1/15/2021: VJB's Status update and proposal rehearsal

1/8/2021: Starting off the new year with updates, readings, and lit. reviews!

Agenda and Minutes


1. Updates. AR Academy of Science is meeting virtually in April 2021. RS announced the citation of our latest paper. MH mentioned that our paper was not accepted. VJB will need to add descriptions of his figures in the preliminary work section of his proposal draft, so we can take the next step of writing a paper based on them.

2. New and heavily revised slides (VJB).

3. Literature reviews (thanks to VJB): 

Today's paper: A survey on life prediction of equipment, by C. Hu et al. 

   (today) What in the paper is most useful to your research? 

           Answer: section on remaining useful life prediction of working equipment.

   (today) What references in the paper are next for you to check into?

           Answer: They give some references on Weibull distributions he would like to get.

   (in general, the following questions are worth considering for various papers)
       a. What is the source?
       b. What is the most significant advance in the human knowledge presented in the paper?
       c. Why is that advance important?
       d. What important questions arise from the paper for future research?
       e. What important questions would it be nice if the paper answered, but does not answer?
       f. What does the paper present that is novel (no one else has provided that before)?
       g. What is the relevance of the paper to our satellite research goals?
       h. Questions from the group? 

4. Reading and discussion:
    a. For the Magee et al. 2016 reading, we finished up to the last par. of 3.3.3. Next time we will view fig. 1, then the last par. of 3.3.3 (on p. 240).

    b. For the Reynolds and Szerszynski reading, we read up to "A third industrial revolution?" on p. 6 and will continue with that subsection next time. 

12/31/2020: New! Literature reviews included

           

 Agenda and Minutes

1. Updates. 

2. Video (suggested by PT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qwLHlVjRyw.

3. Literature reviews by VJB:

a)  H. Zhao, H. Yang and X. Xiong, "Satellite lifetime prediction with random failure," 2016 11th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety (ICRMS), Hangzhou, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICRMS.2016.8050129. 

b) Angus M. Brown, "A step-by-step guide to non-linear regression analysis of experimental data using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet", Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Volume 65, Issue 3, 2001. 

4. Reading and discussion: 

• For the Magee et al. 2016 reading, we finished through par. 3 of section 3.3.3 (on p. 240).
• For the Reynolds and Szerszynski reading, we read through the 2nd par on p. 5 three times ago and plan to continue from that point next time.

12/24/20: Statuses and readings, followed by executive session

          

 Agenda and Minutes

1. Status updates. VJB updated his slides per comments from RS and HA. He presented a few of the new and updated slides. He should include a new slide explaining how the dissertation differs from the MS thesis. HA mentioned the schedule of activities - this needs a slide. 

2. Videos? 

3. Literature discussion: 

• For the Magee et al. 2016 reading, we finished subsection 3.2 last time. This time we finished through section 3.3.2.
• For the Reynolds and Szerszynski reading, we read through the 2nd par on p. 5 two times ago but did not get to it today.

4. Other items? DB, RS and HA held a brief executive session after the general meeting.

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12:18/20: Continuing

         

 Agenda and Minutes

1. Status updates. VJB sent an email out to schedule his proposal. At this point it is tentatively F Jan. 15 at noon, which is our regular meeting. We will meet next Th Dec. 24 and then again on Th Dec. 31. Then we'll go back to Fridays if we can. MH found a tool for Kalman filter, Splunk, which he plans to test for spacecraft lifespan projections. 

2. Videos? None.

3. Literature discussion: 

• For the Magee et al. 2016 reading, we finished section 2 last time. This time we started on section 3 and finished subsection 3.2.
• For the Reynolds and Szerszynski reading, we read through the first par., p. 5 last time. This time we discussed the 2nd par on p. 5.

4. Other items? None.

12/11/20: Continuing...

        

 Agenda and Minutes

1. Status updates. RS emailed us the URL of the online conference proceedings with our paper. We discussed VJB's proposal defense. Hopefully it can be on a Friday at noon in January but this depends on all the committee members being available. HA asked about the next AAS. Maybe VJB's preliminary results for his proposal could make an AAS paper. RS suggests as an alternative to consider that it could be a WMSCI paper. 

2. Videos? No comments.

3. Literature discussion: 

• For the Magee et al. 2016 reading, we finished section 2.
• For the Reynolds and Szerszynski reading, we read through the first par., p. 5. 

4. Other items? None.

12/4/20: Back to the routine ... plus videos!

       

 Agenda and Minutes

1. Status updates. RS confirmed with the journal that the paper is submitted as it should appear. VJRB is planning to submit his proposal right after break, and DB, RS and HA all are available to help coach him on the proposal over break. Let us plan to meet on Th Dec. 24 and Th Dec. 31 at noon instead of Fridays, since the Fridays are Christmas and New Year. PT just uploaded his thesis to ProQuest. People agree that a paper is a good and hoped-for next step. 

2. Videos:

https://videos.space.com/m/ZrmJhj2Q/chinas-change-5-lands-and-collects-moon-samples-in-awesome-new-footage?list=9wzCTV4g

and

https://videos.space.com/m/lKCNjGUI/arecibo-observatory-destruction-captured-by-drone-and-control-room?list=9wzCTV4g

3. Literature discussion: 

• For the Magee et al. 2016 reading, we finished the paragraph after eq. (6).  
• For the Reynolds and Szerszynski reading, we finished the first 2 sentences of the first full par. on p. 4.

4. Other items?