EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Overview
Science Related Activities
Service
Education and Public Outreach (E/PO)
APPENDIX I: Peer-reviewed Publications
APPENDIX II: Scientific Staff - Conference Attendance and Abstracts Presented
APPENDIX III: Invited Presentations
APPENDIX IV: Funding
APPENDIX V: Scientific Staff - Service to NASA and the Scientific Community
APPENDIX VI: Summer Student Activities LPI/ NASA JSC Undergraduate Summer Intern Program
APPENDIX VII: Mentoring
APPENDIX VIII: Scientific Staff - Education/Public Outreach Activities
APPENDIX IX: Seminar Speakers
APPENDIX X: NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility and Library
APPENDIX XI: Meeting and Publication Services - Conferences and Workshops
APPENDIX XII: Department of Education and Public Outreach
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Over the past twelve months, the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) has continued its focus on scientific excellence and service to NASA and the planetary science community around the world.
During this performance period, the eight LPI staff scientists contributed to 39 peer-reviewed research papers and currently function as Principal- or Co-Investigator in 30 federal grants, with an addition 8 pending decision. Five of our scientists are engaged in current NASA missions, including the Mars Science Lander (Dr. Treiman), Grail (Drs. Kiefer and McGovern), Cassini (Dr. Schenk),
Dawn (Drs. Kiefer and Schenk), and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (Dr. Spudis).
LPI also maintains its strong support of NASA’s research, outreach, and education programs. In conjunction with the NASA Johnson Space Center, LPI organized and convened the 43rd Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference, the premier conference of the planetary research community, with a record breaking attendance of 1761. LPI also hosts the Center for Lunar Science and Exploration under the leadership of Dr. Kring, (PI). CLSE houses one of only seven research teams within the
NASA Lunar Science Institute dedicated to advancing fundamental knowledge of the Moon in anticipation of future manned expeditions. NASA routinely calls on LPI scientists and postdocs to provide highly qualified expertise to their research proposal review panels; five staff scientists sit on
NASA exploration and advisory groups. In addition, publishing houses across the globe frequently rely upon LPI researchers to act as editors and reviewers for their publications. Finally, through its
K-16 educational outreach activities, its undergraduate internships and its post-doctoral support, LPI continues play a vital role in attracting, training, and nurturing the planetary science community of tomorrow.
Science productivity at LPI remained high; in addition to the 39   peer-reviewed publications cited above, LPI post-docs and visiting scientists produced an additional 8 with 4 others in press
(Appendix I). Scientists and postdoctoral fellows were very active in professional meetings, with numerous oral and poster presentations (see Appendices II and III). Success at obtaining grants for scientific research from funding agencies remains high (Appendix IV), with over $2M in PI external science grants. The largest single grant other than the LPI CA is the Cooperative Agreement for the
LPI-JSC node of the NASA Lunar Science Institute (the Center for Lunar Science and Exploration), which includes and serves researchers at the LPI, NASA-JSC, universities across the country, and the Texas teaching consortium.
Scientific service to the NASA and scientific community also remains strong, as demonstrated by the many activities included in Appendix V. Drs. Mackwell and Clifford assisted the NASA Science
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Mission Directorate and the Human Exploration and Operations Directorate in organizing and convening the Workshop on Concepts and Approaches to Mars Exploration. And as previously noted several LPI scientists also served on NASA science analysis groups, including CAPTEM (Dr.
Treiman), LEAG (Drs. Mackwell and Spudis), MEPAG (Dr. Clifford), OPAG (Dr. Schenk), and
VEXAG (Drs. Kiefer, Mackwell, and Sharpton, with Drs. Mackwell and Sharpton sitting on the
Executive Committee). LPI scientists also contributed to NASA’s grant review process, with service to the R&A Programs of: Planetary Geology and Geophysics (Drs. McGovern and Sharpton),
Cosmochemistry (Drs. Spudis and Treiman), Mars Fundamental Research (Dr. Kiefer) Mars Data
Analysis (Drs. Kiefer, McGovern, Sharpton, and Treiman), Origins, and Planetary Atmospheres, and
Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples (Dr. Treiman).
LPI scientists have been active in space science missions and proposals with NASA and space agencies from around the world. LPI scientist Paul Spudis continues to serve as Instrument PI for the Mini-SAR instrument on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan -1 Lunar
Orbiter. Chandrayaan-1 completed a successful mission this summer generating significant new data that the instrument team is currently working to process and interpret. Dr. Spudis is also Deputy
Principal Investigator for the mini-RF radar instrument on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
(LRO), now returning data from the Moon. LPI scientists Walter Kiefer and Paul Schenk were selected as Participating Scientists for the Dawn spacecraft mission’s encounter with Vesta. Dr.
Steve Clifford is Deputy Science Team Lead for the WISDOM VHF ground penetrating radar and the
EISS HF ground penetrating radar for ESA’s 2013 ExoMars Mission rover and lander respectively.
Dr. Allan Treiman is a co-Investigator for the CheMin instrument, and Dr. Laurel Kirkland is a co-
Investigator for the ChemCam instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory. Dr. Treiman was also a co-investigator on the SAGE mission proposal, a Venus atmosphere probe and Lander, which was in Phase A study but not down selected. Five LPI scientists were participants in proposals for
Discovery class spacecraft missions (submitted in Sept. 2010); Drs. Mackwell and Sharpton were
Principal Investigators on two such proposals, and are currently revising their science and mission plans in preparation for the 2015 Discover opportunity.
The Institute continues to emphasize development and training of the next generation of planetary scientists, at undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. The LPI supported and sponsored
15 postdoctoral fellows and two visiting scientists, who worked at LPI and at JSC. Six post-doctoral fellows have ‘graduated’ from the LPI this period, and all have found continuing work in their research areas, mostly in permanent positions.
In the past year, the LPI hosted and sponsored a total of 19 summer interns and students (Appendix
VI). Twelve of these summer participants were in the LPI/JSC Summer Undergraduate Intern program. Six were graduate students in the Lunar Exploration Summer Interns program, created at the LPI to allow budding lunar scientist to work on science questions relevant to the Human
Spaceflight Program (formerly Constellation Systems at JSC). One other undergraduate student worked at the LPI under support from various PI grants and external sources. While LPI arranged to sponsor a further 2 students from the Indian Institute of Science and Technology, as well as the annual symposium for all 6 of the Indian students and mentors, we were informed 2 weeks from the start of the program that approvals for the student travel had not been forthcoming. Despite this set-
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back in 2012, IIST and LPI fully intend to continue the program in 2013 with a new student group.
The LPI science staff has also mentored several undergraduate and graduate students, and young faculty members (Appendix VII).
LPI scientists participated in numerous Education and Public Outreach activities locally, nationally and internationally, as summarized in Appendices VIII & IX. Activities ranged across the full spectrum of target audiences and impact scales. At one end of the spectrum is development of the
LPI Lunar Science and Engineering Portal, which aims to serve as the one-stop shop for scientific and engineering data relevant to lunar explorations. At the other end of the spectrum is Science
Staff participation in local community events like Family Space Day at the LPI (targeted at elementary-age children, including home-schoolers).
This science staff of the LPI has been relatively stable the last year. Dr. Donald Bogard has continued to work at the LPI as a Heritage Fellow. Dr. Bogard is a distinguished and honored scientist, who worked for many years at JSC, first on the returned Apollo samples, and then on many aspects of solar system chronology. Dr. Virgil (Buck) Sharpton has returned to the LPI to focus on his research activities, after stepping down as Vice Chancellor at the University of Alaska. He was recently designated by President Obama to serve as acting chair of the US Arctic Research
Commission.
The LPI service organization is responsible for a variety of functions, including conference and workshop coordination, publications, scientist resources such as the library, the NASA Regional
Planetary Image Facility (Appendix X), the LPI website ( http://www.lpi.usra.edu/ ) , and a range of electronic tools to enhance planetary science activities and effective communication within the planetary science community.
In 2012, the LPI meeting group organized 17 conferences and workshops for the planetary science community (Appendix XI). While many of these meetings were modest in size, a number of conferences had attendance exceeding 100 participants. This year marked the 43rd Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), which was held for the fourth time at The Woodlands
Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center just north of Houston. More enhancements were added to the online Program Committee System tool, providing more flexibility and a more intuitive interface for the committee members to arrange the session schedule and construct the final meeting program. LPSC once again set new records for number of abstracts submitted (1943) and total participants (1761); the meeting included scientists from 31 countries and had a very high percentage of students participating (31%). In its fifth year, the LPI Career Development Awards attracted more than 200 applications for 20 travel stipends to help cover expenses for attending the
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The meeting provides an invaluable opportunity for students, not only to present their own research, but also to hear and see firsthand the latestbreaking results from other researchers in their field. The winners were once again recruited to
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work at the poster session and registration desk, reducing staffing costs while providing young scientists an opportunity to meet a large cross-section of the planetary science community.
The interactive Meeting Portal, designed to be a single point of access for LPI’s meeting-related services, was expanded to allow users more opportunities to access meeting information, submit abstracts, register for conferences and workshops, and participate on program committees. A tool was also added to allow meeting participants to construct a personal program schedule for larger conferences with multiple parallel technical sessions.
During this reporting period, Renée Dotson of the Meeting and Publication Services group began prepress services for the production of Comparative Climatology on Terrestrial Planets (CCTP), which will be the next volume in the prestigious Space Science Series of the University of Arizona
Press. CCTP is expected to be released in the fall of 2013. The collaborative agreement between the University of Arizona Press and the LPI serves to keep the price of these invaluable volumes
affordable to graduate students and other researchers.
LPI staff completed four issues of the Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, a quarterly newsletter that provides updates to the planetary science community, educators, and the general public about the latest news from missions; resources for researchers; internship opportunities for students; scientific awards; education and public outreach events; new books, DVDs, games and other products available from a variety of publishers; tributes to recently deceased members of the scientific community, and a calendar of upcoming scientific workshops and conferences. The
Bulletin is available on the LPI website at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/newsletters/lpib/ .
The LPI E/PO Department continues to engage teachers, students, and the public in exciting planetary science research and discoveries through its numerous programs. The E/PO team multiplies its impact by preparing and supporting educators – classroom teachers, librarians, museum staff, scientists, and parents - to engage their audiences. In the past year, over 550 K-
16 faculty and more than 150 informal educators participated in LPI Earth and space science trainings. Collectively, these educators can make current science research accessible to over
80,000 children and students in their programs. To achieve broader impact and dissemination for its programs and products, the LPI E/PO Department partners with SMD missions and programs such as ARES, NAI, and NLSI, other space science organizations including SwRI, APL, PSI, and
SSI, and institutions including libraries and museums. LPI also serves the Planetary Science
E/PO Community by helping to coordinate and support community efforts to achieve deeper impact. Only a small portion of the education activities undertaken by the LPI E/PO team are funded by the Cooperative Agreement; the majority are funded by mission E/PO partnerships, individual EPOESS grants, other Cooperative Agreements, and grants from other federal agencies. More details of LPI’s Education and public outreach efforts are included in Appendix
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Published
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2. Bland, M., Singer, K., McKinnon, W., Schenk, P., (2012) Enceladus' extreme heat flux as revealed by its relaxed craters, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, CiteID L17204.
3. Blake D., Vaniman, D., Achilles, C., Anderson, R., Bish, D., Bristow, T., Chipera, S., Crisp, J.,
Des Marais, D., Downs, R., Farmer, J., Feldman, S., Fonda, M., Gailhanou, M., Ming, D., Morris,
R., Sarrazin, P., Stolpe,r E., Treiman, A., and Yen, A. (2012) Characterization and calibration of the CheMin mineralogical instrument on Mars Science Laboratory. Space Science Reviews ,
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4. Boisson, J., Heggy, E., Clifford, S.M.
, Yoshikawa, K., Anglade, A., and Lognonné, P. (2011),
Radar sounding of temperate permafrost in Alaska: Analogy to the Martian midlatitude to highlatitude ice-rich terrains, J. Geophys. Res., 116, E11003, doi:10.1029/2010JE003768.
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6. Carter L.M., Neish, C.D., Bussey, D.B.J., Spudis, P.D., Patterson, G.W., Cahill, J.T., and
Raney, R.K. (2012) Initial observations of lunar impact melts and ejecta flows with the Mini-RF radar. Jour. Geophys. Res . 117,doi:10.1029/2011JE003911
Y., Lasue, J., and Clifford, S.M.
, (2011) CO
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gas fluidization in the initiation and formation of Martian polar gullies, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 38, L21202,
Doi:10.1029/2011gl049403.
8. Ehrenfreund, P., McKay, C., Rumme,l J.D., Foing, B.H., Neal, C.R., Masson-Zwaan, T., Ansdell,
M., Peter, N., Zarnecki, J., Mackwell, S.
, Perino, M.A., Billings, L., Mankins, J., and Race, M.
(2012) Toward a global space exploration program: A stepping stone approach, Adv. Space
Res., 49 , 2-48, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2011.09.014
9. Filiberto, J., Chin, E., Day, J.M.D., Gross, J., Penniston-Dorland, S., Schwenzer, S.P. Treiman,
A.
(2012): Geochemistry of Intermediate Olivine-Phyric Shergottite NorthWest Africa 6234 with
Similarities to Basaltic Shergottite NorthWest Africa 480 and Olivine-Phyric Shergottite
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5100.2012.01382.x.
10. Filiberto J., Wood, J., Le, L., Dasgupta, R., Shimizu, N., and Treima,n A.H.
(2012) Effect of fluorine on near-liquidus phase equilibria of an Fe-Mg rich basalt. Chemical Geology , 312-313,
118-126.
11. Green, R., Pieters, C., Mouroulis, P., Eastwood, M., Boardman, J., Glavich, T., Isaacson, P.,
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Besse, S., Barr, D., Buratti, B., Cate, B., Chatterjee, A., Clark, R., Cheek, L., Combe, J.-P.,
Dhingra, D., Essandoh, V., Geier, S., Green, R., Haemmerle, V., Head, J., Hovland, L., Hyman,
S., Klima, R., Koch, T., Kramer, G.
, Lee, K., Lundeen, S., Malaret, E., McCord, T., McLaughlin,
S., Mustard, J., Nettles, J., Petro, N., Plourde, K., Racho, C., Rodriguez, J., Runyon, C., Sellar,
R. G., Smith, C., Sobel, H., Staid, M., Sunshine, J., Taylor, L., Thaisen, K., Tompkins, S., Tseng,
H., Vane. G., Varanasi, P., White, M., Wilson, D. The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) Imaging
Spectrometer for Lunar Science: Instrument Description, Calibration, On-Orbit Measurements,
Science Data Calibration and On-Orbit Validation. J. Geophys. Res.
, 116, E00G19, doi:10.1029/2011JE003797
12. Gross J., and Treiman, A.H.
(2011) Unique spinel-rich lithology in lunar meteorite ALHA81005:
Origin and possible connection to M
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observations of the farside highlands. Journal of
Geophysical Research 116, E10009. LPI Contrib. #1642.
13. Herrick, R., Schenk, P., and Robbins, S., (2012) Surveys of elliptical crater populations on the saturnian satellites, Mercury, and Mars, Icarus, 220, 297-304.
14. Herrick, R.R., Stahlke, D.L., and Sharpton, V.L.
, Fine-scale Venusian topography from
Magellan stereo data, EOS, Transaction, American Geophysical Union, 93 , No. 12, 125-126,
2012
15. Herzog, G.F., Albrecht, A., Ma, P., Fink, D., Klein, J., Middleton, R., Bogard, D., Nyquist, L.,
Shih, C., Garrison, D., Reese, Y., Masarik, J., Reedy, R., Rugel, G., Faestermann, T., and
Korschinek, G. (2011), Cosmic ray exposure history of the Norton County Enstatite Achondrite.
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 46, 284-310.
16. Howard, A., Moore, J., Schenk, P ., White, O., and Spencer, J. Sublimation-driven erosion on
Hyperion: Topographic analysis and landform simulation model tests, Icarus, May 2012.
17. Jaumann, R., Schenk, P ., and 18 others, (2012) Vesta’s Shape and Morphology, Science, 336,
687-690.
18. Joy K.H., Zolensky, M.E., Nagashima. K., Huss, G.R., Ross, D.K., McKay, D.S., and Kring D.A.
,
Direct detection of projectile relics from the end of the lunar basin-forming epoch. Science 336 , pp. 1426-1429.
19. Joy K., Kring, D.A.
