Aerospace Lecturer Profile :

Brent W. Barbee
Aerospace Engineering Program Lecturer
brent.barbee@gmail.com | (301) 448-5681|

Education

Master of Science in Engineering, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
Major field: Astrodynamics and Spacecraft Mission Design.
Research interests: spacecraft trajectory design, spacecraft mission design, spacecraft rendezvous and proximity operations, spacecraft simulation and modeling, deflection of hazardous asteroids and comets.
Thesis: Mission Planning for the Mitigation of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects.
Supervising Committee: Wallace T. Fowler, Ph.D. and Cesar A. Ocampo, Ph.D.; December 2005

Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Concentration: Spaceflight Dynamics, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics; December 2003

Instructor

ENAE 601 Instructor: Astrodynamics is the study of the motion of human-made objects in space, subject to both natural and artificially induced forces. This course covers theoretical and applied
Astrodynamics at the graduate level, building upon the foundations developed in ENAE 404 and ENAE 441 and utilizing an approach that includes elements of celestial mechanics, trajectory design,
spacecraft mission analysis & design, and simulation & modeling. The course format includes weekly lectures, homework assignments, exams, and a project. Student participation and class discussion is strongly encouraged in lectures and creativity and engineering professionalism are strongly encouraged in assignments, exams, and projects.

Presentations

"A Survey of Capabilities and Program Objectives for Using Nuclear Devices to Mitigate the Threat Posed by Hazardous Near-Earth Objects," 2008 Asteroid Deflection Research Symposium, October 24, 2008, Crystal City, VA

"Get Rich or Go Extinct: The Asteroid Business Case" with Brad Blair, NewSpace 2008: Creating the Future or Living in the Past, July 19, 2008, Crystal City, VA

"Deflection of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects using Nuclear Explosive Technology," Aerospace Technology Working Group Meeting, May 22, 2007, Dallas, TX

"A Discovery Class Scientific Characterization Mission to Asteroid Apophis," NASA GSFC Flight Dynamics Seminar, May 9, 2007, Greenbelt, MD

"Algorithms for Safe Spacecraft Proximity and Rendezvous Operations," Internal seminar at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratories, March 19, 2007, Laurel, MD

"Optimal Impulsive Deflection Analysis and Mission Scenarios for Asteroid Apophis," Planetary Defense Conference, March 6, 2007, Washington, D.C.

"Safe Autonomous Proximity Operations Algorithms," Internal seminar at the Naval Research Laboratories, November 7, 2006, Washington, D.C.

"Systems Engineering Approach to the Mitigation of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)," NASA GSFC Systems Engineering Seminar Series, July 11, 2006, Greenbelt, MD

Publications

Barbee, B.W., Davis, G.W., Hur-Diaz, S., "Spacecraft Trajectory Design for Tours of Multiple Small Bodies," AAS 09-433, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 9-13, 2009.

Barbee, B.W., "Planetary Defense: Near-Earth Object Deflection Strategies," USAF Air & Space Power Journal (Spanish Edition), Spring 2009, Vol. 21, No.1, April 2009.

Mitchell, J.W.; Baldwin, P.J.; Barbee, B.W.; Kurichh, R.; and Luquette, R.J.; "Characterization of a Radio Frequency Space Environment Path Emulator for Evaluating Spacecraft Ranging Hardware,"
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, & Control Conference, August, 2008.

Mitchell, J.W., Barbee, B., Baldwin, P., Luquette, R., "Expanding Hardware-in-the-Loop Formation Navigation and Control with Radio Frequency Crosslink Ranging," Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, September 24 - 28, 2007. (Historic Inns of Annapolis, Governor Calvert House, Annapolis, Maryland, USA)

Barbee, B., Fowler, W., "Spacecraft Mission Design for the Optimal Impulsive Deflection of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) using Nuclear Explosive Technology," Planetary Defense Conference, Washington DC, March 5-8, 2007.

Barbee, B., Gertsch, L., Fowler, W., "Spacecraft Mission Design for the Destruction of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) via Distributed-Energy Explosives," Planetary Defense Conference,
Washington DC, March 5-8, 2007.

Gaylor, D., Barbee, B., "Algorithms for Safe Spacecraft Proximity Operations," AAS-2007-107, AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Sedona, Arizona, January 28, 2007.

Barbee, B., et al, "Optimal Deflection of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects and Mitigation Mission Design Using Current Technology," 2006 NASA Near-Earth Object Detection and Threat Mitigation Workshop, Vail, CO, June 26-29, 2006.

Barbee, B. "Mission Planning for the Mitigation of Hazardous Near-Earth Objects," Master's Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, December 2005.

Professional Organizations
Member, AIAA

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