Satellite and Space Communication Technology

Y. L. Mo, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the Director of Thomas T.C. Hsu Structural Laboratory at the University of Houston, Houston, TX. He has a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany and more than 30 years experience in structural engineering, including earth and space structures. Before returning to his academic career, Dr. Mo was a structural engineer at Sargent and Lundy Engineers in Chicago for seven years, working on dynamic design of structures. He has written eight books and book chapters and has had 148 technical papers published in international journals, 144 conference papers, and 51 technical reports. Based on his research performance he has received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Award from Germany and the Distinguished Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan.

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Nicolas H Younan is currently the Department Head and James worth Bagley Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). He received the BS and MS degrees from MSU in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and the PhD degree from Ohio University in 1988. His research interests include signal processing and pattern recognition. He has been involved in the development of advanced image processing and pattern recognition techniques for remote sensing applications, image/data fusion, feature extraction and classification, automatic target recognition/identification, and image information/data mining.

Remote Sensing

Benjamin K. Malphrus is Professor of Space Science at Morehead State University where he also directs the Space Science Center. He has served on the scientific staff of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, the University of South Carolina and West Virginia University. He served as Principle Investigator (PI) on nanosatellite missions including KySat-2, the Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite (CXBN), and CXBN-2, and has had various roles on other smallsat missions. He is currently PI on the Lunar IceCube Mission- a $15 M NASA project designed to investigate the transport physics of water ice on the Moon. He has published papers on topics ranging from extragalactic astrophysics to instrumentation in radio astronomy, to nanosatellite systems development and was awarded over $18 million R&D grant funding. In the late 1990s, he developed a theory of galaxy formation that has gained wide acceptance among the astronomical community.

Space Science, astrophysics, Nanosatellite systems

David Olowokere has received his PhD degree from the State University of New York in Buffalo NY and he currently heads the engineering programs at Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas (TSU). He has served as Principal Investigator for research grants from several organizations including US National Science Foundation, NASA, US Department of Energy and the US Department of Defense. His publications have appeared in several peer-reviewed journals, and he has made presentations in numerous conferences, workshops and symposia worldwide in the general area of engineering education, engineering management and information technology.

His Research Interests are Construction process of building, bridge and stormwater structures Sanitary sewer construction issues

Garik Gutman has been Program Manager for the NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Program since 1999. He is author of about 80 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and of several chapters in various climate and land-cover related scientific books. He has been a lead or co-editor on several books on LCLUC-climate interactions: globally and regionally, such as in the Eurasian Arctic, in Siberia, in East Asia drylands, and in Eastern Europe. Dr. Gutman’s current research interests include the use of remote sensing for detecting changes in land cover and land use, and analyzing the impacts of these changes on climate, environment and society. His NASA research program helps to develop the underpinning science and promotes scientific international cooperation through supporting the development of regional science networks over the globe under various international programs. He is Program Scientist for Landsat, EO-1 and Terra satellites

Dr. Gutman’s current research interests include the use of remote sensing for detecting changes in land cover and land use, and analyzing the impacts of these changes on climate, environment and society.

Ms. Gloria Garcia-Cuadrado is President & CEO of Celestia Aerospace, a company devoted to the opening of space access to SMEs and research groups through the use of small and low-cost satellites. She firmly believes a new economy of space has to be developed for the benefit of all. Garcia-Cuadrado is Theoretical Physicist graduated from the Physics Faculty of the University of Barcelona; Master in Theoretical Physics; and Diploma in Space Studies, specialization in Space Business and Management, by the International Space University in California (U.S.A). She has been researcher at the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia; Head of Human Space Flight and Advanced Concepts at the Aerospace Research & Technology Centre; and she has also been General Director of the Aerospace Cluster of Catalonia, gathering more than 80 Enterprises, University, Technology Centers and Government, devoted to enhance the aerospace industry. Garcia-Cuadrado has taken part in many professional Symposia and Congresses and has also published in many professional journals. She is also deeply convinced of the need and the benefits of promoting science to the general public and is a passionate advocate for scientific education, being always actively engaged in this area and having been scientific director of many science programs for the Spanish Television and other media.

