The conference will cover the following topics related to humans living and working in hostile environments with applications inside or outside of terrestrial or outer space habitats or vehicles: aerospace human factors; environmental control and life support system technology; environmental monitoring and controls; planetary protection; EVA system technology; life sciences; planetary habitats and systems; and thermal control systems technology for both manned and unmanned vehicles.
The conference is open to participants from any nation, including academic, government, and industry organizations. Individuals who wish to present a paper need not be affiliated with any of the sponsoring societies. Papers proposed will be evaluated solely on the basis of their suitability for inclusion in the program. Please note that only written papers will be accepted except for sessions indicated as panels.
There will be four days of technical presentations, with approximately 50 sessions. Authors who wish to contribute a paper must submit a 300-word abstract to SAE by November 14, 2008. Papers should present technical developments and progress in any of the fields of environmental systems listed below and should make a new and original contribution to the state of the art or be a constructive review of the technical field.
| Session Code |
Title |
Organizer(s) |
ICES100
SAE/ INT
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Thermal and Environmental Control of Crewed Lunar Exploration Vehicles
This session covers passive and active thermal control, thermal protection and environmental control topics for vehicles used to transport crew and cargo to/from the moon, with emphasis on the Altair Lunar Lander and crew transit vehicle systems. Papers on other related systems within the Constellation and international programs are welcome. Potential topics cover discussion of thermal and environmental control requirements, design, analysis, verification and testing, and technology development.
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Tom Leimkuehler
Burkhard Behrens
Joe Chambliss
Jose Roman
Gualtiero Brambati
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ICES101
SAE/INT |
Thermal Control of Launch Vehicles
This session focuses on development of passive and active thermal control subsystems and practices for launch vehicles and support systems. Launch vehicles of interest include existing and future NASA developed vehicles like the Space Shuttle and Aries I and V as well as international launch systems or commercial space transportation systems.
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Jon Holladay
Jose Roman
Burkhard Behrens |
ICES102
SAE |
Spacecraft and Instrument Thermal Design, Testing and Technology
This session presents thermal design, testing, and on-orbit performance of near earth and interplanetary, unmanned/robotic spacecraft, instruments and payloads, and the application of key new technologies.
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Wes Ousley
Dave Wasson
Glenn Tsuyuki |
ICES103M
SAE |
Space Structures for Exploration
This session will address the efficient use of in-situ resources as well as the application of reduced mass stowable/deployable structures to space and planetary exploration. Environmental robustness, effective storage, and the use/transformation of native resources will be considered as integral parts of these technologies that range from materials and components to full scale structures.
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Richard Helms
Paul McElroy
Keith Splawn |
ICES104
SAE |
Thermal Control for Planetary Surface Missions and Systems
This session focuses on passive and active thermal control for planetary surface missions and systems such as Mars rovers, comet rendezvous systems, surface mapping and science instruments and systems, in-situ resource mapping and processing.
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Gaj Birur
Ad Delil
Paul McElroy |
ICES106
SAE/INT |
Thermal and Environmental Control for Lunar Base and Surface Systems
This session focuses on passive and active thermal control for crewed lunar base and related systems such as rovers, EVA systems, and surface utilities (power systems and communications etc.), as well as remote science equipment. Other potential topic ideas could include considerations in transitioning from lunar exploration to lunar habitation, lunar base heat rejection, impacts of dust on thermal control, impacts of long duration shadows, thermal environment characterization, and development and implementation of advanced technologies specific to extended surface operations.
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Gaj Birur
Paul McElroy
Ryan Stephan
Tom Leimkuehler
Ad Delil
John Sharp |
ICES107
SAE/INT |
Space Station and Manned Orbiting Infrastructures Thermal Control
This session addresses thermal control design and operation on board the current Space Station and any future long term, manned (or man-tended) orbiting infrastructure (habitats, platforms, laboratories and small scale prototypes), either institutional or commercial. Habitats based on innovative technologies, e.g. inflatable systems, are also addressed with their associated thermal design peculiarities. Topics range from system and component issues with the Space Station thermal control systems to thermal aspects of payloads and experiments that utilize the station as a science platform or as a test bed for future exploration applications, including advanced thermal control solutions and/or techniques.
