Two Free Project PoSSUM Public Lectures Coming Soon
James Roddey
James Roddey
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James Roddey
Mar 28, 2017, 1:54 PM
April 8, 10 a.m. – The Art of Science Communication
April 10, 5 p.m. – Experiencing the Extremes of an Aerospace Environment
April 8 – The Art of Science Communication
Saturday, April 8, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Willie Miller Instructional Center at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus. This event is free and open to the public.
This free public interdisciplinary forum features scientists and an artist/astronaut focused on how astronautics enables science communication through human stories and artistic interpretation. The forum is open to the public. Click here for a map of campus.
PoSSUM is an acronym for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere. Project PoSSUM and the Art of Science Communication will include artist, retired astronaut and Embry-Riddle alumna Nicole Stott, neuroscientist and SciArt Exchange Executive Director Dr. Jancy McPhee, Project PoSSUM Executive Director Dr. Jason Reimuller and Embry-Riddle mathematician and composer Dr. Greg Spradlin.
April 10 – Experiencing the Extremes of an Aerospace Environment
Monday, April 10, 5 p.m. in the College of Aviation Atrium at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus. This event is free and open to the public.
Join former NASA astronaut Winston Scott and international aerobatic champion Patty Wagstaff as they speak on the physical conditioning needed and extreme physiological stresses that occur in the air and out is space. Scott will share his experience in EVA spacesuits and how that knowledge might influence the design of the next generation of spacesuits. Wagstaff will speak about the physical conditioning needed for the extreme physiological stresses of aerobatic competition. Project PoSSUM Executive Director Dr. Jason Reimuller will facilitate the talk.
Project PoSSUM is a non-profit research and education organization that is training citizen-scientist astronaut candidates to travel into the mesosphere (30-50 miles above the Earth) to study changes in the upper atmosphere to help understand how these changes affect the global climate. The training involves immersive educational programs held in partnership with Embry-Riddle at its Daytona Beach Campus. Click here for a map of campus.
The forum on The Art of Science Communication is part of a PoSSUM course titled “SciArts and Science Communication,” a collaborative effort between Project PoSSUM and the SciArt Exchange that is instructed by Dr. McPhee. The course teaches students how to best express science through art. The program will be held April 6-8 and is open to all interested students. Registration may be made online at www.projectpossum.org/programs/graduate-programs/science-education.
“Really wonderful things happen through the integration of art and science,” said Stott, who is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Embry-Riddle. “I look forward to this PoSSUM program discussion on The Art of Science Communication as we explore this SciArt topic.
The science/art forum and aerospace lecture will coincide with PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Candidate Class 1701. These citizen-scientists will learn how to operate PoSSUM instrumentation in simulated suborbital spaceflight at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus through a one-week program held April 7-12. Interested individuals may apply online at projectpossum.org.
Both events are free, open to the public. Click here for a map of campus.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jason Reimuller, Executive Director, Project PoSSUM Inc.; (720) 352-3227; Jason.Reimuller@projectpossum.org
James Roddey, Communications and Media Relations Manager, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Office: (386) 226-6198; james.roddey@erau.edu
About Project PoSSUM
Project PoSSUM, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is the first manned suborbital research and education program devoted to the study of the upper atmosphere and the role it plays in the understanding of the global climate. The PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Candidate Program and Advanced PoSSUM Academy are held at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. PoSSUM Instrumentation is funded by NASA and will be flown first in PoSSUM research aircraft and later over Antarctica in 2017 as the “PMC-Turbo” experiment. The PoSSUM Noctilucent Cloud Tomography Experiment is supported by NASA's Flight Opportunities Program as the “Noctilucent Cloud Imagery and Tomography Experiment,” granted in March 2012 and PoSSUM students train to fly this suborbital mission. For more information, visit www.projectpossum.org or follow us on www.facebook.com/projectpossum.
About SciArt Exchange
SciArt Exchange supports the development of programming and partnerships that bridge public understanding and the communication of science and engineering activities through the world of art. SciArt provides an interdisciplinary framework that places a focus on issues related to space, advanced technology, energy, health and medicine and sustainability. For more information, visit http://sciartex.org.