Satellites and Small satellites; Launchers; Aerospace; New Economy of Space; Theoretical Physics and Gravitational Waves.

Emilio Ramírez-Juidías, graduated in Agricultural Engineering in 1998, is tenured lecturer in Graphic Engineering Department at University of Seville. He holds a Msc. in Water Engineering and a Msc. in Astronomy & Astrophysic, and completed his PhD in Engineering in 2010, The main subject of his investigations is remote sensing applied to environmental sciences and solar physic. Prof. Emilio Ramírez is author of more than 40 books, more than 30 articles and holds six patents in different topics (remote sensing and engineering) He is member of Spanish Royal Physics Society and member of editorial board of several indexed journals.

remote sensing and engineering

Giancarlo Genta is Professor of Construction Machines at the Politecnico (Technical University) di Torino. He is member of the Academy of Sciences of Torino and of the International Academy of Astronautics. Since 2012 chairs study group SG 3.16 of the International Academy of Astronautics: Global human Mars system missions exploration, goals, requirements and technologies. In 2013 received the Yangel Medal for outstanding contributions to the development of the international space sciences and technologies and the Engineering Science Award of the International Academy of Astronautics for outstanding achievement in engineering science He authored 90 papers, published in Italian, American and English Journals, 268 papers presented to symposia and 25 books, some of which are used as textbooks in some American Universities. He is also the author of two science fiction novels, published in Italian, English and Ukrainian.

space sciences, Engineering Science and Astronautics

Dorian Gorgan is a Professor in Computer Science Department of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, PhD supervisor in Computers and Information Technology, and coordinator of the Computer Graphics and Interactive System Laboratory. The fields of interest involve parallel and distributed processing over HPC infrastructures such as Grid, Cloud, Multicore, and cluster, development of platforms and applications for spatial data processing and visualization, interdisciplinary research in the domains of Earth Sciences and Earth Observations. He has been involved as scientific coordinator and WP leader in national and international research projects such as BIGEARTH, PECSA, enviroGRIDS, IASON, SEE-GRID-SCI, GiSHEO, mEducator, iTRACE, MedioGrid, COMPLEXHPC, and KEYSTONE. He has been member of scientific and reviewing committees of many ISI Journals and international conferences, and gave more than 300 papers and presentations in journals and prestigious conferences in the domains of Computer Science and Earth Observation.

