DDA Austin

American Astronomical Society
Division on Dynamical Astronomy
Austin, Texas
10 - 14 April 2011

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The 2011 Meeting of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy will be held during 10 - 14 April 2011 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol in Austin, Texas.

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The annual DDA Meeting brings together top researchers in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science, and astrodynamics for in-depth and stimulating discussions and talks on all aspects of dynamics in the space sciences. The DDA meeting features invited talks on a range of topics, contributed talks (with no parallel sessions), and posters that can be displayed throughout the entire meeting.

Deadlines

Abstracts: 11:59 PM EDT, Friday, March 4, 2011
To give a presentation at the Austin Meeting, you must submit an abstract
(300 word limit) through the AAS/OASIS abstract form.
You may present two papers as long as one is oral and the other is a poster.
Submit the abstract(s) to AAS through this web page.
Click on "access DDA abstract form".
Posters should be less than 48 inches x 32 inches


Online Registration: 11:59 PM EDT, Thursday, March 31, 2011
Press Registration: Email Laronda Boyce
Early Registration was until 11:59 PM EDT, Friday, March 4, 2011
Find out who has registered already.
DDA Members:$250 early,$275 online/on-site
students and
emeritus members		$150 early,$175 online/on-site
non-members:$300 early,$325 online/on-site

The conference banquet will be held on Tuesday night, 12 April 2011 with an additional cost of $50.00.
Click here to find out how to register.

Hotel registration at our discounted rate: 11:59 PM EDT, Friday, March 25, 2011
Sheraton Austin Hotel at the Capitol, 701 East 11th St., Austin, TX 78701
For those who prefer to speak with a live person, call the hotel's toll-free number, 888-627-8349, and reference the American Astronomical Society DDA Meeting group block.

Student stipend applications: Midnight EST, Monday, February 14, 2011.
The winners of the 2011 Student Stipend Awards are: [photos]

  • Rebekah Dawson (Advisor: Ruth Murray-Clay)
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
    Secular Constraints on the Dynamical History of the Solar System
  • Daniel Jontof-Hutter (Advisor: Douglas Hamilton)
    University of Maryland College Park
    Stability of Charged Grains in Planetary Rings
  • Sarah Miller (Advisor: Richard Ellis)
    Oxford Astrophysics and California Institute of Technology
    The Assembly History of Disk Galaxies: The Tully-Fisher Relation and Dynamical Mass Estimates to z=1.3

Local Organizing Committee

G. Fritz Benedict, McDonald Observatory (Chair)
Joe Hahn, Space Science Institute
Judit Györgyey Ries, McDonald Observatory and Center for Space Research
Raynor Duncombe, Univ. of Texas Aerospace Engineering
Debbie Winegarten, Univ. of Texas Astronomy and McDonald Observatory
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Meeting Schedule
  • Sunday, April 10, 2011
    Sheraton Hotel Creekside Room
    6:00 pm Conference registration begins
    7:00 pm Opening Reception
  • Monday, April 11, 2011
    9:05-10:25 am Oral Session 01 Lives of Dissipation
    10:55am-12:15pm Oral Session 02 Solar System Tangos
    2:00-5:15 pm Oral Session 03 Precise Measurements and Prognostications
    5:15-5>45 pm Business Meeting
    5:45-6:45 pm Poster Session
    7:00-8:00 pm Austin Planetarium Mobile Planetarium presentations
    8:00 pm Public Lecture at the Bob Bullock Museum.
  • Tuesday, April 12, 2011
    9:00am-12:15pm Oral Session 04 Exotic Dynamics
    2:00-3:00 pm Oral Session 05 Brouwer Award Talk[photos]
    3:00-5:30 pm Oral Session 06 Order and Chaos
    7:00-9:00 pm Conference banquet at the Sheraton Hotel, followed by a "Texas Hold'em" poker tournament. Tutorials will be available during the reception starting at 6pm.
  • Wednesday, April 13, 2011
    9:00am-12:15pm Oral Session 07 Randomized Grains: From Large to Small
    2:00-5:35 pm Oral Session 08 Synchronized Grains: Timeless or Transient
    Informal tour of 6th Street
  • Thursday, April 14, 2011
    9:00am-12:15pm Oral Session 09 The Evolution of Genesis
    6:00pm DDA Wrap Party at Joe Hahn's house

    Invited Speakers

    Program Committee

    Dan Scheeres, University of Colorado (Chair)
    Alice Monet, US Naval Observatory (retired)
    Alice Quillen, University of Rochester
    • <b>Sponsors: McDonald Observatory, U.T. Austin Department of Astronomy, Center for Space Research, Space Science Institute, Ray Duncombe