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Photochemistry Of Nitrous Acid In Benzene, Mark Gibson, Tim Rettich, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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A Lattice Gas Approach To The Structure And Dynamics Of Electrorheological Fluids, Jie Chen, Garrett Davis

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Complete 1993 Program, Illinois Wesleyan University

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Committee Thanks And Introduction

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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List Of Student Participants

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

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Third International Conference On Case Histories In Geotechnical Engineering, Multiple Authors

International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

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Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding budget cuts, elections, faculty opinion survey and Western XXI,

April Agenda, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

April meeting agenda.

Paper Session Iii-A - Space Station Freedom Utilization Initiatives, Mark Uhran, Keith Cowing

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The advent of Space Station Freedom (SSF) will provide a permanent laboratory in space with unparalleled opportunities to perform basic and applied scientific, technological, and commercial research. SSF will have substantially more pressurized volume, greater utilities such as power, cooling and data management, and more prolonged exposure to the space environment than any previous or existing space platform. SSF will accommodate payload hardware both within pressurized laboratory modules and on external structures. Utilization of payload accommodations will begin early in the deployment of SSF elements and will be enhanced by a regular series of Utilization Flights. To ensure that a …

Paper Session Iii-B - Florida's Space Education Development Program, Gerard G. Ventre

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The Space Education Development Program (SEDP) discussed in this paper was strongly influenced by a highly successful Space Education Conference held in Cocoa Beach, Florida in October 1991. This national conference, entitled Meeting Space Education Needs of the Future, was sponsored jointly by the Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) and the Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA). At the meeting, thirty-three outstanding educators, industry leaders and government representatives from around the nation presented bold, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to enhancing education at all levels.

The Space Education Development Program was developed to help address these needs, within the constraints of …

Paper Session Iii-C - Outer Space To Inner Space: The Story Of The Transfer Of Nasa Exclimer Laser Technology To Medical Angioplasty Projects, James B. Laudenslager

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The transfer of the NASA/JPL technology started with a phone call from three physicians at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC) in Los Angeles in the fall of 1983. The three physicians a surgeon, Dr. Warren Grundfest and two cardiologists, Drs. Frank Litvack and James Forrester called me in a serendipitous manner. They were calling local institutions to inquire about the availability of excimer laser technology to continue experimental studies they had started at CSMC and then continued with Argonne National Laboratories in Illinois. They were looking for a site in the area to continue their experiments on excimer laser ultraviolet radiation …

Paper Session Iii-B - Creating Space Experiment Opportunities For The Academic Community, James A. Ralph, Edward Ellegood

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Florida's involvement in the U.S. space program grew out of a geographic requirement to launch rockets. What started as the "Joint Long Range Proving Ground" ultimately became Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, both comprising the nation's busiest spaceport.

This paper will summarize Florida's activities in space education, and describe a new initiative that could greatly increase Florida's (and the nation's) capability to support small academic and commercial space experiments.

Paper Session Iii-C - From Motomir To Meditrain: Medical Instrumentation As Spin-Off From Space Application, J. Schneider, W. Bumba, M. Mossaheb, N. Bachl, R. Baron, Kh. Tschan

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The medical instrument MEDITRAIN r (patented) is a computer controlled electromechanical ergometer, which can be used in the neuro-physiological and metabolic analysis of the human motoric system and can be applied in the training, diagnostics & rehabilitation of muscles of the upper or lower extremities.

The design is based on the flight hardware experiment "MOTOMIR", which was developed in the context of the joint Austro-Soviet Space Mission AUSTROMIR to the MIR Space Station. "MOTOMIR" was launched in August 1991 and was in use aboard the space station for basic muscle research and training of the Cosmonauts up to August 1992. …

Paper Session Iii-A - Space Station Freedom And The Impact Of Its International Aspects, Stanley Goldberg, Elizabeth Carter

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In the mid-1980s, the timeframe that the Space Station Freedom Program was born, it was believed that a new dawn of international cooperative relationships for all future, large-scale manned space initiatives was also born. The Space Station Freedom would be the first such program that would characterize international partnerships where intricate and highly dependent relationships were the norm. Programs in the next decade and of the 21st century could be expected to be multi-year, multi-billion dollars and multi-national. The advantages of multiple nations cooperating toward a common goal are clear in terms of the economic realities of sharing in the …

Paper Session Iii-B - Distance Learning As A Training And Education Tool, David L. Hosley, Sherry L. Randolph

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Lockheed Space Operations Company's Technical Training Department provides certification classes to personnel at other National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Centers. Courses are delivered over the Kennedy Space Center's Video Teleconferencing System (ViTS). The ViTS system uses two-way compressed video and two-way audio between participating sites. Technical Training's goal is to conduct distance learning classes at least equal to those conducted on-site at the Kennedy Space Center. Formal and informal evaluation techniques are used to evaluate the program. Fifteen distance learning classes were offered by Lockheed Technical Training during 1992, resulting in a savings of approximately $50,000 in travel expenses.

