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ASEN 5506 Bioastronautics Seminar

 

Spring 2009

3:00-3:50 Weds

Rm. ECCR 139

 

Instructor: Dr. David Klaus

Office: ECAE 107

Email: klaus@colorado.edu

 

Syllabus:  download pdf

 

Overview: Bioastronautics is a specialty area of bioengineering that encompasses biological, behavioral and medical concerns governing humans and other living organisms in a space flight environment; and includes design of payloads, space habitats and spacecraft life support systems.  In short, it spans the study and support of life in space.

 

Prereq: ASEN 5016, 5158 or instructor consent

 

Text: none (current literature)

 

AGENDA

 

Date

Presenter

Topic

Jan 14

Prof. Klaus

Introduction / Overview

Jan 21

Prof. Klaus

Set speaker agenda for semester / Giving Effective Presentations

Jan 28

K. Higdon

Human Spacecraft Design Process

Feb 4

J. Metts

Electrochromic Thermal Control Concept for Spacesuit Application

Feb 11

E. Thomas

Managing Fouling in a Spacecraft Fluid Handling System

Feb 18

R. Witoff

BOP Data Collection Assessment - Systems Engineering Analysis Tool

Feb 25

R. Kobrick

Mars Habitat Arctic Simulation

Mar 4

J. Tanner

STS-97 P6 SA deploy anomaly

Mar 11

R. Purschke

Neutral Buoyancy Testing for Neutral Body Posture Determination

Mar 18

Prof. Klaus

Space Suit Evolution from Gemini to Shuttle

Mar 25

Spring Break Week

no meeting

Apr 1

S. Jacobs

Overview of University of Maryland’s EVA and Robotics Research Program

Apr 8

J. Reimuller

Orion Contingency Rescue and Recovery

Apr 15

J. Voss

Living and Working on the International Space Station

Apr 22

B. Kemper

TBD

Apr 29

Prof. Klaus

Wrap up

 

 

Some Useful Links:

 

NASA Bioastronautics Roadmap - http://bioastroroadmap.nasa.gov/index.jsp

Man-Systems Integration Standards (MSIS) NASA-STD-3000, Rev B (1995) - http://msis.jsc.nasa.gov/

 

President Bush Announces Vision for Space Exploration (Jan 14, 2004) - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040114-3.html

NASA Space Flight- http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/

NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) - http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/esmd/home/index.html

 

Nat’l Space Biomedical Research Institute - http://www.nsbri.org/

American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (ASGSB) - http://www.asgsb.org/

AIAA - American Institute of Aero and Astronautics - http://www.aiaa.org/

AIAA Life Sciences and Systems Technical Committee - http://www.aiaa.org/portal/index.cfm?adview=8&tcspageid=651&getcomm=72

International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) - http://www.sae.org/events/ice/

 

Bioastronautics Curriculum at CU

Bioastronautics Research Group