International Conference on Environmental Systems explained

The International Conference on Environmental Systems, or ICES (known prior to 1990 as the Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems), is an annual technical conference focusing on human spaceflight technology and space human factors. Session topics include: Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS), thermal control, life sciences, extra-vehicular activity (EVA) systems (including space suit design and human-robot interaction), space architecture, and mission planning for exploration.

Since 1971 the conference has taken place every year except for 2020, when it was canceled due to the Covid pandemic.

History

The first ICES conference was held in San Francisco in 1971, after three years of work by members of Environmental Control and Life Support System specialist committees representing four different societies: the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA). It replaced three other meetings held each year as part of various society conference programs and since then it has been held every year. In 1972, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) became the fifth and final co-sponsoring society for ICES.[1]

Prior to 1990, ICES organization was US-only. In 1990 it became international, by merging the American conference with a similar conference held in Europe, and ICES started to be held abroad (for the first time in Germany in 1994). Since 2000, the ICES conference takes place four times out of five in the US and once in five years outside US (so far in 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016).

For its first 39 years, the main ICES organizer was the Society of Automotive Engineers; from 2010 through 2013, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics filled the role of main organizer, supported by American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and ICES International Committee. Starting in 2014, the conference became an independent entity that was organized by Texas Tech University.[2] in 2014 and 2015. In 2016, the conference became independent with its own website at http://www.ices.space whilst AIAA, AIChE, ASME, and the ICES International Committee continue organizing the conference sessions. As of 2024, ICES is organized by the ICES Steering Committee and five technical committees, with financial support coming from the sponsorship of several private companies.[3]

Papers presented at ICES are published every year in the conference proceedings, from 1971 to 2009 by SAE, then from 2010 to 2013 by AIAA. These papers are available and searchable online respectively at the SAE and AIAA websites. Since 2014, proceedings, hosted by Texas Tech University, are publicly accessible from the ICES conference website.

Conference locations

The conference is located primarily in the United States, and was located exclusively on the west coast of the US for its first 19 years. Since 1994, the conference has taken place in Europe roughly once every five years.

Year Location
1971 San Francisco, California
1972 San Diego, California
1973 San Diego, California[4]
1974 Seattle, Washington
1975 San Francisco, California[5]
1976 San Diego, California[6]
1977 San Francisco, California[7]
1978 San Francisco, California[8]
1979 San Francisco, California[9]
1980 San Diego, California
1981 San Francisco, California
1982 San Diego, California[10]
1983 San Francisco, California[11]
1984 San Diego, California
1985 San Francisco, California
1986 San Diego, California[12]
1987 Seattle, Washington[13]
1988 San Francisco, California[14]
1989 San Diego, California
1990 Williamsburg, Virginia[15]
1991 San Francisco, California
1992 Seattle, Washington
1993 Colorado Springs, Colorado[16]
1994 Friedrichshafen, Germany[17]
1995 San Diego, California
1996 Monterey, California
1997 Lake Tahoe, Nevada[18]
1998 Danvers, Massachusetts[19]
1999 Denver, Colorado[20]
2000 Toulouse, France[21]
2001 Orlando, Florida[22]
2002 San Antonio, Texas
2003 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[23]
2004 Colorado Springs, Colorado[24]
2005 Rome, Italy[25]
2006 Norfolk, Virginia[26]
2007 Chicago, Illinois[27]
2008 San Francisco, California[28]
2009 Savannah, Georgia
2010 Barcelona, Spain[29]
2011 Portland, Oregon
2012 San Diego, California[30]
2013 Vail, Colorado[31]
2014 Tucson, Arizona
2015 Bellevue, Washington
2016 Vienna, Austria[32]
2017Charleston, South Carolina
2018Albuquerque, New Mexico
2019Boston, Massachusetts[33]
2020postponed to 2021[34]
2021Virtual[35]
2022St. Paul, Minnesota
2023Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2024Louisville, Kentucky
2025Prague, Czech Republic

Organization

The ICES conference is organized by the following committees:[36]

