Sunday, June 7:
Registration and Welcome Reception

Monday, June 8:
Opening Ceremonies
Plennary Sessions
Technology Demonstrations

Tuesday, June 9:
PTMSS & MSMS Technical Sessions
Banquet

Wednesday, June 10:
PTMSS & MSMS Technical Sessions
 

  Plenary Speakers:

 
Mike Lipsett
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Alberta

Mike Lipsett is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Previously, Professor Lipsett had sixteen years of industrial research experience with Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. and Syncrude Canada Ltd., including operations leadership and research team leadership roles. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from Queen’s University.

His research interests are in the design, operability, and reliability of energy systems, particularly for more sustainable oilsands bitumen production. He has worked with CSA, MDA, NRC, and other organizations on mining automation, and he has consulted to MDA and mining companies on terrestrial robotics. As well as being a Director of Precarn Inc., Professor Lipsett has been a Director of the Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation, and chairs the Management Advisory Board of the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Machine Learning. He is also currently Group Chair for Engineering for NSERC and sits on NSERC’s Committee for Grants and Scholarships.

He previously chaired the Adjudication Committee of the Canada Research Chairs Program. Mike is an adjunct Professor at UBC in Mining Engineering, a licensed professional engineer in Alberta, and a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining.
   
 
Robert S Wegeng
Chief Engineer, Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
President, Space Resource Roundtable

Robert S. Wegeng is a Chief Engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, operated by Battelle Memorial Institute. Over his 22-year employment with Battelle he has contributed as an engineer and project manager for projects supported by the Federal government, for DARPA, DOD, DOE and NASA, and by commercial organizations in the energy, aerospace and chemical process industries.
Mr. Wegeng recently returned to Battelle from a loaned assignment to NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate where he served as a R&D program manager for technology development projects and as a program executive supporting a number of special studies for the mission directorate.
A co-inventor of Microchannel Process Technologies, which include compact heat exchangers, chemical reactors and separators, Mr. Wegeng is the co-recepient of two R&D 100 Awards, one Federal Laboratory award from the U.S. Department of Energy for outstanding performance supporting their fuel cell program, and 98 patents (USA and foreign).
Mr. Wegeng is also a co-inventor for two classes of energy storage and production systems that may useful for the planned return of humans to the Moon: 1) Thermal Wadis and Lunar Thermal Energy Reservoirs, which are energy storage systems that rely upon processed lunar regolith as the storage medium, and 2) Radiant Energy Chemical Process Systems, which use solar energy (or other radiant energy) for the thermochemical production of fuels and other chemicals.
A member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Mr. Wegeng also currently serves as the President profit Space Resource Roundtable, a nonprofit organization that annually organizes a workshop on space resource utilization.


Program Schedule

Sunday June 7, 2009 

TIME

 

 

 

6:30 p.m.

Registration and Reception

Radisson Admiral Toronto

 

 

 

Monday June 8, 2009
 

TIME

 

 

 

7:00

Breakfast Buffet – Radisson Admiral - Free to all registered delegates

 

Registration

Radisson Admiral

 

 

Shuttle bus from Radisson Admiral to UTIAS

8:00

Buses depart for UTIAS

 

 

8:30-9:00

Buses arrive at UTIAS

Check in/Registration

 

9:30

Opening Remarks

UTIAS

Dale Boucher, Conference Chair

David Zingg, Director UTIAS

Norm Lavallee

TBD, CIM

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Plenary Session I

UTIAS Lecture Theatre

Mike Lipsette, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

12:00

Plenary Session II

 

UTIAS Lecture Theatre

Robert Wegeng, Chief Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

1:00

LUNCH

UTIAS

Free to all registered delegates

2:00-5:00

Technology Demonstrations UTIAS Mars Dome

3:00

Coffee Break

5 :30

Shuttle bus from UTIAS to Radisson Admiral

 

Tuesday June 9, 2009

8:00

Breakfast Buffet – Radisson Admiral - Free to all registered delegates

Technical Session

Chair: Sherry Schmidt

  9:00

Paper 1.1     A High-Quality Lunar Analog Experience

                      R. A. Fox, F. Schowengerdt, J. Hamilton - PISCES

 

  9:30

Paper 1.2  Technology Deployment Opportunities in the Arctic

M. Lebeuf - CSA, N. Wilkinson - RASK Systems, R. Léveillé - McGill University

 

