Cassini Scientist for a Day
Singapore Edition
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Cassini Scientist for a Day 2014
TARGETS
Introduction
Target 2: Titan
Target 1: F Ring
Target 3: Saturn
WINNERS
Winner - Fong Khi Yung (RI)
Target: Titan
"Titan does not fit the co-accretion moon formation model typical of gas-giant satellites. Its comparatively large eccentricity to Jupiter’s moons suggests an initial group of large moons which were devastated by immense impacts, ultimately coalescing to form Titan, Rhea and Iapetus..."
Essay soon to be posted on JPL/NASA
1st Runner-up - Chiu Chen Ning (SST)
Target: Titan
"Nearly all of Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes are located in its northern hemisphere. Since the Cassini probe is reaching a vantage point where Titan’s northern hemisphere is visible, this would be a golden opportunity for the observation and photography of these lakes, allowing for a deeper understanding..."
Essay soon to be posted on JPL/NASA
2nd Runner-up - Jeanne Ouyang (BPGHS)
Target: F-Ring
"Prometheus’s gravity may act as a catalyst for the cohesion of moonlets as they hurtle through F-ring. This results in the formation of clumps in the F-ring. However, it does not explain the drop in the number of clumps in the F-ring. Is it related to the Roche limit? Closer imagery of the formation and separation..."
Essay soon to be posted on JPL/NASA
Honorable Mentions:
Aditi Melkote
Foo Si Ying, Gillian
Huang Wei
Koh Sze Chee
Kopparthi Sandeep
Lim Yu Shan Charissa
Rachel Teng
Raviraj Ramchandra Talgeri
Ryan Toh
Tan Yi Xuan
William Ming
Yuvabharathi Int'l
SCGS
DHS
BPGHS
SST
SP
RGS
SST
SP
SP
SST
Cassini Explorer Award 2014
Singapore Polytechnic
VIDEO CONFERENCE
Full Webcast
Speakers
Ms. Kimberly Steadman
Flight Systems Engineer, NASA
Kimberly Steadman is an engineer working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In her over 16 years at JPL, she has worked on several different projects including X2000, the Mars Exploration Rovers, the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and the Mars Science Laboratory. She is currently a Science Planning Engineer for the MSL Curiosity Rover and a Tactical Uplink Lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech.
Prof. Andrew P. Ingersoll
Planetary Scientist, Caltech
Andrew P. Ingersoll, is a professor of Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology, and 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.