SDL-USU Technical Lecture Series
This ongoing lecture series gives students, faculty and staff the opportunity to hear the latest in space science engineering created right here at Utah State and the Space Dynamics Lab. Upcoming events are listed on this page and on the engineering calendar.
April 19, 2017 - Two Decades of Microgravity Research Aboard Orbiting Space Stations, presented by Shane Topham, Electrical & Systems Engineer, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 201 | USU Logan Campus
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March 28, 2017 - A New Class of Reconfigurable Antennas and Arrays for Cognitive Wireless Communications, presented by Dr. Bedri Cetiner, Professor, electrical and computer engineering, Utah State University
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 King Auditorium
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March 15, 2017 - ICON Integration and Test Overview, presented by Burt Lamborn, Program Manager, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 201 | USU Logan Campus
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Feb. 28, 2017 - Satellite Survivability in Space: A Materials Perspective, presented by JR Dennison, PhD,
Professor of Physics, Utah State University
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 King Auditorium
Feb. 15, 2017 - Control Systems: What, Why, When, Where, How, Presented by Morgan Davidson, Mechanical and Control Systems Engineer, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 201 | USU Logan Campus
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Jan. 31, 2017 - ISAAC: Integrated Solar-Panel Antenna Arrays for CubeSates, Presented by Dr. Reyhan Baktur, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 King Auditorium
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Jan. 18, 2017 - You Can Engineer - But Can You Reverse-Engineer?, Presented by Jason Swasey, Electrical Engineer, Space Dynamics Lab
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 201 | USU Logan Campus
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Nov. 16, 2016 - What I Wish College Had Taught Me, Presented by Kirsten Kitchen, Software Engineer, Space Dynamics Lab
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 205 | USU Logan Campus
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Oct. 26, 2016 - Understanding and Mitigating the Threat of a Malicious Network-on-Chip, Presented by Dr. Koushik Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 King Auditorium
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Oct. 19, 2016 - The Business Side of Space: Why it Takes 10 Years to Sell a Satellite. Presented by Jim Marshall, Business Development Director, Space Dynamics Lab
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 205 | USU Logan Campus
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Sept. 28, 2016 - Directed and Self Assembly of Nanoparticles on Surfaces: Presented by Nick Roberts, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, USU
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 King Auditorium
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Sept. 21, 2016 - Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) - An Introduction to SAR sensors: Presented by Chad Knight, Ph.D., SAR Engineer, C4ISR, Space Dynamics Laboratory.
Time: 4:30- 5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 106 | USU Logan Campus
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April 20, 2016 - Cooperative Localization and its Applications: Presented by Dr. Rajnikant Sharma, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 Auditorium A
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April 13, 2016 - A Far Ultraviolet (FUV) Camera for Space: Design, development and test of the FUV cameras for NASA's ICON Mission.
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 201 | USU Logan Campus
March 16, 2016 - A Practical Overview of Modular Architecture: Presented by Dr. Quinn E. Young, Satellite Architecture and Technologies Research, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 201 | USU Logan Campus
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Wed. March 9, 2016 - Innovation, Tech Transfer, & Commercialization: Presented by Christian Iverson, Director of Business Development, Utah State University, Innovation and Commercialization Services.
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 Auditorium A
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Wed. Feb. 24, 2016 - A New Imaging Era for Upper Atmospheric Research: Development of an Advanced Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (AMTM), presented by Dr. Michael J. Taylor, Professor, Physics Department and Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences.
