{"id":88,"date":"2016-09-19T07:38:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T07:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/blog\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2022-03-04T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:09:47","slug":"outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do really enjoy and embrace any opportunity to share what I am learning and\u00a0create conversations through presentations, hands-on activities and, more recently, through\u00a0<a href=\"\/KES\/index.php\/my-blog\/\">blogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some links to featured interviews and conversations<\/p>\n<p>[General Audience] [STEM] [Seminar] [Conference] [Keynote][Article][Podcast]<\/p>\n<p>2022<\/p>\n<p>2022-02-11 Invited speaker, San Mateo Astronomical Society, San Mateo, CA, \u201cVIPER &#8211; A next great leap in mapping water on the Moon\u201d (virtual)<\/p>\n<p>2021<\/p>\n<p>2021-10-16\u00a0 \u00a0 International Observe the Moon Night featured speaker, Chabot Science Museum, Oakland, CA, \u201cVIPER \u2013 roving where no rover has gone before\u201d (virtual)<\/p>\n<p>2021-09-29\u00a0 \u00a0Invited keynote, Tower Hill Forum Speaker Series, Tower Hill School (K-12), Delaware \u201cWorlds of Possibilities \u2013 Inspiration though Exploring Space\u201d (virtual) [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=yiUKk3HRCJU\">you tube link<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>2021-03-29\u00a0 \u00a0Designed interactive presentation \u201cRovers on Other Worlds,\u201d 7<sup>th<\/sup> grade science class, San Jose School District, San Jose, CA (virtual)<\/p>\n<p>2020<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2020-02-15 Opening remarks for the\u00a02020 Silicon Valley Signature Robotics Tournament, a 3-8 grade VEX Robotics competition [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2020-02-10 A presentation as part of NASA Social State of NASA Event at NASA in Silicon Valley featuring lunar science and NASA&#8217;s Artemis Program [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2020-01-21 &#8220;Ames and Artemis&#8221; a presentation to the NASA Ames Retirement Group about the roles their center is playing today in the Artemis Program [General Audience]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2019-10-24 NASA in Silicon Valley Live &#8211; Video Chat Show &#8211; Halloween and Cosplay Contest &#8211; portrayed an Astrophy<em>sith<\/em> Darth Kimberly &#8211; talking about what JWST will reveal in the dark universe [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-10-18 <a href=\"https:\/\/astrosociety.org\/get-involved\/events\/asp2019-earth-to-space\/\">Astronomical Society of the Pacific\u00a0 130th Annual Meeting<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 Invited Speaker &#8211; Exploring the Moon: Past, Present and Future [General Audience]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1342\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ASPMoonTalk-2019-10-18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-09-29 TwitchCon &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/487604799\">Panel about NASA&#8217;s Artemis Program<\/a> (Start video at 3:36:10) [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-09-28 TwitchCon &#8211; I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/487586760\">ntroductory remarks on NASA and the Twitch Community<\/a>\u00a0(Start video at 1:34:31)\u00a0[General Audience]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1341\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/TwitchNASASept27c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"443\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-09-12 Santa Clara Rotary Club &#8211; Artemis, New Views, New Opportunities, New Challenges [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-08-29 <a href=\"https:\/\/burlingame.libcal.com\/event\/5677042\">Burlingame Public Library Summer of Space talk on Artemis &#8211; New Views, New Opportunities, New Challenges<\/a> [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-08-16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/arts\/13864393\/13864393\">KQED interview at Silicon Valley Comic Con<\/a> [Interview]<\/li>\n<li>2019-07-30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org\/event\/to-the-moon-and-beyond\/\">SwissNex San Francisco &#8211; To the Moon and Beyond \u2014\u00a050th Anniversary of Humankind on the Moon<\/a> &#8211; Panel [General Audience[<\/li>\n<li>2019-07-23 NASA Science Live at the US Hornet &#8211; Video Chat Show &#8211; 50 Years of Apollo.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nhJtMQTSD2k\">You Tube Link<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pscp.tv\/NASA\/1jMJgvXLAXlGL\">Periscope Link<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NASA\/videos\/881105222252463\/\">Facebook Link <\/a>[General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-07-22 KQED &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/science\/1945251\/50-years-on-moon-rocks-still-rock\">50 Years On, Moon Rocks Still Rock<\/a>&#8221; [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-07-20 Adam Savage&#8217;s Tested\u00a0 with host Ariel Waldman &#8211;\n<p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EJSNNXjvljw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Science Fiction&#8217;s First Moon Landing &#8211; Offworld Episode 25<\/a>. Video Chat Show.\u00a0 1902 Trip to the Moon and Lunar Trips today. 