His research ares includes Earth Sciences and Earth Observations

Judith Guadalupe Ramos Hernández born in Mexico City. She graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, UNAM, where she obtained a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. In 1998, she obtained a Master degree in Environmental Engineering in the Postgraduate Studies Division of the Faculty of Engineering (DEPFI), UNAM. Then, she obtained a PhD in Water Resources Management from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK in March 2005. Since February 1992, she is a full-time Technical Academic Level C at the Institute of Engineering, UNAM. During her career at the Institute, she has successfully participated and achieved the objectives set out in research projects and other activities related. The experience and specialization acquired in the projects in which she participated until 2000 helped her to successfully enter in the area of integrated water management. The knowledge of quantity and quality of the water allowed her to work in advanced techniques like remote perception for hydrology. After obtaining her PhD she initiated a line of research focused on the management of water sources for irrigation based on the management of remote perception. This has provided support to undergraduate, master and doctoral fellows as well as to Technical Academics and Researchers, where computer equipment and specific programs for various applications has been also supplied. She has applied remote sensing to estimate crop water requirements, hydrogeomorphology, floods, water quality, detect the presence of minerals (in mine tailings and slags) and hydrocarbons. The results obtained have provided the bases to achieve an appropriate management of water sources in a region or basin, which will contribute to the development and implementation of policies of governmental institutions such as CONAGUA and state and local governments. She made two doctoral visits (2002 and 2003) and three research visits: one in 2012 at the Center for Research and Technology Agro-food (CITA), which belongs to the Higher Council of Scientific Research (CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain; and two in 2012 and 2013 through a mobility grant with the Autonomous University of Baja California. She attended three courses at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC) based in Enschede, the Netherlands, one of the institutions with a high academic level in the area of remote perception. As far as scientific production, she is author and co-author of 46 technical reports, most of them has been sponsored projects, of which: two have been published in books; two are used within courses and didactic material and one as a study prior to the preparation of the corresponding official Mexican standard. She is author and co-author in 51 articles presented in International and National Congresses, 13 publications in journals with international and national arbitration. In addition, she has three books, five book chapters, one publication in the Blue Series of Engineering Institute and nine dissemination activities (printed interviews and radio interviews). She has been Technical Advisor in four Bachelor theses and one PhD dissertation, and tutor of three Bachelors and two master theses. She has participated as speaker in 33 continuing education courses and by consulting companies and associations, mainly focused in the field of water and remote sensing. She also collaborated in the development of training courses on wastewater for decision-makers, which strengthens the proper selection of treatment systems. She has also participated in the organisation of workshops and refresher courses, among others. Since she joint the Institute of Engineering, Judith Ramos has been involved in the development of projects of great importance due to their contribution to the solution of national problems in the control and prevention of water pollution, also in the elaboration of national standards, analysing the causes of flooding and crucial criteria for decision making. Recently, she is working in estimating the water balance by calculating the crop water requirements in Irrigation Districts. Finally, the achievements in her professional training have been very useful, particularly those obtained during her PhD studies, since she was able to cover all the areas involved in the integrated water management looking at its quality and quantity. She has also collaborated with research groups in the United States of America, the Netherlands and Spain and to date with research groups throughout the country.

Areas of interest • Hydrometeorology • Ecosystems: agriculture and wetlands • Morphology of river and plains • Presence of pollutants: hydrocarbons and heavy metals *In all cases, remote sensing and geographic information systems are used.

Shufan Wu is a CTO (Chief Technology Officer) at Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites / Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of CAS, ShanghaiTech University, China. He has completed his Ph.D. in Aerospace Flight Control at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He is working as an Adjunct Distinguished Professor at ShanghaiTech University from October 2015 – Present . He worked as an Assistant Professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, china from December 1990 – January 1993, Visiting Researcher at University of Strathclyde from September 1996 – November 1996.

His research interests includes Aerospace Flight Control, Aerospace, Aeronautics.

Bo Huang is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he is also the Associate Director of Institute of Space and Earth Information Science and the Director of MSc Program in GeoInformation Science. He received Changjiang Scholar Chair Professorship, the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of PR China. Dr. Huang’s research interest focuses on geographical information science and he has published extensively in this field, including over 100 refereed international journal articles. He currently serves as the Asia-Pacific Editor of International Journal of Geographical Information Science (Taylor & Francis). In recent years he has been exploring along the line of unified remote sensing image fusion, convinced that this new paradigm will revolutionize the way how remote sensing data are integrated, analyzed and utilized in the future.

Remote sensing, Geographical Information and remote sensing image fusion

Professor Makram Ibrahim is currently the Head of Solar and Space Research Department, National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG). He received the BSc. in Physics (1985) and the MSc. in satellite laser ranging at Helwan Observatory (1992) from Zagazig University, Egypt. He has completed his Dr Eng. from Hokkaido University, Japan in the statistical properties of laser speckles with long spatial correlations since 1998. He is a Professor at Space Research Laboratory since June, 2012. He is a member of the Optical Society of Japan from 1996 to 2001, Member of the International Astronomical Unit (IAU) since 2015, Member of the Committee of Space Research (COSPAR) since 2014, Member of the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) since 2000, Member of the ILRS Space Debris Study Group (SDSG) since 2015. He is teaching course about “satellites” to the BSc. student at Helwan, University, Egypt. He is teaching other courses at NRIAG. He published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and conferences.

His Research Interests are Satellite Laser Ranging and their applications, Satellite Tracking Techniques, Space Physics.

