TREVOR C. SORENSEN Specialist /Project Manager Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory Office: POST 509C Phone: (808) 956-4715 Mobile: (808) 772-2851 E-mail: [email protected] Related Web Page: www.hsfl.hawaii.edu

Areas of Specialty and Research Interest

• Space mission operations • Spacecraft autonomy • Spacecraft design and development • Space mission design • Orbital mechanics • Spacecraft guidance and control • Software design and development • Space propulsion • Lunar missions • Space history

Education

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas • D.E. (Doctor of Engineering), Aerospace Engineering,1979 • M.S., Aerospace Engineering,1976 • B.S., Aerospace Engineering,1973

Experience

• CEO, Interstel Technologies, Inc., Honolulu, HI , December 2014 – present. • Specialist and Project Manager, Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2007 – present. • Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, 2000 - 2007 • Program Manager, Advanced Missions Development Group, Honeywell Technical Solutions Company, Columbia MD, 1999 – 2000. • Deputy Project Manager and Technical Lead, DataLynx Satellite Tracking Network, Honeywell Technical Solutions Company, Columbia MD, 1998 – 1999. • Program Manager, Space Systems Research & Development Contract at NRL, AlliedSignal Technical Services Company (ATSC), Columbia MD. 1995 – 1998. • Lunar Mission Manager, DoD/NASA Clementine Mission, ATSC, Columbia MD, 1992 -1995. • Observations Manager, UVPI Mission Planning and Assessment Center, Bendix Field Engineering, Alexandria VA 1990 - 1992. • President and Chairman, Interstel Corporation, Webster TX 1986 – 1990. • Technical Specialist/Task Manager, Software Engineering Dept., McDonnell-Douglas Technical Services Corporation (MDTSC), TX 1985-1987. • Senior Engineer/Assistant to the NASA Flight Directors, NASA , Houston TX 1981 – 1985.

Dr. Trevor C. Sorensen 1 • Senior Engineer, Guidance and Control Mechanics, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, NASA JSC, Houston TX 1980 – 1981. • Research Associate, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA 1977 – 1979. • Research Assistant, Center for Research Inc., University of Kansas, Lawrence KS 1974 – 1976. • Aircraft Structural Engineer, Technology Incorporated, Dayton OH, 1973 – 1974.

• Summers 2001, 2003, 2004. NASA Summer Faculty Fellow at NASA JPL

Courses Taught

University of Hawaii at Manoa • ENGR 100 Engineering Freshman Seminar, guest lecturer, Fall 2010 and 2011 • ME 419 Astronautics, Spring 2009, 2012, 2014-2017 • ME 423 Mass Transfer, substitute lecturer, Fall 2016 • ME 481 Senior Design I, Fall 2017 • ME 482 Senior Design II, Spring 2018 (planned) • ME 492 Orbital Mechanics, Spring 2017, 2018 (planned) • EE 296, 396, 496 Design Projects, multiple Fall and Spring semesters

Professional Activities

• Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) − Director of the Space and Missiles Group (consists of 14 technical committees), 2008 - 2014 − AIAA Space Operations and Support Technical Committee, (Member: 1995 – 2008, Chair: 2004 – 2005) − Member of the Small Satellite Technical Committee, 2014 – present

• Fellow, American Astronautical Society (AAS) − Vice President, Education 2001 - 2003 − Member of Board of Directors 2003 - 2009 − Member of AAS History Committee 1996 – present

• International SpaceOps Organization - Member of Committee-at-Large - Member of Publications Group subcommittee - Chair of Awards Group subcommittee 2005 – 2016

• Sigma Gamma Tau (Aerospace Honor Society) 1976 - present • Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Space Science and Engineering, 2013 - present • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Space Exploration, 2016 – present • College of Engineering Faculty Senate Executive Committee, UHM, 2011 - 2015 • University Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, UHM, 2013 - 2014, 2017 • University Faculty Senate, UHM, 2013-2015 • University Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP), 2013 - 2015

Honors and Awards

• Invited Panelist, “SmallSat Operations,” SpaceOps 2014 Conference, Pasadena CA, May 2014 • Granted tenure, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012.

