Focused Research Program Symposium: "Space Travel with Earth Wisdom - Ignition Panel"
Space Travel with Earth Wisdom FRP Symposium
Date: May 24th, 2024
“Ignition” Panel
Moderator: Marianna Felici, Research Scientist, Center for Space Physics, CAS
Overview: how do machine learning, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and technology fire up the science presented, and beyond? In a panel rendez-vous between academia and industry, audience, panelists, and speakers canvass space travel with their expertise and imaginativeness.
Panelists:
Thomas (Spirit Tree) Green, Indigenous Historian
Biography: Thomas (Spirit Tree) Green is a Tribal Councilmember for the Massachusett tribe at Ponkapoag. Chairman of the tribes History Preservation Committee, cultural interpreter and indigenous artist.
Research Description: Indigenous history and culture.
Louvere Walker-Hannon, Application Engineering Senior Team Lead, MathWorks
Biography: Louvere Walker-Hannon is a MathWorks application engineering senior team lead who manages a team of application engineers and provides technical guidance on the implementation of AI and data science workflows for various applications. She has worked in three different engineering roles throughout her 20-plus-year career while at MathWorks. She is an active STEM advocate who volunteers with a variety of organizations, presents at numerous STEM-related conferences on various topics, and recipient of several accolades connected to her STEM advocacy.
Research Description: Harnessing Technology To Establish Equity and Reduce Inequalities on Earth, in Space, and Beyond
Dr. Kenneth D. Sebesta, RASTIC Director, Senior Lecturer
Biography: Before joining BU, Kenn Sebesta co-founded an autopilot ecosystem, raised millions of dollars in venture capital for drones, and directed worldwide hardware development and deployment at an MIT smart cities spinoff.
Research Description: Building the next generation of applied roboticists.
Phil Hattis, Laboratory Fellow, Draper
Biography: Dr. Hattis has been at Draper since 1974, leading work in Guidance, Navigation, and Control and systems engineering for launch, space, lunar landing, planetary landing, hypersonic, missile defense, and airdrop vehicles. He served four years on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and has been a lifelong student of space exploration history.
Research Description: System Engineering and design of guidance, navigation, and control capabilities for civil and national security space systems, including human spaceflight vehicles.