The purpose of the Lunch Talks is to get people thinking about the great science that will be done with SOFIA. Although the primary focus will be on science, technical topics that relate to the science performance of SOFIA, such as the mirror coating facility, detector development, a data archive and pointing improvement will also be included.
The talks are meant for all those working on SOFIA: scientists, engineers, technicians and managers. We would also like to include visitors and would encourage visiting scientists to give talks.
All Talks are held in an informal format at NASA Ames Research Center from 12 pm to 1 pm (bring your lunch). Visitors from outside of Ames Research Center must obtain visitor badges prior to visiting Ames. Information and instructions for obtaining a visitor badge.
Scheduled SOFIA Lunch Talks for 2005
|
| Date |
Location |
Speaker/Title |
| 31 Jan. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
C. R. O'Dell - Vanderbilt Univ.
The Helix Nebula and its Knots |
| 7 Feb. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Tom Greene - NASA Ames
Stellar Properties of Embedded Protostars (abstract pdf) |
| 28 Feb. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Franziska Harms - Univ. of Stuttgart
An Overview of the Telescope Pointing Control System
(abstract pdf) |
| 14 March |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Jan Cami - NASA Ames
Molecular Gas and Dust around O-rich AGB Stars
(abstract pdf) |
| 21 March |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Luis Allamandola - NASA Ames
PAHs: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
(abstract pdf) |
| 18 April |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Rainer Schoedel - Univ. of Koeln
Recent Near- and Mid-Infrared Observations of the Galactic Center
(abstract pdf) |
| 25 April |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Els Peeters - NASA Ames
PAHs as Astrophysical Probes
(abstract pdf) |
| 2 May |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Ralph Shuping - SOFIA/NASA Ames
Mid-IR Observations of Star Forming Regions in the Orion Nebula
(abstract pdf) |
| 16 May |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Jochen Horn - Carl Zeiss Meditec
Wavefront Sensing in Eyes and Cross-sectional Imaging of the Retina
(abstract pdf) |
| 13 June |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Christopher McKee - Univ. of California, Berkeley
The Formation of Massive Stars
(abstract pdf) |
| 27 June |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Jeremy Frank - NASA Ames
Automated Flight Planner for SOFIA
(abstract pdf)
|
| 19 Sept. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Travis Barman - UCLA
The Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets
(abstract pdf)
|
| 4 Oct. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Dan Marrone - CfA, Harvard
Far-Infrared Astronomy from the Ground: Submillimeter Polarimetry of SgrA* and THz Spectroscopy
(abstract pdf)
|
| 11 Oct. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Nathan Smith - Univ. of Colorado
Feedback from Massive stars: Proplyds, Jets, and Triggered Star Formation in Orion and Carina
(abstract pdf)
|
| 24 Oct. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Wil van Breugel - LLNL
Radio galaxies: Biting the hand that feeds them.
(abstract pdf) |
| 7 Nov. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Dana Backman - NASA Ames
Ralph Shuping - NASA Ames
Report from Planets & Protostars V Conference |
| 28 Nov. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Eric Becklin - UCLA/SOFIA
Early Science with SOFIA: Personal assessment based on past Observatory Commissioning
(abstract pdf)
|
| 19 Dec. |
Bldg 211
Room 205 |
Randolf Klein
FIFI LS and the millimeter continuum survey of star forming regions
(abstract pdf) |
