HWO Meetings
HWO at AAS 245
Members of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) Project Office and Working Groups held a Special Session and a Splinter Meeting at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in National Harbor, Maryland.
Special Session - Wednesday, January 15, 2025
There was an HWO Special Session at the Winter AAS on Wednesday, January 15, from 10 AM to 11:30 AM ET in Potomac Ballroom C. This session featured presentations from HWO’s Project Office.
| Topic (with link to slides) | Presenters |
|---|---|
| Intro from NASA HQ | Megan Ansdell (NASA HQ) |
| HWO TMPO Update | Lee Feinberg (NASA GSFC) & John Ziemer (NASA JPL) |
| Science Potential of HWO | Giada Arney (NASA GSFC) |
| From Science to Engineering | Aki Roberge (NASA GSFC) & John Ziemer |
| Technology Maturation Roadmap | Matthew Bolcar (NASA GSFC) & Feng Zhao (NASA JPL) |
| Roman CGI to HWO CI | Mike McElwain (NASA GSFC) & Bertrand Mennesson (NASA JPL) |
Splinter Meeting - Thursday, January 16, 2025
There was an HWO Splinter Session at the Winter AAS on Thursday, January 16, from 9 AM to 12:45 PM ET in Potomac Ballroom C. This session featured presentations from HWO’s Science Working Groups (9-10:35 AM), short science pop talks (10:50-11:20 AM), presentations from potential industry partners (11:20-11:50 AM), and a “HWO Open House” (11:50 AM – 12:45 PM) which enabled the community to have one-on-one conversations with HWO leadership, project, and Splinter Session presenters.
Connection Information
Members of the public are invited to join virtually through the WebEx platform.
- Join Link
- Webinar number: 2823 803 1714
- Webinar Password: cBUTtWd@278
- Join by Phone
- +1-929-251-9612 United States Toll (New York City)
- +1-415-527-5035 United States Toll
- Phone password: 282 380 31714
Schedule
Introduction | 9:00 - 10:35 AM
| Topic | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Raissa Estrela (NASA/JPL) and Rob Zellem (NASA GSFC) |
| WG - Living Worlds | Giada Arney (NASA GSFC) and Niki Parenteau |
| WG- Evolution of the Elements | Janice Lee (STScI) |
| WG - Galaxy Growth | Swara Ravindranath (NASA GSFC) and Marc Postman (STScI) |
| WG - Solar System in Context | Tyler Robinson (U Arizona) and Evgenya Shkolnik (ASU) |
| WG - Science Simulation and Engineering Interface | Breann Sitarski (NASA GSFC) and Tom Green (NASA Ames) |
| WG - AI/ML | Megan Ansdell (NASA HQ) |
| WG - Ground and Space Based Astronomy | Rob Petre (NASA GSFC) |
| WG - Servicing | John Grunsfeld (Endless Frontier Associates) |
| Break | |
Science Pops | 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
| Speaker |
|---|
| Jaren Ashcraft (UC Santa Barbara) Joe Burchett (New Mexico State University) Cody Carr (Zhejiang University) Samantha Gilbert-Janizek (University of Washington) Mary Anne Limbach (University of Michigan) Susan Redmon (Caltech) Jael Rojas (INAOE) Julia Roman-Duval (STScI) Adam Smercina (STScI) Sarah Steiger (STScI) Maggie Beth Turcotte (NASA Goddard) Emily Witt (Johns Hopkins University) John Wu (STScI) Virisha Timmaraju (NASA/JPL) |
Industry | 11:20 AM - 11:50 AM
| Topic | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|
| Technology Maturation for Astrophysics Space Telescopes | Dr. Alain Carrier (Lockheed Martin) |
| Status of the Ultra-stable Large Telescope Research and Analysis – Critical Technologies (ULTRA-CT) Program | Laura Coyle (BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems) with Matthew East (L3-Harris Corporation) |
| Updates on the STABLE Study | Tiffany Glassman (Northrop Grumman) |