History of Activities & Events

Events and activites of the CUSEDS student space exploration & development group/club over the years.

Fall 2011

Col. James Voss @ Fiske

Wednesday, September 21 @ 7:00pm in Fiske Planetarium (networking/discussion starts at 5:30pm)

ISS Scientists @ Fiske

Thursday, September 22 @ 11:00am-1:00pm in Fiske Planetarium

Destination: Station Exhibit in Denver

Friday, September 23 @ 1:00pm-5:00pm at Wings Over the Rockies Museum

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren

Monday, September 26 @ 5:30pm in the DLC Collaboratory

Lecture by Alan Stern, organized by the Boulder Astronomy & Space Society (BASS)

Saturday, October 15 @ 7:00pm at the Sommers-Bausch Observatory near Fiske Planetarium on the CU Campus

SpaceVision 2011, SEDS National Conference in Boulder

Thursday - Sunday, October 27-30, Millenium Hotel, Boulder CO

SpaceVision is the largest fully student-run space conference in the nation, dedicated to facilitating networking between college students, professionals, and the public, furthering the development of SEDS-USA, and allowing the sharing of ideas through interactive lectures and workshops.

Holiday Social and Internship Information Night

Thursday, December 1st @ 5:30 - 6:30 pm in the DLC Collaboratory

Spring 2010

Sorry, this information is not currently available

Fall 2009

9/3 - Welcome Back Kickoff Meeting

10/3/ - Guest Speaker: Former Astronaut and new CU faculty Col. Jim Voss

11/3/09 - CUSEDS Hosts the 2nd Annual Space Policy Panel

12/3 - CUSEDS/AIAA Joint Event: Networking and Social Holiday Party

Spring 2009

The First Annual Spring Student Organization Fair

Jan. 22, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in UMC 235

CUSEDS Welcome Back Meeting

FREE FOOD AT MEETING

Tuesday, Feb. 3 @ 5:30pm... (Food starts at 5:15)

DLC 1B70 – Bechtel Collaboratory

Astronaut Charles Camarda

Title: Innovative Engineering Design - A Template to Teach , Innovative Problem Solving of , Complex Multidisciplinary Design Problems

Time: February 9, 2009 from 12pm to 1pm

Location: DLC Bechtel Auditorium

Bio: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/camarda.html

CUSEDS Guest speaker: Mihaly Horanyi

DLC Bechtel Collaboratory

3/5/2009 5:30pm

Volunteer for National Space Symposium

Colorado Springs (March 30 - April 2)

Dr. Mike Griffin, former NASA Administrator

April 9 2009

Lunch visit with CUSEDS

Yuri's Night Boulder 2009: World Space Party

April 9 2009

The b.side Lounge

starting at 7pm featuring three bands including Yuri's Night veterans Other Side of Clearview along with The Piggies, and debuting Boulder's newest band Areopagitica! Free commemorative Yuri's Night Boulder 2009 patches to the first 100 attendees!

Yuri's Night Boulder 2009: Astronomy Day

April 11 2009

ages at Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory (SBO) on CU-Boulder campus as we celebrate space science achievements and unveil new interactive exhibits! Giveaways, prizes, food and family fun are just part of the excitement. Come hear Astronaut Joe Tanner speak about his Space Shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope! Lifelong Massage will be giving free chair massages so sign up early!

Yuri's Night Boulder 2009: International Festival - look for us at the Russian Booth!

April 9 2009

Yuri's Night Boulder will have representatives at the Russian booth of this international extravaganza at the University Memorial Center on CU-Boulder campus

Final Semester Meeting

April 28 2009

DLC

Fall 2008

9/9/08 - Fall 2008 Kickoff Meeting

Discovery Learning Center 1B70

Ryan Kobrick discussed the history and goals of CUSEDS and some of our past events, including Yuri's Night, the X PRIZE Cup, March Storm, local outreach, and more.