Paper Session Iii-B - A High-School Level Summer Space Education Seminar, Stephen Horan

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The use of space as a basis for a week-long seminar aimed at high-school teachers and students has proven successful. This seminar includes academic, demonstration, and activities to show students and teachers how high-school level mathematics and science is used in the space world. We have found this program to be an excellent motivator for students and teachers and enhances their normal learning activities. This paper describes the goals, mechanics, and activities of the program. Evaluation results are also discussed.

Paper Session Iii-C - Dividends From Space: How Nasa Technology Has Provided A Competitive Advantage For U.S. Industry, Doris J. Rouse

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The returns on the technology developed in the U.S. space program can be seen in almost every aspect of modern life. Often, the benefits are not seen in discrete products, but in the enabling technologies that make possible the devices we use everyday. For example, the technology that made possible the lunar drilling tools has enabled Black and Decker to develop an array of cordless tools serving the needs of both the Saturday handyman and orthopedic surgeons. The low power microelectronics technologies developed in the early space program provided an enabling technology base for astonishing developments by the U.S. electronics …

Paper Session Iii-B - Space Education- Deriving Benefits From Industrial Consortia, Barbara A. Stone, John R. Page

Space Congress® Proceedings

As the number of spacefaring nations of the world increases, so does the difficulty of competing in a global economy. The development of high technology products and services for space programs, and the economic exploitation of these technologies for national economic growth, requires professionals versed in both technical and commercial aspects of space. Meeting this requirement academically presents two challenges. On the technical side, enrollment in science and engineering is decreasing in some of the spacefaring nations. From the commerce perspective, very few colleges and universities offer specific courses in space business.

The United States and Australia have each established …

Paper Session Iii-A - Overview Of Space Station Freedom Avionics Design For Critical Functions, John Rush

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Space Station Freedom will be an orbiting laboratory facility resulting from a major investment by the United States and its International Partners. It is imperative that Space Station Freedom's avionics system be designed to be robust and capable of performing the critical functions necessary to protect our investment in this unique resource. This paper provides an overview of the design of the avionics system with regard to its resilient failure tolerant architecture.

Paper Session Iii-C - Strategic Factors In The Development Of The National Technology Transfer Network, Johnathon F. Root, Barbara A. Stone

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A growing commitment to better harness the unparalleled potential of Federal R&D to enhance and support U.S. economic growth and industrial competitiveness has emerged in tandem with the on-going shift in national priorities. One indication of this commitment is NASA's initiative to establish the basis for a National Technology Transfer Network. This effort directly supports NASA's shared mission with all Federal R&D agencies to transfer Federally-funded technologies to commercial and industrial applications throughout the U.S. economy. Under NASA's leadership, six Regional Technology Transfer Centers (RTTC) and the National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) currently operate as the core elements of an …

Paper Session Iii-A - Rack Level Test Facility- The Columbus Apm Payload Verification Tool, W. Schroder, D. Husung, H. Pieterek

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The COLUMBUS laboratory APM (Attached Pressurized Module) provides for the partial and complete exchange of payload facilities on-orbit. This laboratory is planned to be launched with initial payload installed and will remain in orbit until the end of its operational life. The initial payload will be upgraded in resupply missions until the full on-orbit payload capability is reached. Periodically servicing will be performed as well as on-orbit exchange of complete or partial payload facilities in resupply missions.

Paper Session Iii-C - Commercializing Strategic Defense Initiative Technology, Nick Montanarelli

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By creating new products, improving existing products, and making manufacturing processes more efficient, new technologies can improve our standardof- living and create or save millions of jobs. But building a better mousetrap is not enough; just as we need a infrastructure of highways, railroads, and bridges to move goods in this country, we also need an infrastructure of technical information and business assistance centers to move technology from the laboratory to the marketplace. Congress, recognizing the need for this support mechanism, passed technology transfer legislation — starting with the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 and ending with the National …

Paper Session Ii-C - Technology Transfer And The Office Of Advanced Concepts And Technology, John C. Mankins, Johnathon Root, Carissa B. Cristensen, Robert G. Steen

