NASA Paper Presentation
During the November 15 – 18, 2011 the International Workshop which has been organized together by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Portuguese Center for Pollution Prevention (C3P), on the topic of Environment and Alternative Energy with the theme of “Global Collaboration in Sustainable Environmental and Alternative Energy Strategies” at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
From all over the world this workshop had been attended by International and U.S. scientists, engineers, academics, researchers and students affiliated with government agencies, universities, and also large , small businesses.
General Castelo Branco , Director, Center for Pollution Prevention (C3P), Ms. Olga Dominguez, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Strategic Infrastructure, NASA, Mr. James Leatherwood, Director, Environmental Management Division, NASA, Mr.Nathalie Meusy, Head of the Coordination Office on Sustainable Development, ESA, Mr. Franco Ongaro
Some of the key speakers in the workshop were Director of Technical and Quality Management and Head of ESTEC.
The workshop is very excited that includes presentation on current issues, seeing a progress on those issues, technological solutions, from research and development with the aim towards the collaboration
The workshop was a combination of technical presentations and discussions that includes
- Materials management and substitution in support of space operations
- Remediation technologies and strategies
- Emerging renewable and alternative energy technologies
- Encroachment risk analysis and mitigation
- Adaptive response to climate change
- Green sustainable development and redevelopment
- Recycling and pollution control strategies
- Student presentations on related international and domestic research
- NASA
Students take part in the workshop by presenting (Both Paper and Poster) on above topics. The projects interest to NASA, ESA, and industry, represent new ideas, design, models, or concepts in the above area.
The main goal was to create interest among the students and encourage them in involvement, ideas exchange and information, creative thinking, some projects that are presented in the workshop that could meet interest any sponsor and leads to do the research further and develop the projects.
Students from all over the world have submitted their project and posters with their research ideas to NASA. These proposals will be evaluated by selected NASA personnel and University Professors. There were nearly two thousand proposals from all around the world. Among these proposals fifteen of them were selected of which two were from Italy, six from Portugal, five from United States of America and Durga Devi and Divya Krishnamoorthy were the only participants from Asia.
Presentation by Divya and Durga
In the presentation session, the Second Year CSE Students of the top engineering college, Mailam Engineering College. Ms G Durga Devi and Ms K Divya presented a paper on the topic “Ultraviolet Radiation Control Measures”. They presented about the Ultraviolet rays, consequences of the rays and preventive methods.
