Aerospace History Colloquium and IEEE Foundation Event

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IEEE Region 5 History Committee in cooperation

with Galveston Bay Section /Chapters presents

AEROSPACE HISTORY COLLOQUIUM

CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF IEEE AEROSPACE SOCIETY AND THE IEEE FOUNDATION

HYBRID EVENT

VENUE for in-person attendees: University of Houston Clear Lake DELTA Building

Saturday July 15th, 12:30-5:30 PM US-CDT

AGENDA

12:30 PM Welcome:   Dr Zafar Taqvi, Colloquium Coordinator/R5 History Chair

                                       Bob Becnel, PE, R5 Director

                                       Dr Miguel Gonzalez, UHCL Dean, University Host

 12:45 PM  (1)-History of Aerospace: Prof Dr. Jonathan Coopersmith, Professor of history Emeritus at                   Texas A&M, (http://www.toboldlypreserve.space/)     

1:20    PM  (2)-History of GPS/GRSS/GAGAN: Dr Surendra Pal, Former Deputy Director, Indian Space Research Organization, and Former Vice Chancellor- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Poona-India

 2:00   PM   (3)-History of IEEE Foundation  : Dr John Treichler, Raytheon, IEEE Foundation

2:40   PM   (4)-History of RADAR: Dr Hugh Griffiths, Prof University of London, England, Past President

3:20  PM   BREAK  Refreshments and coffee

3:30   PM  (5) History of Systems Engineering and System of Systems (SoS): Dr Robert Rassa, Retired Raytheon, Past President IEEE/AESS, Distinguished Speaker

4:10   PM   (6)- Inside Apollo: Heroes, Rules & Lessons Learned in the Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) System Development: George T. Schmidt, Retired MIT

 

 

4:50  PM  (7) - Historical Pictures of the Space Activities: Dr Kamlesh (Kam) Lulla; NASA Medalist. Director, University Collaboration and Partnership Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas

5:30  PM  (8) -CLOSING Comments: Dr. Mary Ann Hellrigel, IEEE/History Committee Institutional Historian, Dr Sabia Abidi and Dr Zafar Taqvi

Colloquium Cohost and Q/A:

Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel/IEEE History Committee, Dr Sabia Abidi/Rice University and Dr Zafar Taqvi/UHCL

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Colloquium Organizing Committee

Dr Irina Brewer/Publicity, Julian Morales/Lunch, Dr Sabia Abidi/Hybrid setup, Kim Edwards/UHCL Hosting Coordination

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