AMS 2024 Program plus download links to papers
| Time | Paper Title | Presenting Author / Co-Authors / Session Chair and Affliliations | File Download | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday May 14, 2024 | |||||
| 18h00 - 20h00 | CHECK-IN – Meeting Room 2B, Suite 1 Atrium | ||||
| DAY-1: Wednesday May 15, 2024 | |||||
| 07h00 PDT | Presenters' Breakfast - Meeting Room 2A | ||||
| 08h00 | CHECK-IN - Meeting Room 2B | ||||
| 08h15 | INTRODUCTORY REMARKS | Ed Boesiger, General Chairman | Lockheed Martin Space, Sunnyvale, CA | ||
| Benjamin Nickless, Host Chairman | NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | ||||
| Clayton Turner, Center Director | NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | ||||
| Session I: RELEASE MECHANISMS | David Eddleman | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL | Top Of Page | ||
| 08h30 | Caging and Release Mechanism Design for the Simplified Gravitational Reference Sensor | Joseph Footdale, Chad Sypolt, Joseph Mackin & Stephen Bennett, BAE Systems, Inc., Boulder, CO; John Conklin & Peter Wass, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | footdale.pdf | ||
| 08h55 | Development Plan of the Upgraded Release Mechanism for the LISA Space Mission | Carlo Zanoni, National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Italy; Daniele Bortoluzzi, Davide Vignotto, Matteo Tomasi, Edoardo Dala Ricca, Abraham Ayele Gelan & Francesco Marzan, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; Paolo Radaelli, Riccardo Freddi & Alessandro Paolo Moroni, OHB Italia SpA, Italy | zanoni.pdf | ||
| 09h20 | FD04 Frangibolt Actuator Performance Test: Measuring Force and Stroke Margin | Ingie Baho & Kim Aaron, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | baho.pdf | ||
| 09h45 | Development of an Ejectable Data Recorder (EDR) Ejection Mechanism for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) | Brian Saulman & Robert Wagner, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | saulman.pdf | ||
| 10h10 | 15 min Break | ||||
| 10h25 | LARES2 Mission: Retention and Separation Subsystem | Matteo Spinelli & Alessandro Bursi, OHB Italia, Milan, Italy; Simone Pirrotta & Roberto Bertacin, Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy | spinelli.pdf | ||
| 10h50 | Design and Qualification of the Low-Earth Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator Payload Adapter Separation System (PASS) | Sean Hancock, Jacob Montgomery & Ben Nickless, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; Matt Realsen, United Launch Alliance, Centennial, CO | hancock.pdf | ||
| 11h15 | Development and Testing of a Novel Solenoid Launch Lock for a Lunar Lander Thrust Vector Control Actuator | Joseph Plunkett, Honeybee Robotics, Longmont, CO | plunkett.pdf | ||
| 11h40 | Testing Frangibolts for Extended Space Mission Durations | Brian Gore, Ryan Hill & Timothy Woodard, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA | gore.pdf | ||
| 12h20 | Lunch: Lunch for AMS Attendees in Ballroom One | ||||
| Session II: MATERIALS MEET MECHANISMS | Gilles Feusier | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland | Top Of Page | ||
| 13h20 | Development of a Bulk Metallic Glass Planetary Gearmotor for Unheated Actuation in Cryogenic Environments | Andrew Kennett & Robert Dillon, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | kennett.pdf | ||
| 13h45 | Extreme Benefits of Visual Inspection under Magnification of Mechanical Components | Duval Johnson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | johnson.pdf | ||
| 14h10 | Motor Stator (Fluidize) Insulation Material Options and Testing Summary | Jonathan Wood & Emmett Donnelley-Power, Lockheed Martin Space, Sunnyvale, CA; Jessica Hamm, Sierra Space, Durham, NC; Recarda Schmitz, Windings, Inc., New Ulm, MN | wood.pdf | ||
| 14h35 | Ti Beta-C Spring Development Testing for Low Cycle, Cold Deep Space Applications | Pavlina Karafillis & Grady Lynch, Lockheed Martin Space, Denver, CO | karafillis.pdf | ||
| 15h00 | Break | ||||
| Session III: DRILLING MACHINES | Terry Nienaber | NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | Top Of Page | ||