Food provided (Half Fast subs)

9/24/08 - Astronaut Joseph "Joe" Tanner

Discovery Learning Center 1B70

About Astronaut Joe Tanner:

Studied mechanical engineering at the University of Illinois

Served as a mission specialist on STS-66, STS-82 (Hubble Servicing Mission), STS-97 & STS-115 (International Space Station Construction)

Has logged over 1069 hours in space, including over 46 EVA hours in 7 space walks for the HST and ISS

Currently is a Senior Instructor in the University of Colorado Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/tanner.html (URL)

Food provided

10/9/08 - CO Skies: World Space Week - FISKE

Guide to the night sky under the Fiske Planetarium dome, presented by Matt Benjamin. A current look at Colorado's skies with a special focus on this year's World Space Week, October 4-10.

10/30/08 - CUSEDS Expert Panel on Space Policy

Expert Panel Discussion on Space Policy – This non-partisan on space exploration, science, business, and research during the next President's term(s).

Food was served and all majors welcome

Speakers:

Robert Zubrin (Mars Society, Pioneer Astronautics)

Phil Smith (Secure World Foundation)

David Klaus (BioServe Technologies)

Resouces: AIAA's 2008 Platform Summaries (URL) & Space Policy Comparison (URL)

One CUSEDS member remarked: "That was the best CUSEDS event that I have ever been to."

11/14-16/08 - SpaceVision 2008: Advancing Humanity

3 CUSEDS students were able to attend the SEDS-USA national conference, SpaceVision, at Texas A&M to meet students & space professionals from around the World (URL).

Ryan Kobrick Laura Stiles Bruce Davis SpaceVision 2008

L to R: Laura Stiles, Ryan Kobrick, and Bruce Davis at SpaceVision 2008, Texas A&M

12/9/08 - CUSEDS Internship Presentation

Presentation on internships held by various CU students. This was an excellent opportunity for CUSEDS members and invited guests to hear first hand the exciting experiences of students. Companies presented included:

X PRIZE Foundation

NASA Academy (Goddard Space Flight Center)

Space Scholats & Directed Energy Scholars at AFRL

L-3 Communications at Johnson Space Center

Jet Propulsion Laboratory via Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

Lockheed Martin

Ball Aerospace

ATK (Alliant Techsystems)

BioServe Space Technologies

NASA Johnson Space Center via CO-OP Program

Colorado Space Grant Consortium

LASP (Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics)

The Mars Society

Secure World Foundation

Summer 2008

Proud Sponsors of 11th Annual International Mars Society Convention

8/16/08 - 11th Annual International Mars Society Convention, Boulder, CO
- CUSEDS won a Certificate of Appreciation from The Mars Society for their involvement with the 11th Annual International Mars Society Convention in Boulder, CO.

Mars Society Award Ryan Kobrick Kennda Lynch Chris Carberry

CUSEDS' Ryan Kobrick & Kennda Lynch receiving certififcate from Mars Society Executive Director Chris Carberry [Photo: David Haslam]

Mars Society Certificate

Spring 2008

1/17/08 – Space Internships Night

One of CUSEDS’ most well known events, the space internship night is a chance for many upperclassmen / graduate students to give a brief summary of an internship they have previously held. Over the course of 3 minutes each student describes the internship, who they would recommend the job to, and the how to acquire that particular internship. The opportunities represented this year were: X PRIZE Foundation, United Space Alliance, Honeywell, LASP, ATK, Air Force Research Labs, Naval Research Labs, NASA Academy, and SEDS Affiliated Companies

2/20/08 – Eclipse Viewing, (6:43pm)

CUSEDS organized a location to view the solar eclipse to appear on Feb 20th and received a large response for this viewing. However the event was cancelled at the last minute due to cloud cover.

3/5/08 – Guest Speaker: Dr. Webster Cash

Dr. Webster Cash of the CU Physics Department spoke to CUSEDS about his work on an exo-planet finding telescope. Dr. Cash’s research recently received a follow-on study to determine the cost and feasibility of creating a Hubble-sized telescope in conjunction with a large star-shield to be placed in the field of view several thousand miles away. Dr. Cash is confident that this design would be a cost effective way (relative to other concepts) to perform a spectral analysis on exo-solar planets. His lecture went over his design, and attracted large physics student crowd then what CUSEDS typically sees.