30 minutes. [General Audience]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1306\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-06-OffWorld.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1546\" height=\"852\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">2019-07-18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/454697789\">NASA in Silicon Valley Live<\/a> &#8211; Video Chat Show celebrating Apollo 11 50th Anniversary and looking forward to next leaps in lunar exploration with Artemis. [General Audience]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1302\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-18-SiliconValleyLive-Apollo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2019-07-13 S<a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitstockton.org\/events\/astronomy-in-the-park-at-oak-grove-regional-park\/\">tockton Astronomy Group sponsored Astronomy in the Park<\/a>. Talk on &#8220;Forward to the Moon\u00a0 Leaps in Lunar Science and Exploration&#8221; at Oak Grove National Park, Stockton, CA. [General Audience]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1303\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019-07-13-Stockon-IMG_3175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-06-30 Lawrence Hall of Science Panel Member \u2013 Chasing the Moon\u00a0 [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-06-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfaa-astronomy.org\/monthly_lectures\/randall\/\">San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) Public Lecture &#8211; &#8216;Infrared Sky &#8211; Reimagined&#8217;<\/a> at the Randall Museum, San Francisco [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-06-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/441427193##\">NASA in Silicon Valley Live<\/a> &#8211; Video Chat Show talking about the Artemis Moon program. [General Audience]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1299\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-06-19-NISVLive-MoonArtemis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-05-30 Apollo 50 NASA DEEP Series &#8211; Episode on EXPLORE Lunar Science <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustream.tv\/recorded\/122148782\">USTREAM Link<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 [STEM]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1295\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-05-30-ExploreLunarScience.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"369\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-05-18 Charles M. Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa, celebrating Apollo 10&#8217;s 50th launch anniversary. To the Moon Snoopy! Spoke on NASA&#8217;s Moon to Mars program &#8211; &#8220;Arrive, Survive, Thrive, and come back Alive.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1296\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2019-05-18-SantaRosaTalk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"878\" height=\"484\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-04-16 International Astronomical Union Public Lecture &#8211; &#8220;A Cosmic Tasting Menu: Laboratory Astrochemistry and Space Exploration&#8221; Cambridge, United Kingdom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6gaX51qIZ64&amp;fbclid=IwAR24QWBzrsDbQOXtIStKLbTQjKlBs6c3ggmidBkAY1-qt6-lTPPptqewP0k\">YouTube Link<\/a> (1hr talk) [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2019-03-23 <a href=\"https:\/\/chabotspace.org\/calendar\/women-in-steam-in-space\/\">Women in STEAM panel event<\/a>. Chabot Science Center.\u00a0 [STEM]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1284\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-03-23-Chabot-WomeninSTEAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"650\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-02-13 SETI Panel. NASA&#8217;s Next Big Space Mission. Origins Space Telescope\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kEECPKLHwl8&amp;feature=youtu.be\">You Tube Link\u00a0<\/a>[General Audience]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1273 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SETI_Origins_Feb13_2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"288\" \/><\/li>\n<li>2019-02-12\u00a0 Interviewed for Scientific American \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/astronomers-traverse-the-globe-to-shadow-lucky-stars\/\">&#8220;Astronomers Traverse the Globe to Shadow \u201cLucky Stars\u201d<\/a> [Article]<\/li>\n<li>2019-01-01 Wrote Article in Sky at Night Magazine on SOFIA [Article]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1278 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/BBC_Sky_atNightMag_January2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2018<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2018-12-14 NASA in Silicon Valley Live &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/nisv-podcast-live-worlds-largest-flying-telescope\">Exploring Space with the World\u2019s Largest Flying Telescope<\/a>\u00a0Video Chat-Show [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2018-12-09 Featured on\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m0001jfq\">BBC Sky at Night &#8220;Telescope on a Plane!