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Zoltan Szigetvari
Jon Holladay
Tom Leimkuehler
Gualtiero Brambati
Gary Adamson
Dale Winton |
ICES108
SAE/INT |
Thermal and Environmental Control Engineering Analysis and Software
This session addresses thermal and environmental control engineering analysis including associated analysis methods, algorithms, modeling, software tools, integration with other engineering disciplines and data exchange.
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Olivier Pin
William Ducas
Nick Teti
Julian Thomas |
ICES109
SAE/INT |
Advances in Thermal Control Technology
This session addresses novel or advanced technologies and development activities pertaining to heat acquisition, transport, rejection and storage, as well as cryogenic cooling and thermal protection systems not specific to any existing or future scientific instruments, spacecraft, or planetary systems. Some examples include advanced insulation, "smart" optical coatings, nano-particle based heat transfer enhancements and multi-functional thermal materials.
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Burkhard Behrens
Jeff Farmer
Ryan Stephan Heiko Ritter
Albert Juhasz |
ICES110
SAE |
Commercial Spacecraft Thermal and Environmental Control
This session focuses on the thermal and environmental control aspects of commercial venture, crewed or robotic spacecraft and systems.
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Bill Ducas
Nick Teti |
ICES111
SAE |
Thermal Standards and Design/Development Practices
This session focuses on current and future efforts and needs for development of spacecraft thermal control standards and reference documents dealing with such areas as design, analysis, testing, equipment, specifications and processes. These standards might be dedicated to a specific company or applicable to entire program like constellations or agencies like NASA.
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Glen Tsuyuki
Eric Grob |
ICES112
SAE/INT |
On-orbit Operations and Logistics of Thermal and Environmental Control Subsystems
The session focuses on the operations and logistics aspects of thermal and environmental control subsystems for on-orbit spacecraft.
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Zoltan Szigetvari
Wes Ousley |
ICES200
INT |
Physico-Chemical Processes: Air and Water
This session covers technology studies, design, development, manufacturing, integration, testing and operations experience in the areas of water regeneration and treatment, air renewal and cleaning, human waste recycling, energy storage and transformation and In-Situ Resource Utilization, which apply physico-chemical processes. |
Willigert Raatschen
Leonid Bobe
Cesare Lobascio |
ICES201
INT |
Two-Phase Thermal Control Technology
This session presents the latest developments & innovations of two-phase heat transport systems, modeling techniques & on-orbit performances for space applications. It covers all variants of heat pipe technologies, capillary pumped loops and loop heat pipes. |
Darius Nikanpour
Konstantin Goncharov
Reinhard Schlitt
Ad Delil |
ICES202
INT |
Satellite, Payload and Instrument Thermal Control
The session covers the development and design of thermal control systems for Satellites, Payloads, and Instruments. |
Nico Pennings
Marco Molina
Patrick Hugonnot
Hiroyuki Ogawa |
ICES203
INT |
Thermal Testing
The thermal testing session focuses on all aspects of thermal tests, test methods, test correlation and test facilities. Tests for all kinds of spacecraft, instruments, equipments and materials are of interest. Special attention is given to sharing lessons learned from thermal test and test analysis and correlation activities, and also to innovative test methods, set-ups, and approaches to testing and verification of the hardware and of the analysis. |
Markus Huchler
Andrew Robson |
ICES204
INT/AIAA |
Bioregenerative Life Support
This session focuses on the design and development of ground-based facilities and experiments, and flight hardware designs and experiments associated with integrated systems which incorporate biological, physical and chemical processors. |
Mark Kliss
Yas Takashima
Yasuhiro Tako
Cesare Lobascio |
ICES205
INT/AICHE |
Advanced Life Support Sensor and Control Technology
This session includes papers describing approaches to monitoring water and air in enclosed habitats, thermal control of habitats, chemical sensors and sensing devices for detection of chemical constituents in water and air, and on systems and system concepts for environmental monitoring and control. |
Abhijit Shevade
Timo Stuffler
Darrell L. Jan
Margaret Amy Ryan
Gijsbert Tan |
ICES206
INT |
Panel: Thermal Testing
The Thermal Testing Panel shall provide a forum for the open discussion and exchange of test methods, test correlation and test facilities. Lessons learned from thermal test and test related activities shall be discussed. |
