Institute for Space Systems Operations * 2001 Annual Report * 122-123

Spring 2001-Annual Meeting

Life Sciences and Engineering Support for Long-Duration Space Flight

Spring Meeting Cover The University of Houston, the University of Texas at Austin, and Texas A&M University are the charter members of the Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSGC). Membership consists of 23 universities and colleges, five companies, three non-profit organizations, and two agencies of the State of Texas. The extensive TSGC web site URL is: http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu.

TSGC holds at least two meetings for the entire membership each year. The Institute for Space Systems Operations, with excellent support by the TSGC Austin office and the program committee, led the organization of the Spring 17-18 May, 2001 meeting held in Houston at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI). The LPI is housed in the USRA Center for Advanced Space Studies and was an excellent host. The theme was "Life Sciences and Engineering Support for Long Duration Space Flight."

This research meeting focused on key challenges in physiology, radiation, and psychology for long-duration space flight comprehending both the engineering problems and the implications for the life-sciences. Distinguished speakers from NASA, the national Space Biomedical Research Institute, and academia presented overviews of each major area.

In addition to primary presentations and discussions, more than ten research organizations, located at Texas Space Grant Consortium institutions, and researchers of the University of Vermont and MIT presented research and engineering projects currently underway. The program details the speakers and topics. Presentations were delivered to describe all posters. The presentations are grouped below by subject area and are not listed in the actual sequence of presentation.

Thursday May 17, 2001
9:00 a.m.-Welcome to the Workshop on "Life Sciences and Engineering Support for Long Duration Space Flight" University of Houston, David Criswell
9:10 a.m.-Life Sciences and Supporting Engineering Overview
NASA/JSC, John Charles
PHYSIOLOGY Session Chair, NASA/JSC, John Charles
10:00 a.m.: Key Physiology Challenges in Human Long-Duration Presence Beyond Earth, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Ron White
10:45 a.m.-Break-Poster Viewing
11:00 a.m.-Intelligent Systems & Human Centered Design: Critical Issues for a Future Human Mars Mission. NASA/JSC, Charles Stegemoeller and Alyssa Mueller
11:30 a.m.-Poster Presentations
"Musculoskeletal Modeling and Countermeasures to Space Flight," Tony S. Keller, Ph.D., and Mark S. Miller, M.S., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Vermont, Rutland, VT 05701, and James Jordan, M.D., Killington Medical Clinic, Rutland Regional Health Service, Burlington, VT 0540
"Immune Responses And Latent Herpesvirus Reactivation In Aging And Spaceflight," Raymond P. Stowe1, Satish K. Mehta2, Arny A. Ferrando3, Daniel L. Feeback2, and Duane L. Pierson2. Departments of Pathology1 and Surgery2, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, and 2Life Sciences Research Laboratories, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
"Otoliths of Fish Reared in Microgravity," M. L. Wiederhold, and J. L. Harrison, Dept. Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Univ. Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
11:45 a.m.-Poster Presentations
"Analysis and Design of a Prototype Artificial Gravity Generating Tethered Satellite System," John H. Hoffman1, Andre Mazzoleni2, and Andrew Santangelo3, 1Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083 972-883-2846, Email: jhoffman@utdallas.edu, 2Department of Engineering, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129 817-257-6317 email: a.mazzoleni@tcu.edu, 3The Michigan Technic Corporation, Holland, MI 49424, 616-399-4045 , email: santangelo@airseds.com
"Aerospace Projects Funded by the Texas Advanced Technology Program: 1987-1999," Linda Domelsmith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
12:15 p.m.-Lunch
1:15 p.m.-Group Discussion of "Key Physiology Challenges"
Radiation, Session Chair, Larry Pinsky, University of Houston
2:00 p.m.- "Radiation: Key Challenges in Space Life-Science," Texas A&M University, Les Braby
2:45 p.m.- "Engineering for Radiation Monitoring and Protection," NASA/JSC, G. Badhwar
3:30 p.m.- Break - Poster Viewing and then presentations
"NF-_B-dependent Downstream Gene Expression in Human Monocytes Exposed to High LET Heavy-Ion Radiation," Mohan Natarajan, Natarajan Aravindan, Martin L. Meltz, and Terence S. Herman, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229.
"Effects of Ionizing Radiation on the Mutation Frequency of Male Germ Cells," Gabriel W. Intano1, John R. McCarrey3, C. Alex McMahan2 and Christi A. Walter1,4, 1Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, 2Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78284, USA, 3Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA and 4South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie L. Murphy Hospital, San Antonio, TX 78284, USA
"Melatonin and Radioprotection," Vijayalaxmi, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78284
"Development Of A Space Radiation Monte-Carlo Computer Simulation Based On The Fluka And Root Codes," Lawrence Pinsky, University of Houston
"Center for Applied Radiation Research (CARR)", Richard Wilkins and Kelvin Kirby, Prairie View A&M University
4:15 p.m.-Group Discussion of Radiation and Related Engineering Support
5:00 p.m.-Break - Poster Viewing
6:00 p.m.-Reception, Hilton Houston Nassau Bay & Marina
6:45 p.m.-Dinner Speaker, Prof. Robert L. Helmreich, University of Texas-Austin, Psychology Department

Friday May 18, 2001
PSYCHOLOGY, Session Chair, Bob Helmreich, University of Texas
8:00 a.m.-"Key Psychological Challenges-Life Sciences," Christopher Flynn, NASA/JSC
8:45 a.m.-"Key Psychological Challenges-Engineering Support," Donald Stilwell, NASA/JSC
9:30 a.m.-Poster Presentations
"Aeronautical Orientation Research Through Haptics-A Study in Tactile Attitude Recovery," K.A. Stoke, T.P. Graves, NASA-JSC
Project NORTH-STAR: "AeroNautical Orientation Research Through Haptics-A Study in Tactile Attitude Recovery," Kristy Stoke, Timothy Graves, Dana Forti, John Thomas, Jen Law, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Col. Peter Young (Advisor) NASA-JSC
10:15 a.m.-Group Discussion of Psychology and Related Engineering Support
11:00 p.m.-Lunch
12:30 p.m.-TSGC Business Session
2:00 p.m.-Adjourn

NASA Artist's Concept This Annual Meeting was the largest spring Annual Meeting of the Texas Space Grant Consortium (TSG). More than 80 researchers participated. Most of the presentations and summaries of several of the discussions will be made available on the ISSO web site: http://www.isso.uh.edu.

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