Southwest Research Institute
Department of Space Science

6220 Culebra Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78228 USA


Tel: (210) 522-2600

DIRECTIONS

Past Seminars:

Fall 2004 Seminar

Spring 2004 Seminar

Institute Links:

SwRI Spacephysics Home Page

Department of Space Studies Colloquia (Boulder)
(videocon available)

SwRI Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Division 20:  Geology, Geophysics, Geohydrology, and Geochemistry. 

Division 20 Planetary Research Interests

 

Neighbors like these are welcome to attend: 

Trinity University Department of Physics & Astronomy Seminar

University of Texas San Antonio Department of Physics & Astronomy. (SwRI's graduate program partnership).

San Antonio College Astronomy Department>

St. Mary's College Physics Department

 

 

 

SwRI Department of Space Science

Seminar Schedule

Spring 2005

Seminars are Wednesday afternoons at 4:00 PM in the 2nd floor conference room, or as noted.

JANUARY

 

26th

1:00

Dr. Alan Stern (SwRI)
Introduction to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Mission and the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP)”

FEBRUARY

 

16th

Bill Gibson's 60th Birthday

MARCH

 

3rd

Noon, in Cafeteria

Dr. Dave McComas (SwRI)

“The Interstellar Boundary Explorer - IBEX”

17th

2:00


Dr. Klumpar and Dr. Larsen (Montana State University)

“Design, Build, Test, Fly: University-based Experimental Training for Future Space Explorers”

23rd

 

Dr. Thomas Hill (Rice University)

“Interchange Instability in Saturn's Magnetosphere: Cassini Observations”

24th

 

Thursday, 4:00

Dr. Ilia Roussev (University of Michigan)

“Towards Understanding the Nature of Solar Anger Manifested as CMEs”

APRIL

 

6th

Dr. Matt Hill (University of Maryland)

Transport of Low-Rigidity Ions in the Distant Heliosphere 


20th

Dr. Vladimir Krasnopolsky (Catholic University of America)

“Methane in the Martian Atmosphere: Evidence for Life?”

27th

10:00

Marilia Samara (Job Talk)

“Rocket Flight Observations of High Frequency Waves in the Auroral Zone”

27th

Dr. Joseph Kan

“On the Substorm Expansion Dynamics and Ring Current Intensification During Major Storms Under Southward IMF”

MAY

 

10th

Tuesday, 11:00

Dr. Andrew Steffl (new at SwRI)

Cassini UVIS Io Plasma Torus Observations


12th

Thursday, 3:00

Dr. Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)

Science from Iridium Satellite Constellation Data: Accomplishments and Possibilities


19th

Thursday, 10:00

Conf. Rm. 1

 

Daniel Santos Costa (JPL)  Modeling the Radiation Belts of the Outer Planets: Physical Models for Jupiter and Saturn.


23rd-27th

AGU Spring Meeting – New Orleans

For questions, suggestions for speakers, or to be added to the seminar email list please contact the SwRI seminar organizers:

Kurt Retherford, 210-522-3809, KRetherford(at)swri.edu
Nathan Schwadron, 210-522-5161, NSchwadron(at)swri.edu

Last updated 5-17-2005