Engineering for Extreme Environments - 14th ASCE Earth and

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Conference Program
Engineering for
Extreme Environments
October 27-29, 2014 | St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Welcome
Welcome to the 14th offering of
ASCE Earth and Space Conference!

The first conference of this biennial series was held in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1988. Since then the
Organizing Committee
conference has been held in various locations, including

Houston, Hawaii, and Pasadena, sharing sessions on
Conference Chair many aspects of space exploration, robotics, advanced
Leslie Gertsch ([email protected]) materials, and smart structures.
Missouri University of
Science and Technology, Rolla, MO Dr. Leslie Gertsch This year’s ASCE International Conference on
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Conference Chair Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in
Challenging Environments is being held in the gateway
Symposia Chairs
city of St. Louis, Mo., on the 250th anniversary of the city’s founding.
Symposium 1 - Granular Materials
in Space Exploration
Conference highlights include:
Juan Agui ([email protected])
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
• Special talks on the Moon, Mars, asteroids,
Phil Metzger ([email protected])
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL and smart structures.
• Nearly one hundred presentations in four concurrent
Symposium 2 - Exploration and symposia over two and a half days.
Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies • Two of the many innovative robotic exploration tools being
Robert P. Mueller ([email protected]) designed and built by student teams.
NASA Kennedy Space Center, FL • Student research posters and paper contest.
Kris Zacny ([email protected])
• A pre-conference short course on Space Mining and
Honeybee Robotics, Pasadena, CA
Planetary Surface Construction.
Symposium 3 - Advanced Materials
Our venue is St Louis’ only five-star hotel, the Four Seasons, with a mesmerizing
and Designs for Hydraulic, Earth, and
view of the Mississippi River and its historic bridges, within walking distance of
Aerospace Structures
the iconic Gateway Arch.
Robert Goldberg ([email protected])

NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
The Committee and I sincerely hope that you enjoy your time here and find that
Pizhong Qiao ([email protected])
the activities stimulate new partnerships, new ideas, and new goals. As settlers
Washington State University, Seattle, WA
prepared in St Louis 140 years ago for their futures in the American West, so now
Symposium 4 - Structures in Challenging we are preparing for our futures in even more challenging regions of the Earth
Environments: Dynamics, Controls, Smart and the Solar System.
Structures, and Sensors
Ramesh B. Malla ([email protected]) Leslie Gertsch
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Conference Chair
Gangbing Song ([email protected])
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Student Paper Competition
ASCE Aerospace Division Awards
Paul van Susante ([email protected])
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI Outstanding Professional Outstanding Technical

Service Award for 2012 Contribution Award for 2013
Sponsorships
John Koppelman Kris Zacny, Ph.D. Hong-Nan Li, Ph.D.
([email protected]) Vice President and Director, Professor and Dean,
Boeing Corporation, Seattle, WA Exploration Technology Group Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering
Dalian University of Technology
Conference Support Outstanding Technical
from Missouri S&T Contribution Award for 2012
Sue Turner (Conference Coordinator) Ramesh B. Malla, Ph.D.
Tammy Mace (Registration Secretary) Associate Professor,
Rebecca Frisbee (Marketing/Publicity) Department of Civil & Environmental
Gavin Michael Jewell (Graphic Design) Engineering, University of Connecticut
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Table of Contents
Thank you
Table of Contents
sponsors
Pre-Conference
Short Course . . . . . . . . 5
Plenary Speakers
On behalf of the ASCE Earth and Space Conference
Gregg Maryniak . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Organizing Committee, we would like to express our
Raymond Arvidson . . . . . . . . . 6
appreciation to this year’s esteemed sponsors. Chris Lewicki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Special Keynote
Hongnan Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Awards Luncheon
Speaker Don Pettit . . . . . . . . . 7
International Space Exploration Research Institute
Conference Schedule
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Monday, Oct 27 . . . . . . . . . . .8-9
Tuesday, Oct 28 . . . . . . . . .10-11
Wednesday, Oct 29 . . . . . . . . 12
Student Design Teams . . 12
Abstracts
n-Science Corporation Symposium 1 . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
ASCE Aerospace Division Awards www.nscicorp.org Symposium 2 . . . . . . . . . . 17-22
Symposium 3 . . . . . . . . . . 22-25
Symposium 4 . . . . . . . . 25-28

