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YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION FROM THE CHAIRS!
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committees, we take this opportunity to invite you to join colleagues from around the world and from a myriad of disciplines at the 9th Biennial ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference, Earth & Space 2004, March 7-10, 2004.
This conference - Earth & Space 2004 - will provide a unique forum to share knowledge about engineering, construction, and operations in challenging environments in Space and on Planet Earth and other planetary bodies, such as the Moon and Mars. Our Organizing Committees are working very hard to create a multidisciplinary program with a unique dynamism that will encourage technology transfer between those conducting research and development work in space and on earth and those practicing in civil engineering and aerospace disciplines.
We are proud to report that our conference, with its extraordinary multidisciplinary origin, flavor, and intellectual platform, has received support and endorsement from an impressive list of prominent and highly respected organizations in the fields it covers.
Our two and one-half day conference program will be exciting and of high quality. Topics will span advanced and new-frontier technology areas in some 176 presentations, with four or five parallel sessions at any given time. A significant number of papers will be presented by representatives of government laboratories and the aerospace industry.
Prominent individuals from government agencies, industry, and academia will offer keynote/plenary lectures each morning. In addition to these keynote speakers, we will feature as our banquet speaker an astronaut who has done actual construction on the International Space Station. And our special Monday afternoon speaker will be well-known lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin who will present his views on the future space program.
Further, the Student Robotics Competition will once again be a Conference highlight and major attraction. This competition showcases student ingenuity in solving a space-based technical problem of a civil engineering nature, and is open to all university, college, and high school students. Teams design, fabricate, document, present, and demonstrate their 1/12th-scale remote-controlled solutions to a lunar-based construction challenge.
Come and enjoy the dynamic atmosphere. Share information across and within disciplines. Participate actively and contribute to the cross-pollination of new frontier And cutting-edge technology ideas, research, and experience. Take full advantage of this unique opportunity to network and form alliances, initiate new acquaintances and strengthen old friendships and business relationships - all opportunities not to be missed.
We look forward to meeting you in person at Earth & Space 2004 in League City/Houston in March!
With best regards,
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Ramesh B. Malla, Ph.D. Conference General Chair University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, USA |
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Arup Maji, Ph.D., P.E. Technical Program Chair Air Force Research Lab, Kirtland AFB / University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, USA |
