Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON)

#RADAR #Europa #space #science #Sensors
Share

IEEE Richland Sensors Chapter Meeting
Join us (virtually) for an exciting webinar!
Thursday, Nov 19th, 2020
5:30-6:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON)
Presented by Dr. Elaine Chapin
Principal Engineer - RADAR systems engineering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA's Europa Clipper will conduct detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life. The mission will place a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter in order to perform a detailed investigation of Europa -- a world that shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust and which could host conditions favorable for life. The mission will send a highly capable, radiation-tolerant spacecraft into a long,looping orbit around Jupiter to perform repeated close flybys of the icy moon. In this talk, we will discuss some of the engineering challenges associated with accommodating, designing, building, and operating Europa Clipper’s dual-frequency sounder, called Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding.


  Date and Time

  Location

  Hosts

  Registration


  • Date: 19 Nov 2020
  • Time: 05:30 PM to 06:30 PM
  • All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
  • Add_To_Calendar_icon Add Event to Calendar
If you are not a robot, please complete the ReCAPTCHA to display virtual attendance info.
  • Contact Event Host

  Speakers

Dr. Elaine Chapin

Topic:

Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface

Biography:

Elaine Chapin (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in physics and the B.A. degree
in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA, in May 1985 and May 1985,
respectively, and the M.S. degree in physics and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer
engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, in August
1986, October 1992, and January 1996, respectively. She is currently a Principal Engineer in radar
system engineering with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
CA, USA, Dr. Chapin is active in the IEEE Los Angeles Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Chapter.

Address:Pasadena, United States




Attendants are automatically entered in a raffle to win prizes!
No IEEE membership required.
Please contact Maurio Grando at maurio.grando@pnnl.gov or
(661)644-4952 to obtain your meeting invitation with link!


  Media

flyer 829.45 KiB