AERONAUTICS AND SPACE SCIENCE

Co-Chairpersons: Dr. Brent D. Bowen, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Michaela M. Schaaf, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Friday, 8:00 a.m., April 20, 2001

Olin Hall Room 249

1. DETERMINANTS OF WELL-MANAGED SPACE GRANT CONSORTIA, Michaela M. Schaaf, Aviation Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

2. AN ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION MODEL FOR AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, John R. Bartle, Department of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

3. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLEEP, PAIN AND FATIGUE IN PERIPHERAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANT PATIENTS, Lynne A. Farr* and Barbara D. Manz, College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

4. STEADY FLOW PAST AN EVAPORATING FUEL DROPLET, Daniel N. Pope* and George Gogos, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

5. INCORPORATING REMOTE SENSING DATA INTO MODELS FOR ESTIMATING CROP YIELD, Ryan N. Axmann* and Donald C. Rundquist, Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

6. THE UNO SPACE SHUTTLE SIMULATION LABORATORY 2001: AN EXPANDING CURRICULUM AND ACTION RESEARCH MODEL, Neal Grandgenett*, Robert Pawloski*, Neal Topp and Elliott Ostler, Department of Teacher Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

7. ADDRESSING PROBLEMS IN AIR SERVICE FOR RURAL AND ISOLATED COMMUNITIES THROUGH A SMALL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, Scott Tarry, Russell Smith and Basel Kasaby*, Aviation Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

8. THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY METHOD FOR BENCHMARKING AIRLINE SAFETY, Brent D. Bowen and Chien-Tsung Lu*, Aviation Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

9. DIFFUSION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT U.S. AIRPORTS: CONSEQUENCES OF ADOPTION, Frederick D. Hansen, Aviation Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

10. THERMOCHROMIC VO₂ DEPOSITED BY ACTIVE CONTROL OF DIRECT CURRENT MAGNETRON SPUTTERING, Khoi Le*, Ned J. Ianno and Rodney O. Dillon, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

11. SMALL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (SATS)-INVOLVEMENT OF LEGAL AND REGULATORY ISSUES, Larry Carstenson, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Nebraska at Kearney.

12. A MODULAR ROBOTIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PLANETARY EXPLORATION, Shane Farritor* and Jun Zhang, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

13. EVAPORATION OF A MOVING N-HEPTANE DROPLET IN A HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE NITROGEN ENVIRONMENT, Hongtao Zhang* and George Gogos, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

14. AN ANALYSIS OF EVALUATION PROCEDURES FOR COLLEGIATE AVIATION DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, Nanette Scarpellini, Aviation Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

15. EFFECTS OF NOISE ON THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY, Sudhir K. Ponnappan*, Ram M. Narayanan and Stephen E. Reichenbach, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

16. CUTTING AIRPORT PAVING MATERIALS: AN EXAMINATION OF EXPERIMENTAL AND TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES, E. Terence Foster, Department of Construction Systems Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

17. PRIORITIZING TEST CASES FOR SOFTWARE REGRESSION TESTING, David Gable* and Sebastian Elbaum, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Gregg Rothermel, Oregon State University.

18. A FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING A DECISION SUPPORT SIMULATION MODEL FOR THE SMALL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, Massoum Moussavi, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

19. GEOGRAPHIC NORTH VERSUS MAGNETIC NORTH AS A MODEL FOR THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM, Michael K. Larson and Robb Burbach*, Aviation Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha.

20. A CROSS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DISTANCE AND TRADITIONAL LEARNING, Brent D. Bowen and Scott E. Vlasek*, Aviation Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha.