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Updated: 2007-10-15
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Specializations and Research Interests
- Investigations of electrodynamic tethered systems in the ionosphere and high-density electron beam effects
- Microwave diagnostics of dense, high-speed plasmas for space electric propulsion
Honors, Awards and Accomplishments
- Led team of U-M, Utah State and Stanford University researchers investigating tether electrodynamic fundamentals in the Earth's ionosphere and use of space tethers for scientific and technological applications
- Led student team designing and building U-M's first-ever student satellite, Icarus, part of NASA's ProSEDS mission
- Principal Investigator, Shuttle Electrodynamic Tether System (SETS) experiment on NASA's TSS-1R mission
- Phase-1 winner of the University Space Research Association (USRA), Student Explorer Demonstration Initiative (STEDI) missions
- Developed advanced microwave interferometer for highly accurate plasma density and turbulence measurements of space electric propulsion plasma plumes
- Designed a successful neutral gas release system for spacecraft charge neutralization
- Faculty Excellence Award, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000
- Excellence in Research Award, Department of AOSS, 1997
- AT&T/Lucent Technologies Education and Research Enhancement Award, 1997
- Key Note Speaker, European Space Agency (ESA), Roundtable on Space Tethered Applications, 1994
Professional Service
- Associate Editor, American Geophysical Union
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- American Geophysical Union
- American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics (senior member)
- Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
Updated: 2007-10-15
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