| NASA
Science Week Agenda
March
18-21, 2003
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| Monday
3/17/03 |
Guests
arrive
U.S. Congressman Mel
Watt (kick-off reception)
Tribute to the Columbia Crew |
3:00-4:00 |
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| Tuesday
3/18/03 |
Breakfast |
8:00-9:00 |
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Greetings
from the President |
9:00-9:15 |
| Introduction
of Guests |
9:15-10:00 |
| Campus
Tour |
10:00-10:45 |
Session:
Engineering
Opening Session: Keynote, Dr. Aprille Erickson, Aerospace
Engineer NASA Goddard |
11:00-12:00 |
| Lunch,
Robotics Exhibition, Exhibits |
12:15-1:15 |
| Solar African Village |
| Women-In-Science Museum Exhibit |
| Dr.
Willie Mackey, African Dance Mathematics |
1:15-2:00 |
| Dr.
Walter Hill, Dean, Tuskegee University |
2:00-2:15 |
| Dr.
Todd Gary, TSU, Genetics Engineering |
2:15-3:00 |
| Break
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3:00-3:15 |
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Engineering
Panel:
Ms. Kim Dailey, Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers
Mr. Reginald Eason, Engineer, NASA
Goddard
Ms. Wanda Harding, Engineer, Kennedy Space Flight Center
Ms. Cherbryll Edwards, Environmental, Engineer, EPA
Dr. Prabakhar Misra, Howard University
Ms. Montenez Wade, TSU |
3:15-4:00 |
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Exhibits:
Robotics, Space Give-a-ways |
4:00-4:30 |
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| Wednesday
3/19/03 |
Breakfast |
8:00-9:00 |
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Session:
Astrobiology
Dr. Mike Meyers, Senior Scientist, Astrobiology, NASA
HQ(invited) |
9:00-9:30 |
| Dr.
Vickie Meadows, Astrobiologist, JPL/California Inst. of Technology |
9:30-10:00 |
| Session:
Astrophysics Workshop K-12 (Hands-on for Middle
Schools) |
10:00-11:00 |
| Dr.
Beth Brown, Astrophysicist, NASA
Goddard |
10:00-10:30 |
| Ms.
Karen Bradford, NAI, Program Manager |
10:30-10:45 |
| Break |
10:45-11:00 |
| Dr.
Arthur Bowman, Astrobiology Curriculum, Hampton University |
11:00-11:30 |
| Barbara
Laval, UCLA
Astrobiology Institute |
11:30-12:00 |
| Lunch |
12:00-1:00 |
| Ms.
Judy Butler, TSU, Education and Outreach |
1:15-1:30 |
| Chuck
James, Carnegie Institute |
1:30-1:45 |
| Dr.
Maria Rivera, Molecular Biologist, (UCLA, Molecular Biology
Institute, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics) |
1:45-2:15 |
| Dr.
James Scott, Astronomer, Carnegie Institute |
2:15-2:30 |
| Session:
Astrophysics Workshop K-12 (Hands-on for High School,
College Students) Dr. Willie Mackey |
2:30-3:30 |
| Break |
3:30-3:45 |
| Ethnoastronomy |
3:45-4:00 |
Evening
Session: Dr. Baruch Blumberg, Nobel Laureate (invited)
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6:30-7:30 |
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| Thursday
3/20/03 |
Breakfast |
8:00-9:00 |
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Session:
Education: Faculty and Student
Opportunities
Dr. Curtis Graves, Director of Diversity Programs, NASA HQ |
9:00-9:30 |
| NASA
Education Panel: Mr.
Roger Hathaway, NASA
Langley Research Center
Ms. Debbie Glasco, Education Program Manager, NASA
HQ
Mr. Lloyd Evans, Education Programs |
9:30-10:30 |
| Break |
10:30-10:45 |
| Dr.
Mabel Matthews (NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program/UNCF) |
10:45-11:15 |
NASA
Faculty Fellows Roundtable Discussion
Jerome Bennett, NASA Goddard, Earth Science Program
Director, Space Data Computing |
11:15-11:45 |
| Lunch |
12:00-1:00 |
| Tour
of City |
1:15-2:45 |
| Special
Campus Program |
3:00-4:00 |
| Exhibits |
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| Friday
3/21/03 |
Breakfast |
8:00-9:00 |
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Ms.
Hattie Carwell, US Department
of Energy, Berkeley Site |
9:00-9:30 |
| Session:
Science and Medicine Chat, Bennett Alums |
9:30-10:30 |
| Break |
10:30-10:45 |
| Dr.
Lili Johnson, Forensic Scientist, SBI |
10:45-11:15 |
| Dr.
Gary Coulter, Physiology of Space Flight |
11:15-11:30 |
| Mr.
James Harrington, Program Manager, NASA
Goddard MU-SPIN
(closing remarks) |
11:30-11:45 |