10:00

Paper 1.3        ISRU Ground Segment Operations

L.Sigurdson, B. Sorel, S. Schmidt - NORCAT

                                                

 

10:30

Coffee Break

Technical Session

Chair:  Ronny Theiss

11:00

Paper 2.1        Insect inspired robot concepts for mining operations, exploration and search and rescue missions

 

R. D. Quinn, R. Bachmann, A. Hunt, A. Boxerbaum, L. Palmer, E. Diller, W. Lewinger -Case Western Reserve University

 

11:30

Paper 2.2 Design and Construction of a Mid-size Multi-purpose Lunar Rover Prototype

P.Visscher – Ontario Drive and Gear

12:00

Paper 2.3 Prepare for Landing:  An Autonomous Robotic Mining Application for Planned Moon Missions

            EJP Earon, J. Thangavelautham,  GMT D'Eleuterio - UTIAS M. Viel, D. Boucher - NORCAT, J. Richard - EVC

                       

 

12:30

Lunch Radisson Admiral - Free to all registered delegates

Technical Session

Chair:  Jim Richard

2:00

Paper 3.1        Percussive And Pneumatic Approaches To Lunar Excavation And

Mining

K. Zacny – Honeybee Robotics, R. Mueller, G. Galloway – NASA KSC, J. Craft, M. Hedlund - Honeybee, G. Mungas – Firestar Engineering, J. Wilson - Honeybee

1Honeybee Robotics Spacecraft Mechanisms Corporation,

 

2:30

Paper 3.2

Improvement of Excavation Efficiency by Ripping

M. Iai, L. Gertsch - Missouri University of Science and Technology

 

3:00

Paper 3.3

Payload Interchangeability for ISRU Activities

R.Theiss, D. Boucher - NORCAT

 

Technical Session

Chair: Marcel Viel

3:30

Coffee Break

4:00

Paper 4.1       

Identifying Key Design Parameters for Robotic Lunar Construction and ISRU

K. Skonieczny - CMU, M. DiGioia – Astrobotic Technology Inc., S. Huber, D. Wettergreen - CMU, W. Whittaker – CMU, Astrobotic Technology Inc.

 

4:30

Paper 4.2       

Requirements Considerations for Excavation Tools for Large Mobility Platforms

D. Linne, C. Gallo - NASA GRCm, A. Joseph -Arctic Slope Research Corp

 

5:00

Paper 4.3

Methods For Subsurface Access On Planetary

Bodies With Emphasis On The Moon And Mars

K. Zacny, G. Paulsen – Honeybee Robotics

 

6:30

Banquet Radisson Admiral

Guest Speaker – James Cunningham

 

Wednesday June 10, 2009
 

8:00

Breakfast Buffet – Radisson Admiral -Free to all registered delegates

Technical Session

Chair: Leanne Sigurdson

9:00

Paper 5.1

Stressed Communication Links: Emulation and Solutions for ISRU

M. Sdao, E. Edwards, E. Caillibot - Xiphos Technologies, Inc.,

 

9:30

Paper 5.2 

Moon4You on MoonOne: providing the tools for in-situ lunar resources assessment.

E. C. Laan, J. Heiligers - TNO Science & Industry, W. van Westrenen – VU University, A. Wielders – Space Horizon, R.D. Richards – Odyssey Moon

 

10:00

Paper 5.3 

Intelligent Measure While Drilling Planetary Substrate Identification System

M.Timusk - Laurentian University, L. Sigurdson - NORCAT, L. Kitchener - L.C. Eng. Consulting

 

10:30

Coffee Break

Technical Session

Chair: Dale Boucher

11:00

Paper 6.1

Progress of the NASA/USGS Lunar Regolith Simulant Project

D.Rickman – NSSTC, NASA MSFC, C. McLemore – NASA MSFC, S. Wilson, D. Stoeser - USGS , C. Schrader – BAE Systems, J. Fikes – NASA MSFC, K. Street –NASA GRC

 

11:30

Paper 6.2  CHENOBI-CHemically ENhanced OB-1

L.Sigurdson -  NORCAT,  J. Richard - EVC 

 

12:00

Paper 6.3 Remote Geology- Advances in data interpretation

J. Hinzer – Watts, Griffis and McOuat

 

12:30

Paper 6.4

TriDAR, a Case Study of the Importance of Strategic Partnerships in Technology Development for Space Programs

A. Deslauriers, C. English - Neptec

1:00

Lunch – Radisson Admiral - Free to all registered delegates

 








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