7:00pm - 9:00 pm: Current Aerospace Student Panel and Pizza Dinner at the Homewood Suites
Friday, February 14
7:30am – Breakfast and Check-in at the Homewood Suites Commissary
Additional Check-in at the Aerospace Building starting at 8:00am for visitors staying elsewhere – lighter fare available.
8:20 - 8:40 am – Shuttle from Homewood Suites to Aerospace Building
9:00 am – Smead Aerospace Department Welcome – Dr. Hanspeter Schaub, Schaden Leadership Chair • Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair – AERO 120
9:10 am – Graduate Program Overview – Dr. Robert Marshall, Associate Professor • Associate Chair for Graduate Studies – AERO 120
9:50 am - Offer Letters: overview and what to expect- Nicole Simmons, Senior Manager for Graduate Studies
10:10 am – Break
10:20 am – Focus Area Breakouts – Deep dive into the research and faculty of each focus area:
Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation Systems – AERO 120
Autonomous Systems –AERO 224L
Bioastronautics – AERO 302
Fluids, Structures and Materials – AERO 232
Remote Sensing, Earth, and Space Sciences – AERO 203
11:20 am – Student Experience Q&A with Department Faculty – AERO 120
A chance for an open conversation with some of our faculty, including our focus area leads, about aspects of working and studying in the Smead Aerospace PhD program, and a chance to ask faculty questions about their expectations of you, air any concerns you may have, and gain a better sense of how we work to ensure you have the best possible experience during your time as a student here. Feel free to continue asking these kinds of questions to current aerospace students and to follow up with faculty during lunch and in the afternoon faculty/applicant one-on-ones.
Lunch will be available in the lobby, and seating with our faculty will be in the AERO 120 classroom off of the lobby.
Gift cards for Saturday meals will be distributed while you are in line for lunch.
1:00pm – 5:00pm – 1-on-1 meetings with prospective faculty advisors:
This might be your first interaction with a potential faculty advisor, or your fourth! This is an opportunity for you and our faculty to get to know one another better, discuss research opportunities and career goals, and to make sure both individuals would feel comfortable working together for years to come. More interactions are welcome–and encouraged–beyond this one meeting, before and after the PhD Applicant Visit Day.
Concurrent Activities During One-on-One meetings (1:00pm – 5:00pm)
2:30- 4:30 pm – The Grad Lounge: this is an opportunity to learn about AES graduate student organizations, chat with current PhD students, and play games – Main entrance lobby
2:30 – 4:30 pm – Cookies, coffee, and tea – Main entrance lobby
5:00 pm - Board shuttles in front of the Aerospace Building to head to the evening social event
5:30 pm - Evening Social “Decompression” Event with Current Aerospace Students at Sanitas Brewing Company - dinner catered by McDevitt Taco Supply; each person will also receive two drink tickets to use at Sanitas Brewery.
7:30pm – Shuttles begin to take students back to the Homewood Suites
8:15 pm: second shuttle departs for Homewood Suites
