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    Title

    Microgravity Experiments from Sub-Orbital to Orbital Platforms

    type

    oral

    Description

    This session presents recent results of microgravity experiments from all disciplines using different microgravity platforms, including drop towers, parabolic aircrafts, sounding rockets and capsules.

    Date

    2012-10-02

    Time

    15:15

    Room

    TS05 (Sala Betelgeus, Hall 2)

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Prof. Ziad Saghir, Ryerson University, Canada;

    • Chairman: Prof. Raffaele Savino, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy;

    • Rapporteur: Prof. Vladimir Pletser, Blue Abyss, United Kingdom;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    Experimental studies on the withdrawal of bubble-free propellant by using Propellant Management Devices (PMDs) under compensated gravity

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Kay Burow

    ZARM University of Bremen

    Germany

    2

    Dimensional Scaling of Quenching for Flame Propagation in Random Media

    15'

    confirmed

    Ms. Caroline Wagner

    McGill University

    Canada

    3

    Material physics rocket MAPHEUS: Development, launch and research

    15'

    withdrawn

    Mr. Martin Siegl

    Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

    Germany

    4

    A BRIEF BUT POIGNANT FLIGHT IN SPACE: THE MASER-12 SOUNDING ROCKET

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. antonio verga

    ESA

    The Netherlands

    5

    An observation of diffusion process in microgravity by Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Li DUAN

    National Microgravity Laboratory, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

    China

    6

    Preliminary results of MASER12-XRMON experiment on sounding rocket devoted to the X-ray radiographic observation of growth process under microgravity

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Guillaume Reinhart

    Aix-Marseille Université & CNRS

    France

    7

    Some experimental progresses in the study of self-reweting fluids for the SELENE experiment to be carried in the Thermal Platform 1 hardware

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Stefan Van Vaerenbergh

    Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Belgium

    8

    A Systematic Microgravity Testing Approach to Advance the Technology Readiness Level of On-Orbit Propellant Depots

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Nathan Silvernail

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

    United States

    9

    Cloud manipulation system: thermal characterization and drop tower experiment

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Anselmo Cecere

    Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”

    Italy

    10

    Reaction control of multi degrees of freedom space manipulators: theory and simulated microgravity tests

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Stefano Zampierin

    CISAS "G. Colombo" - University of Padova

    Italy

    11

    The PROGRA2 project: Optical properties of solid grains obtained during microgravity parabolic flights, for the interpretation of remote sensing measurements

    15'

    withdrawn

    Dr. Jean-Baptiste RENARD

    CNRS

    France

    12

    Mixing of liquids by vibrations - preparation of the VIPIL experiment on the ISS

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Valentina Shevtsova

    Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Belgium

    13

    Microgravity testing of uahuntsville's chargersat-1

    Poster

    confirmed

    Mr. Justin Riegel

    Univeristy of Alabama in Huntsville

    United States

    14

    MAIUS - A rocket-borne test of an atom interferometer with a chip-based atom laser

    Poster

    confirmed

    Dr. Stephan Seidel

    Leibniz Universiät Hannover

    Germany

    15

    Results of REXUS12’s SUAINEADH experiment: Deployment of a spinning space web in micro gravity conditions

    Poster

    confirmed

    Mr. Thomas Sinn

    University of Strathclyde/Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory

    United Kingdom

    16

    Microgravity Effects on the Electrochemical Oxidation of Ammonia: A parabolic flight experiment

    Poster

    Mr. Carlos Poventud-Estrada

    University of Puerto Rico, NASA Harriet Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

    Puerto Rico

    17

    Metallic aggregations in low gravity.

    Poster

    withdrawn

    Dr. R. J. Slobodrian

    University

    Canada