, Bogard, D., McKay, D., and Zolensky, M. (2011) Re-examination of the formation ages of the Apollo 16 regolith breccias, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75 , pp.
7209-7225.
20. Kiefer W.S.
(2012), Lunar heat flow experiments: Science objectives and a strategy for minimizing lander-induced perturbations, Planet. Space. Sci . 60, 155-165.
21. Kiefer W.S., Macke, R.J., Britt, D.T., Irving, A.J., and Consolmagno, G.J. (2012), The density and porosity of lunar rocks, Geophys. Res. Lett . 39, L07201, doi:10.1029/2012GL051319.
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22. Kramer, G.
, Neish, C., and Besse, S. Lunar swirls exposed at Workshop Without Walls. EOS
Transactions , 92, 413.
23. Marchi S., Bottke, W F., Kring , D.A. and Morbidelli A. (2012) The onset of the lunar cataclysm as recorded in its ancient crater populations, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 325-326 , pp.
27-38
24. Marchi, S., McSween, H.Y., O'Brien, D.P., Schenk, P ., De Sanctis, M.C., Gaskell, R., Jaumann,
R., Mottola, S., Preusker, F., Raymond, C.A., Roatsch, T., and Russell, C.T.,(2012), The Violent
Collisional History of Asteroid 4 Vesta, Science, 336, 690-693.
25. Mackwell S.
(2012) Melt inclusions in olivine: Reliable witnesses to Earth’s interior? Geology,
40, 959-960, doi:10.1130/focus102012.1
26. Martin A., Righter, K., and Treiman, A.H.
(2012) Basalt + calcite + anhydrite stability at high pressure – high temperature: Implications for Venus, the Earth and Mars. Earth and Planetary
Science Letters 331-332, 291-304 .
LPI Contrib. #1620.
27. Mouginot, J., Pommerol, A., Beck, P., Kofman, W., and Clifford, S.M.
. (2012) Dielectric map of the Martian northern hemisphere and the nature of plain filling materials. Geophys. Res. Lett.,
39, L02202, doi:10.1029/2011GL050286.
28. Niihara T., Kaiden, H., Misawa, K., Sekine, T., and Mikouchi, T.. U-Pb isotopic systematics of shock-loaded and annealed baddeleyite: Implications for crystallization ages of Martian meteorite shergottites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 341-344, 195–210.
29. Niihara T.
2011. Uranium–lead age of baddeleyite in shergottite Roberts Massif 04261:
Implications for magmatic activity on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 116, E12008,
12 pp. doi:10.1029/2011JE003802.
30. Öhman T. and Kring, D.A. (2012) Photogeologic analysis of impact melt-rich lithologies in Kepler crater that could be sampled by future missions, Journal of Geophysical Research 117 , 21p ., E00H08, doi:10.1029/2011JE003918.
31. Potter R.W.K.
, Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S.
, McGovern, P.J.
, and Kring, D.A.
(2012),
Constraining the size of the South Pole-Aitken basin impact, Icarus 220, 730-743 .
32. Potter R.W.K., Kring, D.A.
, Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S.
, and McGovern P.J. (2012), Relating transient crater radius and the annular crustal bulge in lunar basins: A new method for transient crater size estimation, Geophys. Res. Lett . 39, L18203, doi:10.1029/2012GL052981.
33. Rebolledo-Vieyra, M., Marín, L.E., Trejo-Garcia, A., and Sharpton, V.L., Chapter 16: The
Chicxulub Impact Crater and its influence on the regional hydrogeology in Northwest Yucatan,
Mexico, in N.A. Buster and C.W. Holmes, (eds), Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Vol. 3,
Geology, Texas A&M University press, College Station, pages 279-290, 2011
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34. Robinson K.L., Treiman, A.H
., and Joy, K.H. (2012) Basaltic fragments in lunar highlands meteorites: Connecting sample analyses to orbital remote sensing. Meteoritics and Planetary
Sciences 47 , 387-399.
35. Sandu C. and Kiefer, W.S. (2012), Degassing history of Mars and the lifespan of its magnetic dynamo, Geophys. Res. Lett . 39, L03201, doi:10.0129/2011GL050225
36. Sandu, C., Lenardic A., and McGovern P.
, The effects of deep water cycling on planetary thermal evolution, J. Geophys. Res ., 116 , doi:10.1029/2011JB008405, 2011.
37. Schenk, P ., and 13 others,(2012) The geologically recent giant impact basins at Vesta’s south pole, Science , 336, 694-696.
38. Schmidt, B., Blankenship, D., Patterson, G., Schenk, P , Active formation of `chaos terrain' over shallow subsurface water on Europa, Nature, 479, 502-505, 2011.
39. Schwenzer, S.P., Abramov, O., Allen, C.C., Clifford, S.M.
, Filiberto J., Kring, D. A., Lasue, J.,
McGovern, P.J., Newsom, H.E., Treiman, A.H., Vaniman D.T., Wiens R.C., and Wittmann A.,
(2012). Puncturing Mars: how impact craters interact with the Martian cryosphere forming liquid water and alteration. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 335-336, 9-17.
40. Schwenzer, S.P., Abramov, O., Allen, C.C., Clifford, S.M.
, Filiberto, J., Kring, D.A.
, Lasue, J.,
McGovern, P.J., Newsom, H.E., Treiman, A.H., Vaniman, D.T., Wiens, R.C., and Wittmann, A.,
(2012). Gale Crater: Formation, post-impact processes, potential habitats for life, and exploration. Planetary and Space Science 70, 84-95..
41. Smith A., Crawford, I.A., Gowen, R.A., Ambrosi, R., Anand, M., Banerdt, B., Bannister, N.,
Bowles, N., Braithwaite, C., Brown, P., Chela-Flores, J., Cholinser, T., Church, P., Coates, A.J.,
Colaprete, T., Collins, G., Collinson, G., Cook, T., Elphic, R., Fraser, G., Gao, Y., Gibson, E.,
Glotch, T., Grande, M., Griffiths, A., Grygorczuk, J., Gudipati, M., Hagermann, A., Heldmann, J.,
Hood, L.L., Jones, A.P., Joy, K.H., Khavroshkin, O.B., Klingelhoefer, G., Knapmeyer, M.,
Kramer, G.
, Lawrence, D., Marczewski, W., McKenna-Lawlor, S., Miljkovic, K., Narendranath,
S., Palomba, E., Phipps, A., Pike, W.T., Pullan, D., Rask, J., Richard, D.T., Seweryn, K.,
Sheridan, S., Sims, M., Sweeting, M., Swindle, T., Talboys, D., Taylor, L., Teanby, N., Tong, V.,
Ulamec, S., Wawrzaszek, R., Wieczorek, M., Wilson, L., and Wright, I (2012) Lunar Net - a proposal in response to an ESA M3 call in 2010 for a medium sized mission. Exp. Astron.
doi:10.1007/s10686-011-9250-5
42. Spudis P.D.
and Lavoie, A.R. (2011) Using the Resources of the Moon to Create a Permanent
Cislunar Space Faring System. Space 2011 Conf. and Expos., Amer. Inst. Aeronautics
Astronautics, Long Beach CA, AIAA 2011-7185, 24 pp
43. Spudis P.D., Wilhelms, D.E. and Robinson, M.S. (2011) The Sculptured Hills of the Taurus
Highlands: Implications for the relative age of Serenitatis, basin chronologies and the cratering history of the Moon. Jour. Geophys. Res . 116, E00H03, doi:10.1029/2011JE003903.
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44. Taylor G.J., Martel L.M.V., and Spudis P.D.
(2012) The Hadley-Apennine KREEP basalt igneous province. Meteoritics and Planet. Sci . 47, 5, 861-879
45. Thomson B.J., Bussey, D.B.J., Neish, C.D., Cahill, J.T.S., Heggy, E., Kirk, R.L., Patterson,
G.W., Raney, R.K., Spudis, P.D., Thompson T.W. and Ustinov E.A. (2012) An upper limit for ice in Shackleton crater as revealed by LRO Mini-RF orbital radar. Geophys. Res. Letters 39,
L14201, doi:10.1029/2012GL052119
46. Treiman A.H., and Bullock, M.A. (2012) Mineral reaction buffering of Venus’ atmosphere: A thermochemical constraint and implications for Venus-like planets. Icarus 217, 534-541. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.019
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47. Treiman A.H.
(2012) Eruption age of the Sverrefjell volcano, Spitsbergen Island, Norway. Polar
Research 31, #17320. LPI Contrib. #1657.
48. Usui, T.
(2011) New views of Mars: Reviews of recent Mars explorations and meteorite studies.
Chikyu-Kagaku 45, 159-173. (in Japanese)
49. Usui, T.
(2011) Report of the 4 th
Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site Workshop, Planaetary
Geology News 23 (issue 1), 1-3. (in Japanese)
In Press
1. Bussey D.B.J. and Spudis, P.D., The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Revised Edition,
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, in press
2. Eppler, D. and 40 co-authors, including Kring, D.A. (2012) Desert Research and Technology
Studies (DRATS) 2010 science operations: Operational approaches and lessons learned for managing science during human planetary surface missions, Acta Astronautica , in press.
3. Flahaut J., Blanchettte-Guertin, J.-F., Jilly, C.E., Sharma, P., Souchon, A.L., van Westrenen, W., and Kring, D.A.
, Identification and characterization of science-rich landing sites for lunar lander missions using integrated remote sensing observations, Advances in Space Research , in press.
4. Heggy, E.E., Palmer, M., Kofman, W., Clifford, S., Righter, K. and Hérique, A., Radar properties of comets: Parametric dielectric modeling of comet 67P/Churyumov-gerasimenko, Icarus , in press.
M.D., , Johnson, A., System Analysis for Methane Hydrate Exploration on
Mars. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Special Publication (book) on Detection and Exploitation of Extraterrestrial Resources , in press. and (in revision) New lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 2996: A window into farside highland plutonic lithologies. Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences
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7. Morbidelli A., Marchi, S., Bottke, W.F., and Kring, D.A., The sawtooth-like timeline of the first billion years of lunar bombardment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters . In press.
J., Nyquist, L.E., and Herzog, G.F. (2012) Issues in Dating Young Rocks from another planet: Martian Shergottites. Geological Society Special Publication (Book) on Ar-
Ar Dating , in press
9. Potter R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S
., and McGovern, P.J., (2012) Estimating transient crater size using the crustal annular bulge: Insights from numerical modeling of lunar basin-scale impacts. Geophysical Research Letters . In press
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13. Usui, T., Alexander, C.M, O’D., Wang, J., Simon, J.I., and Jones, J.H., Origin of water and mantle-crust interactions on Mars inferred from hydrogen isotopes and volatile element abundances of olivine-hosted melt inclusions of primitive shergottites. Earth and Planetary
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Asmar, S.W., Konopliv, A.S., Lemoine, F.G., McGovern, P.J., Melosh, H.J., Neumann, G.A.,
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5. Giesting P., Filiberto, J., Starkey, N., Franchi, I., Schwenzer, S.P., Tindle, A., and Treiman, A.H.
Acidic, high deuterium fluids brought to the surface by deep martian magmas. Submitted to
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(2012): Petrography, Mineral Chemistry, and Crystallization History of Olivine-Phyric
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(Invited contributions to Secondary Crater Chains, Coronae Formation, and
Graben in: “Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms”. Eds. Gucsik, A., Hauber, E., Hynek, B.M.,
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T.R., and Zimbelman, J.R., Springer , 2 volume, 1100 pages, 2013.
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(2012), Gravity constraints on the structure of the Marius Hills: The magmatic plumbing of the largest lunar volcanic dome complex. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res ., manuscript 2012JE004111.
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, Kring, D.A., Nahm, A.L., and Pieters, C.M. 2012 Spectral and Photogeologic mapping of Schrödinger Basin and Implications for Post-South Pole-Aitken Impact Deep
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10. Kring D.A.
, Balcerski, J., Blair, D.M., Chojnacki, M., Donohue, P.H., Drummond, S.A., Garber,
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L.R., O’Sullivan, K.M., Potter, R.W.K., Robbins, S., Shankar, B., Shea, E.K., Singer, K.N., Sori,
M., Sturm, S., Willmes, M., Zanetti, M., and Wittmann, A., Structural displacement of the crater rim and shear thinning of the ejected strata at Meteor Crater, Arizona. Meteoritics and Planetary
Science.
(Submitted January 2012).
11. Kumar P.S., Keerthi, V., Kumar, A.S., Mustard, J., Krishna, B.G., Amitabh, Ostrach, L.R., Kring
D.A.
, Kumar, A.S.K., and Goswami, J.N., Gullies and landslides on the Moon: Evidence for dry granular flow. JGR-Planets . (Submitted July 2012).
12. Marchi S., Bottke, W.F., Cohen, B.A., Wünnemann, K., Kring, D.A., McSween, H.Y., De
Sanctis, M.C., O’Brien, D.P., Schenk, P ., Raymond, C.A., and Russell, C.T., High velocity collisions from the lunar cataclysm recorded in the impact reset ages of asteroidal meteorites.
Nature Geosciences . (Submitted August 2012).
13. McGovern, P. J., and Litherland, M.M., Lithospheric stress-induced magma ascent and the distribution of dense lunar basalts, Nature Geoscience , in revision, 2012.
14. Nahm A., Öhman, T., and Kring, D.A., Evidence for normal faulting of the Cordillera and Outer
Rook rings of the Orientale Basin: Implications for impact basin formation. Journal of
Geophysical Research . (Submitted April 2012.)
15. Öhman T . and Preeden U., 2012. Shock metamorphic features of quartz in Saarijärvi and
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Söderfjärden impact structures, Finland. Meteoritics & Planetary Science , MAPS-1686
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Trapped Ar Components in Martian Shegottites RBT 04262 and LAR 06319. Submitted to
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta .
17. Pommier A., Evans, R.L., Key, K., Tyburczy, J.A., and Mackwell, S.
, A joint-model of the viscosity and electrical conductivity of silicate melts and its geophysical implications: Application to the Snake River Plain – Yellowstone Province, Geophys. Res. Letters.
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, and Collins, G.S. Numerical modeling of asteroid survivability and possible scenarios for the Morokweng crater-forming impact, Meteoritics and Planetary Science .
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19. Schwenzer S.P. and Kring, D.A.
, Alteration minerals in impact-generated hydrothermal systems
– exploring host rock variability. Icarus . (Submitted July 2012).
20. Sharpton, V.L., Krochuk, R.V., and Herrick, R.R., Characterization and morphological reconstruction of the Terny impact structure, central Ukraine. Submitted September 2012
21. Sharpton, V.L., Prominent variations in rim-crest heights at Dawes Crater: insights into the role of target strength in late-stage crater modification. Submitted October 2012.
22. Spudis P.D., Bussey, D.B.J., Baloga, S.M., Cahill, J.T.S., Glaze, L.S., Patterson, G.W., Raney,
R.K., Thompson, T.W., Thomson, B.J., and Ustinov, E.A. (2012) New Results for anomalous polar craters from the Mini-RF imaging radar on LRO: Evidence for water ice on the Moon.
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23. Spudis P.D., McGovern P.J.
, and Kiefer W.S. (2012), Large shield volcanos on the Moon.
Submitted to J. Geophys. Res . manuscript 2012E004250.
24. Wieczorek M.A., Neumann G.A., Nimmo F., Kiefer W.S., Taylor G.J., Melosh H.J., Phillips R.J.,
Solomon S.C., Andrews-Hanna J.C., Asmar S.W., Konopliv A.S., Lemoine F.G., Smith D.E.,
Watkins M.M., Williams J.G., and Zuber M.T. (2012), The crust of the Moon as seen by GRAIL.
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25. White O., Schenk, P , and Dombard, A. Impact Basin Relaxation on Rhea and Iapetus and
Relation to Past Heat Flow, Icarus. Submitted August 2012.
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Bogard, D.D., LHB Evidence On Asteroids, LPI workshop “ Early Solar System Impact Bombardment
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Advanced Radar and LIDAR Orbiter (MARLO) for High-Resolution Investigations of Global
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Hecht, M.H., Aharonson, A., Byrne, S., Calvin, W., Clifford, S.M., Herkenhoff, K., and Titus, T., Next
Steps in Mars Polar Science: In Situ Subsurface Exploration of the North Polar Layered Deposits,
Workshop on Concepts and Approaches to Mars Exploration, [#4330].
Klaus, K.K., Elsperman, M.S., Smith, D.B., Lawrence, S.J., and Clifford, S.M., Mars Mission
Concepts: SAR and Solar Electric Propulsion, Concepts and Approaches to Mars Exploration,
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Max, M.D. and Clifford, S.M., Mars Methane: An In-Situ Resource in Support of Human Exploration,
Concepts and Approaches to Mars Exploration, [#4385].
Ciarletti, V., Clifford, S.M., Plettemeier, D., Mangold, N., Petinelli, E., Herique, A., Kofman, W. and
Heggy, E., Analyzing the Shallow Martian Subsurface with the WISDOM GPR, Concepts and
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Ciarletti, V., Clifford, S.M., Plettemeier D., LeGall, A., and Biancheri-Astier, M., The NetStation GPR:
A Tool for Conducting Lander-Based 3-D Investigations of Martian Subsurface Structure,
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Arguments for an Early Martian Ocean, 2012 EGU Meeting, 2012 EGU Meeting, EGU2012-13541.
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Plettemeier, D., Ciarletti, V., Cais, P., Benedix, W.-S., Zhang, H., Hamran, S.-E., and Clifford, S.M.,
Analysis of Fully Polarimetric Laboratory Measurements Performed with the WISDOM Radar, 2012
EGU Meeting, EGU2012-13103.
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S.M., Shallow characterization of the subsurface for the 2018 Mission to Mars, 2012 EGU Meeting,
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Clifford, S.M., Delemere, W.A., and Gogineni, P.S., The Mars Global Subsurface Sounder: A mission optimized for the volatile and geologic characterization of the Martian subsurface, 2011
AGU Fall Meeting P11E-1625.
Mischna, M.A., Lee C., Baker V.R., Milliken, R.; Clifford S.M., Lasue J., Obliquity-controlled water vapor/trace gas feedback in the Martian greenhouse cycle, 2011 AGU Fall Meeting, P11G-04.
Beck, P., Mouginot J., Pommerol, A., Kofman, W.W., and Clifford S.M., Dielectric maps of the
Martian polar regions from MARSIS/MEX surface reflectivity measurements, 2011 AGU Fall
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El Shafie, A., Heggy, E., Ciarletti, V., and Clifford, S.M., Dielectric and Hardness Measurements of
Martian Analog Rocks in Support of the WISDOM Radar on ExoMars, 2011 AGU Fall Meeting,
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Hoogenboom, T., Grabens on Io: Evidence for Extensional Tectonics, Abstract XXXXX-XXXX presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec 2012.
Hoogenboom, T. Schenk, P., Williams, D.A., Hiesinger, H., Garry, W.B., Yingst, R.A., Buczkowski,
D., McCord, T.B., Jaumann, R., Pieters, C.M., Gaskell, R.W., Neukum, G., Schmedemann, N.,
Marchi, S., Nathues, A., Le Corre, L., Roatsch, T., Preusker,F., White, O.L., DeSanctis, C.,
Filacchione, G., Raymond, C.A., and Russell, C.T. Geologic Mapping of the Av-11 Vesta Mid-
Latitude Quadrangle AV11-Pinaria Quadrangle of Asteroid 4Vesta, LPSC 2012.
Hoogenboom,T., Schenk, P. and White, O., Investigation of Secondary Craters in the Saturnian
System, 43 rd
LPSC 2012.
White, O.L., Schenk P.M., and Hoogenboom T., Mapping The Topography of Io Using Voyager and
Galileo Stereo Imaging And Photoclinometry, LPSC, 2012.