&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0[General Audience]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1277 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2018-11-03 Bay Area Science Festival \u2013 San Francisco, CA [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2018-10-30 \u201cSOFIA Results Inspire New Questions\u201d, NASA Armstrong Center Colloquia Series\u00a0 [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2018-10-11 NASA in Silicon Valley Live \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/nisv-podcast-live-robotic-exploration-of-the-moon\">Robotic Exploration of the Moon<\/a>\u00a0Video Chat-Show [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2018-07-18 \u201cCurrent and Future Studies in Star and Planet Formation with SOFIA\u201d, COSPAR, Pasadena, CA [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2018-06-04 \u201cSOFIA Our Interstellar Origins \/ Path to Life\u201d American Astronomical Society, Denver, Colorado [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2018-05-02 \u201cSOFIA Basics and Exploration Opportunities\u201d SOFIA Workshop, University of Stuttgart [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2018-05-18 \u201cSOFIA Recent Science Highlights and Upcoming Opportunities\u201d, NOAO, Tucson, Arizona [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2018-05-09 STEM Charter Middle School, Sparta, NJ. Met with\u00a0 nearly 300 6th, 7th and 8th graders and had conversations about NASA, and science, astronomy &amp; planetary science exploration.\u00a0 [STEM] with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njherald.com\/20180510\/nasa-scientist-offers-guidance-to-sussex-charter-students#\">Article in the NJ Herald.<\/a>\u00a0[Article]<\/li>\n<li>2018-04-10 Invited talk at the NASA Astrophysics\u00a0 Laboratory Workshop, Athens, GA on &#8220;SOFIA-enabled science lab astro and theory connections&#8221; [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2018-03-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calacademy.org\/events\/benjamin-dean-astronomy-lectures\/seeing-our-universe-in-new-ways-%E2%80%93-the-infrared-sky-re\">California Academy of Sciences<\/a>, San Francisco, CA. A public lecture on our increasing ability to look at our universe in infrared &amp; other wavelengths, and the beautiful, dynamic, extraordinary secrets it reveals. [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2018-03-09 Yale University &#8220;Star &amp; Planet Formation Studies and Opportunities with SOFIA&#8221; [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2017-12-14\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/nisv-podcast-Kimberly-Ennico-Smith-Michael-Person\">NASA in Silicon Valley PodCast<\/a> &#8211; Kimberly Ennico Smith and Michael Person on Occultations [Podcast]<\/li>\n<li>2017-11-29\u00a0 &#8220;ALMA-SOFIA Synergies&#8221; Caltech [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2017-10-11\u00a0 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sofia.usra.edu\/science\/meetings-and-events\/events\/sofia-today-and-extended-mission-new-project-scientists\">SOFIA Today &amp; the Extended Mission<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 SOFIA Science Center [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2017-09-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyparks.disney.go.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/disney-parks-blog-galactic-meet-up-at-disney-california-adventure-park-takes-readers-out-of-this-world\/?CMP=SOC-DPFY17Q4wo091420170015G\">Galactic Meetup<\/a> at Disneyland Parks CA, panel discussing science and storytelling in comics, movies, adventure theme parks. [STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1289 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2017-09-19-Galactic-Meetup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1064\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2017-04-20 San Jose State &#8220;First Results from Pluto&#8221; [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2017-06-24 Interviewed for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=11881524\">NASA Prepares for Liftoff from Christchurch<\/a> NZ Herald [Article]<\/li>\n<li>2017-04-06 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/nisv-podcast-Kimberly-Ennico\">NASA in Silicon Valley PodCast<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Kimberly Ennico Smith Talks About Pluto and Studying Space With A Flying Telescope [Podcast]<\/li>\n<li>2017-01-14 \u201cAdventuring in Science\u201d, \u00a0luncheon for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zonta.org\/Media-News\/News-Feed\/News-Detail\/zonta-international-announces-2016-amelia-earhart-fellows\">2016 Amelia Earhart Scholarship Winners<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zontadistrict9.org\/areas-we-serve\">Zonta International District 9<\/a>.[STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016-09-28 \u201cPluto Revealed! First Results from the Historic First Flyby of the Pluto System\u201d Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1260 alignnone\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/LivAstroJM-Talk-2016-09-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo by\u00a0<a class=\"\u201cProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstronoSi\">@<span class=\"\u201cu-linkComplex-target\u201d\">AstronoSi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016-08-18 \u201cEvolving views of the outer solar system: new insights from NASA\u2019s New Horizons mission\u2019s historic first Pluto fly-by,\u201d NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2016-06-15 \u201cA New View of the Pluto System,\u201d Endeavor STEM Teaching Certificate Program Webinar [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2016-06-29 \u201cThe Configurable Aperture Space Telescope,\u201d Society of Photo-Optical