IEEE Galveston Bay Section

IEEE Region 5 History Committee in cooperation with Galveston Bay Section /Chapters presents AEROSPACE HISTORY COLLOQUIUM CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF IEEE AEROSPACE SOCIETY AND THE IEEE FOUNDATION HYBRID EVENT VENUE for in-person attendees: University of Houston Clear Lake DELTA Building Saturday July 15th, 12:30-5:30 PM US-CDT AGENDA 12:30 PM Welcome: Dr Zafar Taqvi, Colloquium Coordinator/R5 History Chair Bob Becnel, PE, R5 Director Dr Miguel Gonzalez, UHCL Dean, University Host 12:45 PM (1)-History of Aerospace: Prof Dr. Jonathan Coopersmith, Professor of history Emeritus at Texas A&M, (http://www.toboldlypreserve.space/) 1:20 PM (2)-History of GPS/GRSS/GAGAN: Dr Surendra Pal, Former Deputy Director, Indian Space Research Organization, and Former Vice Chancellor- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Poona-India 2:00 PM (3)-History of IEEE Foundation : Dr John Treichler, Raytheon, IEEE Foundation 2:40 PM (4)-History of RADAR: Dr Hugh Griffiths, Prof University of London, England, Past President 3:20 PM BREAK Refreshments and coffee 3:30 PM (5) History of Systems Engineering and System of Systems (SoS): Dr Robert Rassa, Retired Raytheon, Past President IEEE/AESS, Distinguished Speaker 4:10 PM (6)- (https://ieee-aess.org/presentation/webinar/inside-apollo-heroes-rules-lessons-learned-guidance-navigation-control-gnc): George T. Schmidt, Retired MIT 4:50 PM (7) - Historical Pictures of the Space Activities: Dr Kamlesh (Kam) Lulla; NASA Medalist. Director, University Collaboration and Partnership Office, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 5:30 PM (8) -CLOSING Comments: Dr. Mary Ann Hellrigel, IEEE/History Committee Institutional Historian, Dr Sabia Abidi and Dr Zafar Taqvi Colloquium Cohost and Q/A: Dr Mary Ann Hellrigel/IEEE History Committee, Dr Sabia Abidi/Rice University and Dr Zafar Taqvi/UHCL ************************************************************************************ Colloquium Organizing Committee Dr Irina Brewer/Publicity, Julian Morales/Lunch, Dr Sabia Abidi/Hybrid setup, Kim Edwards/UHCL Hosting Coordination Co-sponsored by: Region 5 History Committee Bldg: DELTA BUILDING, 2300 Bay Area Blvd, Delta Building, Houston, Texas, United States, 77058, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/363026