Hoogenboom, T. Schenk, P., Williams, D.A., Hiesinger, H., Garry, W.B., Yingst, R.A., Buczkowski,
D., McCord, T.B., Jaumann, R., Pieters, C.M., Gaskell, R.W., Neukum, G.., Schmedemann, N.,
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Kiefer
*Kiefer, W.S., P.J. McGovern, R.W.K. Potter, G.S. Collins, and D.A. Kring, The Collapse of Superisostasy: Volcanic Intrusions as an Alternative Model for Lunar Mascon Gravity Anomalies, Fall AGU
(abstract P33G-02), December 2011.
*Kiefer, W.S., A Planetary Geophysicist Does EPO: Lessons Learned Along the Way, Fall AGU
(abstract ED31C-08), December 2011.
*Sandu C., and Kiefer W.S., The Effects of Mantle Degassing on the Thermal and Magmatic
Evolution of Mars, Fall AGU (submitted), December 2011.
*Kiefer, W.S., P.J. McGovern, R.W.K. Potter, G.S. Collins, and D.A. Kring, The Collapse of Superisostasy: The Thermal Evolution of Lunar Impact Basins and an Alternative Model for Lunar Mascon
Gravity Anomalies, Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment II, abstract 4026,
February 2012.
*Kiefer, W.S., Macke, R.J., Britt, D.T., Irving, A.J., and Consolmagno, G.J., Regional Variability in the Density of Lunar Mare Basalts and Implications for Lunar Gravity Modeling, Lunar Planet. Sci.
Conf. 43, abstract 1642, March 2012.
*Hunter, G.W., Ponchak, G.E, Beheim, G.M., Scardelletti, M.C., Meredith, R.D., Taylor, B., Beard,
S., and Kiefer W.S., The Development of a High Temperature Venus Seismometer, Lunar Planet.
Sci. Conf. 43, abstract 1259, March 2012.
*Jawin, E.R., Kiefer W.S., Bussey B., Cahill J.T., Dyar M.D., Fassett C.I., Lawrence S., and Spudis
P.D., The Relationship Between Radar Scattering and Surface Roughness at Lunar Volcanic
Domes, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 43, abstract 1333, March 2012.
*Jawin, E.R., Kiefer, W.S., Bussey, B., Cahill, J.T., Dyar, M.D., Fassett, C.I., and Spudis, P.D.
Analyzing the Evolution of Surface Roughness of Lunar Mare, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 43, abstract
1343, March 2012.
Macke, R.J., Kiefer, W.S., Britt,, *D.T. Irving, A.J., and Consolmagno, G.J., Density and Porosity of
Apollo Lunar Basalts and Breccias, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 43, abstract 1299, March 2012.
*Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J., and Kring, D.A., Further Modeling of
Lunar Multi-ring Basin Formation: Insights into Thermal Conditions during the Lunar Basin-forming
Epoch, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 43, abstract 1383, March 2012.
*Sandu, C., and Kiefer, W.S., Crustal Growth and Degassing of the Martian Mantle: Constraints from
Numerical Experiments, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 43, abstract 1310, March 2012.
Solano, J.M., *Kiefer, W.S., and Mittlefehldt, D.W., Modelling the Thermal History of Asteroid 4
Vesta, Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf. 43, abstract 2063, March 2012.
*Kiefer, W.S., Macke, R.J., Britt, D.T., Irving, A.J., and Consolmagno, G.J., Density and Porosity of
Lunar Feldspathic Rocks and Implications for Lunar Gravity Modeling, Workshop on the Lunar
Highland Crust, abstract 9006, July 2012.
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*Potter, R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., and McGovern, P.J., Numerical Modeling of the Orientale Basin Forming Event, NLSI Lunar Science Forum, July 2012.
*Britt, D.T., Macke, R.J., Kiefer, W.S., Irving, A.J., Hupé, G., and Consolmagno, G.J., The Densities,
Porosities and Magnetic Susceptibilities of Two Recent Meteorite Falls: Tissint and Sutter’s Mill,
Meteoritical Society 75 th
Annual Meeting, abstract 5350, August 2012.
*Lehman, K.M., Kramer, G.Y., and Kiefer ,W.S., Composition Analysis of the Marius Hills Volcanic
Complex using Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment and Moon Mineralogy Mapper, 28 th
Annual
LPI Summer Intern Conference, 19-21, August 2012.
*Kiefer, W.S., Filiberto, J., and Sandu, C., The Thermochemical Evolution of the Martian Mantle:
Alkali Abundances and Their Effects on the Mantle Solidus and Magma Production Rate over Time,
The Mantle of Mars: Insights from Theory, Geophysics, High-Pressure Studies, and Meteorites, abstract 6034, September 2012.
*Beaty, D., Borg L., Draper, D., Kiefer, W., Papike, J., Righter, K., Shearer, C., Smrekar, S., Taylor,
J., Conference Summary of The Mantle of Mars: Insights from Theory, Geophysics, High-Pressure
Studies, and Meteorites, presented to Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), October
2012.
*Hunter, G.W., Ponchak, G.E, Dyson, R.W., Beheim, G.M, Scardelletti, M.C., Meredith, R.D., Taylor,
B., Beard, S., and Kiefer, W.S., Development of a High Temperature Venus Seismometer and
Extreme Environment Testing Chamber, International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary
Missions, abstract 1133, October 2012.
*Kiefer, W.S., Zuber, M.T., McGovern, P.J., Head, J.W., and the GRAIL Science Team, GRAIL
Gravity Observations of Lunar Volcanic Complexes, AGU Fall Meeting (submitted), December 2012.
*McGovern, P.J., Kramer, G.Y., Kiefer, W.S., Zuber, M.T., and Powell, K., A Magmatic Origin for
Lunar Mascons? New Insights from GRAIL Gravity and Numerical Modeling, AGU Fall Meeting
(submitted), December 2012.
Kramer
Neish, C.D., Besse, S., Kramer, G., Farrell, W., Pieters, C., Horanyi, M., and Pendleton, Y., Virtual
Swirls: Highlights from NLSI's First Workshop Without Walls. Annual Meeting of the Lunar
Exploration Analysis Group, November 7–9, 2011
Kramer, G.Y., Nahm, A., McGovern, P.J., and Kring, D.A., Lunar Pyroclastic Eruptions: Basin
Volcanism's Dying Gasps. AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011
McGovern, P.J., Powell, K., Kramer, G.Y., and Litherland, M., Stress-enhanced magma ascent at the margins of large impact basins in the solar system. AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011.
Harnett, E.M. and Kramer, G.Y., Modification of solar wind flux by the Reiner Gamma magnetic anomaly. AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011.
Dove, A., Poppe, A., Neish, C., Fagan, A., Fuqua, H., Kramer, G.Y., and Horanyi, M., LunGradCon:
The Lunar Graduate Conference. AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011.
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Kramer, G.Y., Ohman, T., Nahm, A., and McGovern, P.J., Pre- and Post-Impact Influences on
Schrodinger Basin's Structural Geology. 43 rd
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 19-
23, 2012.
Powell, K., McGovern, P.J., and Kramer, G.Y., Olivine Detections at the Rim of Crisium Basin with
Moon Mineralogy Mapper. 43 rd
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 19-23, 2012.
Ohman, T., Kramer, G.Y., and Kring, D.A., Spectral Analysis of the Distribution of Impact Melt-Rich
Lithologies in Lunar Crater Kepler Using M3 Data. 43 rd
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference,
March 19-23, 2012.
Dove, A., Poppe, A., Neish, C., Fagan, A., Fuqua, H., Kramer, G Y., and Horanyi, M., LunGradCon:
The Lunar Graduate Conference. 43 rd
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 19-23, 2012.
Second Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust, July 13–15, 2012.
Kramer, G.Y., Kring, D. A., and Pieters, C.M. Deep Crust/Mantle Mineralogy Exposed in the uplifted peak ring and basin walls of Schrödinger. Second Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust, July
13–15, 2012.
Kickapoo Lunar Research Team and Kramer, G.Y. Stratified Ejecta Boulders as Indicators of
Layered Plutons on the Lunar Nearside. Second Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust, July 13–
15, 2012.
Kramer, G.Y., Kring, D.A., and Pieters, C.M. Schrödinger 's Peak Ring Mineralogy and Stratigraphic
Origin. NASA Lunar Science Institute Forum, July 17-19, 2012.
Kramer, G.Y., Clark, R., Combe, J.-P., and Noble, S. Formation and Retention of Hydroxyl and
Water on the Lunar Surface.
AGU Fall Meeting, December 3-7, 2012 .
McGovern, P. J., Powell, K., Kramer, G.Y., and Litherland, M., Stress-enhanced magma ascent at the margins of large impact basins in the solar system.
AGU Fall Meeting, December 3-7, 2012.
McGovern
McGovern P. J. and Kirchoff, M. R., Copious volcanism on a compression-dominated planet?
Insights into magma ascent and mountain building on Io from numerical modeling, 2012 DPS annual
Meeting, abstract 301.02, 2012.
McGovern P.J., An Intrusive Origin for Lunar Mascons: Magma Ascent Theory, Gravitational
Signatures, and Tests for GRAIL, Lunar Planet. Sci., 43 , abstract 2937, 2012.
Kramer, G.Y.,Ohman, T., Nahm, A.L., and McGovern, P.J., Pre- and Post-Impact Influences on
Schrödinger Basin's Structural Geology, Lunar Planet. Sci., 43 , abstract 1734, 2012.
Powell, K.E., McGovern, P.J., and Kramer, G.Y., Olivine Detections at the Rim of Crisium Basin with
Moon Mineralogy Mapper, Lunar Planet. Sci., 43 , abstract 1689, 2012.
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Galgana, G.A., McGovern, P.J., and Grosfils, E.B., The Formation of Giant Radiating Dike Systems on Venus: Insights from Elastoplastic Flexural Models, Lunar Planet. Sci., 43 , abstract 1662, 2012.
Weller, M.B., McGovern, P.J., Fournier, T., Morgan, J.K., and Katz, O., Eastern Olympus Mons
Basal Scarp: A Landslide Story?, Lunar Planet. Sci., 43 , abstract 1565, 2012.
Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J., and Kring, D.A., Thermal Conditions
During the Lunar Basin-Forming Epoch: Insights from the Numerical Modeling of Lunar Basin-
Forming Impacts, Workshop on the Early Solar System Bombardment II , Houston, Texas, LPI
Contribution No. 1649, p.63-64, 2012.
Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J., Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S., and Kring, D.A., The Collapse of Super-
Isostasy: The Thermal Evolution of Large Lunar Impact Basins and a Volcanic Intrusion Model for
Lunar Mascon Gravity Anomalies, Workshop on the Early Solar System Bombardment II , Houston,
Texas, LPI Contribution No. 1649, p.36-37, 2012.
McGovern P.J., Powell, K., Kramer, G.Y., and Litherland, M., Stress-enhanced magma ascent at the margins of large impact basins in the solar system, AGU Fall Meeting 2011 , abstract P31E-1736.
Weller, M.B., McGovern P.J., Fournier T., Katz O. and Morgan J.K., Eastern Olympus Mons Basal
Scarp: Potential for active slope mobilization?, AGU Fall Meeting 2011 , abstract P43D-1711.
Kiefer W.S., McGovern, P.J., Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S., Kring, D.A. (Invited)
, The Collapse of
Super-isostacy: Volcanic Intrusions as an Alternative Model for Lunar Mascon Gravity Anomalies,
AGU Fall Meeting 2011 , abstract P33G-02.
Kramer G.Y., Nahm A., McGovern P.J., and Kring, D.A., Lunar Pyroclastic Eruptions: Basin
Volcanism’s Dying Gasps 
 , AGU Fall Meeting 2011 , abstract P31E-1732.
Öhman:
Öhman T., Kramer G.Y. and Kring D A., 2012. Spectral Analysis of the Distribution of Impact Meltrich Lithologies in Lunar Crater Kepler Using M
3
Data. Lunar and Planetary Science XLIII, #2257.
Kramer G.Y., Öhman T., Nahm A.L. & McGovern P., 2012. Pre- and Post-impact Influences on
Schrödinger Basin’s Structural Geology. Lunar and Planetary Science XLIII, #1734.
Chandnani M., Kramer G. Y., Fessler B., Öhman T ., and Kring D. A., 2012. Deep crustal lithologies exposed in the south-western peak ring of the Schrödinger basin. Papers Presented at the 28 th
Annual Summer Intern Conference , Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, USA, August 9.
2012, pp. 4–6
Potter:
Harrison, T.N., Szalay, J., Parker, C.W., Potter, R.W.K., Trammel, H., Shkolyar, S., Suer, T., Cable,
M.L., Cumbers, J., Gentry, D., Naidu, S., Padovan, S., Reimuller, J., Walker, C., and Whitten, J.
(2012) Scientific return of a dust analyzer at Io, International workshop on instrumentation for planetary missions , NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD, 10-12 October. Abstract #1139.
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*Potter, R.W. K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., and McGovern, P.J. (2012) Numerical th modeling of the Orientale basin-forming event, 5 Annual NASA Lunar Science Forum , NASA Ames
Research Center, CA, 17-19 July. Abstract #593. Oral presentation.
*Potter, R.W.K., Kring, D.A., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., and McGovern, P.J. (2012) Orientale basin:
Modeling its formation, 3 rd
Annual Lunar Graduate Conference , NASA Ames Research Center, CA,
14-15 July. Oral presentation.
*Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J., and Kring, D.A. (2012) Further modeling of lunar multi-ring basin formation: Insights into thermal conditions during the lunar basinforming epoch, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIII , The Woodlands, TX, 19-23 March.
Abstract #1383. Oral presentation.
*Potter, R.W.K., Collins, G.S., Kiefer, W.S., McGovern, P.J., and Kring, D.A. (2012) Thermal conditions during the lunar basin-forming epoch: Insights from numerical modeling of lunar basinforming impacts, Workshop on the Early Solar System Bombardment II, Houston, TX, 1-3 February.
Abstract #4009. Oral presentation.
Schenk
Schenk, P., and 12 others, Impact crater morphologies on Vesta At European Planetary Science
Conference, Madrid, Spain, October, 2012.
Schenk, P., Two oral presentations on Ring-satellite interactions, Cassini PSG Meeting , Cagliari,
Italy, June, 2012.
Schenk, P., Moore, J., Howard, A. Titan's Impact Cratering Record: Erosion of Ganymedean (and other) Craters on a Wet Icy Landscape. Titan Through Time; Unlocking Titan's Past, Present
and Future, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, April 3th - 5th, 2012.
Schenk, P.; and 11 others, Mega-Impacts into Planetary Bodies: Global Effects of the Giant
Rheasilvia Impact Basin on Vesta. 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , held March
19–23, 2012. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.2757
Schenk, P., and 21 others, The South Polar Structure on Vesta from Dawn: Using Geologic,
Topographic and Compositional Mapping and Planetary Analogs to Test Origin Models, American
Geophysical Union , Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #U21B-03.
Schenk, P., and 24 others, Impact crater morphology and chronology at Vesta, Geological Society of
America, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2011.
Schenk, P., The Snows of Enceladus, Division of Planetary Sciences, AAS , Nantes, France,
October, 2011.
Sharpton
Sharpton, V.L., Beyond Magellan: Why better SAR imaging of Venus is needed, International Venus
Workshop, August 31-September 1, 2011.
Sharpton, V.L., Resolving the volcanic history of Venus: Data needs and current limitations , Lunar
Planet. Sci XLIII , abstract 1246, 2012.
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Sharpton, V.L., Rim crest variations measured at Dawes Crater: do they reflect pre-existing target weaknesses? NLSI Science Forum, July 17-19, 2012.
Spudis
Bussey D.B.J. et al. (2011) A review of polar illumination studies using Clementine, SMART-1,
Kaguya and LRO data. A Wet vs. Dry Moon: Exploring Volatile Reservoirs and Implications for the
Evolution of the Moon and Future Exploration , Houston TX, 6038.
Baloga S.M., Glaze L.S., Spudis P.D. (2012) Inferred lunar boulder distributions at decimeter scales.
Lunar Planet. Sci . 43, 1647.
Grigsby B., Turney D., Patterson W., Bussey B., Neish C., Spudis P., Beisser K. (2012) Student planetary investigators: Students exploring the Moon through Mini-RF. Lunar Planet. Sci . 43, 1862.
Jarwin E.R., Kiefer W.S., Bussey B., Cahill J.T., Dyar M., Fassett C.I., Lawrence S., and Spudis P.D.
(2012) The relationship between radar scattering and surface roughness of lunar volcanic domes.
Lunar Planet. Sci . 43,1333.
Jarwin E.R., Kiefer W.S., Bussey B., Cahill J.T., Dyar M., Fassett C.I., and Spudis P.D.
(2012)Analyzing the surface roughness of the lunar mare. Lunar Planet. Sci . 43,1343.
Lawrence S.J., Stopar J.D., Hawke B.R., Robinson M.S., Spudis P.D. and Giguere T.A.
(2012)Characterizing volcanic domes in the Marius Hills region. Lunar Planet. Sci .43, 2432.
Lemelin M., C. E. Roberts, D. M. Blair, K. D. Runyon, D. Nowka, D. A. Paige, P. D. Spudis and D. A.
Kring (2012) Finding volatiles on the lunar surface: An innovative multi-sourced ARC GIS-based approach. Lunar Planet. Sci . 43, 1067.
McGovern J. A., D. B. J. Bussey, B. T. Greenhagen, D. A. Paige, J. T. S. Cahill, M. Siegler, and P.
D. Spudis (2012) Mapping and characterization of non-polar permanent shadows on the lunar surface. Lunar Planet. Sci . 43,2550.
Roberts C.E., D. M. Blair, M. Lemelin, D. Nowka, K. D. Runyon, D. A. Paige, P. D. Spudis, and D. A.
Kring (2012) The potential for volatiles in the intercrater highlands of the lunar north pole. Lunar
Planet. Sci . 43,1371.
Runyon K.D., D. M. Blair, M. Lemelin, D. Nowka, C. E. Roberts, D. A. Paige, P. Spudis, and D. A.
Kring (2012) Volatiles at the lunar south pole: A case study for a mission to Amundsen crater. Lunar
Planet. Sci . 43,1619.
Spudis P.D., Baloga S.M. and Glaze L.S. (2012) Radar scattering and block size properties of lunar crater ejecta from Mini-RF and LROC NAC data. Lunar Planet. Sci . 43,1461.
Thompson T.W.,Ustinov E.A., Spudis P.D. and Fessler B.W. (2012) Modeling of radar backscattering from icy and rough lunar craters. Lunar Planet. Sci . 43,1069.
Thomson B.J., D. B. J. Bussey, J. T. S. Cahill, C. D. Neish, R. Kirk, G.W. Patterson, R. K. Raney, and P. D. Spudis (2012) Excess numbers of enhanced CPR craters in the lunar polar regions.
Lunar Planet. Sci . 43,2104.
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Trang D., Gillis-Davis J.J., Hawke B.R., Issacson P.J. and Spudis P.D. (2012) The geology of the
Plato region of the Moon. Lunar Planet. Sci . 43,1792.
Treiman
Debaille V., O’Neill C., Brandon A.D., Haenecour P., Yin Q.-Z., Mattielli N., and Treiman A.H.
(2012)
Stagnant-lid tectonics in early Earth revealed by
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Nd variations in late Archean rocks. Goldschmidt
Conf. 2012 .
Gross J. and Treiman A.H.
(2012) Lunar feldspathic meteorites: Constraints on the geology of the lunar farside highlands, and the origin of the lunar crust. LPI Lunar Highlands Conf ., Abstr. 9021.
Gross J., Filiberto J., Treiman A.H., Herd C.D.K, Melwani Daswani M., and Schwenzer S. (2012)
Petrography of intermediate olivine-phyric shergottite NorthWest Africa 6234. Lunar Planet. Sci.
43 rd
,
Abstr. #2693
Filiberto J., Chin E., Day J.M.D., Gross J., Penniston-Dorland S., Schwenzer S.P., and Treiman A.H.
(2012) Geochemistry of intermediate olivine-phyric shergottite NorthWest Africa 6234. Lunar Planet.
Sci.
43 rd
, Abstr. #1139..
Goodrich C.A., Treiman A.H., Filiberto J., Gross J., and Jercinovic M.J. (2012) K
2
O-rich melt from the martian mantle? Lunar Planet. Sci.
43 rd
, Abstr. #1276.
Treiman A.H. and Gross J. (2012) Abundant apatite in granulite 79215: Spoor of another volatile-rich lunar fluid. Lunar Planet. Sci.
43 rd
, Abstr. #1223.
Treiman A.H. and Gross J. (2012) Lunar cordierite-spinel troctolite: Igneous history and volatiles.
Lunar Planet. Sci.
43 rd
, Abstr. #1196