3/9-12/08 – March Storm, Lobbying on Capitol

Four students received funding to travel to Capitol Hill and educate congressional staffers of the current state of the space industry and concerns which are present. Unfortunately, two of the (graduate) students were not able to attend at the last minute due conflicts with their lab schedules. The event lasted for two days and was successful, the traveling group was able to meet up with a former CUSEDS member within the area.

3/19/08 – Guest Speaker: John Healy

John Healy is a seasoned employee of Lockheed Martian working on the Orion project. Healy became the manager of the Command/Service Module for North American after the Apollo 1 fire and his leadership team played a key role in readying the spacecraft for flight during the difficult times. Healy’s role during the Apollo program is played by Brandon Smith in “The Earth to the Moon” HBO TV series. Healy spoke to a small group of CUSEDS students around a table and discussed the evolvement of his career starting as a student right out of college to the leader of thousands of North American employees. Healy also stated many of the life lessons he has learned to the group and ensured that everyone attending the lecture was involved. The presentation was recorded and should soon be available to download.

4/12/08 – Yuri's Night events

A CUSEDS Yuri’s Night committee was setup in January to plan two events on April 12th: an outreach session at the University of Colorado Fiske Planetarium for students K-6 and an evening VIP / concert party. The outreach event attracted ~800 students/parents to the planetarium and featured free ice cream, raffles, Yuri’s Night pencils (Russian Space Pens) and display tables. The evening event started with a VIP reception for 75 people and later evolved into a free-to-the-public +21 concert featuring two bands and giveaways attracting ~400 people.

4/23/08 – Guest Speaker: Dr. David Klaus / Semester Wrap up

Dr. David Klaus, a professor of bioastronautics and faculty advisor to CUSEDS spoke at the last CUSEDS “wrap-up” meeting for the academic year. He spoke about his career as a NASA mission operations specialist and his experiences with the application process for the astronaut core.

Fall 2007

9/5/07 – Fall 2007 Kickoff Meeting - Fiske Planetarium

This event featured Jose Matienzo, a NASA engineer who will be spoke about NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration
Special tour of eighteen wheeler multimedia trailer exhibit where viewers were able to touch a moon rock
Half Fast subs were sponsored by the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department

9/19/07 – CUSEDS Elections Meeting & Movie Night - Fiske Planetarium

We had elections and watched an inspirational episode of "From the Earth to the Moon"

10/4/07 – World Space Week Oct. 4 Boulder events - Fiske Planetarium

The day featured talks from Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, Ryan Kobrick, and Keith Gleason.
A refreshment break and reception hour was sponsored by the Secure World Foundation.
50 years of spaceflight was celebrated on the anniversary of Sputnik I (Oct. 4 1957)
Check out the webpage from the event for details
http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/CUSEDS/Events/WSW/2007/WSW2007.htm (URL)

Crowd at Fiske Planetarium for 50th Anniversary Celebration

10/9/07 – CUSEDS Lunch with NASA's Dr. Wendell Mendell - Seebass Conference Room

Members enjoyed a catered lunch from the Aerospace Engineering Department and discussion with one of NASA's top scientists and Manager of the Human Exploration Science Office at JSC within the Constellation program

10/22/07 - CUSEDS Movie Night

CUSEDS members displayed they had the 'right stuff' while attending a screening of "The Right Stuff" in the Aerospace graduate lounge

10/24-26/07 - 2007 X PRIZE Cup Road Trip - Alamogordo, New Mexico

X PRIZE Cup Website: http://space.xprize.org/x-prize-cup/

11/9-12/07 SEDS National Conference, SpaceVision 2007 - MIT, Boston, MA

Conference Website: http://spacevision.seds.org

12/6/07 - CUSEDS Comet & Star Gazing - Flat Irons

Unfortunately this event was canceled due to overcast weather. CUSEDS plans on having future star gazing nights in the upcoming semesters.

12/13/07 - CUSEDS Final Year Event

Leonard and Barbara David - CUSEDS' first guest speakers from 2006 are back to share their X PRIZE Cup and SpaceVision experiences plus much more in the year's final event

Spring 2007

2/8/07 – Spring Kickoff Meeting - CU Boulder Campus

Presentation of SEDS vision, mission, and volunteer opportunities
Featured speaker: Ryan Kobrick – Expedition Mars Analog Training Series

3/1/07 – Astronaut Farmer Movie Outing

CUSEDS members went out to see Astronaut Farmer with Billy Thorton.