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 Auditorium A
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Jan. 26, 2016 - The Lower Atmosphere/Ionosphere Coupling Experiment (LAICE): Presented by Ryan Davidson, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 Auditorium A
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Jan. 20, 2016 - Testing the deployable petal telescope (DPT) primary mirror using optical interferometry: Presented by James Champagne, Electro-Optical Engineer, Calibration Division, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 201 | USU Logan Campus
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Dec. 2, 2015 - An Introduction to Atomic Timing & Navigation: Atoms offer the highest degree of precision in the areas of timekeeping and inertial navigation. Presented By: Dr. Nathan Lemke, Research Physicist, Space Dynamics Laboratory; Dr. Gretchen Phelps, Research Physicist, Space Dynamics Laboratory and Dr. James Stickney, Research Physicist, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 203 | USU Logan Campus
Nov. 18, 2015 - Characterization of the NASA OSIRIS-Rex OCAMS Detector Assemblies: A discussion on detector assembly characterization and performance. Presented by Dr. Jed J. Hancock, Optical Scientist and Director, Civil Space Division, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 203 | USU Logan Campus
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Oct. 27, 2015 - GN&C Performance Analysis, Space Situational Awareness, and the validity of the certainty Equivalence Principle -- A Research plan for Today's University Research Environment: Presented by Dr. David Geller, Assoc. Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 Auditorium A
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Oct. 21, 2015 - Principles of Modular Open Architecture for Enabling Future Capabilities: Presented by Dr. Jacob Christensen, Software Engineering, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 203 | USU Logan Campus
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Sept. 29, 2015 - Enabling Smart Space Systems Through Astrodynamics: Presented by Dr. Kohei Fujimoto, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
Location: Innovation Campus 1695 North Research Parkway, North Logan, UT Calibration Building #489 Auditorium A
Click here for VIDEO
Sept. 16, 2015 - Surveying the Solar System with NEOWISE: Presented by Dr. Pedro Sevilla, Electrical Engineer, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Time: 4:30-5:30 pm
Location: Anderson Engineering Building Room 203 | USU Logan Campus
Click here for VIDEO
April 19, 2017 - Two Decades of Microgravity Research Aboard Orbiting Space Stations, presented by Shane Topham, Electrical & Systems Engineer, Space Dynamics Laboratory
March 28, 2017 - A New Class of Reconfigurable Antennas and Arrays for Cognitive Wireless Communications, presented by Dr. Bedri Cetiner, Professor, electrical and computer engineering, Utah State University
Feb. 15, 2017 - Control Systems: What, Why, When, Where, How, Presented by Morgan Davidson, Mechanical and Control Systems Engineer, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Jan. 31, 2017 - ISAAC: Integrated Solar-Panel Antenna Arrays for CubeSates, Presented by Dr. Reyhan Baktur, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jan. 18, 2017 - You Can Engineer - But Can You Reverse-Engineer?, Presented by Jason Swasey, Electrical Engineer, Space Dynamics Lab
Nov. 16, 2016 - What I Wish College Had Taught Me, Presented by Kirsten Kitchen, Software Engineer, Space Dynamics Lab
Oct. 26, 2016 - Understanding and Mitigating the Threat of a Malicious Network-on-Chip, Presented by Dr. Koushik Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Oct. 19, 2016 - The Business Side of Space: Why it Takes 10 Years to Sell a Satellite. Presented by Jim Marshall, Business Development Director, Space Dynamics Lab
Sept. 28, 2016 - Directed and Self Assembly of Nanoparticles on Surfaces: Presented by Nick Roberts, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, USU
Sept. 21, 2016 - Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) - An Introduction to SAR sensors: Presented by Chad Knight, Ph.D., SAR Engineer, C4ISR, Space Dynamics Laboratory.
April 20, 2016 - Cooperative Localization and its Applications: Presented by Dr. Rajnikant Sharma, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
April 13, 2016 - A Far Ultraviolet (FUV) Camera for Space: Design, development and test of the FUV cameras for NASA's ICON Mission.
March 16, 2016 - A Practical Overview of Modular Architecture: Presented by Dr. Quinn E. Young, Satellite Architecture and Technologies Research, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Wed. March 9, 2016 - Innovation, Tech Transfer, & Commercialization: Presented by Christian Iverson, Director of Business Development, Utah State University, Innovation and Commercialization Services.
Wed. Feb. 24, 2016 - A New Imaging Era for Upper Atmospheric Research: Development of an Advanced Mesospheric Temperature Mapper (AMTM), presented by Dr. Michael J. Taylor, Professor, Physics Department and Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences.
Jan. 26, 2016 - The Lower Atmosphere/Ionosphere Coupling Experiment (LAICE): Presented by Ryan Davidson, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jan. 20, 2016 - Testing the deployable petal telescope (DPT) primary mirror using optical interferometry: Presented by James Champagne, Electro-Optical Engineer, Calibration Division, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Nov. 18, 2015 - Characterization of the NASA OSIRIS-Rex OCAMS Detector Assemblies: A discussion on detector assembly characterization and performance. Presented by Dr. Jed J. Hancock, Optical Scientist and Director, Civil Space Division, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Oct. 27, 2015 - GN&C Performance Analysis, Space Situational Awareness, and the validity of the certainty Equivalence Principle -- A Research plan for Today's University Research Environment: Presented by Dr. David Geller, Assoc. Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Oct. 21, 2015 - Principles of Modular Open Architecture for Enabling Future Capabilities: Presented by Dr. Jacob Christensen, Software Engineering, Space Dynamics Laboratory
Sept. 29, 2015 - Enabling Smart Space Systems Through Astrodynamics: Presented by Dr. Kohei Fujimoto, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Sept. 16, 2015 - Surveying the Solar System with NEOWISE: Presented by Dr. Pedro Sevilla, Electrical Engineer, Space Dynamics Laboratory
