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Micro-to-Macro: space technologies at extremes of length-scale

12 November 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Free

Speaker: Colin McInnes

James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science, University of Glasgow

This lecture will explore a range of emerging space technologies which could enable new services including;
swarms of ‘smart dust’ devices to monitor the space environment for ‘space weather’ events which could disrupt the digital economy; large reflectors fabricated in-orbit to reflect sunlight onto terrestrial solar power farms to boost their output at dusk when output is low but demand is high; near Earth asteroids as a resource to reduce
the scale of future space ventures by using material already at the top of the Earth’s deep gravity well.
Colin’s research interests centre on space technologies at extremes of length-scale, currently supported by a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies.

Details

Date:
12 November 2019
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://iesis.org/assets/Files/Programme1920.pdf

Venue

McCance Building, Room 301, University of Strathclyde
16 Richmond Street
Glasgow, Scotland G1 1XQ United Kingdom

Organiser

IESIS
Phone:
0141 248 3721
Email:
secretary@iesis.org
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http://www.iesis.org

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