Valentine A Yankovsky is an Associate Professor in Atmospheric Physics of St. Petersburg State University (from 1990). In 1986, he has completed his PhD from SPBU “Laboratory studies of aeronomical reactions with participation of negative ions, excited oxygen atoms and molecules” which was based on his investigation of processes in the glow discharge oxygen plasma. His main fields are the atmospheric photochemistry in the MLT region, the sensitivity and uncertainty study of complex photochemical systems and the retrieval of ozone and atomic oxygen in the MLT. He has published more than 20 papers in reputed journals.

Atmospheric photo chemistry

Mukesh Singh Boori is Senior Scientist in Samara University Russia (03/2015–Present, funded by Russian Federation), Visiting Professor in JKLU University India (10/2016-11/2016), Visiting Senior Scientist at University of Bonn, Germany (05/2016–07/2016), Visiting Scientist/Professor at Hokkaido University Japan (12/2015–02/2016) and Adjunct Professor in American Sentinel University Colorado USA (07/2015–Present). He was involved in European Union Project as well as Visiting Assistant Professor in Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic (04/2013–06/2015), Ruhr University Bochum Germany (09/2014–12/2014) and University of Leicester, UK (Honorary Fellow 2014) funded by European Union; at the same time he was Assistant Professor in JECRC University India (01/2013–06/2015). He was Scientist in Satellite Climate Studies Branch (NOAA/NASA) selected by National Research Council (NRC) Central Govt. of USA Washington DC. During that time he completed his Postdoc from University of Maryland USA (10/2012). He has done PhD (EIA & Management of Natural Resources) from Federal University – RN (UFRN) Natal –RN Brazil (08/2011) funded by Brazil–Italy Govt. fellowship. He has done Predoc (Earth & Environmental Science) from Katholieke University Leuven Belgium (08/2008) selected by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) New Delhi India and funded by Govt. of Belgium. He has done MSc (Remote sensing & GIS) from MDS University Ajmer (2004) and BSc (Bio-group) from University of Rajasthan Jaipur India (2002). In early career he was scientist in JSAC/ISRO (2006-2007) and before that Lecturer (PG) at MDS University Ajmer (2005-2007Sessions). He received international awards/fellowships from UK, USA, Brazil, Italy, Indonesia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, China, Japan and India. He known Six Language and visit four Continents for Awards, Meetings, Trainings, Field Trips, Seminars and Conferences. He is an active Organizing Committee Member in Earth & Space Science Conferences, Co-Chaired a session and gave Conference Opening Ceremony Speech as Reynold Speaker (08/2012) at Chicago USA. He is editor and member of more than 10 International Scientific Societies/Journals/Committees related to Earth & Space Science; which include organize conferences. His prime research interest is “EIA and Management of Natural Resources through Remote Sensing & GIS Technology”. He has more than 100 Peer-reviewed International Publications including Books as a first author on Vulnerability, Risk Assessment and Climate Change.

Remote Sensing & GIS, Vulnerability & Risk Assessment, Digital Image Processing, Thermal & Microwave remote sensing, Satellite Generate Brightness Temperature, Earth Observation, Land Use/Cover Change Trajectories, Geoscience/Geo-informatics, Bio-Geography, Biodiversity, Hydrology, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment, Management of Natural Resources, Land Resources Management, Sustainable Development & Disaster Management, Remote Sensing Applications in: Forest, Agriculture, Ecosystem, Ecology, Urban & Desert Study.

Alexander M Krot is a Head of the Laboratory of Self-Organization System Modeling at the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. He graduated from the Belarusian State University, Department of Radiophysics in 1982. He received PhD in 1985, then degree of Doctor of Sciences (DSc) in 1991 and Professor degree in 1997. He has published 275 scientific works including 3 monographs and more than 60 articles in refereed journals.