| 15h30 | Lessons Learned in Building and Testing the Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain (TRIDENT) | Philip Chu, Samuel Goldman, Carter Fortuin, Vincent Vendiola, Helen Xu, Jaqueline Stamboltsian, Raymond Lin, Anchal Jain, Jack Wilson & Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics LLC, Altadena, CA | chu.pdf | ||
| 16h00 | Micro-Sampler: A Kilogram Class Drill for Planetary Sampling and Powder Collection | Nicklaus Traeden, Kathryn Bywaters, Damien Hackett, Gabriel Zwilinger, Christian Sipe, Peter Pulai & Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics LLC, Altadena, CA; Philippe Sarrazin & Maite Diez, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA | traeden.pdf | ||
| 16h25 | Development of the DrACO Drill: A Rotary Percussive Drill for Cryogenic Operation | Grayson Adams, Matthew Dottinger & Patrick Corrigan, Honeybee Robotics LLC, Altadena, CA | adams.pdf | ||
| 16h45 | Break | ||||
| SESSION IV: POSTER SESSION PREVIEW | Mark Balzer | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | Top Of Page | ||
| A rapid fire session of poster papers. Each presenter will give their best 5-minute pitch and attendees can follow up at the reception or other time. | |||||
| 17h00 | Government Reference Design of the Vertical Solar Array Technology Demonstrator | Scott Belbin, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | belbin.pdf | ||
| 17h05 | Bearings for Extreme Environments | Christoph Bayer & Thomas Kreis, GRW, Rimpar, Germany; David Nufer, GRW, Bloomfield, CT | bayer.pdf | ||
| 17h10 | Magnetic Fast Steering Mirrors for High Power Optical Communication | Etienne Betsch, Gérald Aigouy, Clément Cote, Augustin Bedek, Arnaud Barnique, Nicolas Bourgeot, Hugo Grardel, Pierre Personnat, Patrick Meneroud, Théo Simon, Marc Fournier, Sylvain Chardon, Frank Claeyssen & François Barillot, Cedrat Technologies, Meylan, France | betsch.pdf | ||
| 17h15 | Lessons Learned on Synchronization System Modelling for Solar Array Wing Deployment Predictions | Héloïse Boross & Philipp Schmidheiny, Beyond Gravity, Zurich, Switzerland | boross.pdf | ||
| 17h20 | Testbed for Lunar Extreme Environment Wear Tolerant Applications | Valerie Wiesner, Glen King, Keith Gordon & Christopher Wohl, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; Christopher Domack & Brandon Widener, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, VA | wiesner.pdf | ||
| 17h25 | Development and Qualification of a New SADM for Small Satellites | Adrien Guignabert, Flavien Deschaux, Luc Herrero, Etienne Magnin-Robert, Comat Aerospace, Flourens, France; Jean-Bernard Mondier, CNES, Toulouse, France | guignabert.pdf | ||
| 17h30 | Development of a Shape Memory Alloy Thermostat | Alai Lopez, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; Kerri Cahoy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA | lopez.pdf | ||
| 17h35 | Programable Lead Screw Actuated Self-Leveling Platform | Iok Wong NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | wong.pdf | ||
| 17h40 | Aerocapture Technology Demonstration Risk Reduction Activity | Scott Belbin NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | belbin.pdf(2) | ||
| 18h00 - 22h00 | RECEPTION - Ballroom One | Component suppliers display current products and provide tutorials, Poster Papers are displayed, Robotics Team demonstrations, and a buffet meal. | |||
| DAY-2: Thursday May 16, 2024 | |||||
| 07h00 | Presenters' Breakfast - Meeting Room 2A | Top Of Page | |||
| Session V: DEPLOYMENT MECHANISMS | Matthew Zwack | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL | |||
| 08h00 | Listening into the JUICE Deployments with the On-Board High Accuracy Accelerometer | Ronan Le Letty, Christian Erd & Alessandro Atzei, ESA/ESTeC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands; Massimiliano Pecora, THALES Alenia Space Italia, Gorgonzola, Italy; Luciano Iess, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy | leletty.pdf | ||
