Photo Credits: Jeff LaCombe, Eric Wang and L Fenstermaker
NEVADA NASA EPSCoR
AND
SPACE GRANT
CONSORTIUM
Alexis Park Hotel
375 E Harmon Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
(Between La Mar Cir and Paradise Rd)
(702) 796-3301
Primary Goals of the Meeting

Introduce attendees to current Nevada NASA EPSCoR and Space Grant Consortium
funded projects.

Discuss Nevada's future plan for NASA EPSCoR and Space Grant programs which will
meet faculty/student interests and NSHE NV and NASA science priorities.

Provide information on writing competitive NASA proposals and network to form
collaborative teams for future proposals.
Meeting Summary:
The afternoon of Thursday, April 30 will be devoted to faculty and student presentations,
providing an overview of recently funded faculty projects and a student poster session/
networking mixer.
The focus for Friday, May 1 will be the future of Nevada NASA EPSCoR and Space
Grant Consortium programs. Featured plenary presentation will be special guest Dr.
Denise Thorsen, director of the Alaska NASA EPSCoR and Space Grant Consortium.
There will be breakout sessions in the morning to discuss strategies for increased
effectiveness.
For faculty, there will be an afternoon workshop by Roger Kreidberg and Dr. Hans
Moosmuller on proposal preparation with specifics on competitive proposals to NASA. In
addition, breakout sessions will provide an opportunity for development of collaborations
and ideas about the future of Nevada NASA EPSCoR and Space Grant programs in
Nevada.
For students, there will be two afternoon workshops: Proposal/ Scholarship Research
and Writing with Carol Brodie and Resume Basics and Interviewing Tips with Erica
O’Toole.
Day One
April 30, 2015 – Thursday
Room
10:00am
Registration Opens
Foyer
12:00pm
Buffet Lunch and Networking
Apollo 1-4
12:40 pm
Meeting Welcome - Lynn Fenstermaker
Apollo 1-4
1:00 pm
On the correlation of rare events: How long does a 15 year drought last?
- George Rhee (UNLV)
Apollo 1-4
1:20pm
Abundant Phosphate Mobility in Potentially Habitable Early
Environments on Mars - Libby Hausrath (UNLV)
Apollo 1-4
1:40pm
Ab initio study of Interstellar molecular complexes –
Eunja Kim (UNLV)
Apollo 1-4
2:00pm
Horizon Line Detection: Edge-less and Edge-based Methods Touqeer Ahmad (UNR)
Apollo 1-4
2:20pm
Coffee/ Refreshment Break
Foyer
2:30pm
UNR – CLCNN Education and Training Partnership Activities Wendy Calvin (UNR)
Apollo 1-4
2:50pm
Building Capacity in Interdisciplinary Snow Sciences for a Changing World
- Daniel Obrist (DRI)
Apollo 1-4
3:10pm
Results Low-cost STEAM kit development and deployments, 2012-2015
- Dave James (UNLV)
Apollo 1-4
3:35pm
Coffee/ Refreshment Break
Foyer
3:50pm
Mojave as a Mars Analogue - Henry Sun (DRI)
Apollo 1-4
4:10pm
Wireless Power Transmission & Health-Monitoring in Space
- Shahram Latifi (UNLV)
Apollo 1-4
4:30pm
Advanced Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Sensors for
Aerospace Robotic Applications - Kwang Kim (UNLV)
Apollo 1-4
4:50pm
Closing Remarks - Lynn Fenstermaker
Apollo 1-4
Student Poster Presentations & Networking Mixer
(Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres)
Apollo 5-8
5:00pm 6:30pm
Day Two
May 1, 2015 – Friday
7:30 – 8:30
Room
Hot Breakfast
Apollo 1-4
Welcome/ Introductions (Lynn Fenstermaker)
Apollo 1-4
Interpreting NASA’s mission to meet Jurisdiction’s needs Denise Thorsen, Alaska NASA EPSCoR and Space Grant
Director
Apollo 1-4
9:00am
Moving Forward with Nevada NASA Programs (Charlotte Pollard)
Apollo 1-4
9:15 am
Coffee/ Refreshment Break
Foyer
Small Group Discussions: Strategies to Increase our
Effectiveness
Breakout
Rooms
7:50 am
8:00am – 9:00am
Blue Group (faculty)
Apollo 5
Green Group (faculty)
Apollo 7
Yellow Group (students)
Apollo 6
Red Group (students)
Apollo 8
9:30 am
11:55 am
Break for Lunch (Coordinators & Recorders 1st in line)
Apollo 1-4
12:00 pm
Buffet Lunch and Summarize Discussion Results (Charlotte
Pollard)
Apollo 1-4
Faculty Small Group Discussions: Proposals
to Increase our Impact
Student-Rising Stars Workshops:
1:00 – 1:30 pm (Apollo 1-4)
Form Research Topic Groups
1:00 – 2:15 pm (Athena Ballroom)
1:30 – 2:30 pm (Apollo 1-4)
Proposal/ Scholarship
Research and Writing Workshop
(Carol Brodie; UNLV)
Planning, Poetry, and Pots of Gold,
A Proposal Development Workshop
(Roger Kreidberg and Hans Moosmuller)
2:15 – 2:45 pm
Coffee/ Refreshment Break (ad hoc during discussions)
Foyer
2:45 – 3:45 pm
(Breakout Discussion - TBD)
2:30 – 3:30 pm (Athena Ballroom)
Resume Basics and Interviewing Tips (Erica
O’Toole; CSN)
Research Topic Groups discuss project goals,
potential collaborations and develop ideas for
proposal development
3:30 – 3:40 pm (Athena Ballroom)
Q&A on NASA EPSCoR and Space Grant
(Alice Ward and Stephanie Borene)
3:45 – 4:15 pm
Reconvene and Describe Goals for Potential Projects: (Charlotte
Pollard, Statements of Commitment and Lynn Fenstermaker)
Apollo 1-4