3/4/07 – March Storm – Washington D.C.

3 CU-SEDS members attended national event in Washington DC
3-day lobbying event sponsored by non-profit space advocacy group “Pro Space”
Students networked with other space enthusiasts, met and discussed space industry topics with members of congress, and gained first-hand experience with the legislative process.

3/22/07 – CUSEDS Space Night – CU Boulder Campus

Students who attended March storm present their thoughts and experiences.
Featured speaker: Brian Enke from Southwest Research Institute and 4 Frontiers Foundation – How to Build a Mars Settlement in our Lifetimes

4/9/07 – 4/12/07 – National Space Symposium – Colorado Springs, CO

CU SEDS students coordinated and helped staff a booth at the largest space industry gathering in the United States.
Also helped students attend the space career fair at the Symposium.

4/9/07 – Career Strategies for New Aerospace Engineers – CU-Boulder Campus

Featured Speaker: Dr. Paul Graf
Inside perspective on landing an aerospace career, presented by respected long-time space scientist, aerospace systems engineering consultant, and CU professor.

4/12/07 – Yuri’s Night Celebration – Boulder, CO

International event celebrating the anniversary of mankind’s first steps into space.
CUSEDS hosted Boulder celebration
Live music featuring Storytyme and Interstate Stash Express, prizes from many community sponsors, and more.

4/23/07 – Summer Space Events / Inside Orion – CU Boulder Campus

A summary of space industry events and opportunities for volunteering and networking over the summer months.
Presentation of CU SEDS plans for the coming semester and beyond.
Featured speaker: Dr. Vanessa Aponte, CU alumnus and systems engineer on project Orion- A Report from Project Orion

5/19 – 5/21: Spring Technical Project: Lunar Ventures Competition
- CUSEDS students participated with CCAR to compete in space-based business plan competition. CU team was one of 10 finalists in the national competition.

Falll 2006

DATE & Time*	CU SEDS EVENT & LOCATION	INFO
Thursday 21 SEPT '06 5~6:30pm	CUSEDS Kick off meeting! Where: ECCR 245 (Engineering Center Class Room Wing) What: We will have a 30min organizational meeting to discuss the plans for the semester followed by a showing of "From the Earth to the Moon: Apollo 17" in preparation for Dr. Jack Schmidt's visit to campus next week (see the email sent to the listserve last week). Also, please remember to bring $10 for dues! Food: Sandwiches and soda will be served for a light dinner	Meeting Minutes
Nov. 2 '06 5pm DLC Rm. 1B70	CUSEDS Meeting Lee Peterson will discuss the space campus initiative Wirefly X PRIZE Cup 2006 Highlights Outreach announcement Laika Night announcement	Presentation Slides
3 NOV '06	Laika Night 2006! November 3, 1957 Laika (Russian for "Barker") became the first dog in space and the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit! Laika Night Boulder will be celebrated this year at Dark Horse at 7pm! Meet in the back-room, we have the tables on the dance floor reserved. Happy Hour is until 8pm. The bar is all ages until 9:30pm, so all are welcome! Please RSVP to Ryan so we know how many to expect: ryan@yurisnight.net
28 Nov '06	OUTREACH EVENT Peak-to-Peak Charter School EVENT SUMMARY: CUSEDS did an outreach activity for 7th graders at Peak-to-Peak Charter School. We taught kids about space, NASA, and the Mars Rover. We also did a hands on activity for the kids called "Rover Races". This allowed kids to see how difficult it might be to drive the rovers. We had a lot of fun and look forward to more outreach activities next semester.
7 Dec '06 5:30pm DLC Bechtel Rm. 1B70	Final CUSEDS Semester Meeting co-sponsered by AIAA TOPIC: Internships… you want them, we know how you can get them! The following companies will be discussed in the short presentations from the alumni of their programs: ATK (Rich Rieber) Ball Aerospace (Laurren Kanner) Boeing (Jen Getz) JPL/USRP/SURF (Ben Herbert) LASP (Bruce Davis) Lockheed Martin (Brady Young & Lisa Geschwill) Microcosm Inc. (Sean O'Dell) NASA Academy (Dan Baca) NASA AMES (Liz Gauthier) NASA Goddard SFC (Bruce Davis) Northrop Grumman (Liz Gauthier) Orbital Sciences Corporation (Ben Herbert) X PRIZE Foundation (Ryan Kobrick) Food/refreshments will be provided by AIAA!	Presentation Slides

