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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

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Seminar Schedule
Spring 2005
Seminars
are Wednesday afternoons at 4:00 PM in the 2nd floor conference room, or as
noted.
JANUARY
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26th
1:00
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Dr. Alan Stern (SwRI)
”Introduction to the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Mission and the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP)”
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FEBRUARY
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16th
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Bill Gibson's 60th Birthday
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MARCH
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3rd
Noon, in Cafeteria
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Dr. Dave McComas (SwRI)
“The Interstellar Boundary
Explorer - IBEX”
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17th
2:00
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Dr. Klumpar and Dr. Larsen (Montana State University)
“Design, Build, Test,
Fly: University-based Experimental Training for Future Space Explorers”
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23rd
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Dr. Thomas Hill (Rice University)
“Interchange
Instability in Saturn's Magnetosphere: Cassini Observations”
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24th
Thursday, 4:00
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Dr. Ilia Roussev (University of Michigan)
“Towards Understanding
the Nature of Solar Anger Manifested as CMEs”
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APRIL
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6th
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Dr. Matt Hill (University of Maryland)
Transport of Low-Rigidity
Ions in the Distant Heliosphere
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20th
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Dr. Vladimir Krasnopolsky (Catholic University of America)
“Methane in the
Martian Atmosphere: Evidence for Life?”
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27th
10:00
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Marilia Samara (Job Talk)
“Rocket Flight
Observations of High Frequency Waves in the Auroral Zone”
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27th
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Dr. Joseph Kan
“On the Substorm
Expansion Dynamics and Ring Current Intensification During Major Storms
Under Southward IMF”
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MAY
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10th
Tuesday, 11:00
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Dr. Andrew Steffl (new at SwRI)
Cassini UVIS Io Plasma Torus
Observations
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12th
Thursday, 3:00
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Dr. Brian Anderson (JHU/APL)
Science from Iridium
Satellite Constellation Data: Accomplishments and Possibilities
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19th
Thursday, 10:00
Conf. Rm. 1
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Daniel Santos Costa (JPL)
Modeling the Radiation Belts of the Outer Planets: Physical Models for
Jupiter and Saturn.
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23rd-27th
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AGU Spring Meeting – New Orleans
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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
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