Dr. Trevor C. Sorensen 2 • Invited Panelist, “Expanding Access to Information,” Ground Systems Architecture Workshop, LA CA, March 2012 • Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2011 • AIAA Distinguished Service Award, 2005 and 2014 • Chair of AIAA Space Operations and Support Technical Committee, 2005 • Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, 2003 • NASA Summer Faculty Fellow, 2001, 2003, and 2004 • AlliedSignal Aerospace Bold Thinking Award ’97, 1998 • University of Kansas Aerospace Engineering Alumni Honor Roll, 1997 • NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, 1994 • Finalist for "Engineer of the Year," Design News magazine, 1994 • AlliedSignal Technical Service Corp’s Special Recognition Award, 1994 • NRL Certificate of Appreciation for contribution to SDIO/LACE Program, 1991 • McDonnell-Douglas Certificate of Merit for contribution to Shuttle Program, 1985 • NASA Group Achievement Award (STS-41C Rendezvous and Proximity Operations) 1984 • Letters of Commendation from NASA Flight Directors Larry Bourgeois and Jay Greene, 1984 • D.E. Project Final Report nominated for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of the University of Kansas, 1979 • First place in AIAA Student Paper Competition (Graduate Level, Central Region, 1976) • Chosen as U.S. Graduate Level Astronautics entry in the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) International Student Paper Competition, 1976

External Grants

1. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “The KU High Altitude Balloon System and the KUBESat-1 Project” funded by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, October 2003 – February 2005. 2. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “Kansas Universities’ Technology Evaluation Satellite Pathfinder Mission” funded by NASA JPL, October 2003. 3. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “Space Systems Failure Analysis” funded by NASA JPL, February 2004. 4. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “Evaluation of the Dosimeter Radfet Array During the Kansas Universities’ Technology Evaluation Satellite Pathfinder Mission” funded by NASA JPL, May 2004. 5. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “Kansas Universities’ Technology Evaluation Satellite – the MIST Mission” funded by NASA EPSCoR, October 2004. 6. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “Development of an Open-Architecture Mission Operations System to Support Multiple Small Spacecraft Missions” funded by NASA EPSCoR, September 2010. 7. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “Development of the COSMOS Attitude Control Operations Testbed Platform System” funded by DOD DURIP, July 2011. 8. Sorensen, T.C., (PI) “CABLE Mission Study Support” funded by Communications Canada, October 2011. 9. Sorensen, T.C., (Co-I) “Autonomous Control Technology for Unmanned Aerial Systems with Agricultural and Environmental Applications in Central Pacific Islands” funded by NASA EPSCoR, September 2017.

Selected Refereed Publications

1. "Wind Tunnel Investigation of Low-Speed Buffeting of the Pioneer Venus Probes," Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol.15, No.1, Jan-Feb 1978, pp. 34-39. 2. "The Clementine Mission to the Moon Scientific Overview," co-author, Science, Vol. 266, Dec. 16, 1994, pp. 1835-1839. 3. "Spacecraft Autonomous Operations Experiment Performed During the Clementine Lunar Mission," principal author, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 32, No.6, Nov-Dec 1995, pp. 1049-1053. 4. “Global Digital Mapping of the Moon,” co-author, Lunar and Planetary Science, Vol. 27, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, , March, 1996, p. 335.

Dr. Trevor C. Sorensen 3 5. “Galileo Energetic Particle Detector Survey of the Spatial Distribution and Energy Spectra of >1 and >10 MeV Electrons in the 10 to 40 RJ Region of the Jovian Magnetosphere,” principal author, Icarus, Vol. 178, No.2, November 15 2005, pp. 395-405. 6. “The Clementine Mission – A 10-Year Perspective,” principal author, Journal of Earth System Science, Vol. 114 No. 8, Dec. 2005, pp. 645-668. 7. “Using Measures of Effectiveness to Analyze and Improve Mission Operations,” principal author, accepted for publication, Journal of Space Operations, http://www.opsjournal.org/, 2010. 8. “Mission Operations,” a chapter in New SMAD: Space Mission Engineering, Microcosm Astronautics Books, Hawthorne, CA, 2011. 9. “Plug and Play Mission Operations,” principal author, Proc. IEEE-2011-06187394, Big Sky, Montana, March, 2012. 10. “Mission design and operations of a constellation of small satellites for remote sensing,” principal author, SPIE-8739-5, SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensors Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 29, 2013. 11. “A University-Developed COSMOS to Operate Multiple Space Vehicles,” principal author, Space Operations: Experience, Mission Systems, and Advanced Concepts, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Vol. 242, AIAA, Reston, Virginia, 2013, pp. 169-192. 12. "The Development of Computer Programs to Determine Atmospheric Winds from Entry Probe Data and Possible Applications to the Pioneer Venus Mission," D.E Final Project Report, University of Kansas; also Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, March 1979. (Journal article in preparation) 13. "An Investigation of Atmospheric Turbulence on Venus and its Effect on the Pioneer Venus Probes in the Presence of Aerodynamic Buffeting," Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, May 1977. 14. "Determination of Recovery Factors for the Pioneer Venus Probes' Temperature Sensors," Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, in-house report, 1978. 15. "RMS Failure Resolution Techniques White Paper," NASA Johnson Space Center Memorandum CH4-81- 315, with co-author R. J. Hieb, Oct. 1981. 16. "Rendezvous Flight Techniques White Paper," NASA Johnson Space Center Memorandum DA8-83-58 (FT), Sept. 1983. 17. "Ultraviolet Plume Instrument Observations from Space: Strypi Rocket Plume," LACE Program, Naval Center for Space Technology, NRL, Washington, D.C., co-author, October, 1991. 18. "Ultraviolet Plume Instrument Imaging from the LACE Satellite - The Strypi Rocket Plume," NRL/FR/8121- -93-9526, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., co-author, September 17, 1993. 19. "Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE) Activity Operations Plan for Pre-Mapping Lunar Orbit Operations," SSD-D-DS037, DSPSE Program, Naval Center for Space Technology, NRL, Washington, D.C., November, 1993. 20. "Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE) Activity Operations Plan for Lunar Mapping," SSD- DDS038, DSPSE Program, Naval Center for Space Technology, NRL, Washington, D.C., November, 1993.

