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, Space Shuttle Software Engineering Dept., McDonnell-Douglas Technical Services Corporation (MDTSC), Houston TX 1985-1987. • Senior Engineer/Assistant to the NASA Flight Directors, NASA Johnson Space Center, 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, Texas, 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,