Please join us October 12-13, 2026 for a "Symposium on Planetary Regolith and Aeolian Processes: A tribute to the life and career of Rob Sullivan" at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The program will include public lectures, keynote speakers, and contributed talks.
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/SullivanSymposium
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Ithaca Marriott Downtown on the Commons: Book your group rate for Rob Sullivan Symposium
SOC: Don Banfield (Ames), Jim Bell (ASU), Alex Hayes, Julie Rathbun (Cornell)
Please consider submitting a short 15-30 second video clip with a quick remembrance / tribute to Rob: https://cornell.app.box.com/f/404648923baa402fbe2b9568024b12c8
Agenda:
Monday, October 12 | 120 Physical Sciences Building | ||
9:00 AM | Introduction | ||
9:20 AM | Dan Blumberg | Connecting Field Studies, wind profiles, and climate models for Earth and Mars | |
9:50 AM | Ralph Lorenz | Sand, Wind, and Spacecraft | |
10:10 AM | Jeff Johnson | Investigating Wind and Sands from Mars Pathfinder to Sullivan Field | |
10:30 AM | BREAK | ||
10:45 AM | George McDonald | Granular Transport Mechanisms in Large Martian Ripples as Revealed by Rover Imager | |
11:05 AM | Michel Louge | Detecting evanescent waves of ultra-low moisture through hyper-arid sand surfaces | |
11:20 AM | Adrian Brown | Olivine particle growth on Mars | |
11:35 AM | Jim Zimbleman (remote) | Witnessing a Genius at Work in the Field | |
11:50 AM | Jeff Moore (remote) | Remembrance | |
12:00 PM | Steve Squyres (remote) | Remembrance | |
12:10 PM | LUNCH | ||
1:15 PM | Ken Herkenhoff | Comparing recent and ancient wind direction indicators in Jezero Crater, Mars | |
1:35 PM | Don Banfield | Aeolus, and Rob's insight into Stokes Lengths | |
1:50 PM | Bianca Margara | Instruments to study Mars saltation | |
2:10 PM | BREAK | ||
2:25 PM | Beth Clark | Geology of Asteroids | |
2:45 PM | Abhinav Jindal | The Paths that Sculpt a Comet | |
3:05 PM | Mike Malin (remote) | Remembrance [TO BE CONFIRMED, PLACEHOLDER] | |
3:15 PM | Elsa Jensen | A View from the Trenches: How Rob Showed Us Mars | |
3:30 PM | BREAK | ||
4:30 PM | TRANSPORT FROM MARRIOTT TO YACHT CLUB | ||
5:00 PM | PUBLIC TALK | Jim Bell | |
6:00 PM | RECEPTION | ||
6:30 PM | DINNER | ||
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Tuesday, October 13 | 120 Physical Sciences Building | ||
9:30 AM | Introduction | ||
9:40 AM | Zibi Turtle | Building from Galileo Solid State Imaging (SSI) observations of Europa to plan future exploration with the Europa Imaging System (EIS) on Europa Clipper | |
10:00 AM | Charlie Detelich | Cracking the Code of Europa's Double Ridges | |
10:20 AM | Julie Rathbun | Moving Ice on Europa | |
10:35 AM | BREAK | ||
10:50 AM | Alex Hayes | Observable Consequences of Waves on Titan Lakes and Seas | |
11:10 AM | Jason Soderblom | Formation and Evolution of Impact Melt on Titan: Implications for Habitability | |
11:25 AM | Dan Lalich | The origin and evolution of Titan's plains | |
11:40 AM | Una Schneck | Sediment Transport in Titan’s Hydrocarbon Lakes | |
