Claire Meschkat Meschkat

STEM Director

Vivify STEM

Sessions in which Claire Meschkat Meschkat attends

Wednesday 5 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

7:00 PM

Exoplanets in Our Backyard

1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater

Presentation

Our generation is the first in human history to travel to other worlds. With the help of robots, we’ve seen the lava plains of Venus, the fire f...

Thursday 6 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

7:30 AM

SEEC 101

15 minutes, 7:30 AM - 7:45 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater

Session

8:00 AM

Keynote Session- Thursday

1 hour 30 minutes, 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater

Keynote

Mike Kincaid oversees strategic direction and leadership of NASA’s STEM engagement function,...

10:00 AM

Afterschool Universe: Make Out-of-School Out of this World!

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Lonestar

Session

Sarah Eyermann, CRESST/Univ. of Maryland & NASA Goddard (Participant)

Sara Mitchell, CRESST/Univ. of Maryland & NASA Goddard (Participant)

Take middle-schoolers on a journey through the universe! Developed by NASA, Afterschool Universe is a freely-available ou...

11:30 AM

Quick lunch 1

15 minutes, 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1

Lunch

This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...

12:45 PM

Dehydration and Rehydration: A Lab Based Approach to Space Food

45 minutes, 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4

Session

Hannah Land, Denison ISD (Participant)

Freeze dried food, dehydrated meals, barbeque mac-n-cheese, anyone hungry? Indulge in a culinary approach to understandin...

1:45 PM

Engineering Our Ride to the Moon

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon

Session

Patricia Moore, NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (Participant)

Eduardo Lopez, SLS (Participant)

katie gonzalez, The Boeing Company (Participant)

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will carry humans to the Moon and on to Mars. Meet rocket propulsion experts fro...

3:45 PM

Coding With Drones: The Mars Helicopter

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Kellie Arenz, Mukwonago Area School District- Park View Middle School (Participant)

Ronda McCarthy, St. Theresa Catholic School (Participant)

This session will introduce the Mars Helicopter that will be traveling on the Mars 2020 Rover. Codable drones will be use...

5:15 PM

Networking Reception

1 hour 44 minutes, 5:16 PM - 7:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronuat Gallery

Reception

Join the ISS National Lab for an evening of networking and learning we will be hosting a free reception to showcase our partners in the...

7:00 PM

Thought Leader Series - Challenges of Building the Station

1 hour, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater

Presentation

There will be a special Thought Leaders Series presented at 7:00pm. This year marks 20 years of humans continuously living and working off planet. ...

Friday 7 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

8:00 AM

Keynote- Friday

1 hour, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater

Keynote

Lara KearneyDeputy Program Manager, Gateway Program Kearney serves as Gateway Deputy Progra...

9:30 AM

One Year of Seismology on Mars: Update on the InSight Mission

1 hour 30 minutes, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4

Session

Catherine Walker, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Dr Caroline Beghein PhD, UCLA (Participant)

I will first review how seismic waves are generated on Earth, how they propagate through a planet, and how we can use sei...

11:00 AM

Quick Lunch- Lunch 1

15 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1

Lunch

This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...

12:15 PM

Using Augmented and Virtual Reality To Enhance Earth and Space Science Curriculum

45 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 4

Session

Ms. Denise Wright, Ocean Bay Middle (Participant)

This session will highlight virtual and augmented apps that highlight space curriculum. Some examples include the Explore...

1:15 PM

The International Space Station: 20 Years of STEM Engagement Resources

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny

Session

Allison Bott, NASA - Oklahoma State University (Participant)

Scott Black, NASA (Participant)

2020 marks the 20th anniversary of continuous human presence on the International Space Station. This session celebrates ...

3:15 PM

Launch and Splashdown with Artemis I

1 hour 30 minutes, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club

Session

Heather Paul, NASA JSC XE2 (Participant)

Patricia Moore, NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (Participant)

Mr Jamie Semple, NASA Office of STEM Engagement (Participant)

NASA’s Artemis I is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration to the Moon...

7:00 PM

SEEC Banquet

4 hours, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

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Saturday 8 February, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

8:45 AM

Space Center University Flight Operations Mission

45 minutes, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon

Session

Tamara Cougar, Boeing (Participant)

Kaci Heins, Space Center Houston (Participant)

Rachael Stephenson, Space Center University (Participant)

The Foundations of Mission Operations instill a culture of leadership that is unwavering in the highly stressful work that...

10:00 AM

Destination Asteroid!: NASA Solar System Exploration

1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon

Session

Paige Graff, JACOBS@NASA Johnson Space Center (Participant)

Julie Ann Fooshee, NASA/MTS (Participant)

Join us for this hands-on activity session and gain experience and insight into the process of selecting an asteroid to i...

11:45 AM

NASA and Sound, Let's Explore!

45 minutes, 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3

Session

Charla Nicholas, Carlisle High School (Participant)

Loren Lykins, Carlisle High School (Participant)

If a spacecraft lands on Earth's moon, or Mars, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? In this session, ...

12:30 PM

Lunch 2 Saturday

1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2

1:45 PM

Mars Landing, Sphero Style!

1 hour 30 minutes, 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3

Session

Michelle Mohrweis, Space Foundation (Participant)

Andrzej Stewart, Leidos (Participant)

Want to drop a robot off a two story building? Come simulate landing a Mars Rover using Sphero robots and a variation o...

3:30 PM

Keynote- Saturday

1 hour, 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater

Keynote

Holly Ridings She is a mechanical engineer and the first woman to be chief flight director. She leads the elite gro...