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Exploring The Potential Of Miniature Electrodynamic Tethers And Developments In The Miniature Tether Electrodynamics Experiment , Nikhil Shastri, Alexandria Western, Abhishek Cauligi, Roshan Radhakrishnan, Bret Bronner, Rupak Karnik, Siju Varughese, Brian E. Gilchrist, Jesse Mcternan, Sven BiléN

Small Satellite Conference

The success of nanospacecraft has spurred an interest in using even smaller satellites for longer-duration, constellation scale missions, requiring the use of a propulsion source on board to counteract the effects of drag and for coordination and maneuverability. Previous papers have shown that the use of short electrodynamic tethers (EDTs) has the potential to provide propellentless propulsion for drag make-up and the ability to change orbits of these small satellites. The Miniature Tether Electrodynamics Experiment (MiTEE) mission is a student-led technology demonstration mission by the University of Michigan to demonstrate the use of these short EDTs in a 1U CubeSat …

The Social Impact Of Research: New Modes Of Scholarship, New Ways Of Publishing, Johan Bollen, Roger Schonfeld

USU Libraries Supports Open Access

Join us to explore the changing research methods and publication practices of researchers, particularly those in the hard an social sciences. Johan Bollen, associate professor at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing and Roger Schonfeld, Director of Research at Ithaka S+R, discuss the changing role of the traditional journal article, the ways that social media is augmenting the scholarly dialogue, and how changing incentives and publication practices interact to foster scientific innovation.

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Burning Questions: Participant Contributed Questions Discussion

Institutional Repositories: Disseminating, Promoting, and Preserving Scholarship

This open discussion will involve all conference participants and will be generated from questions submitted at registration.

Moderated by Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Institutional Repository Platforms, Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Kenning Arlitsch, Jessica Branco Colati, Sue Kunda

Institutional Repositories: Disseminating, Promoting, and Preserving Scholarship

J.G. Bankier will be speaking on Digital Commons, a hosted platform by The Berkeley Electronic Press. Kenning Arlitsch will be speaking on CONTENTdm, a platform by OCLC. Jessica Colati will be speaking about Fedora. Sue Kunda will be speaking about dSpace.