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NASA has a continuing mission to develop and transfer advanced technologies for the benefit of government space programs, the aerospace industry and the nation's economy. In October, 1992, the NASA Administrator created a new Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology (OACT) that is comprised of both the former NASA Office of Commercial Programs (OCP) and the Space Technology Directorate of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST). The purposes of this new office include the development of innovative new technologies and concepts, and the rapid and effective transfer of technology into and from NASA as well as other organizations …

Paper Session Ii-C - The U.S. Commercial Space Launch Industry: Responding To The Market, Ralph D. Palma

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The International Space Year, 1992, was an ephemeral period that helped usher in a new exiting era in commercial space launch. This era will include further globalization of the industry, with sharply broadened international business relationships being established that wouldn't have been possible a few short years earlier. Greater cooperation is occurring among the nations of the world conducting space research and exploration. Former adversaries are now business partners. New technologies and smaller systems hold the promise of the economical proliferation of new commercial communications systems that will change our lives.

The key element in the discussion of promoting the …

Paper Session Ii-B - The Mars Environmental Survey (Mesur) Network And Pathfinder Missions, John B. Mcnamee

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The objective of the Mars Environmental Survey (MESUR) Network mission is to establish a global network of small science stations on the surface of Mars to operate concurrently over a minimum of one martian year. MESUR Network is viewed as an evolutionary and affordable step in the scientific characterization of the martian environment following Viking and Mars Observer and preceding sample return and human exploration missions. The full network is envisioned to consist of 10 - 20 landers providing pole-to-pole coverage of the planet. The broad science objectives of the MESUR Network mission are to characterize the martian environment in …

Paper Session Ii-B - Past And Future Payloads For The National Aeronautics And Space Administration's Microgravity Science And Applications Program, Mary E. Kicza

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Microgravity Science and Applications Program sponsors basic and applied scientific investigations requiring reduced or near-zero gravity conditions. The absence of gravity-induced phenomena such as buoyancy-driven convection, sedimentation, and hydrostatic pressure in experiments conducted in space provides a unique opportunity to obtain valuable insights into a wide variety of physical processes and materials. Knowledge gained from experiments conducted in space improves our understanding of scientific principles and phenomena, which can, in turn, provide important contributions to Earth-based technology and manufacturing processes. This paper provides an overview of NASA's Microgravity Science and Applications Program, with …

Paper Session Ii-A - Launch System Development In The Pacific Rim, Barbara A. Stone, John R. Page

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Several Western Pacific Rim nations are beginning to challenge the domination of the United States, Europe, and the former Soviet Union in the international market for commercial launch services. This paper examines the current development of launch systems in China, Japan, and Australia.

China began commercial launch services with their Long March-3 in April 1990, and is making enhancements to vehicles in this family. Japan is developing the H-2 rocket which will be marketed on a commercial basis. In Australia, British Aerospace Ltd. is leading a team conducting a project definition study for an Australian Launch Vehicle, aimed at launching …

Paper Session Ii-B - The Tracking And Data Relay Satellite System, Charles Vanek

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This paper describes the history of the TDRS and STS relationship, the unique considerations which were required of the TDRS Program, and the design drivers which were imposed on the TDRS as the program matured and subsequently as the STS was re-evaluated as a consequence of the Challenger accident. The in-advance preparations and coordination is detailed as are the pre-launch and launch activities required to fly on an Orbiter. The advantages as well as disadvantages of flying on a manned launch vehicle are detailed, and the paper ends with advice and recommendations based on lessons learned. It is hoped that …

Paper Session Ii-B - Life Sciences Shuttle Flights- 15 Years, B. P. Dalton, R. P. Hogan, G. Jahns

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Fifteen years ago, the first Life Sciences Announcement of Opportunity offered the promises of "man-tended" microgravity flights. For the experiments involving "nonhuman" elements, i.e., plants, animals, tissues and cells, the Shuttle Transportation System (STS) flights posed both challenges and rewards. The transition from the 1-G laboratory bench to O-G environment has resulted in new information with each succeeding flight. These rewards are measured both in better understanding in methods and materials to conduct research within the microgravity milieu and interpretation of the data obtained.

The engineering systems developed, operational knowledge gained over the past 15 years, and data base of …

Paper Session Ii-A - Public Space Launch Acquisition: A Comparative Case Study, Lee W. Rosen, Ken Leeson

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This study analyzes three commonly practiced approaches to Government acquisition of space launch services. These approaches are employed by the U.S. Air Force, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization. Launch contracts which were representative of each organization's acquisition procedures were investigated and evaluated along several critical issues and elements of the space launch acquisition process. These issues included payload characteristics, government oversight, contractor incentives, insurance, liability and cost. The critical issues and elements were determined by using the Delphi method to survey 25 experts in the space launch field. Archival contractual data from the …