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Undergraduates Wanted!

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UNDERGRADUATES WANTED for all-expenses paid conference travel opportunity:

AIAA Houston will host a virtual panel next Tuesday, Sept. 17 focused on AIAA’s Diversity Scholars Program.

The Diversity Scholars Program provides opportunities for underrepresented minority students with an interest in aerospace to attend one of AIAA’s flagship yearly conferences. Round-trip airfare, conference registration, and hotel accommodations are all covered by AIAA for scholarship recipients.

We’re excited to invite any and all undergraduate students interested in aerospace to hear from past scholarship recipients about their experience.

Add the event to your calendar:
AIAA Diversity Scholarship Panel
Tuesday, September 17 · 5:30 – 6:30pm CST
Join via Google Meet

Planetary Defense from Asteroids and Comets – Joint AIAA, IEEE, ASME Meeting

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Join us for an ASME, AIAA, IEEE Houston sections joint meeting with special guest speaker: Dr. Nahum Melamed!

15 July 2021 6:00 PM CST

Virtual


Join the meeting via ZOOM
Biography

Dr. Melamed is a project leader in the Embedded Control Systems Department in the Guidance and Control Subdivision at The Aerospace Corporation. He joined Aerospace in 2003. As a technical lead in Launch Vehicle Software, Melamed coordinates and guides a team of interdepartmental technical experts, and supports validation and mission readiness certification of the flight software and mission parameters for NASA’s Artemis missions. He conducts planetary defense technical and policy studies, co-chairs planetary defense conferences, serves on exercises exercise organizing committees, and speaks at these venues. He earned a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech.

Abstract – Planetary Defense from Asteroids and Comets
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that pose local, regional, or continental impact threat. The realization that asteroid impacts are a modern-day possibility followed analyses proving that many of the craters on Earth were caused by cosmic impacts rather than by gradual geological process or volcanic eruptions. In the 1980s researchers discovered that the demise of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago coincided with a major asteroid impact, and in 1994 observers recognized similar-sized impacts when fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter. If such an object were to hit Earth today, it could cause widespread devastation and profoundly affect life on Earth. Although major cosmic collisions with Earth are infrequent, their consequences could be severe. Hence, advanced planning is critical to mitigating future asteroid threats. And the best time to start preparing is now—well before any actual threat is detected.

Given this reality: What are the current risks? How would we deflect or destroy an asteroid or comet on a collision course with Earth? What are the technical and political risks? What are the obligations and strategic interests that would drive a decision to act? This talk describes results from recent international planetary defense conferences and table-top exercises addressing these global questions through scientific studies and hypothetical scenarios. The talk also highlights evolving public and educational outreach, new simulation tools, recent space missions, and actions taken by the United Nations to support Planetary Defense.

UPDATE: ASME/AIAA/IEEE Houston Sections Joint Dinner Meeting: The Texas High Speed Train meeting

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Updated event details including an Online attendance option are as follows:

Tickets sales end Tuesday July 14th! – RSVP Now!

Online Registration Ends at Meeting Time.

“ASME STS Presents – “Tickets Please!” – HOU to DAL – Hi Speed Train – Texas Central Railway”
Carlos Aguilar – President & CEO, Board of Director Member
Texas Central
Thursday, July 16th
Simultaneously Streamed Via ZOOM!

Texas Central is developing a world-class, high speed train connecting Dallas and Houston via high speed (190 mph) in a 90-minute transit that includes a 15-minute Brazos Valley stop in Grimes County midway between Huntsville and College Station, Texas. Life on the high-speed train: http://devtxcentral.wpengine.com/

Carlos Aguilar is President & CEO, Board of Director Member at Texas Central, a private, Texas-based company that is developing the high-speed passenger railway and associated facilities for The Texas High-Speed Train. He has a BSME from Duke, and MS & PhD degrees in Technological Science from Stirling University (Stirling, Scotland), as well as a 35+ year career working at the Ex-Im Bank, Bechtel, BrightSource and CH2M.

Advance ticket sales start this week and end at midnight on Tuesday, July 14th. You can purchase tickets for the event through Brown Paper Tickets. Additional information is also available through the ASME Website. Regular tickets are $35, students are $15. Online ONLY is Free! Tickets at the door are $50, Credit Card NOW Preferred!

Meeting will be held at:
The Forest Club
9950 Memorial Drive (Near Chimney Rock)
Social Hour: 5:30 pm
Dinner Buffet: 6:15 pm
Presentation: 7:15 pm

From the Forest Club Concerning their protocols for COVID-19:

“Dear Members & Guests,

This past Friday, a new Executive Order for Harris County effective June 22 was issued. It requires all employees and visitors to a commercial entity’s premise to wear a face covering.

Here are our updated protocols:

• All staff will wear a mask both inside and outside.

• Members and their guests 10 years or older must wear a mask entering the club building and when on their way to a table, the gym, pool or restrooms.

• Masks may be removed once seated for eating and drinking.

• Masks may be removed poolside, in the gym when performing exercise, and for all outdoor activities.

Continued existing protocols:

75% seating capacity inside the club
Daily temperature checks of all employees
Rolled silverware, disposable “one time use” menus
Continuous cleaning & disinfecting of all surfaces
Transparent communication if an employee tests positive for COVID-19.”

ASME meetings are open to all. Membership is encouraged but not required to attend. Professional Development Hour (PDH) will be given for this event.

ASME/AIAA/IEEE Houston Sections Joint Dinner Meeting: The Texas High Speed Train

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Carlos Aguilar, PhD, Texas Central Railway

Thursday, July 16

Registration & Networking: 5:30 pm

Presentation: 6:15 pm

ABSTRACT

Texas Central is developing a world-class, high speed train connecting Dallas and Houston via high speed (190 mph) in a 90-minute transit that includes a 15-minute Brazos Valley stop in Grimes County midway between Huntsville and College Station, Texas. Life on the high-speed train: http://devtxcentral.wpengine.com/

BIOGRAPHY

Carlos Aguilar is President & CEO, Board of Director Member at Texas Central, a private, Texas-based company that is developing the high-speed passenger railway and associated facilities for “The Texas High-Speed Train.” He has a BSME from Duke, and MS & PhD degrees in Technological Science from Stirling University (Stirling, Scotland), as well as a 35+ year career working at the Ex-Im Bank, Bechtel, BrightSource and CH2M.

Note:
ASME meetings are open to all. Membership is encouraged but not required to attend. Professional Development Hour (PDH) certificates will be available to participants at the conclusion of the event.

RSVP $35 in advance ($15 for students) at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4609545. Bring a Friend, Get a Prize! Late reservations ($50) at the door. Professional Development Hour (PDH) certificates will be available to participants at the conclusion of the event.

Event Flyer: ASME-AIAA-IEEE_July2020MtgFlyer-

Volunteers Needed for 1/30 AIAA-UH Mock Interview Session

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AIAA-UH is having a mock interview session on January 30th and would like some of the AIAA Houston members to help give mock interviews.

The event is happening January 30th at 7pm to 9pm at the UH Main Campus in SEC 204.

If you are available and interested in volunteering, contact the AIAA-UH President, Daniel Kolodziejcyk, at aiaacoogs.uh@gmail.com.