**MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT INTERPRETATION TUTORIAL (MEIT)**

**March 2 - 4, 2004, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio**

## COURSE DESCRIPTION

The objectives of the NASA Glenn Microgravity environment interpretation
tutorial (MEIT) training course are:

1.  Educate both Project Scientists (PS) and Principal Investigators
    (PI) about the impact the microgravity environment will have on
    their experiments.

2.  Expose the PS and PI's to the different methods that can be used to
    assess and quantify the

> microgravity impact so that it can be taken into account during data
> analysis and data interpretation.

3.  Make the attendees aware of the many services the Principal
    Investigator Microgravity Services (PIMS) project offers to PSs and
    PIs as they evaluate the effects of varying acceleration levels on
    their experiments. These include services such as acceleration data
    analysis and interpretation; identification of acceleration sources
    related to vehicle systems, experiment hardware, and vibration
    isolation systems; development of data analysis techniques and
    displays per user requirements; characterization of the microgravity
    environment of the ISS in support of PIs; preparation of mission
    summary reports aiming at furthering the PIs understanding of the
    microgravity environment.

**THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE COVERED:**

A.  **How does the microgravity environment affect my research?**

    1.  NASA Microgravity Environment Program (MEP) Overview

    2.  PIMS Interactions with Experiment Teams

    3.  Payload Developer and Science Teams Interface to the ISS Program

    4.  An overview of Space Biology from Cells to Human

    5.  The influence of gravity on physicochemical systems

    6.  Impact of the Microgravity Environment on Experiments

    7.  Predicting Residual Acceleration Effects on Space Experiments

    8.  Physical Effects of Space Flight Acting on Biological Systems

    9.  Developing Microgravity Tolerance Specifications

B.  **What do you need to know to interpret correctly the ISS
    Microgravity Environment and the Microgravity Simulation Devices
    Results?**

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10. Working in a Reduced Gravity Environment: A Primer

11. Accelerometer Systems: Description and Capability

12. Analysis Techniques for Quasi-steady Acceleration Data

13. Analysis Techniques for Vibratory Acceleration Data

14. Microgravity Environment of Ground-based Facilities and Non-orbital
    Flight Platforms

15. Simulating 0-g on Earth and 1-g in Space

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C.  **How quiet my experiment needs to be?**

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16. Microgravity Emission Laboratory Test Facility

17. Fundamentals of Microgravity Vibration Isolation

18. Survey of Microgravity Vibration Isolation Systems

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D.  **What environment can I expect?**

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19. Microgravity Control Integration Process and Disturbance Predictions
    for ISS Rack Payloads

20. ISS Design Analysis Cycle and Environment Predictions

21. ISS Measured Quasi-steady Microgravity Environment

22. ISS Measured Vibratory Microgravity Environment

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E.  **How will I know the environment during my experiment on ISS?**

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23. PIMS International Space Station Operations and Data Access

24. The Use of Micro-acceleration Data for Convection Modeling and the
    Analysis of the Micro-acceleration limits

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Kenol Jules

PIMS Project Scientist

NASA Glenn Research Center