Engineering, Edinburgh, Scotland [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2016-04-19 \u201cThe communication subsystem of NASA\u2019s Pluto Fly-by New Horizons,\u201d Spacecraft Seventeenth IEEE International Vacuum Electronics Conference. [Conference] [Keynote]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1261 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2016_04_IVEC_Talk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1247\" height=\"446\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016-03-18 \u201cPluto &amp; Charon, Far from Boring Cold Worlds,\u201d Sherlin Lecture, Aurora Community College, Aurora, Colorado [General Audience] with student-written<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccaurora.edu\/blogs\/fox-call\/academic-support-events\/five-things-we-now-know-about-pluto-we-didnt\">Blog Review of presentation\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-432 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016_March_Aurora-Presentation-192x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016_March_Aurora-Presentation-192x300.png 192w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016_March_Aurora-Presentation-657x1024.png 657w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016_March_Aurora-Presentation.png 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016-03-07 \u201cIce Chemistry of Pluto &amp; Charon,\u201d Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2016-03-04 \u201cPluto &amp; Beyond; What we know now,\u201d Space Forum Series, Chautauqua, Boulder, Colorado. [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2016-02-06 \u201cOptimizing Expectations to Achieve Effective Engagement: Experiences in communicating space mission science and engineering,\u201d Annual Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) conference-Voices, State College, PA. [Conference] [Keynote]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-434 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-Feb-Communications-Presentation-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-Feb-Communications-Presentation-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2016-Feb-Communications-Presentation.png 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2016-01-23 \u201cScience of Pluto,\u201d Denver, Colorado. Zonta International Amelia Earhart Award Ceremony [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2016-01-11 \u201cLatest Results from the New Horizons Mission,\u201d 2016 AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA. [Conference] [Keynote]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2015-12-17 \u201cWhat\u2019s with Pluto?\u201d Yale Elementary School, Aurora, Colorado. 4<sup>th<\/sup> grade [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2015-12-04 \u201cWhat have we learned from exploring Pluto?\u201d International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) Galaxy Forum, Scarsdale, New York [General Audience, STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2015-11-10 \u201cPluto &amp; Charon Light Curves,\u201d American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences, Virginia [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2015-10-11 \u201cI *heart* Pluto,\u201d Northern Colorado Maker Faire, Loveland, Colorado [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2015-10-05 \u201cPluto Revealed: First Results from the First Mission to this distant world,\u201d Immaculate Heart Academy, Washington Township, New Jersey [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2015-10-03 \u201cResults from the New Horizons Mission,\u201d Northeastern regional AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) Meeting, Paramus, New Jersey.\u00a0 [Conference]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-437 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-October-AAPT-NJ-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-October-AAPT-NJ-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-October-AAPT-NJ-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-October-AAPT-NJ.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2015-07-31 \u201cFrontier Exploration: NASA\u2019s New Horizons spacecraft reaches the Pluto System in July 2015,\u201d Project ASTRO, High School and Community College Science Teachers, Baltimore, Maryland [STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-439 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-Aug-ASTRO-Baltimore-Presentation-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-Aug-ASTRO-Baltimore-Presentation-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-Aug-ASTRO-Baltimore-Presentation-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-Aug-ASTRO-Baltimore-Presentation-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2015-Aug-ASTRO-Baltimore-Presentation.