Markus Huchler
Andrew Robson |
ICES300
AICHE |
ECLSS Modeling and Test Correlations
ECLSS (Environmental Control & Life Support Systems) Modeling and Test Correlations session reports on applications of and advances in modeling physico-chemical and bio-chemical life support processes as well as in numerical modeling of atmospheric pressure, cabin ventilation, and composition distributions in closed habitats and spacecrafts, such as the Lunar habitat, the International Space Station, the Space Shuttle Orbiter, and the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). |
Chang H. Son
Brian Dunaway |
ICES301
AICHE |
Advanced Life Support Systems Control
The Advanced Life Support Systems Control session reports on advanced life support system control topics such as: controller technology; control theory and application; autonomous control; integrated system control; control software; and modeling, simulation and emulation for control development. |
David Kortenkamp |
ICES302
AICHE |
Physico-Chemical Life Support Process Development
This session will address research issues and development of physico-chemical technology for the Air Revitalization System (ARS), Water Recovery System (WRS), Waste Management System (WMS) and integration of these systems for Space Vehicles and Planetary Habitats. Reports on performance of technologies for processing air, water and solid wastes will be included. Crosscutting technologies demonstrating the integration of the systems together with reduction of mission costs are also encouraged. Reports on performance of hardware in microgravity conditions are also presented. |
John Fisher
K. Wignarajah
Mike Flynn
John Hogan |
ICES303
AICHE |
Planetary Protection and Astrobiology
The session will address advances in technology development designed to enable more effective implementation of Planetary Protection requirements by outbound and sample return interplanetary missions; and efforts relating to the development of Astrobiology small payloads for space flights of opportunity. |
Perry Stabekis
Tim Nalette |
ICES304
AICHE/AIAA |
Innovative Partnerships -- Accelerating Technology Development for Space Missions and Industrial Applications
This session highlights the successful commercialization of technologies that have been licensed from NASA, as well as technologies currently going through the commercialization process. Papers will discuss customized approaches used by one company and assistance organizations to transition the technology to a commercial product. In addition, a service model will be discussed to develop a needed industrial infrastructure to support NASA's future efforts. |
Kristen Riley
Dan Winfield
David Mazyck |
ICES305
AICHE |
In Situ Resource Utilization
This ISRU session deals with developing technologies required for sustaining life utilizing in-situ resources which are appropriate for lunar and Martian environments. |
Tim Nalette |
ICES306
AICHE/AIAA/SAE |
CEV ECLSS and Thermal Control
This session addresses Crew Exploration Vehicle current configuration and status. |
Grant Anderson
John Lewis
Barry Finger
Leslie Rogers |
ICES307
AICHE/AIAA |
Education Outreach
The Education and Outreach session features papers that link human activities in space with human activities on earth. The session provides educators the opportunity to share experiences and present the most recent methodologies for linking students and the general public to human exploration of space. |
Jean Hunter
Dean Muirhead |
ICES400
ASME |
Extravehicular Activity: Space Suits
This session covers topics related to space suit pressure garments. It includes advanced development work, as well as on-going efforts towards the Constellation Program flight program space suit design. |
Amy Ross
Lindsay Aitchison |
ICES401
ASME/AIAA |
Extravehicular Activity: Systems
This session includes topics describing aspects of EVA systems, technologies, and studies that envision the space suit as a system. Concepts and testing of advanced space suit systems are also included. |
Robert Trevino
David Klaus |
ICES402
ASME |
Extravehicular Activity: PLSS and Support Equipment
This session will include papers describing design studies and new technology development or significant experience and lessons learned with existing systems in the area of portable life support systems and associated support hardware. Papers dealing with emerging technology and concepts for use in and from Orion or other Constellation Systems are of particular interest. |
Ed Hodgson |
ICES403
ASME |
Extravehicular Activity: Operations
This session addresses EVA operational activities associated with the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station (ISS), and other future human spacecraft. Lessons learned on the logistics, maintenance, and conduct of EVA operations that may apply to the future of EVA are also of interest. |
