June will also feature a presentation from Dr. Jayfus Doswell, a professor who organized the first HBCU team to compete in the DARPA Grand Challenges. Dr. Doswell, who is the CEO of Juxtopia LLC, mentored engineering students from Morgan State University Baltimore, Maryland to build an Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV) to compete in this contest during 2007.
Minority undergraduate students and faculty are encouraged to attend these free online sessions by visiting NASAMICIconference.com . Those that attend will have the opportunity to ask live questions, download informational materials, and network with fellow students. A schedule of this month’s presentations is as follows:
June 2010 – Upcoming Presentations
- June 1, 2010 – 3:00pm EDT – Ben Shelef – Centennial Challenges Contest Organizer – The Space Elevator
- June 9, 2010 – 3:00pm EDT – Dr. Jayfus Doswell – Founder of Juxtopia, which sponsored an African American team composed of students from several different HBCUs to compete in the DARPA Grand Challenges Program.
- June, 14 – 3:00pm EDT – Antonio J. Soares – Electric Engineering Technology – Robotics and the Space Elevator
- June, 21 – 3:00pm EDT – Antonio J. Soares – Electric Engineering Technology – Photovoltaics and the Space Elevator
- June, 28 – 3:00pm EDT – Antonio J. Soares – Electric Engineering Technology – Lasers and the Space Elevator
