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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Xiaofeng Liu [mailto:xiaofeng.liu@mail.sdsu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 31, 2017 7:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> Arlene Gibson<br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: [Faculty] FW: Lecture Series on Hexagon KH-9 Spy Satellite Design by Philip Pressel: 9/1, 9/8 and 9/15, 11:00-noon, at the Gold Auditorium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Dear Arlene, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>I am wondering if you could send the following announcement </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>to all faculty and staff in our college on Friday morning before 10:00 am. Thanks.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Best regards,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Xiaofeng </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The SDSU Department of Aerospace Engineering and</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SDSU Student Branch</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>jointly presents</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span class=gmail-il><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lecture</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span class=gmail-il>Series</span> on Hexagon KH-9 Spy Satellite Design</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><i>by</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Guest <span class=gmail-il>Lecturer</span>: Philip Pressel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Location</span></u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>: The Gold Auditorium in the BioScience Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Dates</span></u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>: September 1, 8 and 15, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Time</span></u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>: 11:00 am – noon <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span class=gmail-il><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Lecture</span></u></b></span><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> 1:</span></u></b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> <b>The Hexagon KH-9 Spy Satellite </b>(9/1/2017)</span></u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>: The <span class=gmail-il>lecture</span> covers the development and design of the Hexagon KH-9 spy satellite, the most complicated satellite ever put in orbit carrying reconnaissance camera that used film for photography. A total of 19 satellites were launched between 1971 until 1986. The top secret program was declassified in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span class=gmail-il><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Lecture</span></u></b></span><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> 2:</span></u></b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> <b>Important Considerations when Designing for Space Applications </b>(9/8/2017)</span></u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>: Space is not a hospitable environment with zero gravity, vacuum, extreme temperatures and radiation. Special considerations and measures need to be taken in spacecraft design. Topics covered in this <span class=gmail-il>lecture</span> include outgassing, lubrication, coatings, galling, bonding, bearings, preloading to react g loads, bolt torques, venting and thermal management, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span class=gmail-il><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Lecture</span></u></b></span><b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> 3:</span></u></b><u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> <b>Designing Optical Instruments for Use in Space, Airborne or on the Ground </b>(9/15/2017)</span></u><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>: Topics covered in this <span class=gmail-il>lecture</span>include three point mounting, flexures, mirrors and lenses mounting, glass properties and precautions, invar, venting, index of refraction, preloading, stress and dynamic analyses, minimum resonant frequency, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-m331505129329554821m-8342003766277534688gmail-msoplaintext style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>[Bio of the speaker]</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'> Mr. Philip Pressel is a mechanical engineer and has over 50 years of experience in the design of sophisticated ground and space based systems including telescopes, cameras, gimbals and other instruments. His specialty is in the design of optical instruments. He has been a manager and director of engineering for two aerospace companies in Connecticut. About 90% of his work was highly classified as the Perkin-Elmer Corporation in Danbury, CT was contracted to the CIA for many years.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>