January 15, 2008 Version
Symposium Honoring Byron Tapley's 50 Years of Contributions
to Aerospace Education, Research and Service
February 1, 2008
Assumes 25 min per presentation (20 min + 5 min discussion/setup)
| 8:30 | Welcome and opening remarks: B. Streetman, UT-Austin Dean of Cockrell School of Engineering R. Bishop, UT-Austin, Chair Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics |
| Session Chair: B. Schutz (UT-Austin) | |
| 8:45 | J. Parker, G. Born (Univ. of Colorado): DUNE's mission design options |
| 9:10 | M. Tapley (SWRI): Dynamics of the IMAGE spacecraft/antenna system |
| 9:35 | O. Montenbruck, et al. (DLR, Germany): Navigation and control of the TanDEM-X formation |
| 10:00 | B. Raofi, et al. (JPL): Flight control strategies for the Mars Phoenix mission |
| 10:25 | BREAK |
| Session Chair: G. Born, Univ. of Colorado | |
| 10:40 | J. Junkins (TX A&M Univ.): High order methods for estimation of nonlinear dynamic systems |
| 11:05 | M. Majji, et al. (TX A&M Univ.): A high order method for estimation of dynamic systems |
| 11:30 | H. Inaba (Tokyo Denki University) and R. Abdursul (Vancouver CC): Nonlinear observers for machine vision corrupted by noises |
| 11:55 | LUNCH BREAK |
| Session Chair: T. Eller (Astro USA, LLC) | |
| 13:00 | Poster introduction (read titles; authors at posters during 14:50 BREAK) |
| 13:10 | S. Casotto, F. Biscani (Univ. of Padua, Italy): A Poisson series manipulation for application to orbital mechanics |
| 13:35 | G. Giacaglia (Univ. of Taubate, Brazil), B. Schutz (UT-Austin): Third body perturbations on satellite orbits with small eccentricity |
| 14:00 | J. Ries, et al. (UT-Austin): Confirming the frame-dragging effect with satellite laser ranging |
| 14:25 | J. F. Jordan (JPL): Anomalous energy changes observed during spacecraft flybys of Earth |
| 14:50 | BREAK & Posters with authors |
| Session Chair: W. F. Powers | |
| 15:30 | M. Lara (Spanish Naval Observatory), R.Russell (Georgia Tech.): Fast design of repeat ground track orbits in high-fidelity geopotentials |
| 15:55 | R. S. Nerem Univ. of Colorado) and D. Chambers (UT-Austin): Satellite measurements of sea level change |
| 16:20 | C. K. Shum (Ohio State Univ.) and P. A. M. Abusali (UT-Austin): Interdisciplinary altimeter methods for satellite geodesy |
| 16:45 | ADJOURN |
Posters:
Presentation (title only):
Banquet: 18:30 - cocktails; 19:00 dinner
Banquet Speaker: Christoph Reigber (GRACE Co-PI, Germany)