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Earth & Space Conference

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Engineering for Extreme Environments

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On behalf of the Program Committee, you are cordially invited to participate in Earth & Space 2021: Engineering for Extreme Environments, which will be held VIRTUALLY April 19-23, 2021.

This conference is brought to you by ASCE's Aerospace Division. The Aerospace Division was established in 1971 to apply emerging and advanced aerospace technologies to civil engineering practice.

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Conference Committee

  • Conference Chair: Alaina Roberts, P.E., M.ASCE, University of Vermont
  • Technical Program Chair: Paul van Susante, Ph.D., M.ASCE, Michigan Technological University
  • Local Chair: John Koppelman, A.M.ASCE, Boeing Co. (Retired)
  • Student Activities Chair: Robert Goldberg, M.ASCE, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Sponsorship Chair: Chris Dreyer, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, Colorado School of Mines
  • Student Paper Competition Chair: Krzysztof Skonieczny, Ph.D., CMU
  • CTA Representative: Mike Drerup. P.E., F.ASCE
  • ASD ExCom Representative: Peter Visscher. C.Eng, M.ASCE, Canadensys Aerospace Corp.
  • Symposium 1 Co-Chairs:
    • Phil Metzger, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE, University of Central Florida
    • Juan Agui, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Symposium 2 Co-Chairs:
    • Robert Mueller, A.M.ASCE, NASA Kennedy Space Center
    • Kris Zacny, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Honeybee Robotics
  • Symposium 3 Co-Chairs:
    • An Chen, Ph.D.
    • Hongyu (Nick) Zhou, Ph.D., University of Tennessee
  • Symposium 4 Co-Chairs:
    • Wei Zhang, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
    • Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, Ph.D., University of Miami
    • Gangbing Song, Ph.D., University of Houston
  • Symposium 5 Co-Chairs:
    • Ramesh Malla, Ph.D., F.ASCE, F.EMI, University of Connecticut
    • Melissa Sampson, Ph.D., Ball Aerospace
    • Alexander Jablonski, Ph.D., P.E., Canadian Space Agency
    • Gerald (Jerry) Sanders, NASA Johnson Space Center
  • Pre-Conference Short Course Organizer:
    • Ramesh Malla, Ph.D., F.ASCE, F.EMI, University of Connecticut
  • Members:
    • Mustafa Alsaleh, Ph.D., Caterpillar, Inc.
    • S. Joseph Antony, Ph.D., University of Leeds
    • Cory Brugger, P.E., HKS Inc.
    • Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Ph. D., NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)
    • James T. Barrett,Turner Construction
    • Dong-Ho Choi, Ph.D., Hanyang University
    • Tony Colaprete, Ph.D., NASA Ames Research Center
    • Colin Creager, NASA Glenn Research Center
    • Shirley Dyke, Ph.D., Purdue University
    • Chris Ferraro, Ph.D., University of Florida
    • Jeff Hopkins, Astrobotic Technology, Inc.
    • Kyle. Johnson, NASA Glenn Research Center
    • Sudarshan Krishnan, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Seung Jae Lee, Ph.D., Florida International University
    • Justin Littell, Ph.D., NASA Langley Research Center
    • Amin Maghareh, Ph.D., Purdue University
    • Kin F. Man, Ph.D., NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
    • Karen Marais, Ph.D., Purdue University
    • Greg Muller, P.E., ILC Dover
    • Gregory Odegard, Michigan Technological University
    • Ju hong Park, Ph.D., POSTECH
    • Nipesh Pradhananga, Ph.D., P.E., Florida International University
    • Vikram Shyam, Ph.D., NASA Glenn Research Center
    • Robert E. Skelton, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
    • Valentina Sumini, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Andrew Trunek, NASA Glenn Research Center
    • Purushotham Tukkaraja, Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
    • Steve Vance, Ph.D., NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
    • Otis Walton, Ph.D., Grainflow Dynamics, Inc.
    • Jialai Wang, Ph.D., The University of Alabama
  • ASCE Staff:
    • Kelly Dooley P.E., M. ASCE , CAE, Director, Professional and Technical Advancement
    • James Neckel, Administrator, Technical Advancement, ASCE 
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