Philip Christensen

Projects

Projects per year 1986 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2015 2016 2017 2021 2034

• 10 Active
• 95 Finished

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  Student-built Dual Wavelength Camera to Mars (NASA ESCAPADE mission)

  Christensen, P.

  OTHER: Arizona Public University (ABOR)

  3/1/23 → 2/28/24

  Project: Research project

  • mars 100%
  • students 84%
  • cameras 66%
  • wavelengths 40%

• Improving Thermal Model Capability for the Planetary Science Community

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  12/1/22 → 11/30/25

  Project: Research project

• FINESST: Carving Out the History of Ice on Mars by Investigating Serrated Terrains in Kasei Valles

  Whipple, K. & Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  9/1/22 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Mars 100%
  • ice 72%
  • history 60%
  • inertia 55%
  • fluvial process 27%

• Lucy LTES Phase E - Revision - 3

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  11/16/21 → 2/28/34

  Project: Research project

  • document 100%
  • science 85%
  • engineering 45%
  • planning 44%
  • telemetry 39%

• JMARS Software and Data Management Tool

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  10/15/18 → 9/29/24

  Project: Research project

  • Remote sensing 100%
  • Information management 89%
  • User interfaces 27%
  • Managers 19%
  • Display devices 14%

• E-THEMIS Phase B-C-D

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  2/26/17 → 11/24/24

  Project: Research project

  • Europa 100%
  • resource management 73%
  • document 69%
  • cost 63%
  • electronics industry 63%

• NASA SMD Exploration Connection

  Anbar, A., Williams, D., Christensen, P., Semken, S., Wadhwa, M., Young, P., Bell, J., Walker, S. & Elkins-Tanton, L.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  1/21/16 → 12/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • teacher 100%
  • expert 60%
  • student 47%
  • experience 44%
  • evaluation 43%

• OSIRIS-REx Science WBS 40

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  6/1/13 → 9/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Spectrometers 100%
  • Hot Temperature 48%
  • Asteroids 46%
  • Engineers 29%
  • Particle size analysis 14%

• Development of the Mars Targeting Tool (MTT) Layer for the Java Mission Planning and Analysis for Remote Sensing (J Mars) Software Package Supporting

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  9/26/05 → 9/29/24

  Project: Research project

  • Remote sensing 100%
  • Software packages 93%
  • Planning 61%
  • Computer software maintenance 27%

• THEMIS PHASE E BUDGET

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  5/26/01 → 9/29/24

  Project: Research project

  • budgets 100%
  • mars 36%
  • geomorphology 30%
  • Mars exploration 26%
  • mineralogy 22%
• Finished

  JPL Systems Engineering Class Collaboration with the Arizona State University (AS

  Klug Boonstra, S. & Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  11/21/22 → 9/24/23

  Project: Research project

  • Systems engineering 100%
  • Students 74%

• JPL Systems Engineering Class Collaboration with the Arizona State University(ASU) Space Works Program

  Klug Boonstra, S. & Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  12/8/21 → 9/25/22

  Project: Research project

  • Systems engineering 100%
  • Students 74%

• JMars Adaptation for Europa Clipper

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  5/10/21 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

• Khalifa University/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Postdoctoral Program Emirates Mission to Mars (EMM)

  Christensen, P.

  OTHER: Foreign University

  3/1/21 → 2/28/23

  Project: Research project

  • physics 100%
  • United Arab Emirates 67%
  • travel 34%
  • human resources 31%
  • lodging 19%

• Science Apprenticeship Task Order 8

  Christensen, P.

  OTHER: Domestic Non-ABOR University

  1/1/21 → 1/2/21

  Project: Research project

  • Apprentices 100%
  • Electronic mail 15%
  • Personnel 10%
  • Radiative transfer 10%
  • Space flight 8%

• JPL Systems Engineering Class Collaboration with the Arizona State University (ASU) Space Works Program

  Christensen, P. & Klug Boonstra, S.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  12/16/20 → 9/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Systems engineering 100%
  • Students 74%

• Commercial Stratospheric Validation of LEO-TIMS

  Christensen, P.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  11/16/20 → 1/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • flight 100%
  • information processing 88%
  • temperature 47%
  • engineers 41%
  • ingestion 31%

• Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Thermal Infrared Imaging System (LEO-TIIS)

  Christensen, P.