Student Posters . . . . . 29-30
Hotel Map . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Honeybee Robotics
www.honeybeerobotics.com
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Schedule at a Glance
Conference Schedule at a Glance
Sunday, October 26 Symposium 3: Tuesday, October 28
Advanced Materials and Designs
12 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Fontaine Room 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – Mechanical Behavior
Pre-Conference Short Course Registration Desk Open
of Advanced Materials 1
Space Mining and Planetary Ballroom Lobby
11:00 a.m. – Mechanical Behavior of
Surface Construction
Advanced Materials 2
Laclede Room 3:30 p.m. – Mechanical Behavior of 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Course details on page 5 Advanced Materials 3 Continental Breakfast
Ballroom Prefunction
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Symposium 4:
Dynamics & Control
Structures in Challenging Environments 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Technical Committee Meeting
Hawthorn Room Plenary Session
Boardroom 9:00 a.m. – Advances in Diagnostic Ballroom A
and Monitoring Methods 1
Roving on Mars with Opportunity
11:00 a.m. – Advances in Diagnostic
and Curiosity: Terramechanics
Monday, October 27 and Monitoring Methods 2
1:30 p.m. – Seismic, Tidal, and Artificial and Terrain Properties
Loading of Structures Plenary Speaker Raymond Arvidson
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – Advanced Structures and Speaker details on page 6
Registration Desk Open
Actuation Technology
Ballroom Lobby
9:00 a.m – 5:30 p.m.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Concurrent Technical Sessions
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Break/Student Posters
Continental Breakfast
Ballroom Prefunction Symposium 1:
Ballroom Prefunction Granular Materials in Space Exploration
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Laclede Room A/B
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Break for Lunch 9:00 a.m. – Mechanism-Regolith Interactions 1
Opening Plenary Session 11:00 a.m. – Mechanism-Regolith Interactions 2
Ballroom A 1:30 p.m. – Regolith-Rocket Exhaust Interactions
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – Rover-Regolith Interactions 1
Fountains of the Moon Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Plenary Speaker Gregg Maryniak Editorial Board
Symposium 2:
Speaker details on page 6 Boardroom
Exploration and Utilization
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Concurrent Technical Sessions Gateway Room A/B
Special Keynote
9:00 a.m. – Novel Approaches and Architectures
Symposium 1: Ballroom A 11:00 a.m. – Civil Engineering in Space 2
Granular Materials in Space Exploration Advances and Applications on 1:30 p.m. – Planetary Excavation
Laclede Room A/B Structural Vibration Control 3:30 p.m. – Space Resources Utilization
of Infrastructures
9:00 a.m. – Regolith Geotechnics 1
Symposium 3:
Speaker Hongnan Li
11:00 a.m. – Regolith Geotechnics 2
Advanced Materials and Designs
1:30 p.m. – Regolith Physical Properties Speaker details on pages 6-7
Fontaine Room
3:30 p.m. – Regolith Simulants
9:00 a.m. – Structures Under Extreme Conditions
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – Hydraulic Structures
Symposium 2: Break/Student Posters
Exploration and Utilization Ballroom Prefunction Symposium 4:
of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies Structures in Challenging Environments
Gateway Room A/B 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Hawthorn Room
9:00 a.m. – Planetary Drilling 1 Conference Reception/Exhibits 9:00 a.m. – Structures and Systems in
11:00 a.m. – Planetary Drilling 2 Ballroom B Challenging Environments 1
1:30 p.m. – Planetary Surface Sampling Student Exhibits details on page 12 11:00 a.m. – Structures and Systems
in Challenging Environments 2
1:30 p.m. – Regolith as Construction Material
(Fontaine Room) 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. – Advances in Diagnostic
3:30 p.m. – Civil Engineering in Space 1 AD Executive Committee Meeting and Monitoring Methods 3
Boardroom
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Schedule at a Glance
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 29
Break/Student Posters Sunday, October 26
Ballroom Prefunction 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Pre-Conference Short Course
Registration Desk Open
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Ballroom Lobby Space Mining and
Awards Luncheon
Ballroom B 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Planetary Surface
ASCE Aerospace Division Awards Continental Breakfast
ASCE Columbia Award Ballroom Prefunction Construction
Techno-Stories from Space
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
This short course addresses the new fields
Speaker Don Pettit
Plenary Session
of space mining and planetary surface
Speaker details on page 7
Ballroom A construction. Its objective is to reduce the
3:00 p.m. – 3: 30 p.m. Redefining Natural Resources: technical and programmatic miscommu-
Break/Student Posters The Next Audacious Step nication that can occur when geotechnical,
geological, tunneling, and mining engineers
Ballroom Prefunction Plenary Speaker Chris Lewicki
interact with aerospace engineers.
Speaker details on page 7
6:00 p.m. – 7: 30 p.m. Instructors
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Advanced Materials
Technical Committee Meeting Concurrent Technical Sessions Kwame Awuah-Offei
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
Symposium 1: Granular Materials
Boardroom Mining and Nuclear Engineering Department
in Space Exploration
7:30 p.m. – 9: 00 p.m. Laclede Room A/B Brandon Coleman
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
Regolith Operations, 9:00 a.m. – Rover-Regolith Interactions 2
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Mobility and Robotics
Symposium 2: Leslie Gertsch
Technical Committee Meeting
Exploration and Utilization Missouri University of Science and Technology,
Laclede Room Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies
Gateway Room A/B Ronaldo Luna
9:00 a.m. – Asteroid Utilization St. Louis University Parks College of Engineering,
Aviation and Technology
Symposium 3: Phil Metzger
Advanced Materials and Designs University of Central Florida, Florida Space Institute
Fontaine Room
Robert P. Mueller
9:00 a.m. – New Materials and Structures
NASA Kennedy Space Center, Swamp Works
David A. Summers
Technical Committee Meetings Missouri University of Science and Technology,
Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
Sunday, Oct. 26 Tuesday, Oct. 28
Course Schedule
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. – 7: 30 p.m.
Fundamentals - 12 p .m . – 1:30 p .m .
Dynamics & Control Advanced Materials
Gertsch, Coleman, Luna and Metzger
Technical Committee Meeting Technical Committee Meeting
Boardroom Boardroom Surface Construction Engineering -