Yen A.S., Bish D.L., Blake D.F., Vaniman D.T., Treiman A.H., Ming D.W., Morris R.V., Farmer J.D.,
Downs R.T., Chipera S.J., Des Marais D.J., and Chen C.W. (2012) Definitive mineralogy from the
Mars Science Laboratory CheMin instrument. Lunar Planet. Sci.
43 rd
, Abstr. #2741
Treiman A.H. and Gross J. (2012) Abundant apatite in granulite 79215: Spoor of another volatile-rich lunar fluid. CLSE Team Workshop . Abstract Volume.
Filiberto J., and 14 co-authors (2011) The most science out of the minimum sample: A consortium study of 3.3 grams of martian meteorite olivine-phyric shergottite North West Africa 6234. EOS,
Trans. AGU 92. Abstract P32B-03.
Gross J. and Treiman A.H. (2011) Distinct assemblages of lunar anorthosites: Implications for the lunar magma ocean, and the source regions of lunar meteorites. EOS, Trans. AGU 92. Abstract
P13D-1701.
Treiman A.H. and Bullock M.A. (2011) Mineral reaction buffering of Venus’ atmosphere: Constraints for terrestrial exoplanets. EOS, Trans. AGU 92. Abstract P23F-07
Usui
*Usui, T., Alexander, C. M. O’D., Wang, J., Simon, J. I. and Jones, J. H. (2012) Origin of water and mantle-crust interactions on Mars: Constraints from hydrogen isotopes and volatile element
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abundances of olivine-hosted melt inclusions of primitive shergottites. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan , Fukuoka, Japan. Abstract #3A11.
*Usui, T. and Iwamori, H. (2012) Independent component analysis for investigating the mixing relations of HED meteorites. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society , Cairns, Australia.
Abstract #5162.
*Wang J., Usui T., Alexander C. M. O’D., Simon J. I. and Jones J. H (2012) NanoSIMS Imaging of
Volatile Elements (H, C, F and S) in Shergottites. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical
Society, Cairns, Australia. Abstract #5291.
*Usui, T., Alexander, C. M. O’D., Wang, J., Simon, J. I. and Jones, J. H. (2012) Evidence from olivine-hosted melt inclusions that Martian mantle has a chondritic D/H ratio and that some young basalts have assimilated old crust . 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Woodlands, TX.
Abstract: #1341.
*Jones, J., Usui, T., Alexander, C. M. O’D., Simon, J. I. and Wang, J. (2012) H. Provenance and concentration of water in the shergottite mantle. 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ,
Woodlands, TX. Abstract: #1341.
White
White, O., Schenk, P., Mapping Io's Surface Topography Using Voyager and Galileo Stereo Images and Photoclinometry. American Geophysical Union , Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #P41F-10
White O.L
.
, Yingst R.A., Berman D., Frigeri A., Jaumann R., Le Corre L., Mest S., Pieters C.M.,
Preusker F., Raymond C.A., Reddy V., Roatsch T., Russell C.T., Schenk P.M., Schmedemann N., and the Dawn team. Geologic Mapping of the AV-15 Rheasilvia Quadrangle of Asteroid 4 Vesta.
43 rd
LPSC 2012 . Abstract #1264 (oral presentation)
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Clifford
1) Visiting Professor, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL) (2 months -- June/July and
September/October, 2012), Orsay, France. A collaborative study of (1) planetary radar investigations of Mars analog environments and (2) the effects of climate change on the stability of ice-rich permafrost on the Earth and Mars involving three of IPSL’s member labs: Interactions et Dynamique des Environnements de Surface (IDES), Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux,
Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) and Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE).
Kiefer
1) Kiefer, W.S., McGovern P.J., Potter R.W.K., Collins G.S., and Kring D.A., The Collapse of
Super-isostasy: Volcanic Intrusions as an Alternative Model for Lunar Mascon Gravity
Anomalies, Fall AGU (abstract P33G-02), December 2011 (Invited conference talk).
2) Kiefer, W.S., A Planetary Geophysicist Does EPO: Lessons Learned Along the Way, Fall AGU
(abstract ED31C-08), December 2011 (Invited conference talk).
3) Kiefer, W.S., Gravity and Topography Observations as Constraints on Lunar Volcanic Structure, for Rice University course ESci 529 “The Moon: Origin and Evolution”, March 2012 (Invited class lecture).
4) Kiefer, W.S., Using Gravity Observations to Explore the Structure of Volcanic Fields on the
Moon, Southwest Louisiana Geophysical Society, Lafayette LA, April 2012 (Invited seminar).
5) Kiefer, W.S., Science Objectives for a Venus High Temperature Seismometer Experiment,
NASA Glenn Research Center, July 2012 (Invited seminar for Innovation Forum).
Kramer
1) Kramer, G.Y., Clark, R., Combe, J.-P., and Noble, S. Formation and Retention of Hydroxyl and
Water on the Lunar Surface, AGU Fall Meeting, December 3-7, 2012
Kring
1) David A. Kring: “The Chicxulub Impact Event and the Evolutionary Calamity it Produced at the
K-T Boundary,” Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, November 18 th
, 2011
2) David A. Kring: “Early Collisional Evolution of the Solar System based on Analyses of Lunar and
NEA Samples,” NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, January 18 th
, 2012
3) David A. Kring: “The Basin-forming Epoch on the Moon and Implications for Solar System
Evolution,” University of California, Los Angeles, March 5 th
, 2012.
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4) David A. Kring: “The Lunar Cataclysm Hypothesis and Implications for the Entire Solar System,”
Impact Cratering Research Group and students of Humboldt University, Museum für
Naturekunde, Berlin, Germany, April 17 th
, 2012.
5) David A. Kring: “The Chicxulub Impact Event and the Environmental Calamity it Produced at the at the K-T (K-Pg) Boundary,” Museum Colloquium, Museum für Naturekunde, Berlin, Germany,
April 17 th
, 2012.
6) David A. Kring: “Developing an integrated, multi-institutional approach for studies of fundamental planetary processes on the Moon: The giant impact, lunar magma ocean, and lunar cataclysm hypotheses.” Annual Meeting of LEAG (Lunar Exploration Analysis Group) , November 8, 2011.
7) David A. Kring: “Using the Moon to explore the evolution of the entire solar system.” Invited closing keynote address at the European Lunar Symposium , Berlin, Germany, April 20 th
, 2012.
8) David A. Kring: “Impact modification of the lunar highlands crust during the basin-forming epoch.” Invited for the Lunar Highlands Crust workshop, July 13 th
, 2012.
9) David A. Kring: “Towards the future of lunar science and exploration.” Invited for the NASA
Lunar Science Institute Forum, July 19 th
, 2012.
10) David A. Kring: Using the Moon to explore early solar system bombardment. Keynote presentation invited for the International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Australia, August 10th,
2012.
Niihara
1) T. Niihara 2012.U-Pb isotopic systematics on shock-metamorphosed baddeleyite. Goldschmidt
2012, Montreal, Canada. (Invited Keynote talk)
Schenk
1) “Solar System Exploration at 50 Years,” Isle of Man (UK) High School system, Douglas, UK
(June 29, 2012 morning)
2) “Solar System Exploration at 50 Years,” Isle of Man Astronomical Society, Douglas, UK (June
29, 2012 evening)
3) “From Cassini (Giovanni) to Cassini (Orbiter): Surprises among the Ringed Planet’s Icy Moons after 31 Years of Exploration”, invited presentation at GSA Special Session on 30 th
anniversary of Planetary Division, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2011.
Spudis
1) Invited presentation: Cislunar development using lunar resources, Director’s Colloquium, NASA
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA, October, 2011.
2) Panel Participation, Return to the Moon, AIAA Space Technologies Conf., Nashville TN, Jan.
2012
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3) Invited presentation: Cislunar development using lunar resources, Director’s Colloquium, NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, April, 2011.
4) Invited presentations on future of US space program: Clear Lake Business Authority roundtable,
March, 2011. NASA JSC Alumni League Annual Dinner, August, 2012.
Treiman
1) Martian Gullies. American Museum of Natural History. Brown-bag talk on November 14, 2011.
Usui
1) *Usui, T. (2012) New views of Mars: Reviews of recent Mars explorations and meteorites studies. Future Mars Exploration Workshop. Kobe, Japan.
2) *Usui, T. (2011) CO
2
-related explosive alkaline magmatism in Noachian Gusev crater on Mars.
Planetary Geology Field Symposium. Fukuoka, Japan.
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ACTIVE
S. M. Clifford
Principal Investigator
NASA Mars Data Analysis Program
Proposal for organization of the 5 th
Mars Polar Science Conference and 3 rd
Early Mars Conference
S. M. Clifford
Co-Investigator, (PI is Essam Heggy)
NASA Planetary Geology & Geophysics Program
Electromagnetic Characterization of Dusty-Ice and Hydrate-Rich Materials in Planetary
Environments NNH07ZDA001N-PGG
S. M. Clifford
Co-Investigator
NASA Education & Public Outreach for Earth & Space Science (EPOESS) Program
STEP: Creating a Sustainable Trainer Engagement Program for Earth and Space Science
T. Hoogenboom
Co-Investigator, (PI is P. McGovern)
NASA Outer Planet Research Program
Copious volcanism on a compression-dominated planet? Insightsinto magma ascent and mountain building on Io from advanced numerical modeling and data analysis
W. S. Kiefer
Co-Investigator
NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program
Improved Models of Magma Production and the Thermal Evoluation of Mars
W.S. Kiefer
Principal Investigator
EPO supplement to Mars Fundamental Research Program grant
Preparing Librarians to Engage Children in NASA Mars Science through Astrobiology
W.S. Kiefer
Principal Investigator
NASA GRAIL Guest Scientist Program
Density Models for the Lunar Crust and Implications for the Moon’s Early Volcanic History
W.S. Kiefer
Co-investigator (PI is David Kring, LPI)
NASA Lunar Science Institute Program
Impact Processes in the Origin and Evolution of the Moon: New Sample-driven Perspectives
W.S. Kiefer
Co-investigator (PI is Gary Hunter, NASA Glenn Research Center)
NASA Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program
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High Temperature Seismometer for Venus Applications
W.S. Kiefer
Co-investigator (PI is Dan Britt, Univ. Central Florida)
NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program
Density and Porosity of Lunar Materials
W.S. Kiefer
Co-investigator (PI is David Mittlefehldt, NASA Johnson Space Center)
NASA Dawn at Vesta Participating Scientist Program
Crustal Structure of 4 Vesta
W.S. Kiefer
Co-investigator (PI is Dan Britt, Univ. Central Florida)
NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program
Density and Porosity of Martian Crustal Materials
W.S. Kiefer
Co-investigator (PI is Dave Draper, NASA Johnson Space Center)
NASA Cosmochemistry program
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Geochemical Evolution and Thermal Structure of the
Martian Mantle: Test for the Martian Magma Ocean Hypothesis
W.S. Kiefer
Co-investigator (PI is Seiichi Nagihara, Texas Tech University)
NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program
Complete Restoration of the ALSEP Data, April through June 1975, and the Associated Metadata
W.S. Kiefer
Collaborator (PI is Mark Zimmerman, Univ. Minnesota)
NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program
Effect of Grain Size and Water Fugacity on the Viscosity of Iron-rich Olivine with Application to
Convection in the Mantle of Mars
G. Kramer
Co-Investigator
NASA LASER program
Study of the origin of the high surface albedo at lunar magnetic anomalies.
G. Kramer
Co-Investigator
NASA GRAIL Guest Scientist Program
Volcanic and Thermal Evolution of the Moon: Constraints from Integrated Analysis of GRAIL Gravity and Other Remotely Sensed.
D.A. Kring
Principal Investigator
NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program
Modeling of the Thermal Evolution of Impact-Generated Hydrothermal Systems on Mars
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D.A. Kring
Co-Investigator
Opportunities in Science Mission Directorate Education and Public Outreach
MyMoon: The Public’s Portal to Lunar Science Exploration through New Media
D.A. Kring
Principal Investigator
NASA Lunar Science Institute Program
Impact Processes in the Origin and Evolution of the Moon: New Sample-driven Perspectives
P.J. McGovern
Principal Investigator
NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program
Mechanical controls on magma ascent, storage, and eruption at large volcanic edifices on Venus
P. J. McGovern
Co-Investigator (D. Kring of LPI is PI)
NLSI Institute Proposal from LPI/USRA.
Impact Processes in the Origin Evolution of the Moon: New Sample-driven Perspectives
P. J. McGovern
Principal Investigator
NASA Mars Data Analysis Program.
Structural Characterization and Evolution of Large Volcanoes on Mars with Insights from Numerical
Simulations
P. J. McGovern
Principal Investigator
NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program
Growth and Evolution of Large Volcanoes on Venus: Insights from Advanced Numerical Modeling of
Lithospheric Response to Volcanic Loading
P. J. McGovern
Co-Investigator (E. Grosfils of Pomona College is PI)
NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program
Three-dimensional Analysis of Ring-Fault Initiation and Caldera Formation on the Terrestrial Planets
P. J. McGovern
Principal Investigator
NASA Outer Planets Research Program
Copious Volcanism on a Compression-dominated Planet? Insights into Magma Ascent and
Mountain Building on Io from Advanced Numerical Modeling
P. J. McGovern
Principal Investigator
NASA GRAIL Guest Investigator Program
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Volcanic and Thermal Evolution of the Moon: Constraints from Integrated Analysis of GRAIL gravity and other remotely sensed datasets
P. M. Schenk
(Principal-Investigator)
Cassini Data Analysis and Participating Scientist Program
The Snowpack of Enceladus – the Creep of Craters: Mapping Thermal Histories and Plume
Deposition on Saturn’s Mid-Size Icy Satellites.
P. M. Schenk
(Principal-Investigator)
Dawn at Vesta Participating Scientist
Impact crater morphologies on Vesta: Insights into interiors and cratering process
P. M. Schenk
(Principal-Investigator)
Planetary Geology and Geophysics
Small Comets and Projectiles in the Solar System: The Issue of Secondaries on Large Icy Satellites,
NNH10ZDA001N-PGG
P.D. Spudis
Co-Investigator
NASA Lunar Science Institute Program
Lunar Polar Processes Team, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel MD, B. Bussey PI
P.D. Spudis
Co-Investigator (D. Kring PI)
NASA Lunar Science Institute Program
Impact Processes in the Origin and Evolution of the Moon: New Sample-driven Perspectives, Lunar and Planetary Institute
P.D.Spudis
Deputy PI (B. Bussey PI)
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Extended Mission
Mini-RF experiment
A. H. Treiman
Co-Investigator
NLSI Institute
Impact Processes in the Origin and Evolution of the Moon: New Sample-driven Perspectives
A. H. Treiman
Principal Investigator
NASA Cosmochemistry
*Volatiles in the Moon's Highlands Crust: Apatite, Nominally Volatile-Free Minerals, and Cordierite”
A. H. Treiman
Principal Investigator
NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program
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Acid Fog on Mars II: Experimental and Analytical Studies Of Sulfur and Halogens in Martian Basalts and their Fluids.
A. H. Treiman
Co-Investigator
NASA/Ames node of NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)
Early Habitable Environments and the Evolution of Complexity.
A. H. Treiman
Co-Investigator
CheMin: An X-ray Diffraction/X-ray Fluorescence (XRD/XRF) instrument for definitive mineralogical analysis in the Analytical Laboratory of MSL.
T. Usui
Principal Investigator
NASA Mars Fundamental Research Program
Olivine-hosted melt inclusions in Martian Meteorites: the search for primordial volatile abundances and lead isotopic source components of Martian magmas
T. Usui
Principal Investigator
NASA Cosmochemistry Program
Experimental and theoretical studies of geochemical evolution and thermal structure of the Martian mantle: Test for the Magma ocean hypothesis
O. White
Co-Investigator: PI is P. Schenk
Cassini Data Analysis and participating Scientists.
The Snowpack of Enceladus – the Creep of Craters: Mapping Thermal Histories and Plume
Deposition on Saturn’s Mid-Size Icy Satellites
O.White
Co-Investigator: PI is P. McGovern
NASA Outer Planets Research Program
Copious Volcanism on a Compression-dominated Planet? Insights into Magma Ascent and
Mountain Building on Io from Advanced Numerical Modeling
PENDING
T. Hoogenboom
Co-Investigator
Cassini Data Analysis and Participating Scientists
Geologic and Thermal History of a Nearly Active Icy Moon: An Integrated Mapping Strategy for
Dione
Submitted May 2012
W.S. Kiefer
Co-Investigator (PI Is Dan Britt, Univ. Central Florida)
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NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program
Density and Porosity of Lunar Materials
G. Kramer
Principle Investigator
NASA LASER program (2013-2016)
The Fate of Surficial Hydroxyl and Water on the Lunar Surface Over Time.
G. Kramer
Co-Investigator
NASA LASER program (2013-2016)
Analysis of Pyroclastic Deposits on the Moon: Characterization of Major and Minor Constituents.
G. Kramer
Co-Investigator
NASA LASER program (2013-2016)
Investigating peak ring formation and Lunar crustal excavation using LRO and comparative planetology.
G. Kramer
Co-Investigator
NASA LASER program (2013-2016)
Volcanic and Thermal Evolution of the Moon: Constraints From Advanced Numerical Modeling and
Integrated Analysis of Remote Sensing Datasets.
P.M. Schenk
Co-Investigator, (R. Beyer, PI)
SALMON-JUICE
Wide angle camera for JUICE, NNH12ZDA006O-JUICE
V.L. Sharpton
Principal Investigator
NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program
Outcrops on Lunar Crater Walls: Exposing Ejecta Volumes, Target Deformation, and Volcanic
Stratigraphy
P.D. Spudis
Principal Investigator
NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program
Quantification of surface roughness of lunar impact craters
P.D. Spudis
Principal Investigator
NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program
Impact Basins on Mercury and the Moon
A. H. Treiman
J. Gross is Principal Investigator; Treiman is Co-Investigator
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NASA LASER
Spinel-rich lithologies in the lunar highland crust: Linking lunar samples, crystallization experiments and remote sensing.
A. H. Treiman
M. Bullock is Principal Investigator; A. Treiman Co-Investigator
NASA Cosmochemsitry,
Aqueous Alteration and Noble Gas Fractionation on Mars: Integrating noble gas data from experiments with spacecraft observations and theoretical calculations.”
O. White
Principal Investigator
Cassini Data Analysis and Participaint Scientists
Geologic and Thermal History of a Nearly Active Icy Moon: An Integrated Mapping Strategy for
Dione
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Clifford

