- James H. Newman
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Professor, Space Systems
Mail Code: SP
Space Systems Academic Group
Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone: 831-656-2487
Email: jhnewman (at) nps.edu
Web: www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/newman.html
- EDUCATION:
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PhD - Rice University, 1984
MA - Rice University, 1982
BA - Dartmouth College, 1978
NPS EXPERIENCE:
- July 2008 - present Professor, Space Systems Academic Group
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Mar 2006 - July 2008 NASA Visiting Professor
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
- 2003-2006 Director, NASA's Human Space Flight Program, Russia
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1990-2003 NASA / Johnson Space Center / Astronaut Office
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1985-1990 NASA / Training Division
TEACHING INTERESTS:
- Project-based courses involving CubeSats, balloons, and rockets
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Orbital Mechanics and Launch Systems
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Satellite Modeling and Simulation
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Project-oriented, hands-on education
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Small Satellites
AWARDS:
- California Space Authority SpotBeam Award / California Astronaut Hall of Fame (Former Astronaut), 2008
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Rice University Distinguished Alumni Award, 2007
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NASA Group Achievement Award to the Space Vision System Team, 2002
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Rotary Foundation's National Award for Space Achievement Team Award, 2001
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NASA Space Flight Awards (STS-51, 69, 88, 109)
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NASA Exceptional Service Medal, 1996
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Superior Achievement Award by the Institute of Navigation for "outstanding accomplishments as a Practical Navigator" for work on GPS (Global Positioning System) on the Space Shuttle, 1995
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AAS Flight Achievement Awards (1994, 1996)
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NASA Superior Achievement Award, 1988
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (View an extended list)
- D. Sakoda, S.D. Driscoll, V. Kaushish, R. Panholzer, J.H. Newman, "NPS CubeSat Launcher (NPSCuL) Structural Design and Verification", presented at the CNES 4S Symposium, Spain, 2010
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C.M. Hicks, A.C. DeJesus, A.D. Harris, M.R. Crook, F. Rossberg, D. Sakoda, R. Panholzer, and J.H. Newman, "Coach Class to Orbit: the NPS CubeSat Launcher", SSC09-X-9, presented at the 23rd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, UT, August 2009
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C. Ortiona, R.D. Jenkins, C.S. Malone, L.T. Dorn, M.P. Schroer, A. Schulenberg, P.M. Oppenheimer, W.M. Crane, D. Sakoda, M. Romano, R. Panholzer, and J.H. Newman, "The Naval Postgraduate School SCAT++ CubeSat Program", SSC09-XII-4, presented at the 23rd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, UT, August 2009
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J. H. Newman, D. Sakoda, and R. Panholzer, "CubeSat Launchers, ESPA-rings, and Education at the Naval Postgraduate School", SSC07-III-10, presented at the 21st Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, UT, August 2007
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Park, Y., J. Brazzel, R. Carpenter, H. Hinkel, and J. Newman, "Flight Test Results from Realtime Relative GPS Flight Experiment on STS-69," presented at the AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, TX, February 1996, published in Spaceflight Mechanics, 1996, vol. 93 of Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, pp. 12771296, 1996
KEYWORDS/TECHNOLOGIES:
- Keywords: CubeSats, small satellites, hands-on education
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