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Armadillo Aerospace: Featured at ScienceFEST
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Armadillo Aerospace won outright the NASA / Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Level I for $350,000 and threw down the gauntlet with a successful Level II mission. They will know by October 31st if they have won the $1,000,000 prize. They have also successfully completed testing of the Rocket Racing League prototype, a rocket powered aerobatic aircraft, and will be starting the second vehicle. Armadillo Aerospace is almost ready to announce their entry into the sub-orbital space transportation market with a new partnership and a new vehicle.
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A presentation by Edna Devore from
the SETI Institute discussing SETI’s
Kepler Telescope Mission.
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Astronomy Presentations
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Animal Encounter Shows
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ScienceFest is a celebration of science designed to help motivate students. It is a total packaged event where students should share the whole event.
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The Events
- 5:00 – 9:30 pm
Presentations and workshops by leading scientists
- 7:00 pm
Art-Science competition
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Two different presentations or demonstrations will be offered each hour. Presentations last no longer than 45 minutes.
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Topic Areas:
- Physics
- Chemistry
- New Technologies
- Astronomy
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- Physical Science
- Cosmology
- Lab Opportunities
- Workshops
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Food Services will be availabe at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center.
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Activities Repeated Throughout
the Evening:
- Animal Shows
- Snake Shows
- Chemistry
demonstrations
- Music
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- Star Parties
- Physics
demonstrations
- Hands-on Science
Experiences
- Rock/Fossil
Experiences
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Ballroom
West Central |
Ballroom
East |
Auditorium |
Forum |
| 5:30 |
Large Hadron Collider
Dr. Fred Olness
SMU Physics |
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Astronomy
Wilgus Burton
Planetarium Director, Garland ISD |
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| 6:15 |
Balsa Wood Glider Workshop
Fr. Mark Ripperger
Cistercian |
Electric Show
Glen Shirley
Dallas Museum |
Chemistry
Glen Owens
St. Mark's School |
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| 7:00 |
Edna Devore
Kepler Mission
SETI Institute |
Egg Drop Competition Workshop
Steve Rowley
Jesuit Preparatory School |
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Snake Encounters |
| 7:45 |
Neil Milburn
Armadillo Aerospace Vice-Presidcent and Project Manager |
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Special Displays
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The Ambassador of Plastics
Jon E. Valasek, St. Mark's Chemistry
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Earth Science Displays
Brookhaven College
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Presenter Information
Neil Milburn
Vice-President and Project Manager,
Armadillo Aerospace
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Neil Milburn
Vice-President and Project Manager,
Armadillo Aerospace
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Neil MILBURN was born in Middlesborough, England and is the British version of the Rocket Boys. His fascination with space and rocketry began with that same seminal moment, staring in to the skies of Northern England to try and spot Sputnik. His formative years were spent watching the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs from afar. Unfortunately, England was the wrong side of the “pond” to be involved in space and his hope of becoming an astronaut was further dashed when he discovered he could not join the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot because of poor eyesight. He subsequently graduated with an Honours Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Leeds and married the love of his life Susan in 1973. Neil then spent almost thirty years in private industry in a variety of roles – engineering, international sales and marketing - before he found his niche doing small engineering company start-ups and turnarounds. In this role he moved to the USA in 1982 and forgot to go home (but legal … a US citizen since 2006.) In 2003 he “semi-retired” and fulfilled a lifelong promise to payback a childhood debt to his mentors by taking up teaching. For his “day job” he currently teaches International Baccalaureate Physics in North Texas. That’s the day job!
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Edna Devore
Deputy CEO and Director of Education & Public Outreach
SETI Institute
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Edna Devore
Deputy CEO and Director of Education & Public Outreach
SETI Institute
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Science and astronomy educator Edna DeVore is the Deputy CEO and the Director of Education and Public Outreach (EPO) at the SETI Institute. She’s been a researcher, planetarium director, teacher, and curriculum writer, and currently is busy with projects related to education and SETI. Notable among these are the “Life in the Universe” curriculum materials for students in grades 3-9 and a new high school course, “Voyages Through Time”. Edna also co-directs the education and public outreach programs for two NASA missions: SOFIA and Kepler. SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) is a modified 747 commercial jet that will carry a large (2.5 m) telescope up to 45,000 feet to observe the universe in infrared wavelengths – a part of the spectrum which cannot be seen from the ground. The Kepler Mission is a space-based telescope that will hunt for Earth-sized planets in orbit about Sun-like stars.
Edna says she was fascinated by the sky in the summers of her childhood near California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Brilliant stars and the glittering Milky Way shimmered overhead from her front yard, unsullied by street lights. The sky was a part of the evening’s entertainment. Then, as an undergraduate, she took physics and encountered astronomy. That led Edna to work in planetariums, further education, and eventually her current work at the Institute. Now she’s bringing the excitement and knowledge of science to new generations. It’s hard to think of anything more important.
Kepler Mission: http://kepler.nasa.gov/about/
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Wilgus Burton
"Mercury, Mars, and Saturn"
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Wilgus Burton
"Mercury, Mars & Saturn"
- Planetarium Director / Teacher at Lakeview Centennial HS, Garland, TX. 13th year there.
- BS Astronomy from The Ohio State University (1979) and certified in TX to teach Physics and Mathematics. Currently working on Masters at Texas A & M Commerce.
- Married to Janet for 28 years, no children, 1 dog, 1 cat, and 4 cockatiels.
- Favorite hobbies: astronomy (duh!), photography, Amateur Radio (KC5UTW), Storyteller, computers, music, Sci Fi, reading, and walking with my dog, Sassy O.
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