DATE & Time*	AFFILIATE EVENT & LOCATION	EVENT WEBSITE
18 SEPT '06	Anousheh Ansari goes to space to become 4th Space Participant (not tourist) and first female! Check out her spaceblog!!!	SPACEBLOG
Monday 25 SEPT '06 7-8pm	Dr. Jack Schmitt - “A trip to the Moon and beyond” UMC 235 (CU-Boulder campus)	Campus Map
Tuesday 26 SEPT '06 4-5pm	Dr. Jack Schmitt - "The Advisory Structure in NASA" CIRES Auditorium 338 (CU-Boulder campus)	Campus Map
Tuesday 26 SEPT '06 5:30-7pm	Barbra Sande, the JPL Solar System Abassador to Colorado ECCR 1B51 Space is limited due to the room size. Pizza and soda will be provided (The role of the JPL Solar System Ambassador is to educate the public about the importance of solar system science missions, as well as to keep us informed about the latest missions and mission results coming into JPL. Presentations often include data not yet made available to the public, and stories only those on the inside track can get! If you are at all interested in learning about either the history of solar system scientific exploration or want to know what is in the works at JPL this meeting is a must.)	URL Link
28-30 SEPT '06	Space Generation Congress Valencia, Spain	URL Link
2-6 OCT '06	International Astonautical Congress Valencia, Spain	URL Link
4-10 OCT '06	World Space Week	URL LINK
Tues 10 OCT '06 5:30-7pm	AIAA Meeting Location: ECCR 1B40 AIAA will be hosting the 2006 Junior World Champion F3J Silent Flight Team! Cody and Joseph, Boulder area natives, represented the US at the F3J World Championship in Slovakia this summer, and took first place out of teams from 19 countries.	URL Link
Thurs 12 OCT '06 4-5pm	Talk by Scott Carpenter on his NASA Experience Discovery Learning Center, Room 1B70	PDF OF EVENT
16 OCT '06 7pm	Rocky Mountain Mars Society Meeting Guest Speaker: Jim Bergstrom, who will be updating us on the current status of HiRISE on MRO. Don't miss this talk nor the latest spectacular HiRISE images!!	URL Link
17 OCT '06 5:30pm	AIAA in conjunction with Career Services will be hosting a career workshop presented by Boeing. Bring a friend and a pencil to the workshop for an interactive presentation on internships and jobs. Food will be provided. ECCR 139	URL Link
20-21 OCT '06	Wirefly X PRIZE Cup 2006 Las Cruces, New Mexico	URL Link
23 Oct '06 6:30pm	NEW Ft. Collins Mars Society Chapter CSU Main Library on Peterson, in the Delatour Room They will be showing a video of the NASA plan to settle Mars, narrated by Robert Zubrin Local Contact: James M. Holland
3 NOV '06	Laika Night 2006! November 3, 1957 Laika (Russian for "Barker") became the first dog in space and the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit!	Wikipedia
9-12 NOV '06	SEDS National Conference, Space Vision 2006 Host: University of Central Florida SEDS Chapter in Orlando, Florida	URL Link
20 NOV '06 7pm	Rocky Mountain Mars Society Meeting CU-Boulder Campus, Environmental Design Building rm. 102	URL Link
28 Nov. '06 5:30-7pm	CU-AIAA Meeting Dr. David Klaus The Astronaut Program and the Future of Space Exploration ECCR 265	URL
4-6 DEC '06	AIAA 2nd Space Exploration Conference George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas	URL Link
Thurs 7 Dec '06 6pm	AIAA Rocky Mountain Region December Program Hosted By: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Waterton Facility Main Plant LSTTB Conference Center 6:00 p.m. Reception, 6:30 p.m. Program Topic: Air Force Maui Optical & Supercomputing Site (AMOS) Research/Technical Capabilities Details of AMOS assets/endeavors and an explanation of the benefits of operating an observatory on the summit of a semi-dormant Hawaiian volcano Guest Speaker: Colie Warren, Aerospace Engineer USAF Research Laboratory Please RSVP no later than 1 December 2006 Please call Elaine Heinrich for badge access. Citizenship verification required. elaine.m.heinrich@lmco.com, ph: 303-977-7094