Other Publications

21. "Clementine Science Mission Operations," Clementine Handbook, Ed. David H. Smith, prepared for the Committee on Lunar and Planetary Exploration of the Space Studies Board of the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., October, 1994. (Paper was presented to the committee). 22. "Global Lunar Mapping by the Clementine Spacecraft," AAS Paper 95-127, Spaceflight Mechanics 1995, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 89, Part 1, 1995, pp. 457-476. 23. “Mapping the Moon with Advanced Sensors: The Clementine Satellite,” co-author, presented at 1st International Space Congress, Bremen, Germany, May, 1995. 24. “Effective Science Mission Operations - The Clementine Approach,” (with co-authors), RAL-GS-31, presented at 1st International Symposium on Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK, September, 1995. 25. “Clementine Mission Operations,” co-author, RAL-GS-11, presented at 1st International Symposium on Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, UK, September, 1995.

Dr. Trevor C. Sorensen 4 26. “A New Global Digital Map of the Moon from Clementine Image Data,” co-author, American Astronomical Society, DPS Meeting 28, Paper No. 17.01, American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1996. 27. “Using Measures of Effectiveness to Analyze and Improve Mission Operations,” (with co-authors), RAL.GS2.47, presented at 2nd International Symposium on Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Keble College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, July, 1997. 28. “The Design of a Commercial Spacecraft Control Network,” Paper 1c003, presented at Space Ops 98, Tokyo, Japan, June, 1998. 29. “DataLynx: A Commercial Ground Solution for End-to-End Satellite Operations,” Small Satellites Systems and Services,” Proceedings of 4th International Symposium (published by CNES), Antibes Juan les Pins, France, September, 1998. 30. “DataLynx: A Highly Automated Commercial Satellite Command, Control and Communications Service Network,” Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. XX1 – (Special Issue: Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Spacecraft Ground Control and Data Systems, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, Feb. 1999), pp. 3-9. 31. “Commercial Satellite Command, Control and Communications Services for Earth Observation Satellites Using DataLynx,” Small Satellites for Earth Observation, Digest of the 2nd International Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Berlin, Germany, April, 1999, pp.159-162. 32. “Designing a Commercial Ground System to Reduce the Cost of Mission Operations,” 3rd International Symposium on Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Tainan, Taiwan, March, 1999. 33. “Communication and Navigation Systems,” an essay in The Lunar Base Handbook, Peter Eckart, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999, pp. 423-426. 34. “Next Generation Space Telescope Operations Concept White Paper,” with co-author, prepared for the Space Telescope Science Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, Nov. 1999. 35. “Low-Cost Mission Operations Concept For The Next Generation Space Telescope,” with co-authors, 4th International Symposium on Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Applied Physics Laboratory, Maryland, April, 2001. 36. “Investigation Of The Trapped Radiation Environment In The Middle Jovian Magnetosphere Using Galileo Energetic Particle Data,” JPL In-House Report on Summer Faculty Fellowship Study, August, 2001. 37. “Satellite Mission Operations Best Practices,” co-authors, on-line white paper, AIAA, February, 2002 (being prepared as a journal paper). 38. “Kansas Universities’ Technology Evaluation Satellite Program,” principal author, 16th IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Space, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 2004. 39. “Student Space Design-Build-Launch Competition,” principal author, AIAA-2004-5926, AIAA SPACE 2004 Conference, San Diego Ca., September 2004. 