1:45 p .m . – 3:15 p .m . Luna
Monday, Oct. 27 7:30 p.m. – 9: 00 p.m.
Regolith Operations, Subsurface Access - 3:30 p .m . – 5:00 p .m .
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Mobility and Robotics Gertsch and Summers
Journal of Aerospace Technical Committee Meeting
Mining - 5:15 p .m . – 6:45 p .m .
Engineering Editorial Board Laclede Room
Awuah-Offei
Boardroom

Next Steps - 7:00 p .m . – 8:00 p .m .
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Metzger and Mueller
Executive Committee Meeting
Boardroom
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Conference Speakers
Conference Plenary Speakers
Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014
Opening Plenary Session Plenary Session
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Ballroom A Ballroom A
Speaker Gregg Maryniak Speaker Raymond Arvidson
Co-founder and Secretary James S. McDonnell Distinguished
of the XPRIZE Foundation University Professor, Department
of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis
Fountains of the Moon Roving on Mars with Opportunity and Curiosity:
With almost limitless quantities of energy and materials, near-Earth Terramechanics and Terrain Properties
space offers the promise of abundance for civilization. But true
Opportunity has been roving on the plains of Meridiani and the rim
industrial activity in space is not yet commercially viable and will
of Endeavour crater on Mars since January 2004. Curiosity has been
not succeed until three different ‘streams’ converge simultaneously
roving across the plains on Gale Crater since August 2012. Realistic
beyond the Earth. Understanding these streams and their properties
mechanical models have been generated for each rover, with classical
is the key to unlocking exponential abundance and preserving Earth’s
terramechanics relationships included to simulate wheel sinkage and
unique and precious biosphere.
rover-based slippage, and simulated traverses have been conducted
across terrain models with topography generated from rover-based stereo
Biography:
images and positionally dependent bedrock and soil properties. Modeling
has been used, together with analysis of engineering telemetry and image
As Chief Executive of Princeton’s Space Studies Institute, Gregg
data, to retrieve surface properties, and to understand the physics of
Maryniak led the world’s largest non-governmental research
interactions among the rovers, soils, and bedrock for situations in which
program on space resources. He continues this work as Co-
mobility issues have been encountered. These include high wheel sinkage
founder, Director and Corporate Secretary of the XPRIZE Foundation
and rover-based slippage while traversing the uphill sides of wind-blown
and Chairman of the Energy and Environmental Systems Track
ripples, and wheel wear and tear for Curiosity while traversing sharply
at Singularity University. He was awarded the Space Frontier
pointed and embedded rocks.
Foundation’s Vision to Reality award for creating the Lunar
Prospector Team that ultimately discovered frozen volatiles at the
lunar poles and Russia’s Tsiolkovsky Medal for his work on the use Biography:
of materials and energy of free space.
Raymond Arvidson received a Ph.D. from Brown University in 1974. He is
presently the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at
Washington University in St. Louis, focusing on teaching and research
about current and past environments on the Earth, Mars, and Venus.
He is a fellow of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences. He has
been instrumental in development and implementation of both orbital and
landed missions to Venus. He is also the Director of the NASA Planetary
Data System Geosciences Node. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society
of America and the American Geophysical Union (AGU), received the AGU
Whipple Award, has been honored as the Missouri Teacher of the Year,
and is a recipient of three NASA Public Service Medals.
Special Keynote Advances and Applications on Structural
Vibration Control of Infrastructures
Monday, Oct. 27, 2014
In recent years, much attention has been paid to research
Special Keynote
and development of structural control techniques with
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. particular emphasis on alleviation of wind and seismic
response of buildings and bridges in China. Structural control
Ballroom A
in infrastructures has been developed from the concept into
a workable technology and applied into practical engineering
Speaker Hongnan Li structures. The aim of this lecture is to review state-of-the-
art research and application of structural control in civil
Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering,
engineering in our university. It includes the passive control,
Dalian University of Technology, China hybrid control, semi-active control and active control.
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Conference Speakers
Awards Luncheon
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014
Plenary Session ASCE Columbia Medal Award
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Recipient: Astronaut Dr. Don Pettit
Ballroom A
Speaker Chris Lewicki
President and Chief Engineer
Planetary Resources
Redefining Natural Resources:
The Next Audacious Step
The greatest source of natural resources is not on Earth. Near-limitless
