SPACE RADIATION WORKSHOPRadiation Characterization from Sun to Earth, Moon, Mars and Beyond1st Indo-US Collaborative MeetingHeld Virtually from January 24-28, 2022
Space Radiation Workshop 2022 Agenda
(Theme: Earth Day)
Welcome Address
To Boldly Go
John Allen, NASA HQ, USA
Cosmic Thunderstorms and the Threat They Pose
Ronald Turner, NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts, USA
Space Weather Studies by the GRAPES-3 Muon Telescope
Prof. Sunil Gupta, EX-Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Space Radiation and Solar Energetic Particles
Dr. Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Space Radiation and Plasma Effects on Satellites and Aviation
Dr. Yihua Zheng, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Participants Introduction
Workshop: Introduction to AI & ML Tools & Hands-On Session on AI/ML
Anirudh Koul, Frontier Development Lab, USA Subhamoy Chatterjee, SWRI, USA
Sources of Cosmic Rays
Dr. Prasad Subramanian, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
Solar Cycle 25 Update
Dr. Lisa Upton, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
An Overview of Galactic Cosmic Rays: Physics, Biology, and Risks
Dr. Tony Slaba, NASA Langley Research Center, USA
(Theme: Air and Spaceflight Day)
Technology and Our Star: A Cosmic Forecast
Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA HQ, USA
Aerospace Radiation Monitoring from the Surface to LEO
Dr. Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies, USA
Crew Exposure to Cosmic Radiation
Group Captain Pradeep Nigam (Retd) , Laminaar Aviation, India
The Moon to Mars (M2M) Space Weather Analysis Office
Dr. Yaireska Collado-Vega, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Sensitive Study of Cosmic Ray Flux Variation with Space Weather and Geo-Magnetic Disturbances
Ms. Arfa Mubashir, Georgia State University, USA
Effect of South Atlantic Anomaly on Radiation Belt Particles
Mr. Pankaj Soni, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India
The Earth's Radiation Belts: Observations, Modeling, and Forecasting
Mr. Pankaj Soni, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India
Measuring Radiation Environment at GEO and Geotail
Mr. P.T. Srikar, ISRO U.R. Rao Satellite Center, India
Exploring Radiation Data Portal
Dr. Viacheslav M Sadykov, Georgia State University, USA Dr. Irina Kitiashvili, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Exploring Radiation Data Portal
Dr. Viacheslav M Sadykov, Georgia State University, USA Dr. Irina Kitiashvili, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Gaganyaan - The Indian Human Space Flight Programme
Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair, ISRO Human Space Flight Centre, India
Space Radiation and Human Space Exploration
Dr. Edward Semones, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
Common Q & A Session
(Theme: Exploration Day)
ISRO Exploration Mission
Dr. Dipankar, India Mr. A.S. Kiran Kumar, Ex-Chairman ISRO, India
(Theme: Space Radiation and Biology Day)
Space Radiation and Biology
Dr. Sharmila Bhattacharya, NASA HQ, USA
Origins of life: An Experimental Perspective
Dr. Sudha Rajamani, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
Stratospheric Microbiology and Insights for Mars Exploration
Dr. David Smith, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Astrobiology Balloon Experiment II
Dr. Yogesh Shouche, National Center for Cell Science, India
Radiation Impact on Human Performance on ISS (Space Radiation and Human Health, Including Mark and Scott Kelly's Experiment)
Dr. Janapriya Saha, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
Enabling the Scalable Use of In-Space Data to Model the Risk of Radiation and Other Spaceflight Environmental Factors
Mr. Graham Mackintosh, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, USA
Space Radiation Impact on Human Space Flight to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
Dr. Lauren Sanders, Blue Marble Space Institute, USA
Science with Low-cost Balloons at Indian Centre for Space Physics
Dr. Sandip Chakrabarti, Indian Centre for Space Physics, India
Test, Evaluation and Data storage of the Payloads in ICSP balloon program
Mr. Debashis Bhowmick, Indian Center of Space Physics, India
Low Altitude Ballooning: Meteorology, Dynamics and Ozone
Dr. Manish Naja, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, India
Building Mobile Phone-Based Space Radiation Sensors and Flying Them on Suborbital Flights
Mr. Dennis Wingo, Skycorp Inc, USA
US-India Space Exploration Dialogue
Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, Physical Research Laboratory, India Dr. Dibyendu Nandi, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India Dr. Tirtha Pratim Das, ISRO HQ, India Dr. Nandita Srivastava, Physical Research Laboratory, India Dr. Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA Dr. David Sibeck, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA Dr. S. Seetha, Raman Research Institute, India (Moderator) Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta, NASA HQ/GSFC USA (Moderator)
(Theme: Space Situational Awareness and Opportunities Day)
Space Situational Awareness
Dr. Anil Kumar, ISRO, India
Space Situational Awareness - A Perspective from NASA Science
Dr. Jesse Woodroffe, NASA HQ, USA
A Collaborative Space Traffic Management Ecosystem
Dr. David Murakami, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
Case for Space—Opportunities for New Space Industry and Start Ups
Mr. Sunil Nagaraj, Ubiquity Venture Capital, USA
Top Ten Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs (and the Solutions)
Mr. Mohanjit Jolly, Iron Pillar, USA
Overview of IUSSTF Opportunities
Dr. Nandini Kannan, Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, India-US
The Frontier Development Lab (FDL) Applied AI/ML for Space and Earth Science
Mr. Bill Diamond, The SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA - USA
The Sun and ML
Mr. James Parr, Trillium Technologies, US
A Conversation with an Astronaut/Scientist and Human Solar Cosmic Ray Detector
John Grunsfeld, Astronaut, Former Associate Administrator NASA Science Mission Directorate, USA
Parker Solar Probe: Ushering a New Frontier in Space Exploration
Dr. Nour E. Raouafi, The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Looking Back at the Event
Mr. Hemil Modi, NASA Ames/STC Dr. Dipankar Banerjee, ARIES Dr. Prasad Subramanian, IISER Pune