EIGHTH ANNUAL
ASRI CONFERENCE
PROGRAM

Saturday 5th December - Monday 7th December 1998

VENUE

Institution of Engineers, Australia
Conference Centre
11 Bagot St.
North Adelaide SA

ADVANCING SPACE TECHNOLOGY THROUGH EDUCATION

TIME

PAPER

AUTHOR

Saturday 5th December

9.00 am

Welcome

ASRI Chairman

9.10 am

Opening Presentation

(TBA)

9.30 am

ASRI - Programs Overview

Michael O’Donnell (ASRI)

10.30 am

Morning Tea (provided) Hybrid Motor Demonstration

11.00 pm

Australian Space Activity Update

Geoff O’Callaghan (ASRI)

11.30 pm

FEDSAT and the CRC for Satellite Systems

CRCSS Rep.

12.30 pm

Lunch (not provided)

1.30 pm

UQ ‘HYSHOT’ Scramjet Program

Mark Blair (ASRI)

1.50 pm

Ausroc III Tube Walled Rocket Motor Development

Chris Chapman (ASRI)

2.20 pm

Ausroc III Injector Design

(Uni of Adelaide)

2.40 pm

Ausroc III Strong-Ring and Thrust Frame

James Hyde (ADFA)

3.00 pm

Afternoon Tea (provided)

3.30 pm

Ausroc III Tridyne Pressurisation System

Richard Samuel (Monash Uni.)

3.50 pm

Ausroc III Avionics

Karl Wittwer (ADFA)

4.10 pm

Ausroc III Guidance System

Andrew Cheers (ASRI)

4.30 pm

Ausroc III Ground Facilities

(USQ)

5.00 pm

End.

7:00 pm

Conference Dinner.
Guest Speaker:: Mr. Phil Pearson (ex-WRE/DSTO)
Topic: "Woomera: Activities from the Weapon’s Research Establishment (WRE)"
Location: TBA
Cost: TBA

* Note: Program Subject to Change without Notice

Sunday 6th December

9.00 am

Ausroc IV Preliminary Design and Evaluation

Judith Odam (Uni. of Adel)

Kimberley Clayfield

9.30 am

Launch Hazard Analysis

Luke Tammer (RMIT)

10.00 am

Sighter-Zuni Program Update

Michael O’Donnell (ASRI) Steven Kollias (ASRI)

10.30 am

Morning Tea (provided)

11.00 am

ZUNI Telemetry System

Dave Peterson (ASRI)

11.20 am

Two Stage ZUNI Configuration

Peter Holloway

(Newcastle Uni.)

11.40 am

Sighter-ZUNI Tracking System

(QUT)

12.00 pm

QUT Sighter Rocket Program

(QUT)

12.30 pm

Lunch (not provided)

1.30 pm

The International AMSAT Organisation

Graeme Ratcliff (AMSAT Aust)

2.00 pm

BLUESAT Program Update

(UNSW)

2.30 pm

JAMSAT Program Overview

Amool Prasad (QUT)

3:00 pm

Afternoon Tea (provided)

3.30 pm

ASRI Annual General Meeting

5.00 pm

Director's Meeting

* Note: Program Subject to Change without Notice

Monday 7th December

9.00 am

JAMSAT

(QUT)

9.20 am

JAMSAT

(QUT)

9.40 am

JAMSAT

(QUT)

10.00 am

JAMSAT

(QUT)

10.30 am

Morning Tea (provided)

11.00 am

JAMSAT Technical Discussions

(ASRI/QUT/CRCSS)

12.30 pm

Lunch (not provided)

2.00 pm

Depart for Woomera

Accommodation: Woomera Traveller’s Village ($15/night) (08) 8673-7800

Tuesday 7th December

10.00 am

Depart for Woomera Range Tour

Wednesday 8th December

10.00 am

Depart for Adelaide

Accommodation is available at :

Lincoln College
45 Brougham Place
North Adelaide SA 5006

Contact: G. A. Vincent
ph. (08) 8290 6005
fax (08) 8267 2942

Note: Bed and breakfast. $30 per person per night. Full payment must be made before arrival. Bankcard, Mastercard, and Visa accepted. Full refund if notify before arrival. $30 charged if don't show and no notification given. Lincoln College is 10 minutes walk from the conference location.