Schedule of Events
This
fall, the Geometry in Space Project is sponsoring a series of lectures
and workshops on the Ball State University campus and in the surrounding
community. Please share the enclosed information
with your friends, colleagues, and students and consider attending one or more
activities yourself.
Geometry
in Space
activities begin with two lectures by Dr. Steven Saunders. In both cases, Dr. Saunders will discuss
NASA’s current 2001 Mars Odyssey Mission (http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/index.html). Dr. Saunders is chief scientist for the Solar System
Exploration Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the project scientist
for the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission. He was the project scientist for the
Magellan mission to Venus and he has studied the geological processes of the
Moon, Venus and Mars extensively. In addition to his planetary research
activities, he has been involved in maintaining NASA's planetary data in a form
available to the public and for researchers throughout the world, as project
scientist for the Planetary Data System and Director of the JPL Regional
Planetary Data Facility. He recently stepped down as Director of the Office of
Space Science Solar System Exploration Education and Outreach Forum. He is a
recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1988 and the NASA
Exceptional Scientific Achievement medal in 1991. Dr. Saunders’ presentations
are scheduled as follows:
·
Tuesday,
September 25 at 1:00 pm in the Student Center Ballroom.
Audience: students and faculty from BSU and local
middle and high schools.
·
Tuesday,
September 25 at 7:00 pm in Cardinal Hall.
Audience: general public.
On Thursday September 27 and
Friday September 28, a two-hour computer workshop will be offered on four
occasions to groups of up to 20 faculty and/or students. The purpose of the workshop is to acquaint
students and faculty with a set of exploratory investigations and their
associated technologies and WWW-based information resources (http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/dathomas/SpaceGrant). Because seating is limited in the computer laboratory
being used, advance registration is required for the workshops. The workshops are scheduled as follows:
·
Thursday,
September 27
o
9:00
am – 11:00 am
o
1:00
pm – 3:00 pm
·
Friday,
September 28
o
9:00
am – 11:00 am
o
1:00
pm – 3:00 pm
During the months of October
and November, a limited number of in-school assemblies and workshops will be
presented on a first-come basis.
Teachers and/or school administrators interested in arranging a
presentation at their school should contact the project directors (see below)
as soon as possible.
Thank you for sharing this
information. Please feel free to
contact us for additional information.
Best wishes,
David A. Thomas John
W. Emert
765 285 8813 765
285 8657
dthomas@bsu.edu emert@math.bsu.edu