Subject: [DPS Members] DPS Mailing #07-16: DPS elections close Tuesday... August 20th 2007 +----------------------------CONTENTS--------------------------------+ 1) DPS Elections: Polls close on Tuesday! 2) NASA Keck Proposal Deadline 3) Job Announcements 4) Upcoming Meetings +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1---------1 DPS ELECTIONS: POLLS CLOSE ON TUESDAY! The annual election of DPS officers wraps up at midnight, Eastern time, this coming Tuesday August 21st. Please cast your vote electronically at http://www.aas.org/vote/ The candidates are: Vice-Chair (elect one): Jonathan Lunine (University of Arizona) Linda Spilker (JPL) Committee (elect two): Amanda Hendrix (JPL) Susan Lederer (California State University, San Bernardino) Rosaly Lopes (JPL) David O'Brien (Planetary Science Institute) 2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2 NASA KECK PROPOSAL DEADLINE NASA is soliciting proposals using the Keck Telescopes for the entire 2008 observing year (Feb 2008 - Jan 2009). The majority of the NASA Keck time will be dedicated to a Key Science project to study exo-zodiacal emission around main sequence stars. Thus the time allocated through the usual TAC process is greatly reduced this year. This call includes proposals for the Key Science as well as proposals in the following discipline areas: detection of extrasolar planets, origin and nature of planetary systems, investigation of our own solar system and mission critical support. The proposal process is being handled by the Michelson Science Center at Caltech and all proposals are due on September 24, 2007 at 5pm PDT. See http://msc.caltech.edu 3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3---------3 JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS 1) Title: Planetary Wind Tunnel Operator Position #: 134450 The Planetary Aeolian Laboratory (PAL) at NASA-Ames Research Center is operated by Arizona State University (ASU) as a national facility for the Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. The position of resident facility operator is open for full-time or part-time employment through ASU; requirements are a degree in science or engineering, or equivalent experience, an interest in planetary science, and an ability to coordinate among users of the facility, Ames Research Center personnel, and program managers. Salary ranges from $50,000 to $62,500 per year, plus benefits. This position will report directly to Dr. Ronald Greeley ([email protected]). http://www.eoaa.asu.edu/jobop/jobop.asp. For questions, contact [email protected] 4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4---------4 UPCOMING MEETINGS 1) American Society of Civil Engineers' Aerospace Division: 11th Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in Challenging Environments, March 3-5. 2008, Long Beach, California. Abstract due date: Sept. 03, 2007. Conference website: http://content.asce.org/conferences/earth2008/welcome.html. 2) Astrophysics in the Next Decade: JWST and Concurrent Facilities Tucson , AZ, Sep 24-27, 2007 http://www.stsci.edu/institute/conference/jwst2007 This professional conference will focus on astrophysics to be enabled by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and concurrent facilities during the next decade. The meeting, which will be hosted in Tucson by STScI and NASA/GSFC, will engage the broad science community in a discussion of science enabled by JWST and concurrent orbital and ground-based facilities. It will describe and stimulate work on the theoretical foundations for astrophysics in the next decade. Speakers include David Jewitt, Mark Marley, Adam Burrows, and Sara Seager; SOC and LOC members include Dale Cruikshank, Ewine van Dishoeck, Heidi Hammel, and Yvonne Pendleton. Members of the planetary science community are encouraged to attend the conference and present posters about planetary-related astrophysics in the next decade. 3) Second Workshop on Titan - Observations, Experiments, Computations, and Modeling, Miami, Florida, March 24-26, 2008 This workshop is the second in a series of annual meetings aimed to better understand the chemistry taking place in the atmosphere and on the surface of Titan. It brings together atmospheric modelers, astronomical observers, mission specialists, planetary scientists, physical chemists, theoreticians, astrobiologists, and organic chemists. The workshop features invited (40 min + 10 min discussion) as well as contributed talks (15 min + 5 min discussion) and is limited to 50 participants. Deadline: December 31, 2007. Contact: [email protected]. The registration site opens September 1, 2007. http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/Bil301/Titan2008.html +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Send submissions to: John Spencer, DPS Secretary ([email protected])