Last revised: 6/25/19, 11:12 am ET
Note: this page is being updated as information about presentations and presenters becomes available.
The agenda for the 2019 SSEP National Conference is provided below, but first … get into the Conference mood with some NASA Johnson Style.
Day 1 – July 1 (Monday)
8:45
Arrival at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and Entry into Theater
9:10-9:45
Airbus IMAX® Theater
Welcome
Michael Hulslander, How Things Fly Manager [Bio]
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM)
Adjunct Space Science Educator, NCESSE
Keynote Address in IMAX Theater
Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Present, and Inspiring the Future:
Human Exploration, the Journey Continues
Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP National Program Director [Bio]
Center Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE)
9:45-10:10
Magical Time in the Museum BEFORE the Visiting Public Arrives
10:10-12:30
Morning in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
10:10-10:20
AV Orientation – Filming and Procedures
Michael Hulslander, Manager of Onsite Learning, NASM
10:20-10:35
Introductions and Orientation
Jeff Goldstein, NCESSE
Stacy Hamel, NCESSE
10:35-11:15
Oral Presentation Block 1 – Mission 12
Oral 1: Corcoran, California [Mission 12, Flight Experiment]
Oral 2: Galloway, New Jersey – Stockton University – Team 1 [Mission 12, Flight Experiment]
Oral 3: Ector County, Texas – Team 1 [Mission 12, Flight Experiment]
Oral 4: iForward – Grantsburg, Wisconsin – Team 1 [Mission 12, Flight Experiment]
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-11:50
Featured Presentation 1
Title: NanoRacks Knows: Students are the Greatest Innovators on the Space Station Today!
Jeffrey Manber, Chief Executive Officer [Bio]
NanoRacks
11:50-12:30
Oral Presentation Block 2 – Mission 13
Oral 5: Sao Paulo, Brazil – Team 1 [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 6: Winfield, Alabama [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 7: Moreno Valley, California [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 8: Riverside, California [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
12:30-2:00
Lunch
2:00-3:00
Afternoon in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
2:00-2:20
Featured Presentation 2
Title: What’s Up? Current, Future and Proposed Missions Exploring Our Place in Space
Dr. Emily S. Martin, Postdoctoral Fellow [Bio]
Smithsonian Nation Air and Space Museum – Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
2:20-3:00
Oral Presentation Block 3 – Missions 12 and 13
Oral 9: Hillsborough County, Florida [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 10: Anne Arundel County, Maryland [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 11: University System of Maryland, Maryland [Mission 13, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 12: Sao Paulo, Brazil – Team 2 [Mission 12, Flight Experiment]
3:00-3:15
Getting Situated for Poster Presentations
3:15-4:15
Poster Presentations by Student Teams to Museum Visitorship
4:15-5:30
Free Time to Explore Museum
Evening 1 – July 1 (Monday)
A Special Family Science Night at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
for SSEP Delegations
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invite attendees of the July 1-2 Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Conference at the Museum to a very special Family Science Night. It is an opportunity for parents and students to learn together, and is suitable for 4th grade and up. The evening will be a celebration of what we know about Earth’s place in the cosmos – and that we can even know it.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND – to register, email Kirsten Weimer at kirstenweimer@ncesse.org
ALL ATTENDEES MUST WEAR THEIR SSEP BADGES TO ENTER OR BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SSEP CONFERENCE DELEGATE WITH A BADGE
6:20-6:30 pm
Line-up outside of the IMAX® Theater
6:30-6:40 pm
Entry to Airbus IMAX® Theater
6:40-7:30 pm
Welcome and Presentation: A Voyage that will Forever Change Your Perspective of Home
Dr. Jeff Goldstein, Center Director, SSEP National Program Director [Bio]
National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE)
7:30-7:55 pm
IMAX® Film: Journey to Space
7:55 pm
Exit Museum
Day 2 – July 2 (Tuesday)
9:15-9:30
Conference participants make their way through Security to the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
9:30-11:50
Morning in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
9:30-9:35
AV Orientation – Filming and Procedures
Michael Hulslander, How Things Fly Manager, NASM
9:35-9:45
Orientation for the Conference Day
9:45-10:25
Oral Presentation Block 4 – Mission 13
Oral 13: Redford, Michigan [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 14: Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 15: Galloway, New Jersey – Stockton University – Team 2 [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 16: Springfield, New Jersey [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
10:25-10:55
Featured Presentation 3
Title: The Day a Woodpecker Attacked the Space Shuttle
Dr. Don Thomas [Bio]
NASA Astronaut, STS-65, 70, 83, 94
10:55-11:10
Break
11:10-11:50
Oral Presentation Block 5 – Mission 13
Oral 17: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – University of Pittsburgh [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 18: Burleson, Texas [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 19: Ector County, Texas – Team 2 [Mission 13, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 20: Ector County, Texas – Team 3 [Mission 13, Finalist Proposal]
11:50-1:20
Lunch
1:20-2:55
Afternoon in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
1:20-1:40
Featured Presentation 4
Title: Opportunity’s Question
Matt Collinge, Deputy Director [Bio]
Maryland Space Grant Consortium, Johns Hopkins University
1:40-2:10
Oral Presentation Block 6 – Mission 13
Oral 21: Ector County, Texas – Team 4 [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 22: Marfa, Texas [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
Oral 23: iForward – Grantsburg, Wisconsin – Team 2 [Mission 13, Flight Experiment]
2:10-2:40
Community Impressions
Informal reflections on Program Impact – Open to All Conference Attendees
2:40-2:55
Wrap Up in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Parting Thoughts
2:55-3:10
Getting Situated for Poster Presentations
3:10-4:10
Poster Presentations by Student Teams to Museum Visitorship
4:10-5:30
Free Time to Explore Museum
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), and Subaru of America, Inc., are U.S. National Partners on the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. Magellan Aerospace is a Canadian National Partner on the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program.