Cassini Scientist for a Day
Singapore Edition
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Cassini Scientist for a Day 2015
TARGETS
WINNERS
Winner - Atrijo Bhattacharyya (RI)
Target: Moons and Rings
"Saturn’s rings and its moons, Mimas, Tethys and Enceladus have always been a topic of speculation.The age and origin of the most extensive rings in the solar system is a mystery. Most research suggests that a constant influx of micrometeoroids over a time period of 3.8 to 4.5 billion years..."
1st Runner-up - Ng Jing Ni (RGS)
Target: Moon and Rings
"Enceladus is Saturn’s sixth largest moon, with a rocky core and icy crust. With suitableconditions, Enceladus is a promising candidate in the search for extra-terrestrial life, givingCassini an opportunity to conduct more research. Cassini can also find out about Enceladus’geography, like its cryovolcanism..."
VIDEO CONFERENCE
2nd Runner-up - Chiu Chen Ning (SST)
Target: Rhea and Tethys
"Occultations can help scientists to make more accurate predictions on the orbits of objects, by knowing the size of the object in front and the total duration of the occultation event. The upcoming Rhea-Tethys occultation has Rhea almost directly crossing in front of Tethys, providing a golden opportunity..."
Full Webcast
Honorable Mentions:
Aditi Melkote
Aria Xun Kexin
Bonotan Grace Ann Biton
Divyadarshini Sivakumar
Ernest Tan Yuan Jun
Grace Cahyadi
Jeanne Ouyang Jian Jun
Kopparthi Sandeep
Lucas Dhiren Max Obe
Ng Kang Zhe
S Jivaganesh
Sneha Vihod
Talgeri Raviraj Ramchandra
Thaddeus Lim Kuo Jiang
Xie Cen Amy
Yunjun Jiang
Yuvabharathi Int'l
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Yuvabharathi Int'l
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Cassini Explorer Award 2015
School of Science and Technology, Singapore
Target 1: Moons and Rings
Target 3: Rhea and Tethys
Target 2: Jupiter
Photo credit: Malvin Ng Photography
Speakers
Dr. Earl Maize
Cassini-Huygens Program Manager, NASA
Dr. Morgan Cable
Research Scientist, NASA
Dr. Maize is the manager of the Cassini Program. He began at JPL working on the navigation and engineering teams for the Galileo mission. After Galileo’s final Earth flyby, he transferred to Cassini as the Spacecraft Operations manager and then Deputy Program Manager. He left the project for eight years to hold management positions in Guidance, Navigation, and Control and Avionics. He returned to Cassini as the Program Manager in January 2013.
Dr. Maize has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the past 32 years. He received his bachelor’s degree from Pomona College and his doctorate degree in mathematics from the Claremont Graduate University.
Dr. Morgan L. Cable is a Research Scientist in the Instrument Systems Implementation and Concepts Section at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. She is also a Project Science Systems Engineer for the Cassini Mission, which has been exploring the Saturn system for over 10 years.
Morgan’s research focuses on organic and biomarker detection strategies, through both in situ and remote sensing techniques. While earning her Ph.D. in Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, she designed receptor sites for the detection of bacterial spores, the toughest form of life. As a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at JPL, Morgan developed novel protocols to analyze organics such as amines and fatty acids using small, portable microfluidic sensors. She is currently working as a Collaborator on the Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE), an instrument selected for NASA’s next mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; this spectrometer will map Europa’s surface and search for organics, salts and minerals.