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STAIF-2007 Event Summary
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| Session chairs and participants for Monday afternoon's technical sessions, discuss presentation strategy at the Speakers' Breakfast. |
We've done it again! The Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2006) drew 650 attendees and hosted over 270 presentations, including plenary speakers, technical sessions, and a special brown bag lunch entitled "Nuclear Power and Exploration: the New Needs." Conference attendees traveled to STAIF from across the U.S., and countries such as, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, and The Netherlands. Education outreach continued to be a successful component at STAIF, with sixty secondary school students from throughout New Mexico participating in the 18th annual Space Design Competition.
STAIF would not be possible without funding from its sponsors. ISNPS would like to acknowledge and thank the contributors to STAIF-2007 (in alphabetical order) for their generous contributions:
STAIF-2007 welcomed 14 exhibitors from the government, industry, and higher-education sectors, with exhibits spilling out of the exhibit hall into the adjoining corridor. Due to the large number of photos, we have moved the photos for all exhibitors to a separate 2007 Exhibitors Gallery Page.
Shown at right: Detail from the Hamilton Sundstrand/Pratt & Whitney Exhibit Booth.
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The Boeing Company Booth in the Main Exhibit Corridor at STAIF-2007. |
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Donald D. Cobb Acting Deputy Director (retired) Los Alamos National Laboratory STAIF-2007 General Chair & Plenary I Chair |
Leonard Nicholson |
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Joseph L. Cecchi Opening Remarks Speaker |
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Terry Yates Opening Remarks Speaker |
Plenary I: Douglas Beason Plenary I Speaker |
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Thomas Hunter Plenary I Speaker |
Joyce L. Winterton Plenary I Speaker |
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Rachel Zimmerman Brachman Plenary I Speaker |
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Harold McFarlane Director, Space Nuclear Systems & Technology Division Idaho National Laboratory Plenary II Co-Chair |
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Benjamin Neuman Deputy Director, Advanced Capabilities Division NASA Headquarters Plenary II Speaker |
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Patrick McKenzie Project Orion Business Development Manager Lockheed Martin Space Systerms Company Plenary II Speaker |
Robert Lange Director, Office of Space & Defense U.S. Department of Energy Plenary II Speaker |
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Bernd Sommer Space Management General Technologies and Robotics German Aerospace Center Plenary II Speaker |
Hosted on Tuesday, February 13th, the 2007 STAIF Banquet featured guest speaker Roger Launius (shown at right), Chair for the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian, as well as the presentation of several annual awards.
The Schreiber-Spence Achieve-ment Award was established by The University of New Mexico's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies on behalf of the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF) to recognize national and international contributions that have advanced space technologies and applications through excellence in pioneering applications, technical contributions, public service or leadership. The Award consists of $2,500 (shared equally if there are multiple awardees who have contributed jointly) and a memento. The award is given by ISNPS when a worthy person or persons is identified by the Award Committee, but is not given more frequently than, nor necessarily, annually. The Schreiber-Spence Award(s) will be presented at the annual Space Technology and Applications International Forum and the awardee(s) is/are expected to attend.
The recipient of the Schreiber-Spence Achievement Award for STAIF-2006 is Chancey Starr. Milton Klein, the 2006 recipient of the award accepted on behalf of Dr. Starr, who was unable to attend in person, but sent an acceptance video.
The Outstanding Paper Award was established in 1992 by the University of New Mexico's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies (ISNPS) to recognize outstanding technical contributions to the fields of all hosted conferences at STAIF. The recognition of the contribution is based upon the written paper published in the Proceedings of the year prior to when the awards are given and the content of the presentation at the technical session of STAIF. The award is presented by ISNPS upon the recommendation of the Outstanding Paper Award Committee. While it is unlikely, more than one significant contribution can be recognized for each conference. Recipients of the STAIF-2006 Outstanding Paper Award are:
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This award was established in 1987 by The University of New Mexico’s Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies to recognize outstanding contributions by students in the field addressed at all conferences and symposia of the Space Technology & Applications International Forum. Up to two awards could be granted at the forum, with each consisting of a certificate and $500.00, shared equally if more than one awardee. The award is given by the Institute when worthy contributions are identified by the award committee. |
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Joint recipients of the 2006 award are Steven A. Hatton of The University of New Mexico (shown above) for his paper "How Small Can Fast-Spectrum Space Reactors Get," co-authored with Mohamed S. El-Genk, and Benjamin W. Amiri (shown at right) from The University of Florida for his paper, "Stainless-Steel, Uranium-Dioxide, Potassium-Heatpipe-Cooled Surface Reactor," co-authored with Bryan T. Sims, David I. Poston, and Richard J. Kapernick. |
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This scholarship fund was established in 1986 by the University of New Mexico's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies to recognize outstanding undergraduate students who are pursuing a B.S. degree in nuclear engineering as well as graduate students who are pursuing M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in nuclear engineering with a space power option at the University of New Mexico. Several undergraduate student awards are offered annually to deserving students. Each of these awards consists of a certificate of recognition and a monetary award. Recipient of the General Ernest C. Hardin Scholarship Award for 2007 is Ben Maestas (shown right), a senior in the University of New Mexico's nuclear engineering program. |
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The Awards Banquet speaker for STAIF-2007, was:
...chair of the Division of Space History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Between 1990 and 2002 he served as chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. A graduate of Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa, he received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in 1982.
He has written or edited more than twenty books on aerospace history, including Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight (Washington, DC: NASA SP-2006-4702, 2006); Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars (Smithsonian Books, 2003), which received the AIAA’s history manuscript prize; Reconsidering a Century of Flight (University of North Carolina Press, 2003); To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles (University Press of Kentucky, 2002); Imagining Space: Achievements, Possibilities, Projections, 1950-2050 (Chronicle Books, 2001); Reconsidering Sputnik: Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite (Harwood Academic, 2000); Innovation and the Development of Flight (Texas A&M University Press, 1999); Frontiers of Space Exploration (Greenwood Press, 1998, rev. ed. 2004); Spaceflight and the Myth of Presidential Leadership (University of Illinois Press, 1997); and NASA: A History of the U.S. Civil Space Program (Krieger Publishing Co., 1994, rev. ed. 2001). He served as a consultant to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board in 2003 and presented the Harmon Memorial Lecture in Military History at the United States Air Force Academy in 2006. He is frequently consulted by the electronic and print media for his views on space issues, and has been a guest commentator on National Public Radio and all the major television networks.
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STAIF-2007 also hosted a special evening plenary, "Reflections on Exploration Across the Ages," Wednesday, February 14th from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Chairing the plenary was this year's banquet speaker, Roger Launius, and Ted Swanson, Goddard Senior Fellow and Assistant Chief for Technology, Mechanical Systems Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Featured was James Horn of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and author of "A Land as God Made It: Jamestown and the Birth of America," as well as material by Steve Pyne of Arizona State University and author of "The Ice."
"Mars Mobile Laboratory" was the theme for the 19th Annual Space Design Competition, which challenged New Mexico students to design a laboratory capable of housing at least four astronauts for up to 30 days, who would engage in a variety of scientific missions. Space industry professionals attending STAIF volunteered as judges, who queried the students about their exhibits during outreach activities on Monday, February 12th. Winners were presented with ribbons and $100 to $200 gift certificates to the UNM bookstore, in three categories, grades 6-8, grades 9-12 (or previous winners), and class projects.
In addition to the Space Design Competition, the program also included a Secondary School Special Session with guest speaker Dava Newman, Director of the Technology and Policy Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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