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2015-04-28 \u201cNew Horizons Mission Status,\u201d NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2015-04-18 \u201cNew Horizons,\u201d University of Colorado Astronomy Days\/Interactive Planetarium Display, Boulder, Colorado [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2015-03-11 Science Fair Judge, Thornton Middle School, Thornton, CO [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2015-03-03 \u201cConfigurable Aperture Space Telescope,\u201d Early Stage Technology Workshop-Astrophysics &amp; Heliophysics, Arlington, Virginia [Conference]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2014-12-22 \u201cThe Science of New Horizons,\u201d Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, Australia [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2014-12-04 High School AP Chemistry Classroom lectures on Pluto Ice Chemistry, Brighton, Colorado [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2014-07-09 \u201cThe Science of New Horizons,\u201d Northrop Grumman, Latham, Maryland [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2014-06-09 \u201cMy life in science research,\u201d P. Hillyer\u2019s 7<sup>th<\/sup> Grade, Matawan Aberdeen Middle School, New Jersey [STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-441 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2014-June-NJWebinar-Presentation-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2014-June-NJWebinar-Presentation-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2014-June-NJWebinar-Presentation-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2014-June-NJWebinar-Presentation.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2014-04-11 Public talk on the New Horizons Mission (pre-flyby) to 250 students and general public at Aurora Community College [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2014-03-13 \u201cNew Horizons Science Payload,\u201d Part of undergraduate class at University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida \u00a0[STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2014-01-08 \u201cMicrogravity Science Applications,\u201d Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2013-11-21 \u201cValue of Documentation,\u201d Part of a Technical Writing class at University of Maryland, College Park [STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2012-12-02 \u201cLunar Volatiles Science, LCROSS, RESOLVE &amp; Others, The story continues,\u201d Brighton High School, Brighton, Colorado, Chemistry AP Students [STEM]<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2011 \u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2011-11-15 \u201cFly Early, Fly Often, Fly Safe.\u201d University of Colorado Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) [STEM]\n<ul>\n<li>Slides:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/kennicosmith\/suborbital-opportunities-for-students\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/kennicosmith\/suborbital-opportunities-for-students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2011-06-15 \u201c\u201cFly Early, Fly Often, Fly Safe.\u201d SETI Lunchtime Talk Series, Mountain View, California\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cN-odv0Ea5Q\">You Tube Link\u00a0<\/a>(1 hr talk)\u00a0[General Audience]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-443 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2011-June-SETI-Presentation-300x234.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2011-June-SETI-Presentation-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2011-June-SETI-Presentation-768x600.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2011-June-SETI-Presentation.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2011-02-28 \u201c\u201cBox of Rocks\u201d : An experiment to study to evolution of regolith blocks in microgravity\u201d and \u201cSouthwest Research Universal Imaging System (SWUIS) for astronomy and aeronomical observations from suborbital space vehicles,\u201d Next Generation Suborbital Conference, Orlando, Florida [Conference]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2004-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presenter American Association of University Women (AAUW) and Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County sponsored \u201cTech Time Science Club for Girls,\u201d a Monday evening 2-hour workshop series focusing on hands-on activities for a group of 30-40 Girl Scouts, grades 4-6. My workshops have been: <strong>2004 &amp; 2006<\/strong> \u201cSpectroscopy: Fingerprints of Light.\u201d <strong>2005 &amp; 2007<\/strong> \u201cInfrared Light: More than Your Eyes Can See.\u201d <strong>2009<\/strong> \u201cImpact Crater Formation on the Moon\u201d and <strong>2010<\/strong> \u201cEngineering Design Practices at NASA.\u201d [STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010-09-18 International Observer the Moon Night (InOMN) in Boulder, CO; Interactive LCROSS\/LRO video presentation, hands-on activities, adults and kids [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2010-07-21 \u201cLCROSS and Future Directions for Lunar Research,\u201d Lunar Science Forum, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2010-02-19 \u201cLCROSS: the lunar hitch-hiker that made an impact (literally!) on how we view our Moon and its science secrets.\u201d NASA Speakers Bureau, Sacramento Astronomy Club, Sacramento, California [General Audience]<\/li>\n<li>2010-02-18 Career Day, King\u2019s Academy, Sunnyvale, California [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2010-02-10 \u201cLCROSS Mission Results,\u201d Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2010-01-20 \u201cLCROSS Mission Results,\u201d University of California, Santa Cruz, Geology &amp; Planetary Science Seminar Series [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2009-07-15 Girl Scout tour through NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2009-07-17 \u201cAstronomy &amp; Powers of Ten,\u201d NASA Speakers Bureau Millbrae Summer School Program, Millbrae, California [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2009-07-19 Moonfest volunteer, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2009-07-20 Spoke to the Young Lunar Scientist