Bill Higgins |
ICES404
ASME |
International Space Station ECLS: Systems
This session addresses ECLS Systems issues and lessons learned from the International Space Station. |
Richard Reysa
David Williams |
ICES405
ASME |
International Space Station ECLS: Air and Water Systems
Session addresses ECLS Water and Air Subsystem issues and lessons learned from the International Space Station. |
Richard Reysa
David Williams |
ICES406
ASME |
Human/Robotics System Integration
This session addresses the design and development of robotics for Space Exploration and how these robotic systems will work together with humans. |
Loel Goldblatt
Dan King |
ICES407
ASME/AICHE |
Spacecraft Water/Air Quality: Maintenance and Monitoring
This session includes papers on the results of ground-based chemical water quality analyses of ISS potable water samples and on recent developments in spacecraft water quality monitoring technology. |
John Schultz
Darrell Jan |
ICES408
ASME |
Regenerable Life Support Processes and Systems
This session covers development of Regenerable Life Support Processes and Systems for Spacecraft. |
Loel Goldblatt
Fred Smith |
ICES409
ASME |
International Space Station ECLS: Visiting Vehicles
This session addresses ECLS topics for vehicles that dock to the International Space Station for limited amount of time. |
David Williams
Richard Reysa |
ICES500
AIAA |
Food Processing
This session focuses on the challenges involved in the development of a food systems for future exploration missions. |
Adelia Bovell-Benjamin
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ICES501
AIAA |
Life Science/Life Support Research Technologies
This session emphasizes research technologies to support astrobiology, habitation and life support system design. Life sciences related hardware developments, experiment designs, and flight experiment results for manned spaceflight, un-manned systems such as freeflying platforms and planetary spacecraft, and terrestrial analogs will be presented. |
Bob Morrow
Alexander Hoehn
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ICES502
AIAA |
Life Support Systems Engineering and Analysis
This session addresses life support for future missions, and in particular technology options and optimizing the selection, development, and integration of technologies into complete systems. |
Harry Jones
Julie Levri
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ICES503
AIAA |
Space Architecture
As more nations and private enterprises prepare to send more people into space, the "right stuff" astronaut paradigm for space travelers is quickly becoming a relic of history. Space travel cannot remain a heroic test of human endurance. The architectural principles that provide for comfortable lodging, productive work, and enjoyment of life on Earth must be brought to bear in the design of facilities beyond Earth, in full recognition of the technical challenges presented by the environment. |
Theodore W. Hall
David Nixon
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ICES504
AIAA |
Radiation Issues for Space Flight
This session addresses major issues in space radiation and analysis, tools, and research that are being developed and applied to support the Space Exploration initiative to ensure astronaut radiation protection and safety. |
Bill Atwell
Lawrence Townsend
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ICES505
AIAA |
Management of Air Quality in Sealed Environments
The session enables experts that manage submarine, spacecraft, and airliner air quality to share new research findings on the control of air pollutants in these sealed or semi-sealed environments to include air quality standards, hazards associated with specific compounds, and monitoring of those compounds to protect the health of crew and passengers. |
John James
Thomas Limero
Hillary Bollan
Chris Clarke
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ICES506
AIAA |
Human Factors and Human/Robotics System Integration for CEV and Beyond
This session addresses Human Factors and Crew Systems requirements, issues, and current results for Orion - the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV). Topics can include, but are not limited to, crew performance; habitable volume; anthropometric requirements and issues; operations issues; cabin layout; stowage; seating and restraint approaches; survival, medical, and hygiene equipment; food, water, and trash management; sleep accommodations; etc. |
Leslie Rogers
Loel Goldblatt
Dan King
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ICES507
AIAA |
Microbial Factors Applied to Design
This session focuses on the dynamic effects of microorganisms on materials and systems in order to minimize hardware performance issues. |
