Focus Area
Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation
Education
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1992
M.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, 1988
B.S.E., Aerospace Engineering (summa cum laude), The University of Michigan, 1987
B.S., Letters and Engineering, Calvin College, 1985
Professional Experience
2/08-present, The A. Richard Seebass Chair Professor, Aerospace Engineering Science, University of Colorado
2/08-present, Adjunct Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan
8/07–1/08, Visiting Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
10/06–12/07, Graduate Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan
9/02–1/08, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan
9/99–8/02, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan
8/05-12/05, Visiting Professor, JSPS Fellow, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan
5/99–8/99, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan
8/97–8/99, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Iowa State University
9/92–7/97, Member of the Engineering Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Awards (selected)
NASA Tech Brief Award (2006)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowships at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan (1999, 2005)
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2003)
NASA Group Achievement Awards (1998, 2002)
Best Paper of Conference Award (with F. Y. Hsiao), 12th AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas (2002)
Asteroid (8887) 1994LK1 renamed (8887) Scheeres. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 4th Ed., L.D. Schmadel, Springer (1999)
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Award for an outstanding publication in the category of Special Publications (1995)
Recipient of a Rockwell International Fellowship at The University of Michigan (1989-1992)
Graduated summa cum laude from The University of Michigan (1987)