group at NASA\u2019s Lunar Science Institute Summer Program [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2009-07-24 \u201cSolar System,\u201d Montessori school, College Ave, Palo Alto [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2009-09-23 \u201cLCROSS mission\u201d,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bayareascience.org\/calendar\/index.php?eID=952\"> Luna Philosophie coffee house-style talk<\/a>, San Francisco, California [General Audience]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2008-12-17 \u201cLCROSS Mission,\u201d John Moores University, Liverpool, England [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2008-02-15 \u201cLCROSS Payload\u201d, Astronomer Workshop, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [Conference]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2007-03-15 \u201cLCROSS Mission,\u201d Presentation to the Italian Space Agency, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2007-12-18 \u201cInfrared Astronomy Telescopes in Space,\u201d Presentation to the Missile Defense Agency, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2006-06-10 \u00a0\u201cIce Chemistry in Quiescent Dark Clouds,\u201d SOFIA lunchtime seminar series, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2006-05-20 \u201cGrism Performance for mid-IR (5-40 microns) Spectroscopy,\u201d Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes &amp; Instrumentation meeting, Orlando, Florida [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>2006-01-20\u201cAstrobiology and the AstroBiology Explorer,\u201d Planets and Life Seminar Series, University of Texas at Austin [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2004-07-22 \u201cAstrobiology, Astrochemistry, and the AstroBiology Explorer,\u201d Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, England [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>2004-07-28 \u201cAstrobiology, Astrochemistry, and the AstroBiology Explorer,\u201d Astrophysics Research Institute, John Moores University, Liverpool, England [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2003<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2003-08-04, 2003-09-19 \u201cA Beginner\u2019s Guide to Infrared Astronomy,\u201d \u201cGeneral Astronomy\u201d and \u201cWhat It is Like to be a NASA Scientist\u201d 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade schools California &amp; New Jersey [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>2003-10-21 \u201cAstrobiology, Astrochemistry, and the AstroBiology Explorer (ABE),\u201d NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2002<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2002-08-24 \u201cDevelopment and Testing of a 1024 x 1024 pixel Si:As IBC Detector for SOFIA-like Applications\u201d and \u201cLarge Format Si:As IBC Array Performance for NGST and IR Space Telescope Applications\u201d, SPIE Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii [Conference]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2001<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2001-07-17 Space Camp California presenter \u201cPlaying with Cool Space Toys for Space Astronomy,\u201d Space Camp grades 7-8, Mountain View, California [STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-446 aligncenter\" src=\"\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2001-July-SpaceCamp-Presentation-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2001-July-SpaceCamp-Presentation-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2001-July-SpaceCamp-Presentation-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2001-July-SpaceCamp-Presentation.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>2000<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2000-03- 09 \u201cMid-IR Prospects for NGST\u201d and \u201cThe Multi-band Imaging Photometer for SIRTF,\u201d NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California [Seminar]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1996-1998<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1999-10-01 \u201cAn Integrated Science Instrument Module for the Next Generation Space Telescope,\u201d University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>1999-08-26 \u201cAn Integrated Science Instrument Module for the Next Generation Space Telescope,\u201d NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>1999-04-22 \u201cRecipes for Building Astronomical Instruments,\u201d US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland [STEM]<\/li>\n<li>1999-04-20 \u201cConceptual Study of the NGST Science Instrument Module\u201d NGST Technology Symposium, Woods Hole, Massachusetts [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>1999-03-20 \u201cOH Suppression Spectroscopy for Large Telescopes,\u201d Steward Observatory Symposium, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona [Seminar]<\/li>\n<li>1999-01-06 \u201cNear Infrared Faint Object Spectroscopy,\u201d 193rd American Astronomical Meeting AAS Meeting, Austin, Texas, Thesis Presentation [Conference]<\/li>\n<li>Presenter on CCDs, optical telescopes, and general astronomy topics for the National Science Week, Cambridge, UK, through Cambridge University and the Association of Women in Science and Engineering (AWISE) [STEM]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do really enjoy and embrace any opportunity to share what I am learning and\u00a0create conversations through presentations, hands-on activities and, more recently, through\u00a0blogs. 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