| 08h25 | Bricard Mechanism Based Engulfing Gripper for Space Debris Removal | Abhijith Prakash, Sankalp Vishnoi, Sandeep R & Biju Prasad B, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India | prakash.pdf | ||
| 08h50 | DIABLO – Deployable Interlocking Actuated Bands for Linear Operations; Design, Development, Testing, and Applications | Vishnu Sanigepalli, Robert Van Ness, Brian Vogel & Kris Zacny, Honeybee Robotics LLC, Longmont, CO | sanigepalli.pdf | ||
| 09h15 | A Modular Ready-to-Use Active Gravity Offloading System | Frederik Doll, Stefan Oechslein & Benjamin Krolitzki, CarboSpaceTech GmbH, Immenstaad am Bodensee, Germany | doll.pdf | ||
| 09h40 | 15 min Break | ||||
| 09h55 | Origami-Inspired, Re-Deployable, Compact Lunar Solar Array System | Alexander Gendell, Folditure, Hoboken, NJ | gendell.pdf | ||
| 10h20 | Design and Testing of a Deployment Mechanism for NASA’s 1653-m2 Solar Cruiser Sail | Zachary McConnel & Mark S. Lake, Redwire Space, Longmont, CO | mcconnel.pdf | ||
| 10h45 | Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3): Mechanisms and Lessons Learned from a CubeSat Solar Sail Deployer | Nigel Schneider, Analytical Services & Materials Inc., Hampton, VA; Gregory Dean, Olive Stohlman, Jerry Warren, Juan Fernandez, W. Keats Wilkie, Todd Denkins, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | schneider.pdf | ||
| 11h10 | Design and Test of the Orion Crew Module Launch Abort System Hatch | Jeff Heyne, Aaron Larson, Ryan Dardar, Lance Lininger & Evan Siracki, Lockheed Martin Space, Houston, TX & Littleton, Co; Brian Emmett, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | heyne.pdf | ||
| 11h50 | Lunch: Lunch for AMS Attendees in Ballroom One | Top Of Page | |||
| Session VI: INSTRUMENTS | Justin Scheidler | NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH | |||
| 12h50 | Precision Actuation in the Flight Design of the Roman-CGI Focus Control Mechanism | Mineh Badalian, Johnathan W. Carson & Dalia Raafat, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | badalian.pdf | ||
| 13h15 | A Dust-Resilient Thermal Shutter Mechanism for Lunar Radiators | Andrew Gibson, Olly Poyntz-Wright, Angus Bishop & Matthew Oldfield, ESR Technology Ltd. - European Space Tribology Laboratory, Warrington, UK; Angel Iglesias & Fabrice Rottmeier, Almatech, Lausanne, Switzerland; Martin Humphries, Spacemech Limited, Bristol, UK; Philipp B Hager, European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands | gibson.pdf | ||
| 13h40 | An Introduction to Flexure Design | Johnathan Carson & Gary Y. Wang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | carson.pdf | ||
| 14h05 | Design and Test of Retention Mechanism to Apply Direction-Dependent Axial Force to Mars Returnable Sample Tube Assemblies | Jay Marion Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA | marion.pdf | ||
| 14h30 | Tough Precision Piezoelectric Motors for Space Applications | Francois Barillot, Jocelyn Rebufa, Etienne Betsch, Jolan Gauthier, Alexandre Pagès & Nabil Bencheikh, Cedrat Technologies, Meylan, France | barillot.pdf | ||
| 14h55 | VenSpec-H Filter Wheel Mechanism Breadboard Development and Test | Gerhard S. Székely, Robert Eberli, Marco Grossmann & Samuel Tenisch, Lucern University of Applied Sciences & Arts, Horw, Switzerland; Hans-Peter Gröbelbauer, Florian Wirz & Pascal Seiler, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch, Switzerland; Paola Kögl & Stefan Kögl, KOEGL Space GmbH, Dielsdorf, Switzerland; Paul Tackley & Taras Gerya, Zürich, Switzerland; Ann-Carine Vandaele & Eddy Neefs, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium | szekely.pdf | ||
| 15h20 | Break | Top Of Page | |||
| Session VII: GIMBALS | Jason Schuler | NASA Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL | |||
| 15h50 | Development of an Advanced 2-Axis Electrical Propulsion Pointing Mechanism | Paul Janu, Daniel Ruckser, Jarmila Suhajdova & Zoran Ignjatov, Beyond Gravity, Wien, Austria; Mario Toso, ESA/ESTeC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands | janu.pdf | ||
| 16h15 | MPCV SADA for Artemis Program: A Story of Increasing Demands and Continuous Improvement | Josef Viktor Zemann, Paul Joachim Schüngel & Matthias Schmalbach, Beyond Gravity, Zurich, Switzerland | zemann.pdf | ||
