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As some of you know, I am a doppelganger and have another life as a scientist, writer, and educator...

Recent Publications / Posters / Presentations

R PeckTaking Notes on La Poruna, Chileyno. Robotic Exploration of Our Solar System (and beyond!). (Invited Lecture) Tigard Public Library. October 01, 2011.

R Peckyno. Space Stations - From Skylab to Space Hotels. (Invited Lecture) Tigard Public Library. September 24, 2011.

R Peckyno. The Sky is Falling: Meteorites, Asteroids, and Hazards from Above. (Invited Lecture) Evergreen Aviation Museum. July 28, 2011.

R Peckyno.  Lava Flow Morphology and Margin Analysis (LLAMA).   Master's Thesis, Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, 2010.

R Peckyno, S de Silva. R M Lopes. D Pieri.  "LAMDA - The Lava Morphology Database: First Results and Interpretations"  (POSTER) AGU Annual Meeting. December 2009, San Francisco, CA.

R Peckyno, S de Silva. "LAMDA - The Lava Morphology Database: Concept and Call for Support"  (PRESENTATION), GSA Annual Meeting. October 2009, Portland, OR.

R M Lopes; ER Stofan; R Peckyno; et.al. Distribution and Interplay of Geologic Processes on Titan: Analysis Using Cassini Data. Icarus Volume 205, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 540-558. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2009.08.010.

R Peckyno, S de Silva.  Assessing the Impact of Data Resolution for Remote Sensing Based Models of Planetary Lava Flow Rheology. (POSTER) AGU Annual Meeting. December 2008, San Francisco, CA.

L C Wye, H A Zebker, R M Lopes, R Peckyno, A Le Gall, M A Janssen. Surface Parameters of Titan Feature Classes From Cassini RADAR Backscatter Measurements.(POSTER) AGU Annual Meeting. December 2008, San Francisco, CA.

With my JPL mentor Rosaly Lopes

R Peckyno, R M Lopes. Shaping Titan Update: GIS Mapping Saturn's Largest Moon. (POSTER) Oregon NASA Space Grant Student Symposium. December 2008, Corvallis, OR.

R Peckyno, R M Lopes. Shaping Titan Update: GIS Mapping Saturn's Largest Moon. (PRESENTATION) ASPRS Columbia River Region Technical Session. September 2008, Vancouver, WA.

R Peckyno, S de Silva. Lava Flow Margin Lobation As A Proxy For Rheology. (POSTER) IAVCEI Annual Conference. August 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland.

R Peckyno, S de Silva. Lava Flow Margin Lobation As A Proxy For Rheology. (VIRTUAL PRESENTATION) OSU GEO Day. May 2008, Corvallis, OR.

R Peckyno.  The Sky is Falling: Disaster Mitigation, Management, and Media regarding the Asteroid Hazard.  Master's Thesis, University of North Dakota Space Studies Department, 2004

R Peckyno. Mutual Inspiration: Science and Science Fiction.(PRESENTATION), Univeristy of North Dakota, 6/2006.

Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide - Contributing author. ISBN: 1894959426, Release 05/28/2006.

R Peckyno, DKR Robinson, R. Zelnio. The Committee on Lunar Exploration Advanced Robots and Satellites (CLEARS): A Working Model for the Alignment of Lunar Science Programs.(PRESENTATION) 55th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law, Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct. 4-8, 2004. IAC.04.IAA.3.6.1.09.

R Peckyno.   Whiskey, Wire, and Steel: A Remote Sensing Perspective of Monessen, Pennsylvania Geography and History.   (PRESENTATION)   05/2003.

R Peckyno, E Sadeh. Political And Policy Evolution Of Chinese Lunar Plans. (AAS 03-750) Proceedings of the International Lunar Conference 2003. International Lunar Exploration Working Group 5 - ILC2003 / ILEWG 5. ISBN 0-87703-513-X.

Meeting (former) NASA Administrator Mike Griffin.Awards / Grants / Etc.

ASPRS Certified GIS Mapping Scientist #GS227P
Tower Geosciences Graduate Student Research Grant Recipient, 2009
Oregon NASA Space Grant Fellow, 2006-2010
President of the OSU Student Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), 2008-2009
Selected for the NASA Graduate Student "Coffee with the Administrator" Event, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, 2008
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Internship Grant, Summer 2007
Geoscience Information Society Website of the Year (Volcano World), 2005
Space Studies Graduate Student of the Year, 2003

Recent Teaching

2010, Oregon State University, Geosciences 599 - Planetary Geology (TA)
2009, Oregon State University, Geosciences 300 - Sustainability and Environmental Conservation
2008-2009, Oregon State University, Geosciences 427 - Volcanology (GVP/Volcano World Project Assistant)
2004-2006, University of North Dakota, Space Studies 200 - Introduction to Space Studies

 

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