1. NIAC Fellows Meeting
October 23-24, 2002
NIAC Headquarters
555-A Fourteenth Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
Voice: (404) 347-9633
Fax: (404) 347-9638
Contact: brandy@niac.usra.edu

2. NIAC Fellows Meeting
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
8:00am - 8:30am Registration
8:30am - 9:00am Welcome, NIAC Status Report and Plans for the Future
Robert A. Cassanova, NIAC Director
9:00am - 10:30am Keynote Speaker
Robert Michelson, Georgia Tech
21st Century Aerial Robotics
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 12:15pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 mins.) Anthony Colozza
Ohio Aerospace Institute
Solid State Aircraft
(30 mins.) Constantinos Mavroidis
Rutgers University
Protein Based Nano-Machines for Space Applications
(30 mins.) Hod Lipson
Cornell University
Autonomous Self-Extending Machines for Accelerating Space
Exploration
12:15pm - 1:30pm Lunch (buffet in Atrium)
1:30pm - 3:00pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 mins.) Nilanjan Sarkar
Vanderbilt University
A Novel Interface System for Seamlessly Integrating Human-Robot
Cooperative Activities in Space
(30 mins.) David Wettergreen
Carnegie Mellon University
Planetary Circumnavigation
(30 mins.) Alexey A. Pankine
Global Aerospace Corporation
Planetary Science from Directed Aerial Robot Explorers
3:00pm - 3:30pm Break
3:30pm - 4:30pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 mins.) Elizabeth McCormack
Bryn Mawr College
Investigation of the Feasibility of Laser Trapped Mirrors in Space
(30 mins.) Seigo Ohi
Howard University
The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy for Exploration of Space
4:30pm - 5:00pm Discussion
5:00pm - 7:00pm Reception (Atrium)

3. NIAC Fellows Meeting
Thursday, October 24, 2002
9:00am Welcome
Robert A. Cassanova, NIAC Director
9:00am - 10:30am NIAC Status Reports
(30 mins.) Steven D. Howe
Hbar Technologies, LLC
Antimatter Driven Sail for Deep Space Missions
(30 mins.) Anthony J. Marchese
Rowan University
The Black Light Rocket (BLR) Engine
(30 mins.) Joseph Carroll
Tether Applications, Inc.
Space Transport Development using Orbital Debris
10:30am - 10:45am Break
10:45am - 12:15 pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 mins.) Narayanan M. Komerath,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tailored Force Fields for Space-Based Construction: Key to a
Space-Based Economy Organization
(30 mins.) Parviz Soroushian
Technova Corporation
Inherently Adaptive Structural Systems
(30 mins.) A. C. Charania
SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI)
Networks on the Edge of Forever: Meteor Burst (MB)
Communication Networks on Mars
12:15pm - 1:15 pm Lunch (buffet in Atrium)
1:15pm - 2:45 pm Keynote Speaker
Seth Shostak
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute
The Search for Cosmic Company
2:45pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm NIAC Status Reports
(30 mins.) John Manobianco
ENSCO, Inc.
Global Environmental MEMS Sensors (GEMS): A Revolutionary
Observing System for the 21st Century
(30 mins.) David W. Miller
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electromagnetic Formation Flight (EMFF)
4:00pm – 4:30pm Discussion
4:30pm Adjourn

4. Registration
To facilitate the administration and check-in process at NIAC, please notify Brandy Egan via
email of you intention to attend the Workshop. In addition, please provide the following
information to brandy@niac.usra.edu regarding each individual planning to attend:
Name:
Affiliation:
Complete Business Mailing Address:
Business Phone Number:
Email Address:
The deadline for registration is Friday, October 18, 2002. There is no fee to attend this
meeting and workshop.
Midtown Area Hotels
You are encouraged to make your hotel reservations as soon as
possible.
Ansley Inn
Quality Inn Midtown
253 15th Street, NE
870 Peachtree Street
Telephone: (404) 872-9000
Telephone: (404) 875-5511
Toll Free: (800) 446-5416
Toll Free: (800) 228-5151
Comfort Inn
Residence Inn Midtown
2115 Piedmont Road, NE
1041 West Peachtree Street
Telephone: (404) 876-4444
Telephone: (404) 872-8885
Toll Free: (800) 228-5150
Toll Free: (800) 331-3131
Courtyard by Marriott- Midtown
Sheraton Colony Square Hotel
1132 Techwood Drive
188 14th Street, NE
Telephone: (404) 607-1112
Telephone: (404) 892-6000
Toll Free: (800) 321-2211
Toll Free: (800) 422-7895
Fairfield Inn Midtown
Wyndham Garden Midtown
1470 Spring Street
125 10th Street
Telephone: (404) 872-5821
Telephone: (404) 873-4800
Toll Free: (800) 228-2800
Toll Free: (800) 996-3426
Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta
Hampton Inn Midtown
75 14th Street
1152 Spring Street
Telephone: (404) 881-9898
Telephone: (404) 872-3234
Toll Free: (800) 332-3442
Toll Free: (800) 426-7866
Marriott Suites Hotel
35 14th Street, NE
Telephone: (404) 876-8888
Toll Free: (800) 228-9290

5. I-75
SOUTH
I-75
NORTH
Wolf
Camera
I-85
SOUTH
I-85
NORTH
Atlanta
Hartsfield
Airport
Peachtree Street
West Peachtree Street
Hampton
Inn
14th Street
10th Street
Barnes Street
Georgia
Tech
Campus Holly Street
State Street
Silver
Skillet
GPTV
Georgia
Lighting
575 555
Abstein
Gallery
Hemphill
Northside Drive
Curan
I-75
I-85
10th/14th Street
Georgia Tech
EXIT 250
Courtyard
by Marriott
Papa
John’s
GCATT
NIAC
Parking
Techwood Drive
Williams Street
Spring Street
GCATT
Parking
one-way
one-way
one-way
NIAC
Hampton Inn Atlanta-
Midtown
1152 Spring Street,
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: 404-872-3234
Fax: 404-872-2434
Reservations: 1-800-
HAMPTON
Directions from Airport to
Hampton Inn:
Go North on I-75/I-85 to
Exit 250 (10th/14th/Tech).
Turn Right at second
traffic light (14th Street),
then turn Right at first
light onto Spring Street.
Courtyard by Marriott
1132 Techwood Drive,
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 404-607-1112
Fax: 404-607-1020
Reservations: 1-800-321-
2211
Directions from Airport to
Courtyard by Marriott:
Go North on I-75/I-85 to Exit
250 (10th/14th/Tech). Go to the
second traffic light, turn Left
onto 14th Street.
Cross the interstate, and turn
Left onto Techwood. The
hotel is on the Right behind
Wolf Camera.
Techwood
10th/14th Street
EXIT 250
NASA Institute for
Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
555 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite
A, Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone: 404-347-9633
Fax: 404-347-9638
Directions from Airport to NIAC:
Go North on I-75/I-85 to Exit 250
(10th/14th/Techwood). At first
light, cross over 10th Street. At
second light, turn
Left onto 14th Street. NIAC is
located on the right across from
the Abstein Gallery. Turn into
parking lot at the 555 sign.