Jeffrey Parker

Jeffrey S. Parker
Research Professor
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0429
Phone: (303) 492-7061
parkerjs@colorado.edu

 

Focus Area

Astrodynamics & Satellite Navigation

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering Sciences, The University of Colorado at Boulder, 2007
M.S., Aerospace Engineering Sciences, The University of Colorado at Boulder, 2003
B.A., Physics and Astronomy (magna cum laude), Whitman College, 2001

Professional Experience

2012 – Present, Assistant Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2008 – 2012, Mission Design and Navigation Specialist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Missions included GRAIL, Chandrayaan-1, ARTEMIS, Hayabusa, Proposed MoonRise New Frontiers, Proposed Lunette and VALOR Discovery, Proposed Saturn Probe, Team-X.
2007 – 2008, Research Associate, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado

Awards (selected)

Meeting and Exceeding Great Achievements (MEGA) Award, JPL, NASA (2011) 1st Place in 2010 Global Trajectory Optimization Competition (2010) Achievement Award, Outstanding Team Award, and Flight Ops Team Award: Chandrayaan-1 Navigation (2010) NASA Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP) Fellowship Recipient (2005-2008) American Astronautical Society's John V. Breakwell Award (2005) Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant Award (2005) John A. Vise Award (2005) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (2002-2005)

Research Interests

Spacecraft mission design (interplanetary, lunar, and Earth-based)
Low-energy and low-thrust spacecraft trajectory design
Spacecraft navigation (LiAISON, lunar navigation)
Space Situational Awareness

Publications (recent)

Parker, J.S. & Anderson, R.L, Low-Energy LunarTransfer Handbook, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2013.

Vallado, D., "Chapter 12: Interplanetary Mission Design" in: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, 4th Edition, The Space Technology Library, Microcosm Press and Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2013.

Parker, J.S., "Targeting Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfers," Journal of Astronautical Sciences, Volume 58, No 3, Part 1, July – September 2011, pp. 311 – 334.

Parker, J.S., Anderson, R.L, & Peterson, A., "A Survey of Ballistic Transfers to Low Lunar Orbit," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2012 (in print).

Anderson, R.L & Parker, J.S, "A Survey of Ballistic Transfers to the Lunar Surface," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2012 (in print).

Parker, J.S., Davis, K.E., & Born, G.H., "Chaining Periodic Three-Body Orbits in the Earth-Moon System," ACTA Astronautica, Vol. 67, pp. 623 – 638, 2010.

Parker, J.S. and Born, G.H., "Modeling a Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfer Using Dynamical Systems Theory," AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp.1269 – 1281, Nov – Dec 2008.

Parker, J.S. and Born, G.H., "Direct Lunar Halo Orbit Transfers," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Volume 56, Issue #4, October – December, 2008.

Parker, J.S. and Born, G.H., "Trajectory Options for DUNE, a Near-Earth Dust Telescope," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 287 – 309, July – September 2008.

Curriculum Vitae

 

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