| 16h40 | Development and Qualification of an Electrical Thruster Two Axis Pointing Mechanism | Richard Horth MDA, Quebec, Canada | horth.pdf | ||
| 17h05 | SPECIAL PRESENTATION – Astronaut and F-22 Pilot, Major Nicole Ayers |  | Astronaut and F-22 Pilot, Major Nicole Ayers Nichole Ayers was selected by NASA to join the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class. She graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and later earned a master’s degree in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University. She became an instructor pilot in the T-38, leading adversary missions that provided combat training for the F-22 Raptors at Langley AFB. As one of the few women to have flown the F-22 Raptor, Ayers led the first-ever all-woman F-22 formation in combat in 2019 with more than 200 combat hours in Operation Inherent Resolve over Iraq and Syria. | ||
| 19h00 - 23h00 | BANQUET - Military Aviation Museum | Dinner and entertainment amongst World War II vintage airplanes. | |||
| DAY-3: Friday May 17, 2024 | |||||
| 07h00 | Presenters' Breakfast - Meeting Room 2A | ||||
| Session VIII: THE STU LOEWENTHAL TRIBOLOGY SESSION | Stu Loewenthal | Lockheed Martin Space (Retired), Sunnyvale, CA | Top Of Page | ||
| 08h00 | Dry-Film Lubricated Ball Bearing Tests for High-Speed, Moderate-to-Long Life, Cryogenic Operation | Robert Wei, Gale Paulsen, Andrew Bocklund, Nate Jensen, Zach Begland & Tim Newbold, Honeybee Robotics LLC, Altadena, CA | wei.pdf | ||
| 08h25 | Cold Welding under Space and Launch Conditions | Roland Holzbauer & Andreas Merstallinger, Aerospace & Advanced Composites GmbH, Wiener Neustadt, Austria; Lionel Gaillard & Nathan Bamsey, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands | holzbauer.pdf | ||
| 08h50 | Qualification of Rheolube 3000-3Pb for the BABAR-ERI Chopper Mechanism | Darren Erickson, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Bob Hoffman, NYE Lubricants (Member of the FUCHS Group) Inc., Fairhaven, MA | erickson.pdf | ||
| 09h15 | 15 min Break | ||||
| 09h30 | Development of Strain Wave Gearing Lubrication for the Steering Unit for The Manned Pressurized Rover | Jun'ichi Kurogi, Yoshihide Kiyosawa, Masaru Kobayashi & Takuya Akasaka, Harmonic Drive Systems Inc, Nagano-ken, Japan; Hiroyuki Toyoda & Shoichi Shono, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan; Shingo Obara, Koji Matsumoto & Nobuo Kenmochi, Japan Exploration Agency, Japan | kurogi.pdf | ||
| 09h55 | On the Potential of Orthoborate Ionic Liquids to Meet Lubrication Challenges in Space Mechanisms | Roman de la Presilla, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Oleg Antzutkin, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden; Sergei Glavatskih, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium | delapresilla.pdf | ||
| 10h20 | Design and Test of Bearings Used in Electromechanical Systems under High Vibration Environments | Kyle Gotthelf, Javier Becerra & Andrew Maurer, Honeybee Robotics LLC, Longmont, CO | gotthelf.pdf | ||
| 10h45 | Development and Qualification of an Extreme Mechanical Live Antenna Pointing Mechanism, part of the Inter Satellite Link of an ESA Mission Spacecraft | Richard Horth MDA, Quebec, Canada | horth.pdf(2) | ||
| 11h10 | SPECIAL PRESENTATION – SHOCK QUALIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS | Michael Reilley and Michael Talley | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News Shipbuilding This area of Virginia is a key shipbuilding area for the United States. Satellites have to design for shock from release devices all the time and this presentation will give you another perspective! | ||
| 11h40 | TECHNICAL SESSIONS CONCLUSION | Jonathan Wood | Lockheed Martin Space, Sunnyvale, CA | ||
| Herzl Award Presentation | |||||
| 12h00 | Lunch: Lunch for AMS Attendees in Ballroom One | ||||
| 13h00 - 17h00 | TOURS | ||||
| 13h00 | Busses depart Convention Center for NASA Langley or USS Wisconsin | ||||
| 17h00 | Approximate time busses return to Convention Center | ||||