Mars	PTYS_442_542 Class Schedule, Spring 2024
		Instructor: Alfred McEwen
#	Date	Topic	Assignment
1	10-Jan	Introduction to course and to Mars	Barlow chapter 2
	15-Jan	MLK holiday
2	17-Jan	Exploration of Mars	Barlow 1.1,1.2, 1.3, 1.4
3	22-Jan	Mars surface materials	Barlow chapter 4; Homework-1 assigned
4	24-Jan	Introduction to MRO/HiRISE, HiRISE targeting demo	McEwenetal_JGR_2007.pdf
5	29-Jan	Mars history (1) pre-Noachian and Noachian	Barlow chapter 5
	31-Jan	No class, NASA planetary science division director Lori Glaze presentation and Q&A in Kuiper 308 at 3:45 PM
6	2-Feb (Friday)	Mars history (2) Hesperian; Impact cratering See class recordings in https://pirlwww.lpl.arizona.edu/~mcewen/Mars-442-542/class%20recordings/ if not able to attend.	Homework-1 due; Homework-2 assigned
7	5-Feb	Mars history (3) Amazonian.	Grad student topic choices due.
8	7-Feb	HiView demo and Present-day surface processes on Mars (non-polar)	Dundas et al., 2021
9	12-Feb	Finish present-day processes; Mars Datasets; JMARS demo
10	14-Feb	Robert Melikyan—Phobos and Diemos; Mackenzie Mills—extensive mud volcanism
11	19-Feb	Rowan Huang—Aeolian processes; Aaron McCray—RSL models	Homework-2 due; HiRISE targets must be entered in HiWish; Homework-3 assigned
12	21-Feb	Vic Baker -- ancient water on Mars	Baker, 2006; Baker et al., 2015; Last chance to modify or add HiRISE suggestions in HiWish (for class project)
13	26-Feb	Jack Holt—radar sounding of Mars’ subsurface	Holt, Orosei, and Phillips papers;
14	28-Feb	Gabe Gowman—Chinese exploration of Mars; Namya Baijal—Mars interior structure (TBD: Christina Singh—Mars glacial/periglacial processes)	Homework-3: Class project proposals (<1 page) due by end of this week
	4,6-Mar	Spring recess	HiRISE images start arriving, see HiReport.
15	11-Mar	Prof. Lynn Carter: Perseverance rover mission;	Farley2020. Homework-4 assigned
	13-Mar	Lunar and Planetary Science Conference—no class
16	15-Mar (Friday)	Discuss class projects, HiRISE project
17	18-Mar	Jeff Andrews-Hanna—Tectonics	Golombek&Phillips; all HiRISE images available
18	20-Mar	Shane Byrne -- Polar processes and Amazonian climate change	Byrne_areps_2009; Homework-4 due
19	25-Mar	Impact Cratering and dating landscapes
20	27-Mar	Search for life on Mars	Fairen et al., 2017
21	01-Apr	Concepts for future Mars exploration
22	03-Apr	Jessica Barnes--Mars meteorites	Udry et al. 2020; HiRISE image report due if image available(1-2 pages)
23	8-Apr	Christopher Hamilton—Mars volcanism	Voight et al., 2023
24	10-Apr	Roger Yelle--MAVEN and Mars atmosphere	Yelle, in press
25	15-Apr	student final presentations: Alex Antonic, Namya Baijal, Robert Melikyan, Bryson Walker, Ruby Baldwin	Homework-5 consists of short evaluations of student presentations
26	17-Apr	student final presentations: Fernando Jaime, Jalyn Kircher, Zack Shuster, Dare Barteit	student evaluations due; HiRISE image report due (late images)
27	22-Apr	student final presentations: Gigi Giralte, Mackenna Kropatsch, Sam Lockwood, Shae Henley, Gabe Gowman	student evaluations due
28	24-Apr	Student final presentations: Ava Doty, James O’Neil, Chance Lawrence, Sarah Nielson, Kaycee Ridenhour, Maddy Spiewak?,	student evaluations due
29	29-Apr	student final presentations: Travis Matlock, Aaron McCray, Rowan Huang, Gisselle Ramirez, Gemma Smith, Abhinav Vatsa?,	student evaluations due
31	01-May	student final presentations: Virginia Kress, Mingming Li, Maia Willis-Redick, Walter Rahmer, Kami Corba	Final papers due; student evaluations due