Organizing Committee and Session Co-Chair , LPI/NASA Workshop on Concepts and
Approaches to Mars Exploration, June 2012.

Convener, Third International Conference on Early Mars: Geologic and Hydrologic Evolution,
Physical and Chemical Environments, and the Implications for Life, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, May
2012 .

Guest Editor, 5th Mars Polar Science Special Issue of Icarus.

Guest Editor, Early Mars III, Special Section of JGR-Planets.

Session Co-Chair , Fall AGU Special Session, P13. Planetary Radar Investigations:
Observations, Theory, Lab Measurements, Field Analogues, and Future Opportunities, San
Francisco, CA, December 2011.

Member , Mars Exploration and Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), 2000-present.
Hoogenboom

Regular journal paper reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets and Geophysical
Journal
Kiefer:

Member of Science Team for Dawn Mission Encounter with Asteroid 4 Vesta (2011-2013).

Guest Scientist for GRAIL Mission (2012-2014).

Venus High Temperature Seismometer instrument development team (2009-present).

Member of Discovery Concept Study Report Review Panel (2012).

Session chair for LPSC session “Lunar Geophysics and Internal Structure”, March 2012.

Member of Scientific Organizing Committee and session chair for “The Big Pictures”, Second
Lunar Highlands Crust Conference, Bozeman MT, July 2012.

Session chair for “Structure and Dynamics of the Martian Mantle” for Mars Mantle Workshop,
September 2012.

NASA Venus Exploration Analysis Group (2005-present).

External reviewer for Mars Fundamental Research Program Review Panel and Mars Data
Analysis Program Review Panel.

Journal manuscript reviewer for J. Geophysical Research , Earth and Planetary Science Letters ,
Planetary and Space Science, Space Science Reviews, and Physics of Earth and Planetary
Interiors.
Kramer:

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (external)

NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program (external)

Co-organizer, LPI Seminar Series, September, 2011 – present.

Co-Organizer/Convener:
Moffett Field, CA, September 7, 2011.

Session Co-organizer and Co-chair, “Basin-related Volcanism”, AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-
9, 2011.

Organizer, Lunar Swirls Lunch Meeting at LPSC, March 20, 2012.

Co-Organizer/Convener:

Co-organizer, LPI Seminar Series, September, 2011 – September, 2012.
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Mackwell:

Member of Steering Committee and Inner Planets Sub-committee for NRC Planetary Decadal
Survey 2013-2022

Member of Steering Committee and Vice-Chair of Discovery and Characterization Committee for
NRC Study to Review Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies, 2009-2010

Member of Senior Review Panel of the Astrophysics Division Operating Missions, NASA

Advisory Committee, Winchell School of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Advisory Committee, Department of Physics, University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston

Advisory Committee, Professional Masters Degree Program in Space Studies, Rice University

Editorial Board, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, Springer-Verlag, Berlin

Co-Editor, Comparative Planetary Climatology (with M. Bullock), University of Arizona Planetary
Science Series (in progress)

Gilbert Award Committee, Geological Society of America

Executive Committee, Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, NASA

Executive Committee, Venus Exploration Analysis Group, NASA
Öhman:

Member of the LPI Career Development Award panel

Reviewer Lithosphere and Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland
Potter:

Session Chair: 3 rd
Annual Lunar Graduate Conference, July 2012

LPI Seminar Co-organizer, July 2012 – present

Member of the American Geophysical Union
Mission Participation:

Participating Scientist, Dawn at Vesta, 2010-2013.

Participating Scientist, Cassini at Saturn, 2010-2013.

Consultant on stereo and image mapping, New Horizons - Pluto Encounter Planning, 2008-
2014.

Co-investigator on JUICE instrument proposal, Autumn, 2012
Editorial Roles

Scientific editor, Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin

Collaborator and Science presenter for “Sustainable Trainer Engagement Program” at LPI,
2011-2013

Program Committee for the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (March, 2012)
Sharpton:

NASA Mars Data Analysis Program Review Panel, January 9-13, 2012

Session Organizer and Co-chair, LPSC 43, Session 205, Venus Volcanism Viewpoints: Vague or Viable? March 20, 2012.

Session Chair, NLSI Science Forum with Benjamin Greenhagen Session 8: Of the Moon:
Geology, July 19, 2012.
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
Executive committee, Venus Exploration Advisory Group (VEXAG)

Group Chief: NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program Review Panel, November 11-
16, 2012.

Manuscript reviewer: Reviews of Geophysics
Spudis:

Scientific Coordinator, LPI Summer Intern Program

Director, NASA Regional Planetary Inage Facility, Lunar and Planetary Institute

Scientific Coordinator, LPI Summer Intern Program

Program Committee member, Conference on the Lunar Highlands, Bozeman MT, July 2012

Program Committee member, ASTech Developing Space Conference, Paris, Dec. 2012

LEAG member, founding-present

Proposal External: NASA Cosmochemistry, PG&G
Mission Participation:

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mini-RF (Deputy PI) and LROC (Team Member) experiments
Treiman:

VEXAG (Venus exploration analysis group) Member, 2005 – present

CAPTEM (Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials), Member, 2007-
2012.

MSL-MAHLI-UV Study group: Lead. Small group to investigate what, if anything, can be done with the UV fluorescence capability on the MAHLI camera on MSL. Sept. 2010 ongoing.

Proposal Review Panelist, NASA Mars Science Laboratory Participating Scientist, Nov. 2011.

Proposal Review Panelist, NASA Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples, Oct. 2011.

External reviews for NASA proposals to Cosmochemistry, MDAP.
Usui:

Working group member of Mars Exploration with Lander-Orbiter Synergy (JAXA)

Journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Program committee: The 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Cairns, Australia.
White:

Served on the 43 rd
LPSC Committee Panel in January 2012.

