Science
and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara
November
Luncheon
at
The Elephant Bar Restaurant
Thursday,
November 13, 2003 12:00-1:30 PM
Goleta Goes to Mars: Mini-TES and THEMIS
Goleta has been at the center of hardware development for Mars exploration for over 35 years. Currently, devices from Goleta are on their way to Mars for a January 2004 landing. Our speaker will discuss the Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) and the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), which were built by Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (SBRS) under contract to Arizona State University (ASU).
Come find out more about this local angle on Mars exploration!
------PRESENTER------
Steve
Silverman
Technical Director, Raytheon
Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (SBRS)
Steven Silverman is a systems engineer specializing in design, development, and testing of space-qualified electro-optical instruments. He is the technical director of the Mars Surveyor 2001 Project's Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) and Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES) Programs. Most recently, he completed more than 12 years of work as systems engineer on the Mars Observer/Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer. He has an MS from the University of California at Santa Barbara, specializing in microwaves, optics, and acoustics.
------OTHER INFO------
$12 for SEC
members; $15 for non-members.
Information: Barbara Keaney (E-mail: scieng@silcom.com
or call 805-684-4927).
Reservations NOT required.
Elephant Bar Restaurant: 521 Firestone Road.
Website: http://www.scieng.org
From the President: I am honored to begin the current year as President and would like to thank all of our SEC members and the Board for your continued support as we all work to bring you quality luncheon programs each month. This month we are pleased to present another success story from our local scientific and engineering community. Please join us to hear Steven Silverman give a first-hand account of the latest mission to Mars.
Timothy Murphy