Category: Presentations and Talks

Join the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics for Dr. Atri Dutta’s talk, “How to fly a spacecraft,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 in 301 Rhatigan Student Center.

The determination of the optimal trajectory of a spacecraft can be complex, especially when the spacecraft uses a low-thrust propulsion system or when it operates in a challenging dynamical environment. The talk will provide an overview of astrodynamics research being conducted at WSU’s Astronautics Laboratory to address some of those challenges. Specific examples of research conducted will include all-electric spacecraft, hurricane monitoring constellations, NuSol probe and the CubeSat being developed to validate a neutrino detector in space.

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ next Perspectives series will focus on pedagogy. This week’s Perspectives is on “Being an Ally in the Classroom.”

Occasionally students can make a statement or ask a question in class that is insensitive to classmates’ personal experiences. Panelists will discuss how to address such incidents in the classroom and include positive and negative examples. Dr. Andrew Hippisley, dean of the Fairmount College, will host, and Jean Griffith, associate professor of English and associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, will moderate the panel.

Each episode in the Perspectives series will be presented at 2 p.m. Tuesdays, through April 11 via Zoom. Recordings will be made available afterwards on the Fairmount College YouTube channel.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ Seminar Series continues at 4 p.m. Monday, March 27 in 231 Hubbard Hall or via Zoom with Dr. Sarah Wallace, a space microbiologist at the NASA Johnson Space Center.

Wallace will present a technical talk over “Spaceflight microbiology: Beyond the cultures.” As always, seminars are open to the public and undergraduate students are encouraged to attend.

The Zoom ID for the session is 977 7689 8339 and the password is 574212.

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ next Perspectives series will focus on pedagogy. This week’s Perspectives is on “Being an Ally in the Classroom.”

Occasionally students can make a statement or ask a question in class that is insensitive to classmates’ personal experiences. Panelists will discuss how to address such incidents in the classroom and include positive and negative examples. Dr. Andrew Hippisley, dean of the Fairmount College, will host, and Jean Griffith, associate professor of English and associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, will moderate the panel.

Each episode in the Perspectives series will be presented at 2 p.m. Tuesdays, through April 11 via Zoom. Recordings will be made available afterwards on the Fairmount College YouTube channel.

Want to know more about life in space? Join alumna Dr. Sarah Wallace as she talks about NASA experiments with microbes on the International Space Station. She will present “Microbes in space” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 in 209 Hubbard Hall and via Zoom. The ID for the meeting is 977 7689 8339, password is 574212.

The presentation is geared towards the general public. Wallace serves as a technical lead in the Microbiology Laboratory at the NASA Johnson Space Center, which is responsible for mitigating infectious disease risk during human spaceflight. Her responsibilities include the assessment of microbial risk based on vehicle and mission architectures as well as crewmember, food and environmental monitoring. These assessments are used to develop requirements for NASA and commercial spaceflight vehicles, including the International Space Station.

In addition to her operational support of human spaceflight, Wallace leads new technology initiatives for her discipline with the goal of reducing Earth-dependence for complex sample analysis. She has served as the principal investigator for numerous spaceflight investigations, including those to increase off-planet molecular biology capabilities.

The Watkins Visiting Professorship was created in 1974 by the Watkins Foundation. The grant is now provided through the Watkins fund, a part of the Wichita State Foundation’s endowment. For more information about this lecture series, contact Dr. David Eichhorn, associate dean for faculty development and research, at 316-978-6659.

Join the Department of Math and Statistics for a public lecture by Keying Ye, Ph.D., from the University of Texas at San Antonia.

The lecture, titled “Normalized Power Prior Bayesian Analysis,” will take place at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 31 in 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ Seminar Series continues at 4 p.m. Monday, March 27 in 231 Hubbard Hall or via Zoom with Dr. Sarah Wallace, a space microbiologist at the NASA Johnson Space Center.

Wallace will present a technical talk over “Spaceflight microbiology: Beyond the cultures.” As always, seminars are open to the public and undergraduate students are encouraged to attend.

The Zoom ID for the session is 977 7689 8339 and the password is 574212.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering within the College of Engineering is hosting Dr. Theresa Locascio and Dr. Jonathan Ashley, scientists from Catalent Pharma Solutions, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 in 134 Woolsey Hall or via Zoom.

The seminar, “Development of Oral Solid Dosage Forms,” is open to students, faculty and staff.

Those who cannot attend in person can join via Zoom. The password is: BME760D.

Join MathWorks and the Advanced Virtual Engineering Laboratory at NIAR-WSU for a technical MATLAB and Simulink seminar for faculty, students, researchers and staff, co-presented by Dr. Gerardo Olivares and MathWorks engineers, at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 in the NetApp building.

• Application of MATLAB and Simulink for digital engineering and digital twin aerospace applications: This technical talk highlights the use of MATLAB and Simulink in digital engineering and digital twin activities to simulate aerospace systems.
• Introduction to data analysis and machine learning with MATLAB: In this session, MathWorks engineers will show participants how MATLAB can be used to visualize and analyze complex data, perform numeric computations, and develop algorithms in the areas of data analytics and machine learning.

Admission is free, but seats are limited.

The School of Computing within the College of Engineering is hosting Yili Ren, a doctoral candidate from Florida State University, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 24 in 260 Jabara Hall.

Ren will present “Intelligent Wireless Systems: From Human Sensing to Object Detection” to students, staff, faculty and industry partners.