ESS 495 - NASA Space Grant Seminar: Rocks-n-Stars
Time: Thursdays 2:30-3:20
Room: Johnson 102
Instructor: Dr. Erika Harnett (Earth and Space Sciences)
Email: eharnett at ess.washington.edu
This course is credit/no credit. Students of all
levels and backgrounds are welcome. There are no prerequisites for this course.
Note: Click on the title of the speaker's talk to access the questions for
each week.
Questions will not be handed out in class. You must
bring them with you.
Tentative Speaker List for Spring 2015 and Weekly Questions
- April 2: Elena Sophia Amador - University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences
"Migration of water on Mars"
- April 9: Keon Vereen - University of Washington Aero & Astro Engineering
"A Plasma Tweezers Concept to De-spin An Asteroid"
- April 16: Alexis Harroun - University of Washington Aero & Astro Engineering
"NASA undergraduate summer internships - LARSS (Langley Aerospace Research student scholars program)"
- April 23: Matt Tilley - University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences
"Planetary Magnetospheres"
- April 30: Paul Sturmer - University of Washington Physics
"Cubesats"
- May 7: Dr. Tim Ziemba - Eagle Harbor Technologies
"In space propulsion"
- May 14: Nao Murakami - University of Washington Aero & Astro Engineering
"High Powered Helicon Plasma Thrusters"
- May 21: Chad Truitt - University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences
"Sample Return from an Asteroid or Moon"
- May 28: Dr. Jonathan Toner - University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences
"Salts on Mars"
Evaluation
To receive credit for the course you needed to
get at least half of the question on the final quiz correct. There will be
25-30 questions on the quiz. The quiz is based on questions each
speaker answers during their talk. It will be multiple choice and you must
bring a standard (scantron) answer form with you to record your answers on.
The quiz is closed book/closed notes
Last modified: Wed May 16 14:23:26 PDT 2012