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2012 News
November 2012
Lucy Thompson attended the Annual NASA RPIF (Regional Planetary Imaging Facility) Data Manager's Meeting in Tempe, Arizona (November 26-28, 2012).
Six PASSC team members presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in North Carolina, November 4-7, 2012 at the session entitled: Shock Processes and Shock Attenuation Associated with Hypervelocity Impact Events.
October 2012
John Spray was invited to join a panel at the SMCC Annual General Meeting on October 2, 2012 in Toronto. They discussed the challenges, innovations, technologies and discoveries regarding space exploration. PASSC is involved in the MSL Curiosity Rover mission.
A new terrestrial impact crater has been confirmed! Prince Albert will be added to the Earth Impact Database website shortly. This brings the total number of confirmed terrestrial impact structures to 183!
John Spray, Lucy Thompson and Beverley Elliott were staffed during Mission Operations, at JPL in Pasadena, California, in various tactical roles, as well as participating in the MSL team Science Discussions.
September 2012
John Spray, Lucy Thompson and Beverley Elliott were staffed during Mission Operations, at JPL in Pasadena, California, in various tactical roles, as well as participating in the MSL team Science Discussions.
Beverley Elliott saw the Shuttle Endeavor as it flew over JPL on September 21, 2012! Click here for more information.
August 2012
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) featured John Spray in an article entitled "Mission to Mars:
Canadian researchers are helping determine whether life once existed on the red planet".
John Spray, Lucy Thompson and Beverley Elliott attended the MSL Curiosity Rover Landing event at JPL in Pasadena, CA on August 5, 2012. It was amazing! Click here to re-watch the landing on YouTube. Click here to see one of the first images from the Curiosity rover; it's shadow. Click here for the Canadian Space Agency's MSL webpage. Click here for MSL "What's New".
Suporn presented a poster at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society in Australia (August 12-17, 2012). It was entitled "Stishovite in shock veins within the Manicouagan impact structure".
Suporn Boonsue gave a talk as a Keynote Speaker, on behalf of John Spray, at the 34th International Geological Congress in Australia (August 5-10, 2012). It was entitled "Large terrestrial impact structures and the Manicouagan Impact Research Program".
Suporn Boonsue presented at the 34th International Geological Congress in Australia (August 5-10, 2012). It was entitled "Melt pocket characteristics and formation in martian meteorite DaG 476".
July 2012
On July 5, John Spray and Beverley Elliott gave presentations to the Shad Valley groups. "The Shad Valley program helps top students in senior high school find an edge in the competitive, knowledge-based world of tomorrow. It combines entrepreneurship with science and technology, and offers academic and often work experience to its students". Click here for more information about Shad Valley.
Lucy Thompson and one undergraduate field assistant departed for the Manicouagan impact structure on June 24. They returned on July 15 after another successful field season!
June 2012
John Spray attended Science Operations Training for the Mars Science Laboratory Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from June 19-20, 2012 in Pasadena, California.
Sarinya Paisarnsombat, PASSC PhD student, is one of the recipients of the Barringer Family Fund for Meteorite Impact Research, which provides a small number (3 to 5) of competitive grants each year for support of field research at known or suspected impact sites worldwide. Her project is entitled "Oxygen isotope study of impact-induced hydrothermal minerals at the Manicouagan Impact Structure".
April 2012
Lucy Thompson and Beverley Elliott attended Science Operations Training for the Mars Science Laboratory Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from April 17-22, 2012 in Pasadena, California.
March 2012
Catrina Renaud, PASSC MSc student, received a scholarship from the Canadian Foundation for the International Space University to attend the International Space University's Space Studies Program in Florida from June 4 to August 3, 2012. "The SSP interdisciplinary curriculum emphasizes international cooperation and provides students with varied perspectives on the world's space activities' perspectives normally reserved for those with years of diverse professional experience".
Lucy Thompson and one of our team's undergraduate students (on a UNB work-study) will be presenting talks/posters at the Lunar and Planetary Space Conference in Texas (March 19-23).
Dr John Spray, the Director of PASSC, is one of the 2012 recipients of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) R3 Innovation Award for Excellence in Applied Research. The Awards Gala was held at the Fredericton Convention Centre on March 21. Visit the NBIF website to view the documentary video for John Spray.
February 2012
Lucy Thompson and Beverley Elliott attended the first Science Operations Training for the Mars Science Laboratory Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from February 28-March 7, 2012 in Pasadena, California. |