Monsi Roman
Rebekah Bruce
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ICES509
AIAA |
Lunar Life Support
This session focuses on innovative life support technologies for the proposed Lunar base. The session will highlight the technical challenges and assets available on the Lunar surface. |
Dan Barta
Andrew Jackson
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ICES510
AIAA |
Human Factors for Space Missions: Ground and Flight Operations
This session presents Human Factors topics applicable to space missions with special emphasis on ground assembly, deployment, logistics, maintenance, and operations for both Earth-bound preflight as well as extra-terrestrial planetary missions. Topics may include (but are not limited to) procedures, tools, human-automation interaction, remote operation, team performance, design assessment techniques, translating test results into design, temporary structures for preflight ground assembly, training. The session will include papers reporting research as well as descriptions of design, methods, tools, and lessons learned or past successes. |
Jennifer Blume
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ICES511
AIAA |
Mars and Beyond
The session is dedicated to general matters concerning Mars: the environment and surroundings encountered on the planet, vehicles and vehicles behavior, problems and solutions found to sustain this particular environment, and various mars related technologies. |
Marie-Christine Desjean
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ICES512
AIAA |
Transitions for Private and Commercial Space Flight
Commercial/private developers and operators of parabolic aircraft, spaceships, spaceports, orbital spaceflight facilities, and extra-terrestrial surface habitats are working all over the world to make the commercial human spaceflight experience a reality. They strive for the highest level of safety for the public, customers and employees. They are opening the space and microgravity frontier for all of us. While some are focused on brief suborbital flights from single spaceports or between spaceports, others are undertaking the challenge to develop orbital, Lunar, or Mars technologies. This session describes many of the issues they face and the advances they are making in the areas of human factors, life support systems, thermal control, aerospace architecture, radiation protection, FAA certification for public/crewmember safety, biodynamics, space suits, and crew-machine interfaces. |
Juniper Jairala
Carl Lawrence
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ICES513
AIAA |
Fire Safety in Spacecraft and Enclosed Habitats
This session covers all aspects of fire safety in closed environments including prevention, detection and suppression. Relevant subjects include material controls for fire prevention; fire suppression; fire detection; fire signatures and toxicity; post-fire cleanup; risk assessment; material selection; fire related combustion research; lessons learned and design status of current systems; and life support and control system designs to enable fire detection and suppression. Applicable environments include: EVA suits; past, present, and future space transportation vehicles; different gravitational levels; extraterrestrial habitats; aircraft; ships; and submarines. |
David Urban
James Russell
Gary Ruff
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ICES514
AIAA |
Lunar and Martian Dust Properties and Mitigation Technologies
This session will focus on the properties and mitigation technologies for lunar and Martian dust. The effects of dust will pose significant challenges to space operations for crewed and robotic missions. Papers are solicited on mitigation strategies for life support systems and dust encountered in planetary surface environments. Mitigation strategies may involve cleaning and repelling approaches for the protection and nominal performance of susceptible hardware, and the capture and filtration of airborne lunar dust that may enter the pressurized volumes of spacecrafts and habitats. Measurements of lunar and/or Martian dust properties that provide engineering data for the development of mitigation technologies are also of interest. This session will bring together government, industrial and academic participants in the space research and technology development community to present their ideas and concepts on this focused topic. |
Juan Agui
Mark Hyatt
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ICES515
ASME/AIAA |
History Panel: Space Suits
This panel will discuss the history and development of the space suit. |
Jim McBarron
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ICES600 |
Other
If you are not sure of the best placement for our abstract, please submit to ICES600. |
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