2023
Pacific Northwest Aerospace Expo
Space is Interdisciplinary!
Join us In-Person and Virtually
10:00am - 4:00pm on Saturday October 21st, 2023
PSU Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Building (1930 SW 4th Ave), Room 102
Livestream link: https://youtu.be/Y9OqH5lsexU
Bringing together the PNW Aerospace community
The Portland State Aerospace Society invites you to join us from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday, October 21st, as we host local and national aerospace experts and lecturers to discuss the latest topics in aerospace.
Registration is free, with a suggested donation.
Keynote Speaker
Angela Stickle
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Talk: Defending Planet Earth: DART, the First Planetary Defense Test Mission
Dr. Angela Stickle is a planetary geologist with a background in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, magnetospheric physics, and impact processes on planetary surfaces. She specializes in hypervelocity impact processes and dynamic failure of materials. Dr Stickle is currently a senior research scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She is the Deputy Principal-Investigator for the Mini-RF radar, a Co-I for the LRO-LAMP instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, the impact modeling working group lead for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, and a Co-I on the Dragonfly mission. Her research includes analyzing young impact craters on the Moon to better understand ejecta emplacement processes, impact modeling on asteroids and rocky/icy bodies, planetary defense testing, and working to understand and evaluate available technology for future lunar surface missions. Asteroid 36986 Stickle is named in her honor.
Speakers
Todd Jackson, Jr
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center
Picture Me Rollin’: My Journey Through the Aerospace Industry
Todd Jackson, Jr. is an engineer with the National Aeronautics and Space Agency in Los Angeles County, CA where he serves as a deputy project manager. He graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Arizona in 2008. Upon graduation, he started his professional career at Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix His responsibilities included management of system requirements, program budget, engine test requirements, test execution, analysis, and platform coordination. Todd’s final role at Honeywell was as a project engineer for helicopter engines. He led redesign efforts for engine components for domestic and international customers. In 2012, Todd transitioned from the private sector to government service. His interdisciplinary background helped him complete a redesign effort of the F-35’s aerial refueling probe. In 2015, a major career goal was realized when he accepted a position as a F/A-18 Mission Systems Flight Test Engineer. Todd joined the FAA in 2016. He was responsible for the certification and continued operational safety of propulsion systems. Todd accepted a position with the United States Air Force at Edwards AFB in California in 2019. During the summer of 2020, Mr. Jackson accepted a position with the Dryden Aeronautical Test Range at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. Currently, he is a deputy project manager for the SkyRange program. In his spare time, Todd enjoys playing tennis, reading, and volunteering.
Andrew Greenberg
Update on the OreSat Project
Andrew Greenberg is senior faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University, and is the faculty advisor for the Portland State Aerospace Society, an interdisciplinary student aerospace project.
Grab lunch and join Andrew to hear the latest on the OreSat project, an open source and modular CubeSat system designed at PSU. He'll discuss OreSat0, Oregon's first satellite, the OreSat bus in general, and the upcoming NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) mission.
Schedule of Events
All times are in Pacific Standard Time
10:00 - 10:15: Opening Remarks from TBD
10:15 - 11:15:
Defending Planet Earth: DART, the First Planetary Defense Test Mission
Angela Stickle, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
11:15 - 12:15:
Title TBD
Speaker TBD
12:15 - 1:00:
Lunch and tour!
Grab lunch at the PSU food carts and join us for a tour of the PSAS rocket room, in Engineering Building 91.
1:00 - 1:50
Picture Me Rollin’: My Journey Through the Aerospace Industry
Todd Jackson, Jr, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center
2:00 - 2:50
Title TBD
Speaker TBD
3:00 - 3:50
Title TBD
Speaker TBD
3:50 - 4:00: Closing Remarks