numbers of asteroids are being discovered every year. More than 1,500 are
as easy to reach as the Moon and are in similar orbits as Earth. Asteroids are
filled with precious resources, everything from water to platinum. Harnessing
valuable minerals from a practically infinite source will provide stability on
Earth, increase humanity’s prosperity, and help establish and maintain human
presence in space. More specifically, in the near-term, water from asteroids
will fuel the in-space economy, and rare metals will increase Earth’s GDP.
Asteroid mining may sound like fiction, but it’s just science applied to human
needs. That’s engineering. Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014
Biography: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Chris Lewicki has been intimately involved with the lifecycle of NASA’s Ballroom B
Mars Exploration Rovers and the Phoenix Mars Lander. Lewicki performed
system engineering development and participated in assembly, test and
launch operations for both Mars missions. He was Flight Director for the Techno-Stories from Space
rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and the Surface Mission Manager for Phoenix.
The recipient of two NASA Exceptional Achievement Medals, Lewicki has Speaker Dr. Don Pettit
an asteroid named in his honor: 13609 Lewicki. Chris holds bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Arizona.
At Planetary Resources, he is responsible for the strategic development Frontiers are interesting places; they offer the possibility
of the company’s mission and vision, engagement with customers and the to make observations outside our normal range of
scientific community, serves as technical compass, and leads day-to-day experience. The International Space Station is such
operations. a frontier offering a local reduction in acceleration
forces by nearly a factor of a million. This allows the
observation of subtle phenomena that are typically
masked on Earth. This orbital vantage also allows
observation of Earth phenomena on the length scale of
half a continent. A smattering of my observations will
be presented. There will be many questions and few
answers, which of course is a characteristic of being on
Biography:
a frontier and why we venture there.
Hongnan Li is a Chair Professor of Faculty of Infrastructure
Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China. He earned Biography:
his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. in 1990, 1987 and 1982, respectively. He is a
Cheung Kong Scholars Program engaged professor, serves as Vice A veteran of three spaceflights, Don Pettit, PhD., has
Chairman of China Panel, International Association for Structural logged more than 370 days in space and over 13 EVA
Control and Monitoring; and Vice Chairman of Advanced Materials (spacewalk) hours. He lived aboard the International
and Structures, ASCE Aerospace Division; Chairman of Panel of the Space Station for 5-1/2 months during Expedition 6, was
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). His research a member of the STS-126 crew, and again lived aboard
interests are in structural control and monitoring, disaster prevention the station for 6-1/2 months as part of the Expedition
and reduction and earthquake engineering. He has received 30/31 crew.
funding for more than 30 research projects, holds 24 patents, and
has published seven books and 278 peer-review journal papers. He
received two national awards of Science and Technology and 10
provincial awards.
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Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule
Presentations are noted by corresponding paper number
to the Abstracts listed on pages 13-28.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Symposium 1: Granular Materials Symposium 2: Exploration and
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. in Space Exploration Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies
Registration Desk Open
Laclede Room A/B Gateway Room A/B
Ballroom Lobby
Co-Chairs: Juan Agui (NASA Glenn Research Center) Co-Chairs: Robert P. Mueller (NASA Kennedy Space Center)
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Phil Metzger (Univ. Central Florida) Kris Zacny (Honeybee Robotics)
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Ballroom Prefunction 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Regolith Geotechnics 1
Planetary Drilling 1
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Session Chair: Ryan Clegg
Session Chair: Robert P. Mueller
(Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO)
Opening Plenary Session (NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL)
Ballroom A 1011 - Advances in Development of Axial-
2011 - Development and Testing of a Lunar
Torsional Multi-Sleeve Penetrometer
Fountains of Prospecting Drill (LPD) to Search
for Extra-Terrestrial Studies
for Water-Ice
the Moon
1012 - Penetration Tests in a Mold on Regolith
Speaker 2012 - Testing of Mars-Prototype Drills at an
Quasi-Analogues at Different Relative
Gregg Analog Site
Densities
Maryniak
2013 - Auto-gopher - A Wireline Deep Sampler
1013* - Effects of Grain Properties and
Speaker details Driven by Piezoelectric Percussive
on page 6 Compaction on Single-Tool Normal Actuator and EM Rotary Motor
Indentation of Granular Materials

