[Student_programs] International Astronautical Congress - Call for Abstracts for Student Papers

[Mark Fischer]

Call for Abstracts for Student Papers
International Astronautical Congress

NASA announces its intent to participate in the 
57th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 
and requests that undergraduate and graduate 
students respond to this “Call for 
Abstracts.”   The IAC – which is organized by the 
International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the 
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and 
the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) – 
is the largest space-related conference 
world-wide and selects an average of 1000 
scientific papers every year. The upcoming IAC 
will be held October 2-6, 2006 in Valencia, 
Spain.  NASA’s participation in this event is an 
on-going effort to continue to bridge NASA with 
the astronautical and space international community.

This “Call for Abstracts” is a precursor to a 
subsequent submission of a final paper, which may 
be presented at the 57th IAC.  Student authors 
are invited to submit an abstract regarding an 
original, unpublished paper that has not been 
submitted in any other forum.  A NASA technical 
review panel will select ten abstracts to be 
considered by the IAF.  Many students and 
professors are currently involved in NASA related 
research which could be considered for this 
submission.  Students submitting abstracts are 
strongly encouraged to seek advice from 
professors who are conducting NASA research 
and/or from NASA scientists and 
engineers.  Abstracts must be related to NASA’s 
ongoing vision for space exploration and fit into 
one of the following categories:

- Science and Exploration – Systems sustaining space missions
   including life, microgravity, space exploration and Search
   for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
- Applications and Operations  - On-going and future operational
   applications, including earth observation, disaster reduction,
   communication, space station, small satellites and space debris
- Technology – Common technologies to space systems including
   astrodynamics, structures, power and propulsion
- Infrastructures – Systems sustaining space missions including
   space system, transportation, future systems and safety
- Space and Safety – Interaction of space with society including
   education, policy and economics, history and law

The full text of the abstract in English must be 
submitted electronically in the prescribed format 
at www.website.com as early as possible but not 
later than 4 PM EST on February 1, 2006.

The following information must be included in the 
submission: paper title, name of contact author, 
name of co-author(s), organization(s), oral or 
poster, full postal address, phone, fax and email 
of the author and co-author(s).  Abstract should 
specify purpose, methodology, results and 
conclusions and should indicate that substantive 
technical and/or programmatic content as well as 
clearly indicate that the material is new and 
original and explain why and how.

For additional programmatic information, contact 
Dr. Milagros Mateu at 202-358-0954 or by email at 
mmateu at hq.nasa.gov.  For issues related to the 
electronic submission, contact Althia Harris at 
202-479-9030, Extension 310 or aharris at nasaprs.com.



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Mark Fischer
Associate Director
NC Space Grant
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