Planetary orbits

Ali Cheknane is a full-Professor at the Amar Telidji University of Laghouat-Algeria. He has completed his PhD in physics. He is having 20 years teaching graduate and post-graduate teaching experience at the university as temporary, associated and permanent position. He has published many papers in various journals and conference proceedings on renewable energy subjects. He has supervised 10 PhD students (04 theses have been defended) and 14 Master students' projects (Magister). He has supervised more than 40 projects (Engineer and Technician) in electrical engineering and computing. He got an incentive award from “Centre de Development des Energies Renouvelables- CDER”. He was awarded for the best publication in physics in Algeria from the ANDRU agency in 2008. He is the Head of the research team: “Photovoltaic Systems & Devices”. He is a reviewer in many Journals as: Solar Energy, Conversion Energy and Management Journal; Electronics Journal, International Journal of Engineering Innovations and Research, Measurement and International Journal of Electronics. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Technology at Amar Telidji University of Laghouat- Algeria.

An innovative method based on satellite image analysis to check fault in a PV system lead-acid battery, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Simulation and modelling of charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on carbon nano-tube electrodes+

Professor Yavor Shopov is head of University Centre for Space Research and Technologies http://ucsrt.phys.uni-sofia.bg/en/home.html of Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is PhD in astrophysics and stellar physics. His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum. Dr. Shopov is supervisor of the Master programme on Aerospace engineering (small satellites) and co-supervisor of the Master programme on Space research of Sofia University.

His main fields of research are related to applications of satellites in applied and fundamental research, space and solar terrestrial physics, design and development of optical and spectral equipment for photographic registration in different regions of the spectrum.

Dr. M. P. SRIVASTAVA, Professor , Coordinator UGC-SAP ,Department of Physics and Astrophysics (2004-todate), University of Delhi ,after having topped in M. Sc.(Physics) in 1965 from Lucknow University and recipient of a Gold medal, received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore in 1969.He has been actively involved in research since 1965 and has been teaching at Delhi University since 1970.He is the author of about one hundred research papers in journals of International repute and has got two process patents to his credit. He has supervised nineteen students for their research work who have been awarded Ph.D. degree from Delhi University. He nucleated and developed a full-fledged Experimental Plasma Research group which is involved with basic Plasma phenomena and plasma processing of nanomaterials, particularly on phase changes of materials in thin film form and thin film deposition and Nanofabrication of materials using Dense Plasma Focus device. He has been responsible in networking Plasma Research laboratory at Delhi University with 33 member Institutions in 21 countries spread over Asia and Africa with his efforts. Earlier he had made important contributions in the field of Kinetic Theory of plasmas, Waves and Instabilities in plasmas, Laser Plasma Interactions, Positron Annihilation in gases, Nonlinear wave-wave and Wave particle Interaction in plasmas. He is listed in Marquis USA “Who’s Who in the World”. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2001-02.He has lectured at various Universities/Institutes in USA, USSR, Europe, Japan, Australia and South East Asia, and has delivered invited lectures in a large number of International and National conferences where in he has also Chaired various Sessions. He has been Platinum Jubilee Lecturer of Physics Section of 87th Session of Indian Science Congress Association in the year 2000.He has been the Vice –President(1988-2004) and (2008-to date) of Asian African Association for Plasma Training (AAAPT) , President(1999-2000) and Vice President (1990-91) of Plasma Science Society of India. He has been an Associate member (1983) of International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. He has been involved in the organization of various International and National Conferences as Member/Co-Chairman of organizing committee and Member International Advisory Committee.

Nanoparticles,Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Laser Shadowgraphic studies of Plasma sheath and Plasma dynamics in DPF. Studies of X-rays, Ion beam signals and electron signals from DPF. Some of the topics of interest in Theoretical Physics are: Kinetic Theory of Plasmas, Transport phenomena, Plasma waves and instabilities, Laser Plasma Interaction-Megagauss Magnetic Field Generation, Space Plasmas, Fusion Plasmas, Wave Interaction in Plasmas, Nonlinear wave Interaction, Chaotic phenomena, Short laser pulse interaction in Plasmas, Laser Plasma Channeling, Dusty Plasmas, Positron annihilation in gases, Solid state plasmas and allied areas in Solid state Physics.