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Annual Technical Symposium

Annual Technical Symposium 2004

April 16, 2004 (Friday)

Gilruth Center, NASA/JSC


Following the suggestion of some of the attendees at the symposium, we gave all authors the option to make their presentations available here on our web site. Selected presentations are available with permission from the authors.

STS Track     AT&E Track

International Space Station (ISS) Track

ISS-1: ISS Software
  Chair: Gary Brown, Booz Allen Hamilton
  
  Brain Transplants on the International Space Station (Download: PPT, 357 KB)
R. Dempsey, M. Lammers, B. O'Hagan, M. Meyer, M. Alibaruho, NASA Johnson Space Center
Time Synchronization and Data Transfer on the ISS (Download: PPT, 734.5 KB)
Kevin Murphy, The Boeing Company
Aerospace Applications Of Network Centric Computing (Download: PPT, 3.12 MB)
Nazareth S. Bedrossian, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc.
  
ISS-2: ISS Activities
  Chair: Bill West, Hamilton Sundstrand Corp
  
  Impact of the Station to Shuttle Power Transfer System on the Orbiter Capability for Providing Water to ISS
Brian Dunaway, The Boeing Company
Operational Workarounds for the Space Station Beta Gimbal Anomaly (Download: PPT, 2.21 MB)
Timothy Propp, The Boeing Company; Ann M. Delleur, NASA Glenn Research Center
ISSPO Educational Outreach through Educational Program Cooperation
Carolynn Conley, Barrios Technology
  
ISS-3: Spacecraft Control
  Chair: Al Jackson, Lockheed Martin
  
  SAMI Control with Actuator Saturation Constraints Applied to Tracking Spacecraft Maneuvers
Monish D. Tandale, John Valasek, TX A&M University
Guidance And Control For A Two-Stage Vectored-Thrust Launch Vehicle
John Bain, Honeywell Inc.
Control Of Morphing Using Adaptive-Reinforcement Learning Control
John Valasek, Monish D. Tandale, Jie Rong, Texas A&M University
  
ISS-4: Robots In Space
  Chair: Ashley Rego, Dynacs Inc.
  
  Mobile Servicing System (MSS) Overview
Johanne-C Blanchet, Dynacs Inc.
The Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM) (Download: PPT, 16.44 MB)
Hakan Bacakoglu, Dynacs Inc.
Development Of The Enhanced ORU Temporary Platform (EOTP) For ISS Dexterous Robotics
Daniel Cencer, Dynacs Inc.
  
ISS-5: Systems and Software (& Nanotechnology)
  Chair: Nicole Smith, NASA JSC
  
  System-Level Reuse of Space Systems Simulations
Michael Hazen, Joe Williams, Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC
SOMBAT: Efficient Dynamics & Controls Analysis Tool for Large-Order Flexible Multibody Systems
Murugan Subramaniam, Robert F. Phillips, Dynacs Inc.
Nanoscale Materials: Applications for Human and Robotic Space Exploration
Padraig Moloney, NASA Johnson Space Center
  
ISS-6: Sensor and Navigation Systems (& CFD)
  Chair: Darby Cooper, Boeing
  
  Neural Networks and Computational Mechanics
Alvaro Fernández, Athena Technology Consultants Inc.
UWB Communications and Tracking System Design for Mini-AERCam
David Ni, NASA Johnson Space Center
Vision-Based Sensor and Navigation System for Spacecraft Proximity and Docking Operations
Jeff Morris, John Valasek, Texas A&M University
  
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