Co-Organizer of the LPI Seminar Series between June 2011 and June 2012
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Intern University Advisor
Joshua Blumenkoph Yeshiva College John Shebalin
Mitali Chandnani
Rebecca Johnston
Indiana University of
Technology Roorkee
Bringham Young University
David Kring and Georgiana
Kramer
Oliver White and Trudi
Hoogenboom
Mellissa Judson
Jessica Kalynn
Lisa Korn
Katelyn Lehman
Nicole Marin
Molly Richardson
Matthew Smith
SUNY-Buffalo
University of British Columbia Pat McGovern and Georgiana
Kramer
University of Massachusetts
Texas Christian University
Virgil (Buck) Sharpton
Carlton Allen
Walter Kiefer and Georgiana
Kramer
Arizona State University
Rice University
East Tennessee State
University
Kevin Righter and Lisa
Danielson
Julianne Moses
Paul Spudis
Jayashree Sridhar
Poorna Srinivasan Rutgers University Justin Simon
INTERN UNIVERSITY ADVISOR
Jessica Barnes Open University David Kring
Renee French
Joshua Garber
Northwestern University
University of California, Davi
David Kring
David Kring
William Poole
Phillipa Holly Smith
Yunsheng Tian
University College London
Open University
University of Toronto
David Kring
David Kring
David Kring
Maria Arias de Saavedra
Benitez
Duke University Paul Spudis
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Clifford:

Donald Barker , Department of Geosciences , University of Houston , Houston, TX. PhD candidate. Research focus: Mars exploration geophysics and the application of sequence stratigraphy to investigations of the Martian hemispheric dichotomy. Have worked with him on various research projects associated with his 3 previous MS degrees. Currently I serve as his co-adviser and as a member of his PhD committee.

Yoland Cedillo-Flores Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) , Mexico. PhD student. Project: Investigation of the role of gas fluidization on the formation of gullied terrain on
Mars. Primary advisor: Allan Treiman. Worked with Yolanda on modeling the thermal evolution of the Martian regolith and the formation and stability of seasonal CO
2
deposits. Also coauthored (w/Allan Treiman and Jeremie Lasue) Yollanda’s peer-reviewed paper on the same topic. This publication was the last requirement for Yolanda to receive her doctorate from
UNAM.
LPI Summer Intern Activities :

LPI Summer Intern brown bag seminar: "Climatic and Hydrologic Evolution of Mars”, LPI,
Houston, TX, 8/1/2012.
Hoogenboom:

Co-Advisor: Rebecca Johnston, Brigham Young University, 2012 LPI/JSC Summer Intern
Program
Kiefer:

Post-doc adviser for Dr. Constantin Sandu (LPI), Improved Models of Magma Production and the Thermal Evolution of Mars , July 2010-March 2012.

Post-doc adviser for Dr. James Solano (NASA Johnson Space Center), Crustal Structure of
Asteroid 4 Vesta, July 2011-February 2012 .
(co-adviser with Dr. Duck Mittlefehldt of NASA
JSC).

Post-doc adviser for Dr. Ross Potter (LPI), working on numerical simulations of lunar impact basin formation, February 2012-present. (co-adviser with Dr. David Kring and Dr. Pat
McGovern).

Co-adviser for Erica Jawin’s undergraduate senior thesis at Mt. Holyoke College on the relationship between topographic roughness and radar scattering at lunar volcanic structures,
August 2011-May 2012. This was a continuation of her work with me as an LPI undergraduate summer intern during summer 2011. (co-adviser with Dr. Caleb Fassett and Dr. Darby Dyar).

Co-adviser for LPI Undergraduate Intern Katelyn Lehman’s study of the composition of the
Moon’s Marius Hills volcanic field using near-infrared and thermal infrared spectroscopy, June-
August 2012. (co-adviser with Dr. George Kramer).

Co-adviser for LPI-JSC Lunar Exploration Interns Jessica Barnes, Renee French, Joshua
Garber, Wil Poole, Phillipa Smith, and Bob Tian on a study of lunar landing sites for geophysical exploration of the Moon, June-August 2012 (co-adviser with Dr. David Kring).
Kramer:
Lunar High School Research Program :

Kickapoo High School, Springfield, MO; Stratified Ejecta Boulders as Indicators of Layered
Plutons on the Lunar Nearside

St. Mary’s School, OR, Comparing the Geology and Petrology of the Apollo 17 Landing Site with
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M
3
Spectroscopy
McGovern:

Summer Intern Advisor: Kathryn Powell of Rice University from the 2011 LPI Summer Intern
Program. Kathryn presented her work on the origin and transport of olivines around the Crisium basin on the Moon at LPSC XLIII in March 2012.

Summer Intern Advisor: Jessica Kalynn of the University of British Columbia in the 2012 LPI
Summer Intern Program. Jessica presented her work on olivine and spinel deposits at the
Moscoviense and Imbrium basins on the Moon to the 2012 LPI/JSC Summer Intern Program.

Post-doc Advisor: Gerald Galgana of LPI, working on the links between lithospheric stress state, magma ascent, and volcano growth at large edifices on Venus (supported by my PG&G grant).

Graduate student Advisor: Matthew Weller, Rice University. Matt is working with me and Juli
Morgan of Rice to analyze the structure of the eastern Olympus Mons basal scarp, using topographic data from HRSC stereo imaging. Matt is applying limit equilibrium analysis to evaluate possible configurations of flank failure surfaces (supported by my MDAP grant).

Post-doc Advisor: Thomas Fournier, Rice University. Tom is working with Juli Morgan, Matt
Weller, and me on studies of the flank structure of Olympus Mons on Mars, and on models of surface deformation induced by intrusions (in part supported by my MDAP grant).
Schenk:

Edger Rivera-Valentin, August – October, 2010, visiting graduate student

Oliver White, LPI post-doctoral scientist

Trudi Hoogenboom, LPI postdoctoral scientist
Sharpton:

LPI Summer Intern Program: Mentored Melissa Judson, SUNY Buffalo, “Regional Slope
Characteristics of Small Lunar Craters” using LROC data, ISIS, and ArcGIS software.
Spudis:

LPI Summer Intern Program – Scientific Coordinator and Advisor

2012 Summer Intern Matthew Smith

2012 Summer Undergraduate Fellow Maria Benitez
Treiman:

Post-Doc Advisor: Dr. Yann Sonzogni . LPI.
Usui:

Ryota Moriwaki, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Japan. Under-grad student. Pb isotope systematics of a new shergottite Tissint.

Aya Kaneko. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Japan. Under-grad student. Petrology and trace element geochemistry of ungrouped new achondrite NWA 6693.
White