40. “High Altitude Transmitter Flight Testing,” co-author, International Telemetering Conference, San Diego CA, October, 2004. 41. “KUTESat-2, A Student Nanosatellite Mission for Testing Rapid-Response Small Satellite Technologies in Low Earth Orbit,” Paper RS3 2005-3002, 3rd Responsive Space Conference, Los Angeles CA, April 25- 28 2005. (one of only 37 papers accepted for single track conference). 42. “Results of the 2005 Enhancing Space Operations Workshop Held by the AIAA Space Operations and Support Technical Committee,” principal author, Closing plenary session paper, 6th International Symposium on Reducing the Costs of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Darmstadt, Germany, June 14-17, 2005. 43. “Absorption of Relativistic Electrons by Orbiting Jovian Dust (and Gas),” co-author, Magnetospheres of the Outer Planets 2005 Conference, University of Leicester, UK, August 7-12, 2005. 44. “The Kansas Universities’ Technology Evaluation Satellite Program,” principal author, Paper #AIAA-2005- 6793, AIAA SPACE 2005 Conference, Long Beach, Ca., August 2005. 45. “LEO-1: Development Of A University Microsatellite For Flight Testing New Technologies,” principal author, AIAA-2009-6812, AIAA SPACE 2009 Conference, Pasadena Ca, Sept. 14-17, 2009. 46. “Cost-Effective Geophysical Exploration Of The Moon Using Instrumented Micro-Landers,” co-author, Ground-Based Geophysics on the Moon Symposium, Tempe AZ, January 21-22, 2010. 47. “Development of the Mission Operations Support Tool (MOST),” principal author, AIAA-2010-2230, SpaceOps 2010 Conference, Huntsville, AL, April 28, 2010. 48. “Design of a Scientific Lunar Micro-Lander Mission,” principal author, AAS-C.4.8, 12th ISCOPS Conference, Montreal Canada, July 27-29, 2010.

Dr. Trevor C. Sorensen 5 49. “HawaiiSat-1: Development of a University Microsatellite for Testing a Thermal Hyperspectral Imager,” principal author, AIAA-2010-8922, AIAA Space 2010 Conference, Anaheim, CA, Aug. 29 – Sept. 2, 2010. 50. “Cost-Effective Geophysical Exploration Of The Moon Using Instrumented Micro-Landers And A Relay Orbiter,” principal author, IAC-10-D9_2_8, International Astronautical Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 28, 2010. 51. Space Operations: Mission Management, Technologies, and Current Applications, co-editor, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series, Vol. 220, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2007. 52. “Development of a Comprehensive Mission Operations System Designed to Operate Multiple Small Satellites,” principal author, AIAA-SSC11-IX-3, AIAA/USU Small Satellite Conference, Logan, UT, August 2011. 53. “Adapting an Open-Architecture Mission Operations System for a Lunar Rover Mission,” principal author, Proc. IAC-12.A3.2C.7, 63rd International Astronautical Congress, Naples, Italy, September, 2012. 54. “Expanding the Comprehensive Open-architecture Space Mission Operations System (COSMOS) for Integrated Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Multiple Small Satellites,” co-author, Space Ops 2014, Pasadena, CA, May 2014. 55. “New Gateway to Space for Small Satellites by the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory,” principal author, 5- 950, 4S Symposium, Porto Petro, Majorca, Spain, May 2014. 56. “Using a Constellation of Small Satellites to Characterize the RF Quiescence of the Lunar Farside,” principal author, IAC-14.B4.8.5, 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2014. 57. “The COSMOS Mission Operations System and its Application to the HawaiiSat-1 Mission to Test New Remote Sensing Technologies,” principal author, 10th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, Berlin, April, 2015. 58. “COSMOS - An Innovative Nodal Architecture for Controlling Large Numbers of Small Satellites and other Diverse Assets,” principal author, 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies-RAST 2015, Istanbul, Turkey, June, 2015. 59. “The Future of Space Mission Operations Using a Multi-nodal Architecture,” SpaceOps Workshop, Russian Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, June, 2017.

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