  DOD-USAF: Air Force Research Labs (AFRL)

  9/20/19 → 1/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Infrared imaging 100%
  • Imaging systems 89%
  • Orbits 74%
  • Earth (planet) 70%
  • Infrared instruments 27%

• Thermal Infrared Camera Design Study

  Christensen, P.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  3/1/19 → 11/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Infrared radiation 100%
  • Cameras 81%
  • Infrared instruments 59%
  • Hot Temperature 55%
  • Image sensors 35%

• Phase I - Europa DescentVisible Imagery Module (ED-VIM)

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  6/29/18 → 2/7/19

  Project: Research project

  • Cameras 100%
  • Image sensors 93%
  • Radiation 41%
  • Testing 27%
  • Industry 26%

• Europa Onboard Science Proposal

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  10/10/17 → 9/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Europa 100%
  • proposals 63%
  • mars 20%
  • spacecraft 15%

• Chariot to the Moons of Mars

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  6/1/17 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • natural satellites 100%
  • mars 98%
  • spectrometers 62%
  • Mars missions 45%
  • space exploration 37%

• Emirates Mars Mission Science Training and Capability Development

  Christensen, P.

  OTHER: Domestic Non-ABOR University

  2/1/17 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Apprentices 100%
  • Electronic mail 18%
  • Personnel 16%
  • Radiative transfer 6%

• Lucy - L'TES

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  1/23/17 → 11/15/21

  Project: Research project

  • TES 100%
  • Costs and Cost Analysis 36%
  • Guidelines 18%
  • Economic Inflation 14%
  • Spacecraft 12%

• JAsteroid - Software Maintenance and Updates for OSIRIS-REx - Phase E

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  11/1/16 → 5/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • OSIRIS 100%
  • asteroid 69%
  • software 42%
  • document 38%
  • science 35%

• Improving Thermal Model Capability for the Planetary Science Community (15PDART15 2-023)

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  8/1/16 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Hot Temperature 100%
  • Costs 79%
  • Websites 71%
  • Feedback 26%

• Phoenix: Thermal Imaging to Explore the Impact of Urban Heat Islands on the Environment

  Bowman, J., Sharp, T., Christensen, P. & Gharavi, L.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  5/9/16 → 5/8/19

  Project: Research project

  • Infrared imaging 100%
  • Hot Temperature 40%
  • Small satellites 40%
  • Bolometers 26%
  • Students 24%

• Lucy Thermal Emission Spectrograph (LTES) Instrument Sopport to the Lucy Discovery 2014 Phase A Study

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Marshall Space Flight Center

  2/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Spectrographs 100%
  • NASA 35%
  • Hot Temperature 30%
  • Infrared spectrographs 24%
  • Project management 20%

• Mini-TES for the MER Science Project FY 2016

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/28/15 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • PDS 100%
  • opera 59%
  • data exchange 27%
  • worker 13%
  • costs 11%

• Identifying and Quantifying Phyllosilicate-Bearing Materials on Solar System Bodies

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  8/1/15 → 4/23/19

  Project: Research project

  • solar system 100%
  • spectrum analysis 46%

• Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS)

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  7/23/15 → 2/25/17

  Project: Research project

  • Europa 100%
  • thermal emission 78%
  • venting 11%
  • mars 9%
  • surface properties 8%

• BASALT: BIOLOGIC ANALOG SCIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH LAVA TERRAIN - REMOTE SENSING STUDIES

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Ames Research Center

  6/3/15 → 6/2/19

  Project: Research project

  • lava 100%
  • science 63%
  • remote sensing 62%
  • Mars 15%
  • program 8%

• Emirates Mars Explorer Institutional Phase A: Development of the Mars Infrared Ex

  Christensen, P.

