Friday August 22, 2025 (UH Campus, Bachman Hall)
07:30 – Check in and Breakfast
08:00 – UH (Chris Sabine) and MDAA (Riki Ellison) Program Welcome
08:30 – Program Structure & Intro – Karen Meech, PhD, Robert Wright, PhD
09:00 – Program Overviews (25 min + 10 Q&A each)
• State of the Art detector Technology – Branden Allen, PhD
• Adaptive Optics – Mark Chun, PhD (remote)
10:10 Break
10:30 – Program Overviews (25 min + 10 Q&A each)
• Small Satellite Systems – Miguel Nunes, PhD
• SAR, and microwave remote sensing – Justin Stopa, PhD
11:40 Lunch
12:10 Lunch Forum – Rob Morrison, Indo Pacific Command
13:10 – Program Overviews (25 min + 10 Q&A each)
• Space Domain Awareness – Ned Davis, PhD
• Uncertainties in Space Domain Awareness – Andrey Popov, PhD
• Launch capabilities and Innovation – Luke Flynn, PhD
14:55 Break
15:15 – Program Overviews (25 min + 10 Q&A)
• Data Visualization – Jason Leigh, PhD
• IR IFUs for Space – Haosheng Lin, PhD
• Space Weather – Veronica Bindi, PhD
• Systems of Systems – Margo Edwards, PhD
17: 35 – Welcome Reception
19:30 End

Saturday August 23, 2025 (UH Campus, Bachman Hall)

07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Program Overviews (25 min + 10 min Q&A)
o AI, Machine Learning, Data Security – Curt Dodds
o Orbital Constellations – Trevor Sorensen, PhD
09:10 – UH Logistics and Expectations
09:40 Break
09:55 – MDAA Led Capstone Development and Teaming
11:40 Lunch
12:10 – Lunch Forum – Robert Stephenson, Indo Pacific Command J8
13:10 – MDAA Led Capstone Development and Teaming
14:55 Break
15:10 – Capstone development (Contingency)
17:00 – Conclusion

Friday Sept. 26, 2025 (UH Campus, Bachman Hall Loulu Room)
07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Golden Clouds Live Stream – Riki Ellison, Gen. (Ret.) Glen VanHerck, and Gen.
(Ret.) Charles Flynn
09:00 – Faculty Lecture
• Multi-wavelength observing systems and performance modeling – Robert Wright,
PhD
11:00 Break
11:15 – Faculty Lecture – part 1
• AI, Machine Learning, Accelerated Computing, and Secure Comms – Curt Dodds
12:15 Lunch
12:45 – Faculty Lecture – part 2
• AI, Machine Learning, Accelerated Computing, and Secure Comms – Curt Dodds
13:45 Break
14:00 – Capstone Project Development
17:00 – Conclusion

Saturday Sept. 27, 2025 (Island of Hawaii – IfA Hilo)

Book Hawaiian Air flight HA142 Lv HNL 7:11 to Hilo AR at 8:07 am
IfA Hilo: 640 NAohoku Place #209
08:30 – Arrive Hilo Airport, meet R. Wright at baggage claim, Polynesian adventure
transport to IfA Hilo
08:45 – Breakfast
09:15 – Faculty Lectures
• Instrument flow down – Next Generation Sensors and Integration – Branden Allen,
PhD
11:15 – Lunch
12:00 – Faculty Lecture
• Adaptive Optics and Advanced Optical Manufacturing – Mark Chun, PhD
14:00 Break
14:15 – Lab Tours
15:50 – Transport to Hilo Airport
Book Hawaiian Air flight 341 LV Hilo at 17:26 to Honolulu, AR at 18:20

Friday October 24, 2025 (Coconut Island – Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology)
08:15– Meet across from the Yacht club parking across from 46-170 Yacht Club Street
08:30 – Shuttle to Coconut Island (in two groups)
09:00 –Walk to start of tour
09:30 – 2 groups – ocean sensors operations (from the island) and by boat to buoy
11:30 – Head to the lagoon for lunch
12:00 – Lunch Forum at Lagoon Pavilion
• MDAA Guest Speaker
13:30 – Head to the Old Pauley boat docks or MMR docks
14:00 – 2 groups – ocean sensors operations (from the island) and by boat
16:00 – Break
16:30 – Boat shuttle back to transport to Windward Community College

Saturday October 25, 2025 (UH Campus, Keller 103)

07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Faculty Lecture
• Systems of Systems – Margo Edwards, PhD
10:00 – Break
10:20 – Capstone project development
12:00 Lunch
12:30 – Lunch Forum (MDAA Guest speaker – Mag. Gen. Joaquin Malavet, Ret.)
13:30 – Capstone project development
17:00 – Conclusion

Tour of military and commercial space-based programs, Engagement with Space and Missile
Defense senior leadership

