Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation: Lessons Learned
<p> The Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering and the Emergent Risk Initiative @ ODU presents 2014 Colloquium Series on Risk</p> <p> </p> <p> Title: Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation: Lessons Learned</p> <p> When: March 27 (Thursday) at 2 - 3 PM (Eastern)</p> <p> Where: Kaufman Hall 247 at BCET-ODU; Webcast at http://connect.odu.edu/emergentriskinitiative/</p> <p> </p> <p> Facilitated by: Daniel Heimerdinger, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Exostrategies, Inc.</p> <p> </p> <p> Summary:</p> <p> The Space Shuttle Columbia and crew of 7 was lost upon re-entry on February 1, 2003. That event triggered the second independent investigation for loss of a Shuttle and crew. Dr. Heimerdinger was a member of the investigative team on the independent Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB). He will provide snap-shots and discuss lessons learned from videos and simulations from the launch impact, event reconstruction, and debris assessments of the event.</p> <p> </p> <p> More details in the attached flyer.</p>
ERI_DHeimerdinger.pdf (634.9 KB)
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Date: Tue Mar 04 05:24:51 EST 2014