; Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Topic: Artemis and Space Technology
March 10th
Dr. Francesco Panerai – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: TBD
Dr. Dean Campbell – Bradley University Topic: Bringing Space Science into Chemistry
March 17th
Dr. Andrew Dombard – University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Lunar Lithosphere: what is it and why it is important
Michelle Munk – NASA Topic: Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Technologies for Space Exploration
March 24th
Dr. Leslie Gertsch – Missouri University of Science and Technology Topic: Lunar Mining
Terry Fong – NASA Topic: Explore with autonomous systems and robotics
March 31st
Dr. Noshir Contractor – Northwestern University Topic: Missions to Mars: Understanding and Preparing Teams for the Future
Samantha McCue – Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Topic: A New Way of Doing Business – The XQ-58A and Trends in the Aerospace Industry
April 7th
Niki Werkheiser – NASA Topic: Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative (LSII) & cross-cutting tech. for transformative missions
John Dankanich – NASA Topic: NASA “Go” Focus Area: In-Space Transportation domain for NASA
April 14th
Josh Adamson – Sr. Principal Thermal Engineer, Northrop Grumman Corporation Topic: James Webb Space Telescope
Cythnia Garcia-Eidell – University of Illinois at Chicago Topic: Please don’t pass the salt: Progress on ocean salinity monitoring from space
April 21st
Dr. YJ Lin – Northern Illinois University Topic: A new look on Aircraft De-Icing Technology
Dr. Laura Villafane – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Space Dust
April 28th
Dr. Mel Ulmer – Northwestern University Topic: A Novel Technology for Giant Space Telescopes
Dr. Michael Lembeck – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Topic: Why Space Exploration is important to the U.S.
May 5th
Dr. Sonny White – Limitless Space Institute Topic: Advanced power and propulsion to enable interstellar flight
Kristopher Miller, NASA Topic: ARTEMIS: Advanced Real Time Environment for Modeling, Integration, and Simulation