Cassini Scientist for a Day
Singapore Edition
Cassini Scientist for a Day 2013
TARGETS
Introduction
Target 2: Dione
Target 1: Iapetus
Target 3: Saturn
WINNERS
Winner - Prinita Mukherjee (BPGHS)
Target: Iapetus
"The dark equator-facing and bright poleward-facing crater walls suggest water-ice sublimation as the cause of local albedo patterns. This particular mechanism is plausible because Iapetus's slow rotation of 79 days..."
1st Runner-up - Teh Nian Fei (BPGHS)
Target: Iapetus
"Scientists would be able to be more accurately predict the age of the craters found on the surface of Iapetus by increasing the number of craters observable on the surface of Iapetus. This can help in determining the validity of the statement “the equatorial ridge is much younger than the rest of the moon”..."
2nd Runner-up - Elaine Wijaya Oey (RGS)
Target: Iapetus
"However, recent images showing tectonic faults running through the ridge inconsistent with the collapsed ring hypothesis have debunked that particular theory. I believe that if more visual evidence..."
Honorable Mentions:
Chow Zi Jie
Jeanne Ouyang Jian Jun
Kopparthi Sandeep
Koh Sze Chee
Lu Wenyu
Nithin Balasubramanian
Ren Siyu
Sim Yu Yang
Sivakumar Jananya
Sneha Vinod
Yan Pei Ling
Zhang Liang
SST
BPGHS
SST
BPGHS
HCI (College)
GIIS
RGS
BPGHS
Yuvabharathi Int'l
SST
SST
VJC
Cassini Explorer Award 2013
School of Science and Technology, Singapore
VIDEO CONFERENCE
Full Webcast
Speakers
Dr. Allan Y. Lee
Spacecraft Engineer, NASA
Allan Y. Lee received his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. From 1989 until today, he works on the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. For more than 20 years, he supported the design, build, test, launch, and mission operations of the spacecraft. He has also supported other interplanetary missions including the Mars Science Laboratory, Galileo Jupiter mission, Deep Impact, Kepler, Mars Odyssey, and Dawn (exploration of the asteroids Vesta and Ceres).
He was awarded two NASA exceptional service medals. He has also authored and coauthored more than 60 journal and conference papers, and two book chapters in engineering, technology, and applied science.
Prof. Andrew P. Ingersoll
Planetary Scientist, Caltech
Andrew P. Ingersoll, the Earle C. Anthony Professor of Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology, is an expert on the weather and climate of Earth and the other planets. He has participated in many space missions including Pioneer Jupiter/Saturn, Pioneer Venus, Voyager, VEGA Venus Balloons, Mars Global Surveyor, Galileo to Jupiter, Cassini to Saturn, and Juno, currently on its way to Jupiter.
Among his numerous discoveries, he was the first to suggest a runaway greenhouse for Venus’ atmosphere. Dr. Ingersoll received NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and was awarded the Gerard P. Kuiper Prize of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.