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  Eugene H. Trinh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh was born on September 14, 1950, in Saigon, South Vietnam, he is the first Vietnamese-American to travel into outer space.
Eugene H. Trinh is the Director of the Physical Sciences Research Division in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise at NASA Headquarters.
Trinh was a Payload Specialist crew member on the STS-50/United States Microgravity Lab-1 Space Shuttle flight in 1992.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eugene_H._Trinh   (625 words)

  
 Yale Bulletin and Calendar
Trinh, who holds a Ph.D. in engineering from Yale (1974), is director of the physical sciences research division at NASA Headquarters (HQ) and a payload specialist crew member of Space Shuttle Columbia in April 1996.
Trinh also told the students that the shuttle needs to be upgraded.
Trinh said there may be a lot more water on the moon than previously thought and since it takes about a week to get there, it is almost next door.
www.yale.edu /opa/v31.n26/story4.html   (969 words)

  
 SPACE.com -- Study of Problematic Space Bubbles Electrified
Eugene H. Trinh, director of the Microgravity Research Division of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, knows first-hand the problems of space bubbles.
Trinh was an astronaut aboard the space shuttle in 1992, and he says he's always been interested in how fluids behave in microgravity.
Trinh, who said Herman's effort is probably the most versatile approach, also said the work could ultimately lead to new techniques for food preparation, and even improved cosmetics.
www.space.com /scienceastronomy/generalscience/space_bubbles_991117.html   (866 words)

  
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Trinh will serve as a payload specialist on the first U.S. Microgravity Laboratory mission, to be flown on the shuttle Columbia in mission STS-50.
The holder of six patents, Trinh specializes in studies involving physical acoustics, fluid dynamics and containerless materials processing.
NASA announced Trinh's selection along with that of Dr. Lawrence J. DeLucas of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who will work with him and the shuttle crew's mission specialists in conducting more than 30 experiments during the 13-day mission.
www.jpl.nasa.gov /files/releases/trinh.txt   (415 words)

  
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The 40-year-old Trinh previously was an alternate payload specialist for Spacelab 3, a microgravity mission which flew aboard the Space Shuttle in 1985.
As an alternate, he served as a back-up to the flight payload specialists and played a key role in the control center during the mission.
During the mission, Trinh and DeLucas will conduct more than 30 scientific and technological investigations in materials, fluids and biological processes in the orbiting laboratory.
science.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttle/missions/status/r91-66   (270 words)

  
 CICC 2002 Conference: Luncheon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Born September 14, 1950, in Saigon, Vietnam, Dr. Eugene Trinh was raised from the age of two in Paris, France and has lived in the United States since 1968.
Currently a resident of Culver City, California, Dr. Trinh is Director of the Physical Sciences Research Division in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.
Dr. Trinh was one of two science payload specialists on the first United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1) Space Shuttle flight.
www.ieee-cicc.org /2002/conference/luncheon.html   (215 words)

  
 Low Gravity Risky For Space Ships As Well As Crews
But better management as well as lab work is necessary, the study adds.
Eugene Trinh, who heads NASA's microgravity program, praised the panel's report as a comprehensive blueprint, but added that he did not expect to request major new funding in the near future.
Only about $3 million to $4 million goes to studying human exploration out of a budget of nearly $110 million, he added.
www.rense.com /general/lowgrav.htm   (679 words)

  
 CICC: Welcome!
Our honored guest speaker is Dr. Eugene Trinh, Director of the Physical Sciences Research Division in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise at NASA.
Trinh was a member of the Space Shuttle Columbia's crew in 1992.
The title of his talk will be "Accomplishments and Promises of Research in Low-gravity." This promises to be a fascinating and educational experience.
www.ieee-cicc.org /2002   (626 words)

  
 Speakers
Tran has an MS degree in computer science from George Washington University and a BS degree in computer science with Magna Cum Laude, from The University of Maryland.
Trinh graduated with a BS in Engineering from Columbia University and earned a PhD in Engineering from Yale University.
Trinh was born in Saigon, Viet Nam, raised from the age of two in Paris, France and has lived in the United States since 1968.
www.ncvaonline.org /vaylc/biographies2004.htm   (4898 words)

  
 Mission Operations and Hardware Performance
At the conclusion of each run as much fluid as possible was withdrawn into the reservoir and the heater retracted, if applicable.
STDCE was run almost completely on the Blue Shift, consisting of Mission Specialist Ellen Baker, Payload Specialist Eugene Trinh and Mission Specialist Ellen Baker Respectively in the photo.
Payload Specialist Eugene Trinh, from the Jet Propulsion Lab, conducted most of the STDCE operations.
microgravity.grc.nasa.gov /stdce/ops.htm   (728 words)

  
 Prof W.L. Johnson Awards
In addition to Temperature-Time-Transformation (TTT) curves, the HTESL can measure the specific volume, thermal expansion coefficient, the sureface tension, the viscosity, the ratio of specific heat and total hemispherical emissivity, and the electric resistivity of undercooled liquids.
In colaboration with Dr. Eugene Trinh of JPL, an electrostatic-acoustic hybrid levitator was developed.
Charged liquid drops were suspended in air by controlled electrostatic forces, and their resonant oscillations and rotations were induced by applying an appropriate acoustic pressure.
www.its.caltech.edu /~vitreloy/won-kyu.htm   (1341 words)

