Marcus Holzinger: "Cislunar Technology Development and Transition for Space Situational Awareness"

Speaker Bio: Pro. Holzinger is a Professor and Hatfield Endowed Professor of Space Policy and Law in the Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focuses on theoretical and empirical aspects of space domain awareness, development, and strategy, for which he has testified to the U.S. Congress, authored or co-authored over 170 conference & journal papers, served as PI for ~$25m USD in competitive research funding, and built several Raven-class telescope systems. He is the lead author for AFRL’s ‘A Primer on Cislunar Space’ white paper, is a recipient of an AFOSR Young Investigator Award and the National Academies Grainger Award. Dr. Holzinger is a National Academies selectee for the US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, a Fellow in the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and an Associate Fellow in the American Institute for Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA).

Abstract: Space Domain Awareness includes the detection, tracking, characterization, and prediction of space systems and their operators. The SDA field is truly interdisciplinary, drawing upon sensing, sensor fusion, information theory, sense-making, decision-support/making, tasking, controls, and dynamics. This seminar will investigate the system needs, recent SDA technology transfers, and extensions to Cislunar Space Situational Awareness (SSA). Specific elements of theory, software, and hardware validation will be shown.