9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Technical Sessions Regolith Geotechnics 2 Planetary Drilling 2
(See schedule at right) Session Chair: Chris Dreyer Session Chair: Yoseph Bar-Cohen
*Student Oral Presentation (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO) (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA)
1021 - Evaluating Geotechnical Characterization 2021 - Novel Concept and Design of Ultralight
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Methods for NEOs Mobile Drilling System Dedicated for
Break/Student Posters Planetary Environment
1022* - The Study of Power Consumption
Ballroom Prefunction
During Radial and Axial Segregation 2022 - Accessing, Drilling and Operating at
in Horizontal Rotating Cylinders the Lunar South Pole: Status of European
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Plans and Activities
Break for Lunch 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Regolith Physical Properties 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Session Chair: Chris Dreyer Planetary Surface Sampling
Special Keynote (Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO) Session Chair: Raymond Arvidson (Washington University
in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO)
Ballroom A 1031 - Characterizing the Physical and Thermal
Properties of Planetary Regolith at Low 2031 - Sampling of Regolith on the Moon
Advances and
Temperatures and Mars Utilizing Electrostatic Force
Applications on
and Mechanical Vibration
Structural Vibra- 1032 - Contact Behavior of Lunar Materials and
tion Control of Their Simulants: Experimental Observations 2032 - MicroDrill Sample Acquisition System
Speaker and Model Developments forSmall Class Exploration Spacecrafts
Infrastructures
details
Speaker Hongnan Li on page 6 1033 - Particle Grading Effect on Mechanical 2033* - Sampling of Regolith on Asteroids
Properties of Lunar Soil Simulant FJS-1 Utilizing Electrostatic Force
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Break/Student Posters 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Regolith Simulants
Ballroom Prefunction Regolith as Construction Material
Session Chair: Juan Agui
(This session is being held in the Fontaine Room)
(NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH)
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Session Chair: Robert P. Mueller (NASA Kennedy Space Center,
Reception with Exhibits 1041 - Development and Application of Martian Cape Canaveral, FL)
Regolith Simulant Using Volcanic Material
Ballroom B 2041 - Manufacturing of Lunar Concrete by Steam
From Banks Peninsula, New Zealand
Mars Rover (Missouri University 2042* - Solidification of Polymer Concrete Using
1042 - Properties of Korean Lunar
of Science and Technology) the Artificial Lunar Soil
Soil Simulant KOHLS-1
Screw-Propelled Automated 2043* - Protein-Regolith Composites for Space
Regolith Collector (SPARC) 1043 - Anm Model Approach for Lunar Construction
(Washington University in St. Louis) Soil Simulant Properties Study
Student Exhibit details on page 12 1044 - Characterization of Fillite as a
Potential Martian Regolith Simulant

