Below is the agenda for the
First Annual NAPSA Workshop
Monday May 12th, 2014
Lowell Observatory
Institutional Introductions
- Lowell Observatory
- USGS Flagstaff Science Campus
- USGS Flagstaff Office of the Arizona Water Science Center
- USGS Astrogeology Science Center
- Astrogeology Research: Remote Sensing, Cartography, Mapping & Analog Sites
- USGS Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
- United States Naval Observatory
- NAU College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences
- NAU School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability
- NAU Department of Physics and Astronomy
- NAU Department of Mechanical Engineering
- NAU Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- NAU Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Grants & Contracts Panel (Lowell, NAU, USGS)
- Removing obstacles
- Let’s not re-invent the wheel
- Centralized resources/points of conact
Breakout Discussions
- Students
- Resources, opportunities, mechanisms, curriculum
- Funding
- Opportunities, barriers, long term goals
- Outreach
- Communication, education, promotion
- Defining a Path Forward
- Keep the momentum going, other options, documentation
Moving Forward
- Document the proceedings
- Establish a document repository
- Large Poster Session and another topical workshop in the Fall
- After meeting assessment by Steering Comittee