|
Topic |
Speaker |
Sunday |
|
12:30 PM to Comp |
Conference Registration Dorm Lobby |
Melinda Lord - Treasurer |
1:00 PM |
Radio Astronomy - Beginner Session- In the Visitors Center Conference Room |
Tom Crowley - Past President |
3:00 PM |
40 foot Radio Telescope Familiarization Workshop - Meet in the Dorm Parking Lot |
Tom Crowley - Past President |
5:15 PM |
Dinner in NRAO Cafeteria |
|
7:15 PM |
Hands on Radio Astronomy on the Lawn |
|
7:15 PM |
Impromptu Presentations / Social in the Drake Lounge |
|
7:15 PM |
Beginners Session - Welcome Center Conference Room |
Jon Wallace |
Monday |
|
7:45 AM |
Breakfast in the NRAO Cafeteria |
|
9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction |
Paul Oxley - Vice President |
9:15 AM |
SARA Announcements |
Bill Lord - President |
9:30 AM |
What is the "Epoch of Reionization" and how can we look at it? |
David Westman |
10:15 AM |
Coffee Break & Poster Session in Lobby |
|
10:45 AM |
Teaching About Black Holes |
Jon Wallace |
11:30 AM |
RASDR Development Status |
Bogdan Vacaliuc - et. al. |
12:15 PM |
Open Discussion |
|
12:30 PM |
Lunch in NRAO Cafeteria |
|
1:30 PM |
Call for Nominations of Officers and Directors |
Bill Lord - President |
2:00 PM |
Observing Neutral Hydrogen (HI) in the Milky Way Galaxy with a 3 Meter Radio Telescope |
Tom Crowley - Past President |
2:45 PM |
Operating a remote radio astronomy observatory |
Chuck Forester |
3:30 PM |
Coffee Break & Poster Session in Lobby |
|
4:00 PM |
Low and Intermediate Frequency Inputs for RASDR |
Paul Oxley - Vice President |
4:45 PM |
KEY NOTE SPEAKER - A Renaissance in Low Frequency Radio Astronomy |
Dr. Namir E. Kassim, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC |
Monday |
|
5:30 PM |
Dinner in the NRAO Cafeteria |
|
6:45 PM |
SARA Board Meeting in the conference room and Flea Market in Parking Lot and Dorm Lobby |
|
7:45 PM |
Impromptu Discussions and Social in Drake Lounge - Namir Kassim available for Informal Discussion |
|
Tuesday |
|
7:45 AM |
Breakfast in the NRAO Cafeteria |
|
9:00 AM |
SARA Elections |
Bill Lord - President |
9:30 AM |
SARA Business Meeting |
Bill Lord - President |
9:45 AM |
Drift Scan Radio Astronomy Sky Mapping using Articulating Parabolic Antenna |
Michael T. Mruzek |
10:30 AM |
Coffee Break and Poster Session |
|
11:00 AM |
Taming the Ten Foot Dish for Radio Astronomy |
Tom Crowley - Past President |
11:45 AM |
Spectral Analysis: A Probe to the Ionosphere |
John C. Mannone |
12:30 PM |
Lunch In NRAO Cafeteria |
|
1:45 PM |
Group Photo |
Location to be announced |
2:00 PM |
NRAO High Tech Tour |
Sue Ann Heatherly |
3:30 PM |
Coffee Break and Poster Session |
|
4:00 PM |
Demonstration Devices and Audio Recordings for Radio Astronomy Presentations |
Jon Wallace |
4:45 PM |
2013 Conference Planning & Awarding of Door Prizes |
Paul Oxley - Vice President & Incoming Vice President |
5:15 PM |
Dinner in NRAO Cafeteria |
|
6:30 PM |
Drake Lounge Open for Impromptu Presentations, Social and Hands-on Astronomy on the Lawn |
|
6:30 PM |
RASDR Breadboard Demonstration |
RASDR Development Team |
Wednesday |
|
7:45 AM |
Breakfast in the NRAO Cafeteria |
|
9:00 AM |
Pay Room Bills in the NRAO Business Office |
|
10:00 AM |
Informal Calibration Session |
Charles Osborne |
12:00 PM |
Conference Ends |
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