Spring 2006

DATE & Time*	CU SEDS EVENT & LOCATION	INFO
Tuesday 31 JAN '06 5 pm (MT)	Official launch of CU SEDS Meeting! Eaton Conference Room in the Engineering Center (ECAE 142) FREE FOOD!!!	PPT FILE
Tues 7 FEB '06 7pm (MT)	2006 Yuri's Night Boulder: Meeting #001! @ Walnut Brewery (Pint Night) Want to help out? All are welcome to join the meeting. RSVP to Ryan at cuseds@colorado.edu so we can get a head count for a table.
WED 8 MAR '06 5pm (MT)	CU SEDS Meeting Special Guest Speaker: Leonard David from Space.com! Eaton Conference Room (ECAE 140)	PPT FILE
MON 20 MAR '06 7pm (MT)	Ryan Kobrick Presents: The Mars Desert Research Station Crew 44 Rocky Mountain Mars Society General Meeting Room 102 - Environmental Design Bldg., University of Colorado - Boulder	FLYER
Mon 3 APR '06	CU SEDS Outreach Event! When: Monday April 3rd, 7:30-3:30pm Where: Peak-to-Peak Charter School, Lafayette Who: 8th grade (Chemistry class) and 12th grade (Physics Class) What: We will be teaching lessons on "A Mission to Mars" and "Living in Space"	PPT FILE Team Photo
Mon 10 APR '06 9AM-1PM	International Space University (ISU) Visit ISU provides graduate-level training to the future leaders of the emerging global space community at its Central Campus in Strasbourg, France, and at locations around the world. For more information about ISU visit: http://www.isunet.edu 9:00am – 12pm: ISU Information Booth @ Engineering Center Main Lobby 12pm: ISU Programs Presentation – Food provided @ Eaton Conference Room (ECAE 140)	FLYER
Wed 12 APR '06 7pm-close	*Yuri's Night Boulder 2006* At The Republic of Boulder! Live Music Featuring: recycled heroes [URL: http://www.myspace.com/recycledheroes1] Door prizes, food & drink specials! $5 cover (FREE for CU SEDS Members)	YN LINK


DATE & Time*	AFFILIATE EVENT & LOCATION	AFFILIATE HOST EVENT WEBSITE
Tuesday 31 JAN '06 5:30 pm (MT) to 7pm	AIAA will be hosting AJ Olson in ECCR 265 to talk about the design of the Javelin VLJ/AJT at ATG. The Javelin is a new form of civilian aircraft based on a military trainer with a cruise speed of Mach 0.90. This aircraft is currently under flight testing at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado. For company informatin or aircraft CLICK. As always free pizza and soda will be provided!	CU AIAA
4-5 Feb '06 9:30pm - 6:40am	URSA Science Fiction Movie Marathon WHERE: Fiske Planetarium, Regent Drive, CU Boulder Campus COST: FREE	INFO
Wed 22 Feb '06 6-7:30pm	Deep Space Exploration: Engineering at the Edge by Lockheed Martin Steve Jolly will be speaking in ECCR 150
Tues 14 Mar '06 5:30pm	AIAA General Meeting Bill Kalinowski: Experiences on NASA's zero gravity KC-135, the Vomit Comet Location: ECCR 265	CU AIAA
Thurs 16 Mar '06 6pm	A Salute to Titan: An American Space Launch Tradition Lockheed Martin LSTTB IDC, Waterton Campus By RSVP only (closed)	AIAA Rocky Mountain Region
3-6 April '06	22nd National Space Symposium The Broadmoor - Colorado Springs	INFO

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