Stanford University Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
 

 

50th Anniversary Symposium and Celebration

Thursday, May 8, 2008 - Saturday, May 10, 2008

PROGRAM AND PRESENTATIONS


Links are to PDF's of the PowerPoint presentations, except as noted.

Thursday, May 8
 9:00 - 12:00

Registration and Welcome
W.F. Durand Building, Hoff Conference Room (Room 450)

 12:00 Barbecue Lunch - Roble Field
 1:30

Lab Tours, Demonstrations, and Poster Sessions
Durand Building

 5:30 Reception - Faculty Club
Friday, May 9
 8:00
Breakfast - Arrillaga Alumni Center
 8:45 Welcome
Brian Cantwell - Chair of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jim Plummer, Dean of Engineering, Stanford University
 9:00 Jan Achenbach - Northwest University
From the Sputnik Era to the Present: Adventures in Engineering Science of One AA Alum
 9:45 Andy Barrows - Mercury Computer Systems
GPS, Flight Displays, and Air Traffic Control Modernization
10:30 Break
10:45 Francis Everitt - Stanford University
Gravity Probe B, the Engineering of a Physics Experiment in Space and the Role of Students in it
11:30 Ilan Kroo - Stanford University
Sustainable Aviation
12:15 Lunch
1:45 Susan Ying - Boeing
To Boldly Go....Leading Beyond the Horizon
2:30

Vance Coffman - Lockheed Martin (ret)
The F35 Lightning II

3:15 Break
3:30 Arif Karabeyoglu - Space Propulsion Group
Hybrid Propulsion for Future Space Launch
4:15 Steve Rock - Stanford University
Robotic Exploration
5:00 Reception and Dinner
Saturday, May 10
8:00 Continental Breakfast - Arrillaga Alumni Center
8:40 Opening Logistics
8:45 Three Generations in Aerospace
William F. Ballhaus Sr. - Northrop Corp. and Beckman Instruments (ret)
William F. Ballhaus Jr. - Aerospace Corp. (ret)
William L. Ballhaus - BAE Systems
Integrated Networked Systems 2000s - Future
 9:45 Penina Axelrad - University of Colorado
Challenges and Opportunities in Aerospace Education [PDF of text of prepared remarks]
 10:30 Break
 2:00

Panel Discussion - Aerospace: The Next 25 Years
Moderator - Brad Parkinson - Prof. Emeritus, Stanford University
Panel Members: Turki Saud Mohammed Al-Saud, KACST
Owen Brown - DARPA
Heinz Erzberger - NASA Ames Research Center
, Stanford University

 12:15 Farewell Reception

 

 

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