NASA project leaders will discuss the present and future of space at the ETSi roundtable
Roundtable Conference: "NASA Project Leaders to Discuss the Present and Future of Space"
Presented by: Dr. Javier Gómez Elvira and Dr. Elizabeth Córdoba.
Date: November 15, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM.
Location: Auditorium of the Higher Technical School of Engineering, University of Seville.
This event is open to the entire educational community.
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On Tuesday, November 15th at 7:00 PM in the Auditorium of the Higher Technical School of Engineering of Seville (ETSi), the conference table entitled: “NASA project leaders will talk about the present and future of space” will be held.
This conference is part of ARCyTAN Scientific and Technological Stimulation Program . In this roundtable discussion, we will talk about the present and future of space with Dr. Javier Gómez Elvira (CAB), leader of NASA's REMS project on Mars, and Dr. Elisabeth Córdoba (JPL), head of systems for NASA's Mars 2020 Rover.
prior registration is required to attend .
We will discuss the present and future of space with researchers Dr. Javier Gómez-Elvira and Dr. Elisabeth Córdoba
Dr. Javier Gómez-Elvira
Director of the Payloads and Space Sciences Department at the National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA) in Spain and former director of the Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA) .
Javier Gómez-Elvira 's professional career is fundamentally linked to the world of space. He has participated in the development of antennas, mechanisms, and instruments for communications satellites and in aeronautical projects related to certification.
At the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), he led the design of prototypes for the exploration of the Tinto River and the development of instruments for space exploration. Since 2008, he has been the Principal Investigator of the Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS). This instrument, the first entirely developed and built in Spain to travel to another planet, is an environmental station that was aboard NASA's Curiosity rover, which was sent to
Mars in late 2011.
REMS is Curiosity's environmental station, a small weather station with sensors for pressure, humidity, wind, temperature, and ultraviolet radiation. Since August 2012, it has been operated by the CAB at the INTA campus facilities. In these ten years of uninterrupted operation, its data has allowed scientists to understand and interpret the Martian environment at this specific location on Mars.
Dr. Elizabeth Córdoba
Assistant Manager of the Flight Systems Engineering, Integration and Testing Section and Supervisor of the Major Payload Systems Engineering Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
Elizabeth Córdoba was the lead payload systems engineer for the seven instruments on the Mars 2020 rover, from preliminary design review through delivery. Her responsibilities encompassed all systems engineering disciplines (requirements development and flow, interface definition, business studies, risk identification, V&V planning and execution, etc.), as well as team management (cost, schedule, task planning, and team development). In addition, Elizabeth was responsible for leading multidisciplinary teams at JPL and with five different national and international organizations as part of the instrument development, resolving technical issues across all aspects of systems engineering design: mechanical, electrical, wiring, power, software, operations, and more.
