NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts

NIAC PHASE IFELLOWS MEETING

March 7-8, 2006

LOCATION: Technology Square Research Building 85 5th Street NW, Atlanta, GA

NIAC CONTACT:Mr. Dale Little, (404) 347-9633dkl@niac.usra.edu

NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting AgendaTuesday, March 7, 2006

8:00 AM -8:30 AM Registration

8:30 AM -9:00 AM Welcome and Status of NIAC ActivitiesRobert A. Cassanova, NIAC Director

9:00 AM -10:00 AM Keynote Speaker- The Blind Men and the QuantumJohn Cramer, University of Washington

10:00 AM -10:30 AM Break

10:30 AM-12:00 PM NIAC Phase I Status Reports

(45 minutes) Lorentz-Actuated Orbits: Electrodynamic Propulsion without a Tether Mason Peck, Cornell University

(45 minutes) A Contamination-Free Ultrahigh Precision Formation Flight Method Based on Intracavity Photon Thrusters and TethersYoung K. Bae, Bae Institute

12:00 PM-1 PM Buffet Lunch

1:00 PM-2:30 PM Scalable Flat-Panel Nano-Particle Propulsion Technology for Space Exploration in the 21st Century Brian Gilchrist, University of Michigan

(45 minutes)Positron-Propelled and Powered Space Transport Vehicle for Planetary Missions Gerald Smith, Positronics Research LLC

2:30 PM-3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM -3:45 PM NIAC Phase I Status Report

(45 minutes) Modular Spacecraft with Integrated Structural Electrodynamic Propulsion Nestor Voronka, Tethers Unlimited

3:45 PM-4:35 PM NIAC Student Fellows Prize Status Reports

(25 minutes) Interstellar Exploration by Repeated External AccelerationAndrew Bingham, Clarkson University

(25 minutes) Advanced Concept for Detection of Weather Hazards on Mars: Non-Thermal Microwave Emissions by Colliding Dust/Sand ParticlesAimee Covert, University of Michigan

4:35 PM-5:20 PM NIAC Phase I Status Report

(45 minutes) Ultra-High Resolution Fourier Transform X-Ray InterferometerHerbert Schnopper, Mad City Labs, Inc.

5:30 PM-7:00 PM Reception

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NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting AgendaWednesday, March 8, 2006

8:30AM WelcomeRobert Cassanova, NIAC Director

8:30AM - 9:00AM Funding Opportunities for NIAC FellowsPaul Mexcur, NASA SBIR/STTR Program Manager

9:00 AM-10:30 AM NIAC Phase I Status Reports(45 minutes) Artificial Neural Membrane Flapping Wing

Pamela Menges, ARSI

(45 minutes) Multi-MICE: A Network of Interactive Nuclear Cryoprobes to Explore Ice Sheets on Mars and Europa George Maise, Plus Ultra

10:30 AM -10:50 AM Break

10:50 AM-11:35 AM NIAC Phase I Status Report(45 minutes) Magnetically Inflated Cable (MIC) System for Space Applications

James Powell, Plus Ultra

11:35 AM-12:00 PM NIAC Student Fellows Prize Status Report(25 minutes) Bio-Inspired Sensor Swarms to Detect Leaks in Pressurized Systems

Joseph Fronczek, New Mexico State University

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Buffet Lunch

1:00 PM-2:30 PM NIAC Phase I Status Reports(45 minutes) Customizable, Reprogrammable, Food Preparation, Production and

Invention System Eric Bonabeau, Icosystem

(45 minutes) Antimatter Harvesting in SpaceGerald Jackson, HBar Inc.

2:30-3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM-3:45 PM NIAC Phase I Status ReportExtraction of Antiparticles Concentrated in Planetary Magnetic Fields

(45 minutes) James Bickford, Draper Laboratories

3:45 PM-4:35 PM NIAC Student Fellows Prize Status Reports(25 minutes) Direct Conversion for Solar Space Power

Nicolas Boechler, Georgia Institute of Technology

(25 minutes) Wind Driven Power Generation on TitanBrian Sikkema, Michigan Technological University

4:35 PM Discussion, Robert Cassanova, NIAC Director

5:00 PM Adjourn

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Registration for NIAC Phase I Fellows Meeting

General InformationThe workshop will be held on March 7-8, 2006 at the Technology Square ResearchBuilding in Atlanta, GA. A map to the meeting site and hotel is attached. Note that theTechnology Square Research Building is adjacent to the building in which NIACHeadquarters is located. In order to attend, NIAC must receive a completed registrationform by March 1, 2005. There is no fee to attend the meeting but you must register sothat we will have an accurate count for meals and snacks.

RegistrationRegistration may be accomplished electronically (preferred), by mail or by fax. Pleaseprovide the following information to Dale Little at the email address below by March 1.

NameAffiliationAddressPhone NumberEmail AddressDays attending the meeting: March 7 ____ March 8 ____

Send registration to: Mr. Dale Littledkl@niac.usra.edu(404) 347-9633 (voice)(404) 347-9638 (fax)

LodgingNIAC has obtained the special lodging rate of $115 per night plus taxes for meetingattendees from the following hotels near the meeting site.

Reservations based on availability. Reference NIAC-NASA Institute for AdvancedConcepts:

Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center800 Spring Street, NW, Atlanta GA 30308

404-347-9440, www.gatechhotel.com

Limited rooms available. Cut-off date is February 16, 2006. Reference NIACFellows Meeting:

Marriott Midtown Courtyard1132 Techwood Drive

Atlanta, GA 30318, 404-607-1112

You are responsible for the cost of your room. Be sure to let the hotel know whichnights you are staying.

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Keynote Speaker: Professor John Cramer, University of Washington

Professor Cramer earned his B.A., M.A and Ph.D. degrees inPhysics from Rice University. His research interests include ultra-relativistic heavy ion physics, the interpretation of quantummechanics and ultra-high energy astrophysics. He is a Fellow ofthe American Association for the Advancement of Science and theAmerican Physical Society. Professor Cramer has been a programadvisor to the TRIUMF Laboratory, National SuperconductingCyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University, Cyclotron

Laboratory at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the Clinton P.Anderson MesonPhysics Facility (LAMPF) of Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has published morethan 150 papers in referred journals and conference proceedings. In addition to beingan established and recognized teacher and research physicist, he has published two sci-ence fiction books, Einstein's Bridge and Twistor and has contributed to columns appear-ing in the Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Magazine. Additional information aboutProfessor Cramer is available at: http://faculty.washington.edu/jcramer/

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