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Monday, Oct. 27, 2014
Symposium 2: Exploration and Utilization Symposium 4: Structures in Challenging Environments
of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies Continued... Hawthorn Room
Gateway Room A/B
Co-Chairs: Ramesh Malla (Univ. of Connecticut)
Gangbing Song (Univ. of Houston)
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Civil Engineering in Space 1 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Session Chair: A. Scott Howe (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Advances in Diagnostic and Monitoring Methods 1
2051 - Modular Additive Construction Session Chair: Ramesh Malla (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)
Using Native Materials
4011* - Seasonal Ground Freezing and Thawing Monitoring
2052 - A Civil Engineering Approach to using Piezoceramic based Smart Aggregates
Development of the Built Martian
4012 - Displacement Monitoring of Structures Using
Environment
Laser Image Displacement Method
2053 - Mass Drivers for Space Construction
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
2054 - Dust Tolerant Commodity Transfer Interface
Mechanisms for Planetary Surfaces Advances in Diagnostic and Monitoring Methods 2
Session Chair: Ramesh Malla (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)
4021 - Cracking Monitoring of RC Joints under
Symposium 3: Advanced Materials and Designs Cyclic Loadings Based on Wavelet Packet Analysis
Fontaine Room on Embedded PZT Measurements
4022 - Damage Status Identification of Piezoelectric Concrete
Co-Chairs: Robert Goldberg (NASA Glenn Research Center) Frame Structure Based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
Pizhong Qiao (Washington State University)
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Seismic, Tidal, and Artificial Loading of Structure
Mechanical Behavior of Advanced Materials 1 Session Chairs: Bin Xu (Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China);
Session Chair: Wieslaw Binienda (University of Akron, Akron, OH) Shi Yan (Shenyang Jianzhu University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China)
3011 - Analyzing the Bending Ability of ZBLAN Optical Fibers 4031 - Dynamic Response of Bridge Expansion
Joints Under Vehicle Pounding
3012 - Thermal Conductivity across a Bolted Joint
4032 - Reliability Analysis on Sluice Gate in
3013 - Fatigue Behavior of Boron Nitride Nanomodified
Cao’E River Dam Under Tidal Bore Loads
Carbon Epoxy Composite
4033* - Response Modeling of Scoured Bridges
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Under Near-Fault Ground Motions
Mechanical Behavior of Advanced Materials 2
Session Chair: Robert Goldberg (NASA Glenn Research Center) 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
3021 - Effective Mesomechanical Modeling of Triaxially Advanced Structures and Actuation Technology
Braided Composites for Impact Analysis with Failure Session Chairs: James Dabney (University of Houston - Clear Lake,
Houston, TX); Zhen Sun (Jiangsu Transportation Institute, Jiangning
3022 - Thermomechanical Modeling of Cone Sample
KeXueGuan NanJing, P.R. China)
of ZrB2-SiC Ceramic Under Arc-jet Conditions
4041 - Experiment Investigation for a New Type of
Piezoelectric Friction Damper
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Mechanical Behavior of Advanced Materials 3 4042 - Labs-to-go Actuation Experiments and Extensions
Session Chair: Wieslaw Binienda (University of Akron, Akron, OH)
4043 - Scavenging Energy From Ambient Vibrations
Using Oscillators With Asymmetrical Potential Wells
3031 - Processing and Mechanical Characterization
of Polyurea Aerogels
3032 - Crashworthiness and Impact Simulation
using Tabulated Thermo-Viscoplastic Material
Model of LS-DYNA

