These Panel Sessions will review the state-of-the-art in micro and nanotechnologies for aerospace applications and their technology readiness levels, and identify drivers for inclusion in Sector Consortia projects.
The following notes were taken during the Panel Sessions on Tuesday, March 3, 2009:
Panel Session P09: Low TRL Materials (Bottom-Up)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 0900-1015
Invited speakers will discuss exciting developments in new MNT-based materials to meet the challenging requirements of next generation aircraft and spacecraft. Materials that have been engineered from the “bottom up” offer exciting new possibilities for these applications. Each speaker will present recent advances in his/her organization within the context of worldwide developments in MNT-based materials, to a proof-of-principle level of maturity. Potential aerospace application areas for the specific MNT-based materials will be discussed and panellists will speculate on the path and timeframe for future system-level development.
The following questions can be used as a guideline for the discussion of the issues connected to Panel 09:
What are the most recent advances in composite materials that you and your organization have been working on, within the context of worldwide developments?
What are their capabilities?
What are the potential aerospace application areas for these materials, and what benefit will this have? Please speculate on the path and timeframe for future system-level development.
Chairs:
Enrique Barrera, Rice University, USA
Federico Micciulla, INFN, Italy
Speakers:
Joseph Schwab, Highbrid Plastics Inc.
"Use of the Poss1 Nanostructured Chemical Platform for Performance Enhanced Materials"
Mairead Stackpoole, NASA Ames, USA
Mathias Brust, University of Liverpool, UK
Nobby Kobayashi, UC Santa Cruz, USA
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P09: Materials and Micro-Energetics.
Panel Session P10: Low TRL Devices (Sensors and Instrumentation)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 0900-1015
Invited speakers will discuss exciting developments in new MNT-based electronic sensors and instrumentation for aerospace applications, to a proof-of-principle level of maturity. Each speaker will present recent advances in his/her organization within the context of worldwide developments in MNT-based devices. Potential aerospace application areas for the specific MNT-based devices will be discussed and panellists will speculate on the path and timeframe for future system-level development.
Chairs:
Jih-Fen Lei, NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), USA
Carles Ferrer, CNM-IMB, Spain
Speakers:
Chih-Ming Ho, UCLA, USA
Connie Chang-Hasnain , University of California, USA
"High Contrast Grating Optoelectronics"
Bertrand Rue,Université de Catholique Louvain, Belgium
"Low power circuits and microsystems for MEMS co-integrated interfaces, temperature sensing and power management applications"
Newton Frateschi, UNICAMP, Brazil
"Quantum well and quantum dot microcavity resonators fabricated by focused ion beam"
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P10: Harsh Environment Sensors, Bio-Astronautics,
Environmental Monitoring, and Micro-Energetics.
Panel Session P11: Low TRL Materials (Top-Down)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 . 1045-1200
Invited speakers will discuss exciting developments in new “top down” MNT-based materials for aerospace applications. Each speaker will present recent advances in his/her organization within the context of worldwide
developments in MNT-based materials, to a proof-of-principle level of maturity. Potential aerospace application areas for the specific MNT-based materials will be discussed and panellists will speculate on the path and timeframe for future system-level development.
Chairs:
Deepak Srivastava, NASA Ames, USA
Sylvia Johnson, NASA Ames, USA
Speakers:
Ali Shakuri, UC Santa Cruz, USA
Emilie Siochi, NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), USA
"Computationally Guided Nanostructured Materials Design"
Federico Micciulla, Isituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Italy
"Mechanical and electrical characterization of epoxy nanocompositesfor electromagnetic screening"
Wei Jun, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P11: Materials and Micro-Energetics.
Panel Session P12: Low TRL Devices(Optoelectronics)
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 1045-1200
Invited speakers will discuss exciting developments in new MNT-based optoelectronic devices for aerospace applications, to a proof-of-principle level of maturity. Each speaker will present recent advances in his/her organization within the context of worldwide developments in MNT-based devices. Potential aerospace application areas for the specific MNT-based devices will be discussed and the panellists will speculate on the path and timeframe for future system-level development.
