PSI 2009 Annual Retreat Program

PSI West Wing office at 1650 E. Fort Lowell, Suite 201
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sandwiches, wine, beer
Visit with old friends and make new ones!

9:00-10:00 Introductions, Institute Review (Sykes, Owens, Barnett, Kemnitz, Yoder, and more...)

10:00-11:00 [Open]

11:00-11:15 Robert Reedy - Cosmic Rays: Scientific Tools/Space Hazards

11:15-11:30 Nick Tosca - Extracting paleo-environmental constraints from clay-bearing assemblages on Mars

11:15-Noon Baldridge - Terrestrial Analogs for Geochemical Variability

Noon-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:30 Mercury Discussion (Domingue Lorin, Feldman, Gaskell all) - three MESSENGER team members tell us the latest and we chew on the range of science that might be undertaken (anything applicable from Mars, Moon and other solar system bodies?)

2:30-3:30 EPO (TBD, all) - Opportunities are evolving and expanding.

3:30-4:00 [Open]

4:00-5:00 Dawn Discussion (Sykes, Prettyman, Feldman, Tricarico & all) - What do we expect, in particular, at Vesta - Dawn's first target? The latest from the Dawn mission from three science team members and a Dawn Collaborator. Discuss opportunities for the upcoming Dawn Participating Scientist program.

Banquet (Janos) - 6 PM Cash Bar. 6:30 Dinner.

9:00-9:15 Admin items

9:15-9:45 Group Photo

9:45-10:00 Joe Michalski - Infrared Analyses of Phyllosilicate and Sulfate Deposits on Mars: Recent Results

10:00-10:15 Deborah Domingue Lorin - Photometry? Why bother?

10:15-10:30 Mark Bishop - SpILS: Spatial Indices for Investigating Landscape Systems

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-Noon Moon Discussion (Mest, Reedy all) - Recent results from LRO, M3, and Selene.

Noon-1:30 Lunch

1:30-1:45 Cyrena Goodrich - Meteorite Petrology from Chondrites to Mars

1:45-2:00 Ed Tedesco - The Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite: NEO Science on a Shoestring

2:00-2:15 Karly Pitman - Advances in Producing Optical Constants for Planetary Scientists

2:15-3:15 Mars Discussion (Crown, Bourke, Pathare, Feldman, all)

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-4:30 Dynamics Discussion (O'Brien, Kortenkamp, Weidenschilling, Tricarico & all)

4:30-5:00 Meeting Wrapup

  • Research Scientist Application - Ross Irwin
  • Future directions

5:00 End