*Student Oral Presentation
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Conference Schedule
Conference Schedule
Presentations are noted by corresponding paper number
to the Abstracts listed on pages 13-28.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Symposium 1: Granular Materials Symposium 2: Exploration and
Registration Desk Open in Space Exploration Utilization of Extra-Terrestrial Bodies
Ballroom Lobby
Laclede Room A/B Gateway Room A/B
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Co-Chairs: Juan Agui (NASA Glenn Research Center) Co-Chairs: R obert P. Mueller (NASA Kennedy Space
Continental Breakfast Phil Metzger (Univ. Central Florida) Center); Kris Zacny (Honeybee Robotics)
Ballroom Prefunction
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Mechanism-Regolith Interactions 1 Novel Approaches and Architectures
Plenary Session Session Chair: Phil Metzger Session Chair: Paul van Susante
(University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL) (Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI)
Ballroom A
1051 - DEM Analyses of Soil Cutting Test in 2061 - Oilfields in the Sky - A Different Race
Roving on Mars Lunar Ground
2062* - Expanding Mineral Resources:
with Opportunity
1052 - Laboratory Studies of Physical Interactions Technical Considerations for
and Curiosity:
of Exploration Hardware with Surfaces of Extraterrestrial Mining
Terramechanics
Airless Bodies
and Terrain 2063 - HALE: A Flexible Approach to
Properties 1053 - Dome Pressurization and Regolith Porosity Settlement of the Solar System
Speaker
Raymond 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Arvidson Mechanism-Regolith Interactions 2 Civil Engineering in Space 2
Session Chair: Phil Metzger Session Chair: Tony Muscatello
Speaker details (University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL) (NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL)
on page 6
1061 - On Modeling Sample Acquisition 2071 - The Advantages of Continuous Excavation
9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. from Granular Media in Lightweight Planetary Operations
Technical Sessions 1062 - Leak Rate Performance of Silicone 2072 - Additive Construction using Basalt
(See schedule at right) Elastomer O-Rings Contaminated with Regolith Fines
JSC-1A Lunar Regolith
*Student Oral Presentation
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Planetary Excavation
Break/Student Posters Regolith-Rocket Exhaust Interactions Session Chair: Krzysztof Skonieczny
Ballroom Prefunction Session Chair: Juan Agui (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
(NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH)
2081* - Longitudinal Impact Force on a Special
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 1071* - Comparing Rocket Exhaust Effects across Drill for Planetary Exploration
Awards Luncheon Lunar Landing Sites Using LRO Narrow
2082* - Microwave Assisted Rock Breakage
ASCE Columbia Award Angle Camera Images
for Space Mining
ASCE Aerospace Division Awards
1072 - Image Analysis Based Estimates of Regolith
Ballroom B Erosion Due to Plume Impingement Effects 2083 - Some Considerations for Excavation
in Martian Aquifers
Techno-Stories 1073 - Lunar Cold Trap Contamination by
from Space Landing Vehicles 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Speaker
Space Resources Utilization
Don Pettit 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Leslie Gertsch
Speaker details Rover-Regolith Interactions 1 (Missouri University of Science
on page 7 Session Chair: Ryan Clegg and Technology, Rolla, MO)
(Washington University - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO)
2091 - Comparative Specific Heat Capacity
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
1081 - Roving on Mars with Opportunity Analysis for Lunar In-Situ Manufacture
Break/Student Posters and Curiosity: Terramechanics and of Thermal Energy Storage
Ballroom Prefunction Terrain Properties
2092 - Atmospheric Processing Module
1082 - Curiosity’s Traverse from the Kimberley for Mars Propellant Production

to the Base of Mt. Sharp: An Orbital
2093* - Microwave Heating Applications
Data Perspective
for In-Situ Resource Utilization
1083 - Discrete Element Method Simulations and Space Mining
of Mars Exploration Rover Wheel High-Slip
2094 - Wells for In-situ Volatile
Mobility Tests
Extraction From Regolith
1084* - Experimental Study on Driving Wheel’s
Performance for Lunar Exploration Rovers

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