Thurs December 4, 2025

Participants to present preliminary versions of Capstones at the Missile PAC Conference
Location: Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (2058 Maluhia Rd, Honolulu), Stackpole

Auditorium
Time: 14:15-15:00 (TBC)
Friday December 5, 2025 (UH Campus-POST 601. parking lower campus )
07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Faculty Lecture
• Cube and Small Satellite Systems – Miguel Nuñes, PhD
10:00 Break
10:15 – Faculty Lecture
• Launch Systems and new innovations – Luke Flynn, PhD
12:15 Lunch
12:45 – Lunch Forum
• MDAA Guest Speaker – Maj. Gen. (Ret) Joaquin Malavet
13:45. Break
14:00 – Hawaii Space Flight Lab Tours – Miguel Nunes, PhD, Luke Flynn, PhD
17:00 – Conclusion
Saturday December 6, 2025 (UH Campus, Keller 103, parking at Keller)
07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Faculty Lecture
• Leveraging State of the Art Immersive visualization – advanced cyber
infrastructure – Jason Leigh, PhD

10:00 Break
10:15 – Hands on experience – Immersive Visualization – Jason Leigh, PhD
11:30 – Lunch Forum
• MDAA Guest Speaker – Lt. Gen. (Ret) Jon “Ty” Thomas
12::30 Lunch
13:00 – Capstone Development with – Immersive Visualization & guests
15:00 Break
17:00 – Conclusion

Friday Jan 9, 2026 (Maui)

Take Hawaiian Airlines flight HA 1016 to Maui, LV 6:15 AR Maui 6:55

07:15 – Arrive at Maui Kahului Airport, meet at baggage for transfer

08:00 – Check in and Breakfast (Kihei – Maui High Performance Computing Center)

08:30 – Faculty Lecture

• Current challenges in Space Domain Awareness, Improving the state of the art –

Ned Davis, PhD

10:30 – Facility Tour

10:45 – Depart for Pukalani

11:45 – Box Lunch at Astronomy Facilities

12:15 – PanSTARRS Control room

12:30 – Depart for Haleakala

13:30 – Tour AEOS at Maui Optical Surveillance Complex

15:00 – PanSTARRS Telescope Tour

15:45 – ATLAS Telescope Tour

16:15 – Depart for Kahului

18:15 – Arrive Maui Airport

Take Hawaiian Flight 1205 leaving 19:58 arriving 20:39

**Agenda times still being finalized, likely to be adjusted

Saturday Jan 10 2026 (UH Campus, Keller 103)

07:30 – Breakfast

08:00 – Faculty Lecture

• Space Domain Awareness Uncertainty – Andrey Popov, PhD

10:00 Break

10:15 – Faculty Lecture

• Microwave Remote Sensing for Space Systems – Ocean Sensing – Justin Stopa,

PhD

12:15 Lunch

12:45 – Lunch Forum

• MDAA Guest Speaker

13:45 – Capstone Project Collaboration in the 3D visualization lab environment

17:00 – Conclusion

Friday February 6, 2026 (UH Campus, Keller 103)

07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Faculty Lecture
• Space Weather, impacts, forecasting and protection – Veronica Bindi, PhD
10:00 Break
10:15 – Faculty Lecture
• Miniature IFUs for Space – Haosheng Lin, PhD
12:15 Lunch
12:45 – Lunch Forum
MDAA Guest Speaker
13:45 – Faculty Lecture
• Mission operations and satellite constellations – Trevor Sorenson, PhD
15:45 Break
16:00 – Capstone project collaboration
17:00 End

Saturday February 7, 2026, UH Campus – Keller 103)

07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Faculty Lecture
• Science Traceability for Mission Success – Karen Meech, PhD
10:00 Break
10:15 – Capstone project collaborations (with MDAA)
12:15 Lunch
12:45 – Lunch Forum
• MDAA Guest Speaker
13:45 Capstone project collaboration
15:00 – Break
15:15 – Capstone project collaboration
17:00 End

Friday Mar 6, 2026 (UH Campus, Keller 103)
Parking – Lower campus – Zone 20 –

A. Hoffman will have parking passes for you at the gated entrance to the

garage (Left side)

07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 – Capstone Project Collaboration
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 – Capstone Project Collaboration
17:00 – Conclusion

Saturday Mar 7, 2026

(UH Campus, CMORE Hale – Moore Conference Center Auditorium)
Parking free on Saturday – any open zone 4 / 5 stalls near the building
07:30 – Breakfast
08:00 –Welcome and Introductions (UH, MDAA)
08:30 – Capstone presentation 1
09:30 – Break
09:45 – Capstone presentation 2
10:45 – Break
11:00 – Capstone presentation 3
12:00 – Lunch
13:00 –Graduation Celebration
14:00 – Reception
15:00 End