  OTHER: Domestic Non-ABOR University

  9/3/14 → 5/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • spectrometers 100%
  • physics 36%
  • engineers 21%
  • electronics 15%
  • flight 14%

• OSIRIS-REx Science Processing and Operations Center (SPOC)

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/1/13 → 10/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • OSIRIS 100%
  • asteroid 69%
  • science 42%
  • document 36%
  • regolith 26%

• Development of Long-wavelength Infrared Camera for Planetary Exploration

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  6/1/12 → 5/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Spectrometers 100%
  • Wavelength 74%
  • Emission spectroscopy 73%
  • Infrared radiation 73%
  • Cameras 60%

• Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) Thermal Emission Spectrometer (OTES)

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  12/16/11 → 11/12/16

  Project: Research project

  • Spectrometers 100%
  • Hot Temperature 40%
  • Solenoids 6%
  • Diamonds 5%

• JAsteroid for the Dawn Mission to Vesta and Ceres

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  4/11/11 → 3/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • TimeLine 100%
  • Maintenance 53%

• Thermal Conductivity Laboratory Measurements of Complex Surfaces with Applications to Mars

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  2/23/11 → 2/22/17

  Project: Research project

  • mars 100%
  • thermal conductivity 66%

• ASU Mars Education Program

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  9/27/10 → 3/27/16

  Project: Research project

  • mars 100%
  • education 83%
  • Mars exploration 58%
  • students 33%
  • learning 18%

• ASU MESDT (Mars Exploration Student Data Teams) supporting CRISM

  Christensen, P.

  Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

  8/6/10 → 9/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • Mars 100%
  • student 90%

• Development of the Java Mapping and Analysis for Remote Sensing (JMARS) Software and Data Mangement Tool

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  7/1/10 → 10/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Remote sensing 100%
  • Asteroids 24%
  • User experience 9%
  • Software packages 9%
  • Imaging techniques 7%

• OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer (OTES)

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Marshall Space Flight Center

  3/16/10 → 7/31/12

  Project: Research project

  • Spectrometers 100%
  • Hot Temperature 40%

• Mapping of Acidalia Planitia Mars

  Christensen, P.

  DOI: US Geological Survey (USGS)

  2/24/10 → 12/1/13

  Project: Research project

  • Mars 100%
  • albedo 27%
  • material 20%
  • landform 13%
  • spacecraft 13%

• NESSF: Modeling Glacier Flow on Ascraeus Mons, Mars (Alicia Griffin)

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  9/1/08 → 6/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • glacier flow 100%
  • Mars 62%
  • modeling 28%

• Development of Curriculum and Program associated with the Lunar Student Imaging Program

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  6/15/08 → 9/30/11

  Project: Research project

  • curriculum 100%
  • student 45%

• Development of a Microsopic Analysis Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Micro TES) for Planetary Landed Missions

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  5/23/08 → 3/22/12

  Project: Research project

  • thermal emission 100%
  • spectrometers 65%

• Laboratory Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Planetary Surfaces

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  4/16/08 → 9/30/11

  Project: Research project

  • planetary surfaces 100%
  • spectroscopy 34%

• Lonar Crater, India: Spectral analog for shocked basalt on Mars

  Christensen, P.

  The Barringer Crater Company

  11/5/07 → 10/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • crater 100%
  • Mars 96%
  • basalt 86%

• THEMIS-derived Thermal Inertia and Temperature Mosaics of the MSL Candidate Landing Sites

  Christensen, P.

  National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)

  9/19/07 → 9/26/11

  Project: Research project

  • landing sites 100%
  • inertia 58%
  • temperature 17%

• Laboratory Measurements and Application to Martian Surface Properties

  Christensen, P.

  NASA: Goddard Space Flight Center

  8/1/07 → 7/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • laboratory 100%