IEEE Region 5 History Committee in cooperation
with Galveston Bay Section /Chapters presents
AEROSPACE HISTORY COLLOQUIUM
CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF IEEE AEROSPACE SOCIETY AND THE IEEE FOUNDATION
HYBRID EVENT
VENUE for in-person attendees: University of Houston Clear Lake DELTA Building
Saturday July 15th, 12:30-5:30 PM US-CDT
AGENDA
12:30 PM Welcome: Dr Zafar Taqvi, Colloquium Coordinator/R5 History Chair
Bob Becnel, PE, R5 Director
Dr Miguel Gonzalez, UHCL Dean, University Host
12:45 PM (1)-History of Aerospace: Prof Dr. Jonathan Coopersmith, Professor of history Emeritus at Texas A&M, (http://www.toboldlypreserve.space/)
1:20 PM (2)-History of GPS/GRSS/GAGAN: Dr Surendra Pal, Former Deputy Director, Indian Space Research Organization, and Former Vice Chancellor- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Poona-India
2:00 PM (3)-History of IEEE Foundation : Dr John Treichler, Raytheon, IEEE Foundation
2:40 PM (4)-History of RADAR: Dr Hugh Griffiths, Prof University of London, England, Past President
3:20 PM BREAK Refreshments and coffee
3:30 PM (5) History of Systems Engineering and System of Systems (SoS): Dr Robert Rassa, Retired Raytheon, Past President IEEE/AESS, Distinguished Speaker
4:10 PM (6)- (https://ieee-aess.org/presentation/webinar/inside-apollo-heroes-rules-lessons-learned-guidance-navigation-control-gnc): George T. Schmidt, Retired MIT
4:50 PM (7) – Historical Pictures of the Space Activities: Dr Kamlesh (Kam) Lulla; NASA Medalist. Director, University Collaboration and Partnership Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
5:30 PM (8) -CLOSING Comments: Dr. Mary Ann Hellrigel, IEEE/History Committee Institutional Historian, Dr Sabia Abidi and Dr Zafar Taqvi
Colloquium Cohost and Q/A:
Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel/IEEE History Committee, Dr Sabia Abidi/Rice University and Dr Zafar Taqvi/UHCL
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Colloquium Organizing Committee
Dr Irina Brewer/Publicity, Julian Morales/Lunch, Dr Sabia Abidi/Hybrid setup, Kim Edwards/UHCL Hosting Coordination
Co-sponsored by: Region 5 History Committee
Bldg: DELTA BUILDING, 2300 Bay Area Blvd, Delta Building, Houston, Texas, United States, 77058, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/363026
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