  
 East meets West in America
On it, a group of American Buddhists sits serenely in lotus position on a wooden veranda in Malibu contemplating the Pacific Ocean.
The other is of the Vietnamese American astronaut Eugene Trinh, who flew on a NASA space shuttle.
Tu Weiming, the Confucian scholar at Harvard, said this is a new "era where various traditions exist side by side for the first time for the picking.
bylanes.com /index.php?itemid=179   (292 words)

  
 Acknowledgements
The skill and dedication of these individuals were the elements that made the STDCE a world-class experimental apparatus.
Special thanks to Dr. Eugene Trinh who conducted the STDCE tests tirelessly and expertly for many hours.
This experiment was supported solely by The Microgravity Science and Applications Division of NASA Headquarters.
microgravity.grc.nasa.gov /stdce/cast.htm   (50 words)

  
 NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and "Rocket Boy" Homer Hickam Join National Rocket Contest
An orientation will be held at Great Meadow, The Plains, Virginia, on September 28, from 8 am to 11 am for students, parents and faculty to see model rocket demonstrations and learn more about the Team America Rocketry Challenge.
Astronaut Dr. Eugene Trinh of the NASA Headquarters Office of Biological and Physical Research NASA will speak about his experiences as an astronaut and the education that equipped him to pursue that career.
Students, teachers, and parents are welcome to attend in groups or individually.
www.aia-aerospace.org /aianews/press/2002/rel_09_12_02b.cfm   (410 words)

  
 Solid-State Circuits Society Quarterly Newsletter - April 2002
The Exhibit Hall is also the site for Monday's Exhibitors' Reception and Tuesday evening's Happy Hour, opportunities for attendees to network with their colleagues and the exhibitors.
The luncheon guest speaker is Eugene Trinh, director of the Physical Sciences Research Division in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise at NASA.
In his talk "Accomplishments and promises of research in low gravity," Dr. Trinh shares the results from his orbit research and gives the audience insight into future program directions.
www.ieee.org /organizations/pubs/newsletters/sscs/apr02/cicc.html   (899 words)

  
 Life Sciences Data Archive : Experiment
Around-the-clock investigations of the effects of weightlessness on plants, humans and materials highlighted the mission.
The STS-50 crewmembers were Commander Richard N. Richards, Pilot Kenneth D. Bowersox, Payload Commander Bonnie J. Dunbar, Payload Specialists Lawrence J. DeLucas and Eugene H. Trinh, and Mission Specialists Ellen S. Baker and Carl J. Meade.
The primary payload on board STS-50 was the U. Microgravity Laboratory -1 (USML-1) flown in a Spacelab modular research laboratory within the Shuttle orbiter's cargo bay.
lsda.jsc.nasa.gov /scripts/mission/miss.cfm?mis_index=132   (495 words)

  
 Bubbles behaving Badly - How do you make a bubble buoyant in space? For an astronaut, the answer could be a matter of ...
For an astronaut, the answer could be a matter of life or death, as Justin Mullins finds out
"NOBODY really understands how bubbles behave," says Eugene Trinh, an astronaut and applied physicist based at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
But there are good reasons for finding out.
www.newscientist.com /article/mg15320664.300.html   (334 words)

  
 March 26, 1992 to June 24, 1992
The longest spacewalk previously was seven hours, 37 minutes, established by Apollo astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the final moon landing in 1972.
Akers and Kathy Thornton are scheduled to demonstrate space station assembly procedures and to evaluate five proposed rescue devices for spacewalkers who become untethered.
The longest spacewalk previously was 7 hours, 37 minutes established by Apollo astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the final moon landing in 1972.
www.chron.com /content/interactive/space/archives/92/051596-11538.0-0.html   (20047 words)

  
 first Vietnamese-American to travel into Outer spa - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
first Vietnamese-American to travel into Outer spa, Dr. Eugene Trinh
Eugene Trinh was born on September 14, 1950, in Saigon, South Vietnam, he is the first Vietnamese-American to travel into Outer space.
But of course, he must not be confused with being the first Vietnamese in space ever, an honour which went to the cosmonaut Pham Tuan in 1980.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=43511   (148 words)

  
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SPACEFACTS, Dr. EUGENE TRINH HUU CHAU, US Astronaut 1992
TRINH CONG SON, World Peace Music Award 2004
DAO EUGENE VINH, HA ALLY, HO TINA, Semifinalist of INTEL STS 2005
www.vietnam4all.net /celebrities.htm   (1211 words)

  
 The Asian Chamber of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
NASA currently has six Asian astronauts with flight experience.
They are Leroy Chiao, PhD, Edward Tsang Lu, PhD, Daniel M. Tani, MA, Chiaki Mukai, M.D., PhD, and Eugene H. Trinh, PhD.
Community members took the opportunity to give Dr. Crow an overview of programs, community issues and community partnerships with Arizona State University.
www.asianchamber.org /viewIssue.php?issueId=18   (752 words)

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