Initially the conference was co-organized also by the AsMA Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Branch Executive Committee,[1] now discontinued.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aerospace Division: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International): By-Laws and Operation Guide. Files.asme.org. 20 January 2015.
  2. Web site: 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2015) :: Civil & Environmental Engineering :: TTU. ttu.edu. 20 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140415194227/http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ceweb/ices/. 15 April 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: The Conference . Ices.space. 2 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Physical/Chemical Closed-loop Water-recycling. Ntrs.nasa.gov. 20 January 2015.
  5. Web site: Air Revitalization: Oxygen Production. oregonstate.edu. 20 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120319030607/http://people.oregonstate.edu/~atwaterj/o2.htm. 19 March 2012.
  6. Web site: THE SHOCK AND VIBRATION DIGEST. VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121009081550/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA022496&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf. dead. October 9, 2012. Dtic.mil. 20 January 2015.
  7. Web site: URC WEB: Urine Pretreatment. urc.cc. 20 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330150554/http://www.urc.cc/urine.htm. 2012-03-30. dead.
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  9. Web site: NICOLA NERVEGNA. Didattica.polito.it. 20 January 2015.
  10. Web site: EXPERIMENT INFORMATION - Vestibular Experiments (1NS102) . July 18, 2009. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090512211807/http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/experiment/exper.cfm?exp_index=446 . May 12, 2009 .
  11. http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/experiment/exper.cfm?exp_index=238 EXPERIMENT INFORMATION - Animal Studies on Spacelab-3 (SL3 1.1)
  12. Web site: Drexel University Libraries /All . 2012-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330150554/http://innopac.library.drexel.edu:5701/search~S9?%2FaInterscope+Communications+%28Firm%29%2Fainterscope+communications+firm%2F-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB%2Fbrowse . 2012-03-30 . dead .
  13. Web site: Regenerative Life Support: Water Production. oregonstate.edu. 20 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150109063115/http://people.oregonstate.edu/~atwaterj/h2o_gen.htm. 9 January 2015.
  14. Web site: W. Dempster CV . August 11, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043050/http://www.biospheres.com/keydempstercv.html . May 17, 2008 .
  15. Web site: Advanced Life Support: Moon. oregonstate.edu. 20 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081008014813/http://oregonstate.edu/~atwaterj/als_moon.htm. 8 October 2008.
  16. Web site: Singapore Polytechnic Library. sp.edu.sg. 20 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128171725/http://www.lib.sp.edu.sg/search~S0/aInternational+Conference+on+Environmental,+Industr/ainternational+conference+on+environmental+industrial+and+applied+microbiology+2005+badajoz+spain/-3,-1,0,B/browse. 28 January 2016. dead.
  17. Web site: Paragon Space Development Corporation - Life has no limits.. paragonsdc.com. 20 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120418104536/http://www.paragonsdc.com/paragon_publications_09.php. 18 April 2012.
  18. Web site: Pubkis . July 18, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080918063833/http://www2.usu.ru/ipham/LabTransHetSys/eng/Pubkis.html . September 18, 2008 .
  19. Microgravity as a Novel Environmental Signal Affecting Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence. 68. 6. 3147–3152. Infection and Immunity. 97548. 2000. Nickerson. C. A.. Ott. C. M.. Mister. S. J.. Morrow. B. J.. Burns-Keliher. L.. Pierson. D. L.. 10816456. 10.1128/iai.68.6.3147-3152.2000.
  20. Web site: 29th International Conference on Environmental Systems - Denver. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607040118/http://reality.sculptors.com/pipermail/floating-cities/1999-May/msg00007.html. dead. 7 June 2011. sculptors.com. 20 January 2015.
  21. Web site: Science - Publications . July 18, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080618222429/http://www.lrt.mw.tum.de/en/wissenschaft/veroeffentlichungen.phtml . June 18, 2008 .
  22. Web site: Dave Akin's Spacecraft Design Reference Library. umd.edu. 20 January 2015.
  23. http://conferences.esa.int/ices2003/index.html 33rd International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES)
  24. Web site: IWRACS WRG - Publications . July 18, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070728081141/http://www.iwracs.ce.ttu.edu/WRG/Publications.htm . July 28, 2007 .
  25. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/Publications.html ISS Experiment and Facility Results Publications
  26. Web site: Definition of Human Factors. Chris Adams. About.com Home. 20 January 2015. 11 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140411192221/http://ergonomics.about.com/b/2006/06/22/36th-international-conference-on-environmental-systems-register-now.htm. dead.
  27. Web site: SCB . July 18, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090619231936/http://spacebiosciences.arc.nasa.gov/publications.html . June 19, 2009 .
  28. Web site: Claudio Finetto : Turin Area, Italy : Defense & Space. Linkedin.com. 20 January 2015.
  29. Web site: 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems . www.aiaa.org . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100205091207/http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2385 . 5 February 2010 . dead.
  30. Web site: 42nd International Conference on Environmental Systems . August 11, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110129215249/http://aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=230&lumeetingid=2571 . January 29, 2011 .
  31. Web site: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. aiaa.org. 20 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150120212729/https://www.aiaa.org/ICES2013/. 20 January 2015.
  32. Web site: ICES 2016 Vienna. International Conference on Environmental Systems, Inc.. 2016-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160817202857/https://www.ices.space/ices-2016-vienna-.html. 2016-08-17. dead.
  33. http://sicsa.egr.uh.edu/conferences/49th-international-conference-environmental-systems-ices 49th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES)
  34. https://www.ices.space/conference-postponement-to-2021/ 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems POSTPONED until JULY 2021
  35. Web site: Thermal Systems Modeling of Chemical Heat Integrated Power Source (CHIPS) to Survive Lunar Night Environments.
  36. Web site: ICES Technical Organizing Committees. 2 August 2024.
  37. Web site: ICES 2020: 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems. 29 July 2020.

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