SOaRS Symposium Schedule
Tuesday, March 12
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Time |
Event/Presentation |
Speaker |
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8:00 a.m. |
Doors Open |
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9:00 a.m. |
Welcome to UND |
President Andrew Armacost, University of North Dakota Dr. Robert Kraus, Dean of UND Aerospace |
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9:10 a.m. |
HAPS Alliance - Unlocking the Potential of the Stratosphere |
Derek (Dex) Halpin, Executive Board Member, Aerovironment Sunglider |
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9:30 a.m. |
The New Frontier with AALTO's Zephyr: The Future is Stratospheric | Samer Halawi, CEO of AALTO HAPS |
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9:50 a.m. |
Aerovironment HAPS |
Derek (Dex) Halpin, Executive Board Member, Aerovironment Sunglider |
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10:10 a.m. |
Sceye |
Stephanie Luongo, Flight Test and Mission Operations, Sceye |
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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:45 a.m. |
365 Days in the Stratosphere |
Russel Van Der Werff, Vice President of Stratospheric Solutions for Aerostar |
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11:05 a.m. |
Textured Solar Arrays for Enhanced Low-Angle Light Collection on HAPS Aircraft |
Noren Pan, President & CEO of MicroLink Devices, Inc. |
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11:25 a.m. |
UND Panel
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Chaired by Mark Askelson, Associate Vice President for Research-National Security, University of North Dakota |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
Provided by UND Research & Economic Development |
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1:30 p.m. |
Stratospheric Operations Market |
Kevin-Christian Garzon Galindo, Aeronautical Research Engineer for San Jose State University Research Foundation, NASA Ames Research Center |
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1:45 p.m. |
ETM: Upper Class E Traffic Management |
Connie Brasil, Senior Research Associate, San Jose State University Research Foundation, Human Systems Integration Division, NASA Ames Research Center |
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2:00 p.m. |
FAA |
Arjuna Fields, Operations Lead of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) |
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2:10 p.m. |
FAA & BVLOS |
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2:30 p.m. |
High Altitude Flight Testing |
Kevin Tucker, President at Near Space Corporation and Tillamook UAS Test Range |
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3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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3:20 p.m. |
Enhancing HAPS Navigation and Operating Safety Margins During Remote Operations |
Paul Stevens, CEO of Voltitude Ltd |
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3:40 p.m. |
High Altitude Airplanes - Design and Operation |
Hamed Khalkhali, Ph.D., President of Swift Engineering |
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4:00 p.m. |
Electra.aero |
Ben Marchionna, Technology & Business Development Lead at Electra.aero |
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4:20 p.m. |
StratoSolutions: Unlocking the Stratosphere |
Ray Chan, CEO, StratoSolutions, Inc. |
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4:40 p.m. |
Day 1 Closing Remarks |
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5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. |
Evening Networking Social |
Sponsored by UND Research & Economic Development |
Wednesday, March 13
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Time |
Event/Presentation |
Speaker |
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8:00 a.m. |
Doors Open |
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9:00 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
Dr. Robert Kraus, Dean of UND Aerospace |
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9:05 a.m. |
NASA Keynote | Huy Tran, Director for Aeronautics, NASA Ames Research Center |
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9:30 a.m. |
NASA Use of HAPS for Earth Observations |
Matt Fladeland, Airborne Science Manager, NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) in the Earth Science Division Office (ASP) |
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10:00 a.m. |
Intelligent Long Endurance Observing System (ILEOS) |
Dr. Meghan Saephan, Computer Engineer at NASA Ames Research Center |
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10:20 a.m. |
Break | |
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10:45 a.m. |
DoD Keynote | Mr. Bob Unger, Director, Resources and Analysis, U.S. Central Command |
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11:30 a.m. |
RQ-4 Global Hawk Operational Overview |
Lt. Col. Cory "Rico" Turner, USAF Commander, 348th Reconnaissance Squadron |
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11:50 a.m. |
Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) & Energy Web Dominance | Paul Jaffe, Leader of the POWER Program at DARPA Power Beaming |
| 12:10 p.m. | Lunch |
Provided by UND Research & Economic Development |
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1:15 p.m. |
Is it an Airplane or a Satellite? HAPS Activities in ESA's EO Programme |
Dr. Julia Kubanek, ESA, European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) |
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1:40 p.m. |
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Erik Rodin, Northern Region (Region 1) Module Leader, National Technology & Development Program |
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2:00 p.m. |
Development of a Pathfinder Airborne Mission to Demonstrate a Modular Payload Concept for Earth Science: An Upcoming Stratospheric Balloon Flight and Synergistic Lidar and HALE Activities |
John Dykema, Project Scientist in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
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2:20 p.m. |
Power Beaming to the Stratosphere |
Richard Gustafson, President & CEO of Powerlight Technologies |
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2:40 p.m. |
Break |
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3:00 p.m. |
The Necessity of Developing Lighter, Smaller and More Efficient Power Modules |
Matthew Steele, Director of Operations, Packet Digital, LLC. |
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3:20 p.m. |
500 Wh/Kg Li-Ion Batteries for Stratospheric Applications |
Ionel Stefan, Chief Technology Officer, Amprius |
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3:40 p.m. |
MicroLink UK Ltd. | Matt Wilson, MicroLink UK Ltd. |
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4:00 p.m. |
Use of Simulation to Inform Stratospheric Operations and Design |
Sidharth Arunkumar, CAE Engineer, Sceye |
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4:20 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
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