Trudi Hoogenboom, LPI Post Doc, Aspects of ISIS dealing with stereo and photoclinometry digital elevation model generation and topography measurement’
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Clifford:
--Consultant, NASA Education & Public Outreach for Earth & Space Science (EPOESS) Program,
STEP: Creating a Sustainable Trainer Engagement Program for Earth and Space Science (PI:
Christine Shupla).
Guest Lecture:
--Gave a guest lecture on "Planetary Radar" to a University of Paris system graduate class on
Planetary Remote Sensing (instructor: Dr. Valerie Ciarletti), Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentinen-Yvelines, Versailles, France. 2/14/2012.
Seminars:
--LPI Cosmic Explorations Public Lecture Series “Mars: Discoveries and Insights from 50 Years of
Robotic Exploration", LPI, Houston, TX, 6/7/2012.
--Geology Department Seminar: "Scientific and Ethical Considerations in the Search for Life in
Planetary Environments", University of Paris Sud, Orsay, France.
Press Interviews:
--Interviewed on the KPRC TV (Houston, TX) morning show about the landing of the Curiosity Rover on Mars. 8/6/2012.
--Interviewed (by Eric Hand) for a Nature news piece entitled "Dreams of water on Mars evaporate:
Climate models reveal the Red Planet was mostly cold and dry." 4/11/2012
--Interviewed (by Christoph Seidler of Spiegel) for a story about the WISDOM radar team's participation in Dachstein, Austria field test in April (‘Austrian Cave Sets Stage for Red Planet
Voyage’) 5/2/2012
--Interviewed (by Sarah Everts, Chemical & Engineering News) for a story about the WISDOM radar team's participation in Dachstein, Austria field test in April (‘Space Suit In A Cave Austrian Alps provide a proxy for martian caves that could hold life’). 5/4/2012
Seminars:
--LPI Summer Intern brown bag seminar: "Climatic and Hydrologic Evolution of Mars”, LPI, Houston,
TX, 8/1/2012.
--LPI Cosmic Explorations Public Lecture Series “Mars: Discoveries and Insights from 50 Years of
Robotic Exploration", LPI, Houston, TX, 6/7/2012.
--Geology Department Seminar: "Scientific and Ethical Considerations in the Search for Life in
Planetary Environments", University of Paris Sud, Orsay, France.
Kiefer :
--Content adviser and science reviewer for LPI’s “Explore: Life on Mars?” informal education (library based) program.
--Member of the Project Advisory Board for the PBS LearningMedia/WGBH Education Foundation’s
“Year of the Solar System: Digital Media for K-12 Planetary Sciences”.
--“Exploring Mars with the Opportunity and Curiosity Rovers”, featured speaker for the Mars Rover
Celebration at University of Houston, January 28, 2012. (talk given to approximately 400 middle school students, plus teachers and parents).
--“What Turned off the Martian Magnetic Field?” for the Red Planet Report website
(redplanet.asu.edu), February 2012 (web article based on a paper in Geophysical Research
Letters ).
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--“Next Stop Mars” and “Exploring Mars with the Opportunity and Curiosity Rovers”, for LPI’s
“Explore: Life on Mars?” workshop for Wisconsin librarians, April 3 and 4, 2012.
--“Mars: The Inside Story”, for “Countdown to Curiosity”, a library-based Mars Science Lander outreach program organized by LPI’s EPO department, April 17, 2012.
--"Gravity and Topography Constraints on Lunar Crustal Structure", June 20, 2012 for LPI-JSC
Lunar Exploration Interns
--"Lunar Heat Flow and Thermal Evolution", June 25, 2012 for LPI-JSC Lunar Exploration Interns
--“A Brief Geological History of the Moon” for The Unknown Moon workshop for high school science teachers, at LPI, June 26, 2012.
--“Lunar Interior Structure”, July 3, 2012 for LPI-JSC Lunar Exploration Interns.
--“Exploring Mars: The Inside Story”, for Mars Revealed: Evolving Technology, Advancing Science workshop for high school science teachers, at LPI, July 10, 2012.
--“Lunar Densities” for Planetary Science Research Discoveries website, www.psrd.hawaii.edu, July
2012 (web article based on a paper in Geophysical Research Letters )
--“Lunar Geophysics Network Landing Site Selection”, August 1, 2012 for LPI-JSC Lunar Exploration
Interns.
Kramer:
--International Observe the Moon Night, October, 2011.
--9th grade classroom visit & presentation, Corte Madera, CA, December, 2011.
--Space Day at K. E. Little Elementary School, Bacliff, TX, May 4, 2012.
--LPI's Space Fest: Winter Wanderer, January 21, 2012
--LPI's Space Fest: Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Landing, August 5, 2012
--LPI's Venus Transit, June 5, 2012
--Organizer, Houston/LPI Planetary Exploration Car Wash and Bake Sale, June 9, 2012.
--International Observe the Moon Night, September, 2012
Press Interviews:
--“NASA scientists fight budget cuts with cupcakes”, by Amber Dance, Nature, June 11, 2012.
--“Planetary Exploration Car Wash”, KIAH NewsFix, June 12, 2012.
--“Moon patterns explained,” by Meghan Rosen, Science News, Vol.182 #3 p. 8, August 11th, 2012.
--“Focus: Magnetic Fields Explain Lunar Surface Features”, by Katie Mack, Physics 5, 92, August
20, 2012. DOI: 10.1103/Physics.5.92.
--Moon's Magnetic Umbrellas May Shield Future Spaceships”, by Lisa Grossman, NewScientist,
September 3, 2012.
McGovern:
--LPI Summer Intern Program, presented seminar on “Geophysics and Volcanology of Mars”, 2012.
--Rice University Dept. of Earth Science Seminar Class ESci 529 The Moon: Origin and Evolution of
Earth’s Companion. (Spring Semester 2012). I envisioned, designed, and recruited speakers for a seminar that exposed the Rice University student community to prominent lunar scientists at the
Lunar and Planetary Institute and Johnson Space Center (with Rice Earth Science Department
Professor Cin-Ty Lee). A wide range of topics was considered, from early solar system dynamics and bombardment history to magmatic and thermal models for the lunar interior, to lunar seismicity, to regolith and dust. This course enrolled 9 students, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and appears to have been popular with the students.
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Öhman:
--Ask astro: Lunar Impacts, Astronomy , September 2012, pp. 50-51
--Along with G. Kramer and Landprint.com to create 3D models of Tycho and Schrödinger craters
--Lunar Photo of the Day: Öhman T. & Kring D. A. Kepler rayology, March 26, 2012. http://lpod.wikispaces.com/March+26,+2012
--Interview about asteroid impact hazard in Finnish e-magazine Maggo
--Contributing author of three entries (submitted), in Hargitai H. & Kereszturi A. (eds.): Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms . Springer.
Potter:
--Judge for the LPI high school lunar science research competition (April 2012)
--Volunteer at the LPI Skyfest activity evenings (2012)
Schenk:
--Collaborator and Science presenter for “Sustainable Trainer Engagement Program” at LPI, 2011-
2013
--Presenter at “Space Day” at Little Elementary School, Dickinson, Texas, May 2012.
--Maintains blog on research activities and space history at http://stereomoons.blogspot.com/
Press Interviews:
--Press conference presentation on Dawn results at Vesta at GSA, October, 2012.
--Interview with BBC at GSA, October, 2012, discussing Vesta results.
--Phone interviews with at least 4 reporters concerning publication of first dawn Science articles.
--Phone interviews with several reporters concerning first Dawn presentations at GSA and AGU.
--Phone interviews with several reports concerning Schmidt Europa results
Spudis:
--Guest Speaker engagements: LPI Summer High School teachers workshop, various others
--Write column for Smithsonian Air and Space magazine, “The Once and Future Moon” (2011-2012
30 columns)
Articles for the Popular Press:
--Spudis P.D. (2012) Is the United States in danger of losing a space rae to China? Yes. CQ
Researcher 22, 8, 24 Feb 2012, p 197
--Spudis P.D. (2012) Develop Cislunar Space Next. Horizons 37, 5, 5-9, AIAA-Houston Section, march/April 2012.
Treiman:
--Dwornik award judging. LPSC 2012.
Presentations:
--‘Cosmic Visions’ talk on “Climate Change on Mars,’ November, 2011.
--‘The Solar System,’ five presentation to 4th-grade students at K.E. Little Elementary School,
Dickinson ISD, May 6, 2011.
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Public Interviews:
--Phone interview, Sep. 20 2010, with Michael Schirber of Astrobiology Magazine (astrobio.net) about ALH 84001.
--Email interview with Wired magazine, mid-March 2011.
Usui:
--Public lecture at Tokyo Tech Science Online Café. Significant climate change on Mars. August 31,
2012.
White:
--Volunteered and presented at five Sky Fest events since October 2011.
--Presented on Io to special needs high school students at Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA in
December 2011
--Presented on planetary ices to elementary school students for a Space Day at K.E. Little
Elementary School, Baycliff, TX, in May 2012.
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Jean-Philippe
Combe
Neyda Abreu
Roberto
Bugiolacchi
Yann Sonzogni
Devin McKeegan
Essam Heggy
Sean C. Solomon
Debra Hurqitz
Bear Fight Institute
Mikki M. Osterloo Laboratory for
Atmospheric and Space
Physics at the University of Colorado-Boulder
Ashley Gerard
Davies
Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology
Silvio Mollo Istituto Nazionale di
Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Max Planck Institutes for
Solar System Research
UCLA, Department of
Earth and Space
Sciences
Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, California
Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institution of
Washington
Brown University
Saga in the quest for characterization of water on the Moon: A hot and rough challenge in the near-infrared
Mars chloride-bearing materials: Signatures of aqueous environments
October 17,
2011
October 28,
2011
Active Lava Lakes As
Windows Into Io’s Interior
November 11,
2011
Influence of Cooling Rate on
Textural and Chemical
Features of Terrestrial and
Extraterrestrial Basaltic
Rocks
Opaque Assemblages in CR chondrites – A history of
Impact-Driven Aqueous
Alteration
Remote sensing of the lunar surface focusing on the
Imbrium region: a personal journey
Melt inclusions: from crystal growth kinetics to planetarybodies formation
The oxygen isotopic composition of the Sun:
Implications for nebula chemistry
Exploring Earth Fossil
Aquifers Using Martian
Sounding Radars: Implication for Understanding Deserts
Paleoclimate and
Hydrological Cycle
A New View of Mercury from
MESSENGER Orbital
Observations
Lava erosion on the terrestrial planets: Using analytical models to distinguish between mechanical and thermal erosion
November 17,
2011
November 18,
2011
November 21,
2011
November 30,
2011
December 2,
2011
December 16,
2011
January 13,
2012
February 6, 2012
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D. Alex Patthoff
Michael Max
Paul Byrne
Ryan Mills
University of Idaho
Hydrate Energy
International
Carnegie Institution of
Washington
University of North
Carolina
Uncovering Icy Ocean
Worlds: A Geologic History of the South Polar Terrain on
Enceladus
Oceanic and Permafrost natural gas hydrate paratypes on Earth: Models for the solar system and beyond
Volcanism on Mercury:
Insights from Orbit
Re-evaluating pluton/volcano connections and igneous textures in light of incremental magma explacement
February 10,
2012
February 17,
2012
February 24,
2012
March 2, 2012
March 11, 2012 Kerri Donalson
Hanna
Kaveh Pahlevan
Brown University
Adriene Dove
Karly M. Pitman
William “Bill”
McKinnon
Jerry Harder
Kerri Donaldson
Hanna
Yale University
Planetary Science
Institute
Washington University
LASP
Brown University
When the Moon was a
Cloud: Testing the Lunar
Creation Myth
Experimental investigations of lunar plasma and dust dynamics
March 30, 2012
April 3, 2012
Laboratory Astrophysics and
Planetary Surface Dust
Analogs
Radiogenic Argon Release from Titan: Sources,
Efficiency, and the Role of the Ocean
The Solar Radiation and
April 13, 2012
April 20, 2012
April 27, 2012
Climate Experiment
(SORCE): Measuring the
Sun’s influence on climate from space
Compositional Diversity of the Moon’s Primary Crust from Integrated Diviner and
M
3
Analysis
May 11, 2012
Faults and Folds on Mercury May 18, 2012 Christian Klimczak Carnegie Institute of
Washington
Arln Crotts Columbia University
Dave Blewett Johns Hopkins University,
Applied Physics
Laboratory
Lunar Volatiles: Sources and
Resources
Mercury Hollows
June 1, 2012
June 8, 2012
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Marc Biren
William Farrand
Timothy J. Peters
Timothy Glotch
Lon Hood
Jasper Halekas
Andy Rivkin
Sam Lawrence
Rachel Klima
University of New
Brunswick
Space Science Institute
Vanderbilt University
Stony Brook University
University of Arizona
Central uplift formation in crystalline target rocks:
Evidence from the
Manicouagan impact structure, Quebec
Acid Sulfate Minerals in
Mawrth Vallis and Related
Areas on Mars
The response of zircon to hydrothermal fluid interaction and deep crustal metamorphism associated with Mountain building processes
Evidence for magmacarbonate interatio beneath
Syrtis Major, Mars
Lunar Magnetism: Core
Dynamo and Origin of the
Strong Anomalies
University of California,
Berkley
Johns Hopskins
University, Applied
Physics Laboratory
First Results from the
ARTEMIS Mission: The
Moon’s Sphere of Influence
Water, Hydrozyl, and Ice in the Asteroid Belt
Arizona State University New Insights Into Lunar
Geology from the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter
Camera
Johns Hopkins University,
Applied Physics
Laboratory
Exploring the Mineralogy of
Airless Bodies in the Inner
Solar System
June 11, 2012
June 22, 2012
June 29, 2012
July 6, 2012
August 17, 2012
August 24, 2012
September 7,
2012
September 21,
2012
September 28,
2012
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The NASA Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF) at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, one of the first established, is led by Dr. Paul Spudis. As RPIF Director, Dr. Spudis provides overall direction of the facility, interfaces with NASA program management, and serves on the RPIF Board of Directors.
The RPIF Director and Manager participated in the RPIF annual review held in Flagstaff, Arizona in
October 2011. One of the meeting action items was a request to develop social media presence for the RPIF network via Facebook. An assessment and report of this project will be presented at the next review meeting.
As a RPIF, LPI maintains an open-access policy for users and is available to the public during normal business hours. To reach interested users Beyond the Walls of building, the RPIF / Library as made efforts to utilize tools such as website development, social media, and Wikipedia to provide access to the rich resources within the facility. We have scanned and prepared key parts of the collection including the extensive map collection, books, documents, and imagery. The Map
Collection has expanded with the addition of 45 Venus maps and the Lunar Sample Atlas has been expanded with additional images.
In effort to expand our reach to the amateur science community and general public, we now have over 1300 images on the LPI Flickr site with a total of 149,000 views to date. As an interactive site, viewers can leave comments or tag an image with their keywords for easy retrieval. The tagging allows individual researchers, educators, or the curious to stumble upon planetary images in a new way. We have also worked with other social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Our presence on all these social media sites focuses on planetary science in general and LPI meetings and activities specifically. Although most of the interest is from the United States, there is also significant interested followers and fans from India, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Indonesia.
Work has continued with Wikipedia. According to Alexa.Com, Wikipedia, an online free encyclopedia, is the 6 th
most popular site in the United States. Using the resources of the Library and its staff, we have made efforts to update articles, add references, and enhance biographies of planetary science investigators. To raise awareness within the planetary science community of this effort, LPI hosted a booth again at LPSC to encourage student and scientist involvement in updating and developing good solid planetary science articles and biographies. By encouraging expertise in the field, we have increased the accuracy of Wikipedia planetary science articles, which often is a primary information source for students, educators, and the public.
A new library catalog system, EOS International, was selected and implemented during the first quarter of CY2012 without any interruption of libraryservice. The new system gives increased flexibility such as individual accounts, online renewals, and ability to comment and rate books by registered library users both distant and onsite. It will also provide growth and options as our online resources expand.
The RPIF/ Library facility will continue to serve a broad range of patrons, including funded scientists, educators, students, and the public. The collection, which contains over 60,000 items, is refreshed n a regular basis with the addition of books, journals, and data within the scope of the CAN. We are a member of OCLC, an international network of libraries, museums, and institutions, and AMIGOS, a regional network of libraries. These networks provide access to LPI library collections worldwide.
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Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group; November 7–9, 2011; Houston,
Texas; Attendance: 113; Charles Shearer (University of New Mexico), Clive Neal (University of
Notre Dame), and Stephen Mackwell (Lunar and Planetary Institute).
Workshop on Formation of the First Solids in the Solar System; November 7–9, 2011; Kauai,
Hawaii; Attendance: 182; Alexander N. Krot, Edward R. D. Scott, Gary R. Huss ( HIGP/SOEST,
University of Hawaii ), Jonathan Williams ( IfA, University of Hawai'i), Martin Bizzarro ( Natural
History Museum, Denmark), and Yuri Amelin ( Australian National University).
Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment II; February 1–3, 2012; Houston,
Texas; Attendance: 72; David Kring (Lunar and Planetary Institute) and William Bottke
(Southwest Research Institute).
Conference on Life Detection in Extraterrestrial Samples; February 13–15, 2012; San Diego,
California; Attendance: 94; Dave Beaty (NASA Mars Program Office), Cassie Conley (NASA
Planetary Protection), Gerhard Kminek (ESA Planetary Protection), Mary Voytek (NASA
Astrobiology), Jorge Vago (ESA Mars Program), Michael Meyer (NASA Mars Exploration
Program), and Dave Des Marais (Chair, Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group).
43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference; March 19–23, 2012; The Woodlands, Texas;
Attendance: 1761; Stephen Mackwell (Lunar and Planetary Institute), Eileen Stansbery (NASA
Johnson Space Center), and David Draper (NASA Johnson Space Center).
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space; March 21–23, 2012; The Woodlands, Texas;
Attendance: 118; Len Dudzinski (NASA Headquarters), Wade Carroll (Department of Energy
Headquarters), and George Schmidt (NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center).
Spring Meeting of the Meteorite Working Group (MWG); March 23–24, 2012; The Woodlands,
Texas; Attendance: 21; Conel Alexander (Carnegie Institution).
Spring Meeting of the Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials
(CAPTEM); March 24–25, 2012; Houston, Texas; Attendance: 24; Meenakshi Wadhwa
(Arizona State University).
Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012; May 16–20, 2012; Niigata, Japan; Attendance: 403; Sho
Sasaki (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Wing-Huen Ip (National Central
University, Taiwan), William Bottke (Southwest Research Institute), Andy Cheng (Johns Hopkins
University), Guy Consolmagno (Vatican Observatory), Karen Meech (University of Hawaii), Rita
Schulz (ESA/ESTEC), Pavel Spurny (Astronomical Institute of the Czech Republic), Giovanni
Valsecchi (IASF Sezione di Roma, INAF), Junichi Watanabe (National Astronomical
Observatory, Japan) and Mike Zolensky (NASA Johnson Space Center).
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Third International Conference on Early Mars: Geologic and Hydrologic Evolution, Physical and Chemical Environments, and the Implications for Life; May 21–25, 2012; Lake Tahoe,
Nevada; Attendance: 85; Stephen Clifford (Lunar and Planetary Institute), David Beaty (NASA
Mars Program Office), Jean-Pierre Bibring (Université Paris-Sud), Robert Craddock
(Smithsonian Institution), Jack Farmer (Arizona State University), Robert Haberle (NASA Ames
Research Center), and Horton Newsom (University of New Mexico).
Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration; June 12–14, 2012; Houston, Texas;
Attendance: 172; NASA Associate Administrators for Science and Human Exploration and
Operations, NASA Chief Technologist and NASA Chief Scientist (NASA Headquarters).
Third International Planetary Dunes Workshop: Remote Sensing and Image Analysis of
Planetary Dunes; June 12–15, 2012; Flagstaff, Arizona; Attendance: 51; Timothy Titus (U.S.
Geological Survey).
Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets; June 25–28, 2012; Boulder, Colorado;
Attendance: 129; Mark Bullock (Southwest Research Institute), Waleed Abdalati (NASA
Headquarters), Richard Eckman (NASA Headquarters), Lori Glaze (NASA Goddard Spaceflight
Center), Jim Green (NASA Headquarters), David Grinspoon (Denver Museum of Nature and
Science), Madhulika Guhathakurta (NASA Headquarters), James Hansen (NASA Goddard
Institute for Space Studies), Sanjay Limaye (University of Wisconsin), Stephen Mackwell (Lunar and Planetary Institute), Adriana Ocampo (NASA Headquarters), Mario Perez (NASA
Headquarters), and Suzanne Smrekar (Jet Propulsion Laboratory).
Second Conference on the Lunar Highlands Crust; July 13–15, 2012; Bozeman, Montana;
Attendance: 41; Allan Treiman (Lunar and Planetary Institute), Charles Shearer (University of
New Mexico), and Meenakshi Wadhwa (Arizona State University).
75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society; August 12–17, 2012; Cairns, Australia;
Attendance: 370; Trevor Ireland, Marc Norman, Yuri Amelin, Hugh O-Neill, Charley Lineweaver, and Raquel Salmeron (Australian National University).
The Mantle of Mars: Insights from Theory, Geophysics, High-Pressure Studies, and
Meteorites; September 10–12, 2012; Houston, Texas; Attendance: 62; Jim Papike (University of New Mexico), Charles Shearer (University of New Mexico), and Dave Beaty (Jet Propulsion
Laboratory).
Fall Meeting of the Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials
(CAPTEM); September 27–28, 2012; Houston, Texas; Attendance: 23; Meenakshi Wadhwa
(Arizona State University).
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The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) Department of Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) focuses on preparing and supporting formal and informal educators, through materials development and training, to infuse Earth and planetary science into their programmatic efforts.
Personnel
The Department is led by Dr. Stephanie Shipp, with Education Specialists Ms. Heather Dalton, Ms.
Brooke Hsu (located at Goddard Space Flight Center), Ms. Andrea Jones (located at Goddard
Space Flight Center), Ms. Eve Halligan, Ms. Katie Hessen (located at Goddard Space Flight Center),
Ms. Keliann LaConte, Mr. Andrew Shaner, Ms. Christine Shupla, Education Assistant Yolanda
Ballard-Zimmerman, Multimedia Specialist Mr. John Blackwell, Special Programs Coordinator Dr.
Jancy McPhee, and NLSI Coordinator Ms. Julie Tygielski.
Formal Education Programs
The LPI E/PO team conducts numerous day- and week-long teacher trainings during the year, locally and nationally, often in collaboration with partners. Shupla is the Formal Education Lead.
Training is designed based on audience need, ties to both the National Science Education
Standards and Standards for Professional Development of Teachers of Science, and best practices as identified in educational research. All formal education efforts are evaluated, either by an external evaluator, or through staff-administered pre- and post- content tests and training perceptions surveys. In general, LPI’s trainings are rated as highly successful by participants. In 2012, 557 educators were trained in 20 professional development sessions. Collectively, these teachers are estimated to reach almost 70,000 students per year. Overviews of 2012 program activity are presented below.
LPI Educator Training – The LPI E/PO team continues to provide training to classroom science teachers in the Houston and Texas area, often in partnership with Harris County Department of
Education (HCDE) and Johnson Space Center Astromaterials Research Exploration Science
Education Team. Through the trainings participants experience standards-based, inquiry oriented classroom activities, and learned about available resources aligned with their teaching needs. In
FY12 seven trainings were conducted, reaching 147 K-12 educators. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/workshops/workshops.shtml
Sustainable Trainer Engagement Program for Earth and Space Science (STEP) - A recent grant from NASA allows LPI, the Harris County Department of Education, four Texas Regional Science
Collaboratives, six Houston-based school districts, and ten Earth and space scientists, to concentrate on deeply increasing the capacity of local Houston area science specialists during a three year effort. Through STEP, led by Shupla, 60 6-8th grade science specialists and lead teachers are being provided in-depth Earth and space science content. The program integrates
NASA activities and resources with modeled pedagogy tied to the Earth and Space Science
Standards for which Texas educators are responsible. Over the extended project, face-to-face and online learning experiences with LPI E/PO staff and scientists from LPI and Johnson Space Center will result a sustainable Community of Practice. Ultimately the participants will be better prepared to provide training and continued support in Earth and space science for approximately 800 additional middle school science teachers, who, in turn, will be able to share NASA activities and resources with up to 100,000 students. In addition to preparing and supporting the science specialists, the
