American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Houston Section

PO Box 57524
Webster, Texas 77598
Welcome to the AIAA - Houston Section Website

Members
  • - BeBe Kelly-Serrato, Boeing, Chair
If you are interested in joining the work of the committee, contact BeBe at 281-798-9060. We are always looking for qualified professional and student members.

Charter
To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and information regarding the state of the art and the future of space operations. To stimulate education, professional development, and accomplishment by fostering communication and by providing resources.

Goals

  • Recruit members for the technical committee and AIAA
  • Recruit one technical committee member from each 'space operations' company in the Clear Lake Area
  • Encourage lectures from government, industry, and universities
  • Monitor and contribute to the mirror committee on the national level
  • Organize lunch-and-learn sessions in the the Houston Clear Lake area (2 or more per year)
  • Focus on the technical challenges of the next 3-5 years
  • Meet 3-4 times/year, sometimes with national committee, to focus on technical issues in the field.
  • Interact with other AIAA technical committees, other professional societies, and universities
  • Survey tools and techniques
  • Initiate and review reports on space operations aspects of missions to Mars

Previous Lunch-and-Learns

  • March 24, 2004
    Jules Verne and ISS, European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) First Rendezvous and Docking for a European Spacecraft Brian Rishikof / Odyssey Space Research
    Flier: PDF
    Presentation: PPT, 3.25 MB

  • December 9, 2003
    Segwanaut, Son of Robonaut Mike Goza, NASA 
We plan 2 to 4 of these events per year. These events are professionally videotaped by NASA/USA. Tapes are available for loan. AIAA membership is not needed





    May
    18
    Conference
    ATS 2012
    Annual Technical Symposium
    Location:
    Gilruth Center, NASA/JSC

    Time:
    8:00 am - 8:00 pm



    For Further Details, Please Contact:
    chair@aiaa-houston.org or programs@aiaa-houston.org
    or call 281-244-3925


    Jan 24
    College Readiness/The Role of Physics in Career Aspirations

    Jan 31
    Marie Curie: Nobel Prize Physicist, Chemist and Pioneer Scholar

    Feb 7
    Space WeatherFeb 14 Pyroelectric Materials

    Feb 21
    Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Characterize Dispersion, Strain, and Alignment of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Nanocomposites

    Feb 28
    Planetary Dynamos

    Mar 6
    Ideal Hall Magnetohydrodynamics

    Mar 20
    Orbital Debris Overview

    Mar 27
    SETI - The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

    Apr 3
    Dealing with Rare and Extreme Space Weather Events

    Apr 10
    Gamma Ray Burst Pulse Analysis

    Apr 17
    Biological molecules: their order and disorder

    These lectures are open to the public, free of charge. All will be held at UHCL, in the Bayou Building, Rm 251, from 7-8:30pm.

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