The University of Arkansas has just submitted to NASA’s Discovery Program a proposal for near-Earth asteroid sample return working in partnership with JPL.  Shown here is the JPL team that designed the Hera mission at a party to celebrate completion of the proposal.  In addition, the science team, which is from all over the world, consists of:

C. Allen (JSC), A. Brearley (UNM), D. Brownlee (U. Washington), B. Clark (Ithaca), G. Cooper (ARC), I. Franchi (Open U.), R. Gawley (UArk), I. Gilmour (Open U.), J. Gilmour (U. Manchester), M. Hicks (JPL), S. Jacobsen (Harvard), C. Lacy (UArk), L. Lebofsky (U. Arizona), I. Lyon (U. Manchester), D. Papanastassiou (JPL), M. Petaev (Harvard), C. Pieters (Brown U.), S. Pizzarello (ASU), L. Roe (UArk), A. Ruzicka (PSU), D. Scheeres (U. Michigan), E. Scott (U. Hawai’i),
D. Sears (UArk), D. Yeomans (JPL).

Photo caption:  Front row, left to right: Tibor Balint, Jim Baughman, Randy Lindemann, Derek Sears, Tom Randolph, Chuck Scott, Sherry A. Stukes, Dimitri A. Papanastassiou
Second row, left to right: Roby S. Wilson, Courtney E. Young, Stacy Weinstein, Helenann Kwong-Fu, Sara MacLellan, Theresa Kowalkowski, Wafa Aldiwan, Grace Tan-Wang, James Chase
Third row, left to right: Guillermo Olarte, Michael Fong

Dr. Alan Mantooth, a member of the space center and a faculty member in the department of electrical engineering, has recently been named to the Twenty-First Century Chair in Mixed-Signal Circuit Design and Computer-Aided Design at the University of Arkansas.  The chair was established to provide leadership in the area of hardware and software design, creating a crossover between electrical engineering, device physics and computer engineering.

Dr. Mantooth also recently won NASA funding for SiGe circuit development.  Mantooth’s company, Lynguent Inc., will design circuits and develop new device models for cryogenic and wide temperature operation such as found on the moon.  Lynguent Inc. is an electronic design automation company  based in Portland, Ore., that focuses on analog and mixed-signal modeling and collaborative design tools.

The space center recently concluded two astronomy workshops for teachers on the UArk campus.  WebScopes in the Classroom was held June 8-10 under the direction of Dr. Claud Lacy, a member of the space center and a faculty member in the Physics department, and Patti Sandberg-Lacy.  The STORI (Summer Triangle: Observing, Research and Inquiry) workshop took place June 12-16 under the direction of Dr. Larry Lebofsky, of the University of Arizona, and Nancy Lebofsky.  We would like to thank all of the teachers that participated this year.

2006 WebScopes in the Classroom participants - From left: Christine Farr (Substitute teacher), Michelle Savell (Ozark Jr. High), David Young (Fayetteville High), Linda Barnes (Oden High), Kaye Clanton (Conway High - West), Henry Childress (Ramay Jr. High), Heather Wright (Darby Jr. High)

The STORI 2006 participants - From left: Christine Farr (Substitute teacher), Rick Hoos (Creek Elem.), Kimberly Yarbrough (Sugar Creek Elem.), Kathy Gietzen (SPAC grad. student), Brendon Chastain (SPAC grad. student), Lorri Daniels (Washington Elem.), Glenita Anderson (Batesville 6th grade), Becky Cooper (Piggott Elem.), Katie Bryson (SPAC grad. student), Sarah Johnson (Devalls Bluff Schools), Jan Paul (Holt Middle School), Shauna Sanders (Dover Middle School), Larry Lebofsky (Program facilitator), Heather Wright (Darby Jr. High), Sarah Williams (Ozark Upper Elem.), Susan Abram (Woodland Jr. High), Daphne Richmond (Mountainburg Middle School), Edward Scott (Carver Magnet School), Bobbi Cummings (Wilson Intermediate School), Henry Childress (Ramay Jr. High)   *not pictured - Stephanie Miles (Randall Lynch Middle School)

Seminars will be held at 3 pm in the Keck Lab (room 109) of the Old Museum Building.

Week 6 - June 30
Review presentations (poster) by REU students
full day; Keck Lab, MUSE 109

Week 7 - July 5
Mars exploration I (geomorphology)
John Dixon

Week 8 - July 11
Mars exploration II (water and life)
Vincent Chevrier, Travis Altheide

Week 9 - July 18
Making an effective oral presentation
Rick Ulrich

Week 10 - July 27
Final presentations (oral) by REU students
full day; Keck Lab; MUSE 109