Chairs:
Sylvain Charbonneau, National Research Center - Insitute for Micro-Structural Sciences (NRC-IMS), Canada
Glenn Unger, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA
Speakers:
Stan Williams, Hewlett-Packard (HP), USA
"The Memristor- the fourth fundamental passive device, Photonic interconnect from the micron to the meter scale, and Quantum information devices"
Cun-Zheng Ning, Center of Nanophotonics-Arizone Institute of NanoElectronics, Arizona State University, USA
Nanophotonic Devices: From Nanowires, Pillars, to Plasmonic Shells
Sumitra Rajagopalan, McGill University (TBC).
Francis Tay, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore
"Polymeric piezoelectric materials and devices applications"
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P12: Optoelectronics and Harsh Environment Sensors.
Panel Session P13: Mid TRL Materials
Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 1445-1600
Invited speakers will discuss “mid-maturity” issues facing materials development
for aerospace applications. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to address issues related to validation of new materials technology initially within the laboratory and ultimately within the relevant aerospace environment. Data and experience related to system/sub-system level demonstrations in an aerospace environment will be discussed.
Chairs:
Linruo Zhao, National Research Council - Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC-IAR), Canada
Charles Smith, NASA Ames, USA
Speakers:
Michael Meador, NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), USA
"Enhancing the Properties of Aerospace Materials through Nanotechnology"
Mohan Aggarwal, AAMA, USA
"Development of Triboluminescent Materials for Space Applications"
Carlos Cabrera, University of Puerto Rico
"Advanced Nanoscale Materials for Aerospace Applications"
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P13: Materials, Structural Vehicle Health Monitoring,and Small Satellites.
Panel Session P14: Mid TRL Sub-Systems
Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 1445-1600
Invited speakers will summarize “mid-maturity” issues facing aerospace sub-system development. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to address issues related to validation of subsystems
based on new technologies, initially within the laboratory, and ultimately within the relevant aerospace environment. Data and experience
related to system/sub-system level demonstrations in an aerospace environment will be discussed.
Chairs:
Curtis Banks, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), USA
Francesco Svelto, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italy
Speakers:
Fredrik Bruhn, Angstrom Aerospace Corporation (AAC), Sweden
"Two spaceflights in 2009 validating state-of-the-art MEMS on system and subsystem level"
Chang Guey-Shin, NSPO, Taiwan
"Development of a MEMS-Based Micro-Thruster in Taiwan"
Mahadevan Krishnan, Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation, USA
Guillermo Albaladejo, INTA, Spain
Fany Sarmiento Ares, INTA, Spain
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P14: Small Satellites, Fly-by-Wireless, Harsh Environment Sensors, Optoelectronics, Environmental Monitoring, and Reliability.
Panel Session P15: High TRL Materials
Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 1630-1745
Invited speakers will discuss “high-maturity” issues facing materials development for aerospace applications. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to address issues related to the initial system prototype demonstrations, followed by “flight qualification” through test and demonstration in a relevant ground or space environment. Data and experience related to “flight-proving” new materials through successful mission operations will be discussed.
Chair:
Peter Lillehei, NASA, USA
Matt Gasch, NASA, USA
Speakers:
Raj Venkatpathy, NASA, USA
"Orion (NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle) TPS and MMOD Threats"
Jim Arnold, UC Santa Cruz / NASA
"Potential Photonic and Electronic Hit Indicator Sensing system for MMOD strikes on Orion"
Andrew Chambers, SpaceX
"SpaceX TPS"
Steve Winzer, Lockheed Martin, USA
"High TRL Materials"
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P15: Materials, Structural Vehicle Health Monitoring, and Reliability.
Panel Session P16: High TRL Systems
Tuesday, March 3, 2009. 1630-1745
Invited speakers will discuss “high-maturity” issues facing system development
for aerospace applications. Each speaker will present the approach taken by his/her organization to address issues related to the initial system prototype demonstrations, followed by “flight qualification” through test and demonstration in a relevant ground or space environment. Data and experience related to “flight-proving” new technological systems, through successful mission operations, will be discussed.
Chairs:
Marco Villa, SpaceX, USA
Claude Drevon, Thales Alenia Space, France
Speakers:
Ian McKenzie, ESA, The Netherlands
Hannah Goldberg, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA
Max Vozoff, SpaceX, USA
"SpaceX DragonLab: Fast-track to Flight Heritage"
Anthony Lai, Aitech USA.
"High TRL Radiation Tolerant Computing Systems"
Sector Consortia Projects related to Panel P16: Small Satellites, Fly-by-Wireless, Structural
Vehicle Health Monitoring, and Reliability.