Friday, February 18, 2022
Register here for Friday's talks and events, including Zoom and in-person presentations,
the reception and viewing of Design That! entries, and the special screening of Woman in Motion.
(For Saturday's talk and events, register here)
Schedule for Friday
8:30am EST Michelle Francl, Professor of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr University (Zoom)
Title: To boldly go where no woman has gone before
9:30am EST Catherine L. Newell, Associate Professor of Religion and Science, University of Miami (Zoom)
Title: To Believe Without Having Seen: Chesley Bonestell, Willy Ley, and the Invention of Outer Space
10:30am EST Yvette Gonzalez, Bioastronautics Researcher, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (Zoom)
Title: Bold Era: A New Path to Becoming an Astronaut
11:30am EST Jonathan H. Ward, Author and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (Zoom)
Title: Telling an Iconic Woman Astronaut’s Story: A Man’s Perspective
12:30pm EST Break for Lunch
1pm EST Louise Prockter, Planetary Scientist, APL (Zoom)
Title: Hot, Cold, and In Between: Robotic Ramblings Across the Solar System
2pm EST - Czarina Salido, Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Time In Cosmology and the Program Director of Taking Up Space (Zoom)
Title: Let's Take Up Space
3pm EST - Megan Prelinger, Cofounder and Director of the Prelinger Library (Zoom)
Title: Researching the Early NASA Era, Perspectives from an Independent Research Library
4:30pm EST - Workshop Event: Heidi Jiao, Professor of Electrical Engineering (in-person at Loosemore Auditorium)
Title: Solar Arrays and Spacecrafts
5:30 pm EST – Reception and Viewing of Design That! Design Challenge Entries (in-person in lobby of Loosemore Auditorium)
6:30pm EST – Colonel Eileen Collins (in-person at Loosemore Auditorium, also via Zoom)
Title: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars
8:00pm EST - Special Movie Event (in the Meijer Auditorium at the Grand Rapids Public Museum)
Title: Woman in Motion