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project will evaluate the efficacy of the Train-the-Trainer model, a model often used to multiply the impact of E/PO efforts. However, in spite of the frequency of its use, there is little educational research regarding the overall validity of the model. The results of the evaluation effort will be published to inform NASA and other E/PO programs employing the Train-the-Trainer model of the findings.
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Mission Formal Education Programs– The LRO Formal
Education program, led by Jones, featured the Lunar Workshops for Educators (LWE) professional development series, teacher kits, and the Lunar Student Imaging Program (LSIP). Seventy-two grade 6–12 science teachers from across the country learned about lunar science and exploration with the help of LRO scientists and data in 4 separate week-long LWE teacher trainings. Support was also provided for the NLSI-sponsored Unknown Moon Institute held in Houston, Texas. Teacher kits, which contain non-consumable topically-organized educational materials created by the LRO
E/PO team, were produced and will be available for loan from LRO E/PO team member institutions.
The LSIP program was developed as a pilot student program that involves students in authentic lunar exploration. In FY13–14 LRO formal education programs will focus on district-level partnerships that serve middle school teachers local to LRO E/PO team member institutions. LSIP will be conducted via distance learning technologies and will be featured in LRO teacher trainings, and quarterly follow-up sessions will keep LWE participants engaged in lunar science throughout the year.
Participants in an LRO Lunar Workshops for Educators in Mississippi mark the position and phase of the Moon in the daytime sky.
NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) Dynamic Response of the Environment At the Moon (DREAM)
E/PO – LPI has contributed to the DREAM E/PO program by incorporating elements of the team’s research - interactions of the solar wind with the near surface lunar environment - into existing lunar
EPO activities. Elements of DREAM science were incorporated into the LRO LWEs. DREAM science was also incorporated into International Observe the Moon Night efforts.
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High School Educator Lunar Training – As part of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
NASA Lunar Science Institute Team E/PO Efforts, LPI, led by Shupla, helped to design and implement a week-long educator training. Twenty high school teachers spent a week at LPI, learning about current lunar science and exploration, including an in-depth examination of the environment of the lunar poles. Participants interacted with NLSI scientists, visited the Johnson Space Center’s
Astromaterials Curation Lab, undertook hands-on activities, and planned for implementation of lunar investigations in their classrooms. Evaluations extremely positive; 100% reported the institute, activities, and presentations were very good to excellent. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/workshops/unknownMoon/agenda.html
High-school educators participating in the Unknown Moon training got a tour of the Johnson Space
Center’s Astromaterials Curation Lab.
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) / Mars Science Laboratory Mission Educator Resources – The LPIbased SAM E/PO team, led by Jones, shares SAM, Curiosity, and Mars science through a variety of products and programs. The team designed a landing site activity to simulate the landing site selection process for middle school students, assists SAM scientists with obtaining interns, and supports professional development trainings for formal and informal educators hosted by the Mars
Public Engagement Team and the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Office of Education.
In addition to formal education activities, the team hosts and supports outreach events, represents
SAM in national conferences, provides Curiosity exhibit materials to the Goddard Visitor Center, and helps design and maintain a public SAM website (http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/sam/). The SAM E/PO team is also working with interpreters to incorporate Curiosity and Mars science into National Park programs. These efforts will continue in FY13.
ChemCam / Mars Science Laboratory Mission Educator Training- Twenty-two high school teachers participated in Mars Revealed: Evolving Technology, Advancing Science, a professional development training at LPI that is part of the ChemCam instrument EPO program led by Shaner.
Using the history of Mars exploration as a framework, participants built their understanding of the
Martian environment (surface evolution, atmospheric properties, habitability) while exploring how advances in technology contributed to scientists’ changing understanding of Mars. The participants
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conducted standards-aligned classroom activities addressing each topic. To end the week, attendees learned about the engineering and scientific challenges of preparing for possible future human exploration of Mars, and they visited Johnson Space Center where they spoke with engineers and scientists designing and building the Space Exploration Vehicle and Habitat
Demonstration Unit. The training will be repeated annually through 2015. Shaner also led activities at the Mars Public Engagement Program educator trainings held during the Mars Science Lab launch (November 2011 at Kennedy Space Flight Center) and landing (August 2012 at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory). In addition to these formal education activities, LPI also oversees the educational aspects of the ChemCam website (http://www.msl-chemcam.com/) and will implement training programs for librarians and other informal educators in 2012 and 2013.
Faculty Institutes for NASA Earth and Space Science Education (FINESSE) – LPI leads a collaboration of scientists and science education specialists, in partnership with the Association for
Science Teacher Education (ASTE) and the National Association of Community College Teacher
Education Programs (NACCTEP), to provide faculty involved in teacher preparation with access to
NASA Earth and space science content, data, and educational resources through two-day Institutes.
In its final year, activity, led by Shupla, included:
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A training for 26 participants at the ASTE Annual Conference in Clearwater, Florida
(January 3-4, 2012). Participants explored best science education practices for teacher preparation, learned about curricular support resources for teacher educators that leverage
NASA SMD content and data, and became part of a network of teacher education faculty.
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Seven posters at ASTE Annual Conference in which past FINESSE participants shared how they implemented FINESSE in their programs with pre-service teachers
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Formative and summative evaluation of the program
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Hosting of the Southwest ASTE (SW-ASTE) mini-conference at LPI for 26 SW-ASTE members, where members presented their current research findings and networked.
All materials are available online. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/facultyInstitutes/.
Center for Lunar Science and Exploration / LPI and ARES High School Student Lunar Mentoring and Research Program – In addition to education faculty training, LPI also hosts the High School
Lunar Mentoring and Research Program for high school students, as part of its NLSI team effort. In
2012 90 students and 15 teachers participated as fifteen teams in the eight-month project. The students and their teachers represented 13 high schools from across the nation, many of which serve underserved / underrepresented populations, including rural communities. The High School
Lunar Mentoring and Research Program, led by Shaner, is designed to expose high-school students to science and science careers, with an emphasis on lunar science and exploration. Each student team conducted an authentic lunar research project under the guidance of an online lunar scientist mentor and presented their research to a panel of lunar scientists. The team from Kickapoo High
School, Springfield, Missouri, won for the second year in a row. The team presented their lunar research poster - Stratified Ejecta Boulders as Indicators of Layered Plutons on the Lunar Nearside - at the NLSI Forum at NASA Ames Research Center in July 2012. The Kickapoo team won 3 rd
place at the Forum for their poster in a competition with undergraduate and graduate students. The FY13 program is underway, with 10 teams participating. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/nlsi/education/hsResearch/
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A student from Kickapoo High School explain their research project to a lunar scientist at the 2012
NASA Lunar Science Forum.
Informal Education Programs
The LPI E/PO team, with LaConte as the Informal Education Lead, strives to prepare and support informal educators in engaging and educating their audiences about Earth and planetary science.
These educators can be librarians, museum, science center and planetarium staff, and national park personnel. Resources and training are designed to meet audience needs and reflect best practices as identified in educational research. All informal education efforts are evaluated, either by an external evaluator, or through staff-administered pre- and post- content tests and training perceptions surveys. LPI’s informal trainings typically are rated as highly successful; one evaluator notes that LPI’s programs rate significantly above similar trainings. In 2012, 168 informal educators were trained in 7 professional development sessions. Overviews of 2012 program activity are presented below.
Explore! Program – Since 1998, the Explore Program has provided materials and training for children’s and youth librarians and other informal educators to support them in making Earth and space science accessible and engaging to their communities. To date, more than 780 librarians have been trained in 34 states, reaching over 45,000 children annually; many of these libraries and communities are in the Nation’s rural regions. Participants are invited to join a listserv and discussion boards for further interaction and support. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/
FY12 activity included:
Delivery of Countdown to Curiosity, a five day experience for 36 librarians and park personnel, at
Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The experience, led by Halligan and Shaner, was requested by
NASA’s Planetary Science Division in support of the MSL Launch in November 2012. The week included a two-day training sharing Explore Mars activities, featuring Mars science content and presentations by MSL scientists. The training effort partnered with the Mars Public Engagement team, and introduced the Imagine Mars community activity to the participants. Attendees also participated in a behind-the-scenes tour of KSC and on-site viewing of the launch. All participants
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were expected to give a minimum of three children’s or family programs at their library/park, including hosting a landing event. Two webinar sessions were held subsequent to the training to provide mission updates and support the participants in implementing their programs. It is estimated that 100 events were held in the months leading up to the landing, engaging thousands of children and family members. In addition, LPI worked with the American Library Association (ALA) to electronically distribute information about the landing – and ways libraries could bring Mars and the
MSL landing into their programs – with 10,000 members of ALA.
A recent Explore effort, funded by a supplemental E/PO grant to two LPI scientists and led by
Halligan, brings the science of astrobiology and Mars to libraries with a focus on engaging girls.
Explore: Life on Mars? partnered with the NASA Astrobiology Institute and the National Girls
Collaborative Project (NGCP) to create a module of activities featuring female astrobiologists that specifically appeals to learning preferences of girls. The first librarian training was conducted for 24 librarians in April, 2012, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the Wisconsin
Astrobiology Research Consortium and the Wisconsin State Library. Evaluation data indicate the participants are excited and prepared to implement the program in their communities. Further trainings and continued evaluation are planned, and the materials are being prepared for NASA product review and online access.
Librarians from Wisconsin participate in hands-on activities that can be used to engage their patrons in determining what signatures past or present life might present on Mars.
LPI supports the Juno Mission E/PO through Explore trainings for children’s and youth librarians. LPI previously developed a module of activities to engage children and families in the library setting; the materials have been through NASA product review and are available online. In FY12 two Jupiter’s
Family Secrets trainings were offered: 26 library, museum staff and park interpreters attended a training at State College, Pennsylvania on May 21-22, 2012; and 21 librarians participated in a training in Morgantown, West Virginia on September 20-21, 2012. The training model for Juno has
LPI returning to the mid-East coast region for a total of five trainings. The intent is to build a sustainable network in the region that will continue after trainings are completed. To augment the network, LPI is working with librarian “mentors,” a subset of the participants who learn the content
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and activities at a deeper level and will be able to support other librarians in the region in implementing their programs.
LPI works with Southwest Research Institute’s Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution, one of the
NLSI teams, to prepare librarians to engage children and families in lunar science through the use of the LPI-developed Marvel Moon module of hands-on activities. Through the program, focusing on librarians serving underserved and underrepresented audiences, one face-to-face training and a two-part webinar are offered each year. Fifteen librarians and informal science educators attended the two-day professional development training at Butte-Silverbow Public Library in Butte, Montana, on September 6-7, 2012 to explore the formation and evolution of the Moon, and its influence on
Earth and humans. Training included live and virtual presentations by SwRI NLSI scientists, as well as implementation of the module activities and exploration of how the participants will integrate the content and materials into their own programs. A two-part webinar exploring the content and handson activities, presented in August and September 2012, was attended by 30 informal educators. The module of materials is being prepared for NASA product review. All materials are available online. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/marvelMoon/
Through an NSF grant to the Space Science Institute (SSI), the LPI is partnering with SSI, ALA, and
NGCP to prepare library staff to engage patrons in traveling exhibits. LPI has created modules of activities to accompany the Discover Earth and Discover Tech exhibits, currently on tour to 10 and 8 rural libraries, respectively. LaConte completed the Discover Tech module in the spring of 2012. The module currently is being field tested. LPI helped to design and implement the two-day training for
Discover Tech host librarians with the Discover Tech team in November, 2012 at the Louisville
Public Library.
Traveling Library Exhibit Program - Six traveling exhibits, designed to engage the general public in lunar science and exploration, and to share NLSI research, are available for loan to libraries, science centers, planetariums and other informal learning institutions serving primarily underserved and under-represented audiences. The exhibits include how the Moon formed, the scientific relevance of lunar exploration, and lunar craters. Three more exhibits currently are in development. As of
September 2012, the exhibits have visited 24 unique locations and been viewed by 100,000 visitors.
Two additional exhibits are ready for fabrication and two are in development. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/nlsi/education/exhibits/
LRO Mission Informal Education Programs– The LRO Mission E/PO team has developed materials appropriate for use in informal educational settings. These materials include visualizations, docent programs for Science On a Sphere, and the International Observe the Moon Night outreach program. The LPI team has conducted professional development for informal educators on these materials, and all materials developed under the program have been compiled and will be posted on the LRO website (http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov). In FY13, LRO Informal education will focus its efforts on modifying existing formal educational products for informal audiences, and conducting professional development on those products with afterschool providers.
MAVEN Mission to Mars Informal E/PO Programs – The LPI team is leading the development of a program about the MAVEN Mission for Science On a Sphere (SOS) audiences. Science On a
Sphere is a system that is used to project planetary and Earth data on a three-meter sphere. There are currently over 70 installations around the United States and the world. The MAVEN SOS program will discuss the importance of solar wind and atmospheric interactions, and the role the Sun may have played in changing the climate of Mars over time. The program, intended for use by museum educators, is targeted at middle school audiences, will run approximately 20 minutes, and
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include interactive, hands-on components. LPI will be leading professional development on the program for SOS educators in FY13.
OSIRIS REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Informal E/PO Program – Members of the LPI education team are part of the OSIRIS-REx EPO team, and although the work will not begin until
FY15, LPI will lead a major portion of the OSIRIS-REx informal education program. LPI will adapt materials developed by OSIRIS-REx formal educational partners using the Explore library model and conduct professional development training for librarians and other informal education providers over the course of the mission lifetime, which ends in 2024.
Community Engagement
The LPI E/PO team works to engage the local – and extended - community in lunar and planetary science and exploration.
SkyFest - Several times a year, LPI partners with the Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society to engage families in SkyFest, a celebration of celestial events or NASA milestones. Each event includes presentations by LPI staff scientists and post-docs, hands-on explorations, story time reading, and telescope viewing. The events are thematically based, with all activities tied to central learning themes and messages; parents are provided resources to continue exploration at home.
Preliminary evaluation data indicate families enjoy the events, learn new information, and are more likely to pursue other science activities as a result of participating. In 2012, five SkyFest events were held, including Exploring Icy Worlds in our Solar System, Winter Wanderers Planetary Viewing, the
Transit of Venus, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover Landing, and the International
Observe the Moon Night. Each event was attended by an average of 210 children and family members.
Young SkyFest explorers make observations about the characteristics of ice.
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International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN) - LPI partnered with several organizations, including the NASA Lunar Science Institute, to design, implement, and host two InOMN events in FY12, led by
Hsu. LPI oversaw the InOMN website. The first event was October 8, 2011. Over 625 sites registered events internationally, with 115,000 attendees recorded in more than 50 countries. Events were hosted locally at Goddard (600 attendees) and by LPI in collaboration with the Johnson Space
Center Astronomical Society and Astronomy Day efforts at the George Observatory in Houston,
Texas (350 direct participants). LPI E/PO team members interacted with the public, displayed Moon rocks, and conducted hands-on activities to help engage and educate visitors about lunar science and exploration. The 2012 InOMN event was held on September 22. The event was dedicated to
Neil Armstrong, and visitors were encouraged the public to ‘wink at the Moon.’ Over 575 events were held internationally in 46 states and 49 countries. Events were hosted by LPI staff at Goddard
(approximately 400 participants) and LPI (300 participants). http://observethemoonnight.org/.
Visitors at the 2012 Goddard InOMN event take a telescopic lunar tour.
Cosmic Explorations Lecture Series - LPI offers an annual lecture series, led by Shaner, designed to engage inquisitive adult members of the general public in current relevant topics in space science.
The FY12 series celebrated the Year of the Solar System and the new worlds and new discoveries that are fundamentally changing our relationship with and understanding of our solar system. On average, 150 inquisitive adults attend each lecture. The FY13 series presents: A User’s Guide to the
Universe: You Live Here. Here’s What You Need to Know. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/lectures/
MyMoon - LPI is collaborating with lunar scientists, educators, artists, and the public to engage a population of new lunar enthusiasts between 18 and 25 through an online educational new-media portal. The target audience is invited to interact with lunar content that informs them about NASA's lunar science research and missions, and engages them in future plans for lunar exploration through online webcasts, exhibits, events, contests, and opportunities for involvement. A distributed “street team” of five to ten members of the target audience has been created to encourage participation.
The street team is using social media to engage the target audience in the conversation about Moon in culture, science and exploration. Efforts over the next year will continue to focus on community development and developing a long-term strategy for MyMoon using the formative and summative evaluation results. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/mymoon/
Service to the NASA Science Mission Directorate E/PO Community
Programs Planetary Science E/PO Forum – LPI, in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion
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Laboratory, Emily A. CoBabe and Associates, Sustainability Schools Consulting, LLC, and the Midcontinent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), supports the NASA Science Mission
Directorate (SMD) in the coordination of the Planetary Science Division E/PO community efforts to increase the overall coherence of the SMD E/PO program leading to more effective, sustainable, and efficient utilization of SMD science discoveries and learning experiences. The community includes approximately 150 education specialists and scientists. LPI coordinates communications from NASA Headquarters and SMD, provides orientation and resources for new members, facilitates collaboration and leveraging of resources and efforts among community members, offers professional development based on community needs, and coordinates cross-community thematic efforts. FY12 activities included hosting monthly community tag-ups, leading the annual community meeting in collaboration with the Heliophysics E/PO Community, organizing data calls for the SMD
E/PO portfolio, managing the use and revision of the SMD E/PO community online workspace
(http://smdepo.org), overseeing the Year of the Solar System (YSS) resource dissemination, offering face-to-face online professional development training, coordinating conference participation, engaging scientists through the development of new tools and resources, engaging higher education planetary science faculty through EarthSpace (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/earthspace/), supporting SMD
E/PO portfolio analysis and one-stop-shop design and development, and participating in audiencebased working groups. Presentations and posters about these efforts were presented at various conferences, including the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco and the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston.
Earth Forum – LPI holds two positions on the NASA SMD Earth Science E/PO Forum (ESEPOF) leadership team: the Informal Education Lead and the Lead for Scientist Engagement. Both Leads help coordinate community efforts and communication within the ESEPOF, with other NASA
Science Mission Directorate E/PO Forums, and with NASA Headquarters. Responsibilities also include representing the ESEPOF in several of the cross-Forum Working Groups, representing the
ESEPOF at annual conferences, leading content specific focus groups, co-leading the Reflecting on
Practice (RoP) professional development program with the LPI E/PO team, serving on the cross-
Forum Reporting Implementation Team, and collecting data on all NASA-funded Earth Science
E/PO programs and activities for the annual Earth Forum Data Call. All of these efforts will continue in FY13, with plans to expand RoP to bring it to the larger NASA E/PO community.
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