Symposium
in Honor of Professor Mario Carbonaro
at the Occasion of his Retirement

to be held on May 20, 2009 at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

On March 31, 2009 Professor Carbonaro terminated a long career of 43 years at VKI dedicated entirely to research and teaching, which culminated in 1999 by becoming the 9th Director of the Institute, a responsibility to which he devoted all his energy for more than 9 years.

To honor the career of Professor Carbonaro, the von Karman Institute will organize on May 20, 2009 a half-day symposium addressing the role of the von Karman Institute as partner in European space research projects with particular attention to the VKI Plasmatron facility one of the most important achievements of Professor Carbonaro.

Jan Muylaert
Director of the von Karman Institute

Programme

• 10h00 Opening/Welcome
  Jean Muylaert, Director of the von Karman Institute
• 10h10 On behalf of the Board of Directors
  Professor  Jean-Pierre Contzen, Chairman of the Board of Directors
• 10h30 Laudatio: “Mario Carbonaro – Dedication to Research and Teaching “
  Honorary Professor John Wendt, former VKI Director
• 11h00 The Role of the VKI Plasmatron in the International Competition of Research
  on Re-entry Vehicles in ESA Programs
  Lionel Marraffa ESA/ESTEC
• 11h30 VKI Plasmatron and CNES
  Dr. Jean-Marc Charbonnire,  CNES Centre de Toulouse
• 12h00 VKI Research Programs around the VKI Plasmatron Facility
  Professor Olivier  Chazot, von Karman Institute
• 12h30 Future Developments of Plasma Facilities for Space Research
  Dr. Anatoly Kolesnikov, Russian Academy of Sciences
• 13h00 Reception

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Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St-Genèse, Belgium

From 20.05.2009 to 20.05.2009