[NBLUG/talk] NASA engineer to speak at SRJC on Modeling and Simulation on the way to Mars

Matt Hardwick matthew.hardwick at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 17:33:08 PDT 2011


Just an FYI, in case anyone is going to go and doesn't know. You need
$4 cash for the parking daily passes, and the parking lot your
probably want to try for is the Emeritus Lot, since that is right next
to Newman. The permit machines are the bright yellow things in all of
the lots. The Parking structure is a small walk. Parking should not be
to hard to find at that time.

It should be good.

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Matt Hardwick
Student / Developer / IT / Tutor




On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 5:22 PM, anet dunne <anetdunne at comcast.net> wrote:
> There is a talk on Modeling and Engineering by a NASA engineer this Friday
> night, April 1st, 7pm at SRJC Newman Auditorium (Emeritus Hall).  The talk
> is free, parking is not. Will he will talk about the 1999 crash of the Mars
> Climate Orbiter allegedly due to JPL's errors in metric-imperial conversion,
> or the crash landing of Deep Space2  allegedly due to improper hardware
> testing, or Britain's loss of the Beagle 2 after separation from their Mars
> Express?
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> The merging of art and science is the future of digital media. This is
> especially true in the world of modulation and simulation.
>
> Modeling and Simulation on the Way to Mars
> Walt Engelund, NASA engineer
> Friday, April 1, 2011, 7pm
> Newman Auditorium (Emeritus Hall)
> Santa Rosa Campus
>
> In a career spanning 22 years at NASA, Walt Engelund has worked on
> everything from rocket designs, airplanes that travel ten times the speed of
> sound, and spacecraft that have landed on the surface of Mars. In this talk
> he will explain how NASA uses advanced modeling and simulation tools across
> multiple disciplines to help design and certify the entry, descent, and
> landing (EDL) system on the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s next flagship
> mission to Mars, scheduled to launch in the fall of 2011.
>
> http://www.santarosa.edu/communityeducation/arts-and-lectures/
>
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>  This is a FREE event! As always, remember parking is enforced 24/7 at SRJC,
> so be sure to purchase a one day parking pass if you don't already have  a
> permit.
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