{"id":91,"date":"2016-09-19T07:39:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T07:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/blog\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2021-06-24T23:15:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T23:15:58","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do enjoy tackling many types of problems. As a result, over the years,\u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0have chosen to work in a\u00a0variety of different science areas in astronomy and planetary science. \u00a0As I joined larger projects, \u00a0I would take on roles like Instrument Scientist, Project Scientist or Mission Scientist, as I find it rewarding and fun to move between science and engineering problems. For any new problem, I bring my toolbox of experience, often using tools I have learned from years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">RECENT SCIENCE AREAS (2010-Present)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/viper\">VIPER (lunar rover)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofia.usra.edu\/\">SOFIA <\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/\">New Horizons<\/a>\u00a0|<br \/>\nSmall Satellites |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/resource-prospector\">Resource Prospector<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/LCROSS\/main\/\">LCROSS<\/a> | Suborbital\/Balloons<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-91 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/viper_rendering_feb2021\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/VIPER_Rendering_Feb2021-150x150.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1363\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1363'>\n\t\t\t\tVIPER Rover\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/sofia_ed10-0182-01_full\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SOFIA_ED10-0182-01_full-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-459\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-459'>\n\t\t\t\tSOFIA\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/new_horizons_4q_poster_v3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/New_Horizons_4Q_poster_v3-150x150.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-458\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-458'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Horizons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/collapsiblespacetelescope\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CollapsibleSpaceTelescope-150x150.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-457\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-457'>\n\t\t\t\tSmall Satellites\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/resource-prospector\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/resource-prospector-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-456\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-456'>\n\t\t\t\tResource Prospector\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/lcross_centaur_sep_small\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LCROSS_Centaur_Sep_small-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-455\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-455'>\n\t\t\t\tLCROSS\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/wasp_baloon_2012\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/WASP_Baloon_2012-150x150.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-454\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-454'>\n\t\t\t\tSuborbital\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">PAST SCIENCE AREAS (before 2010)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tess.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\">TESS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/ames\/news\/releases\/2002\/02images\/abe\/abe.html\">ABE <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.as.arizona.edu\/mips\">Spitzer MIPS<\/a><br \/>\nIR DETECTORS |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jwst.nasa.gov\/isim.html\">JWST ISIM<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"\/KES\/index.php\/research\/thesis\/\">OH SUPPRESSION (PhD Thesis)<\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-91 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/tesspic\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TESSpic-150x150.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TESSpic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/TESSpic.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/abe\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ABE-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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Spitzer begins its &#8220;Beyond&#8221; mission phase on Oct. 1, 2016. The spacecraft is depicted in the orientation it assumes to establish communications with ground stations.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/sb226_irdetector\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/SB226_IRdetector-150x150.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/jwst_isim\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/JWST_ISIM-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/cohsi-paper\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/COHSI-Paper-150x150.png?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do enjoy tackling many types of problems. As a result, over the years,\u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0have chosen to work in a\u00a0variety of different science areas in astronomy and planetary science. \u00a0As I joined larger projects, \u00a0I would take on roles like Instrument Scientist, Project Scientist or Mission Scientist, as I find it rewarding and fun to move &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/home\/research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Research<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":74,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandrsmith.org\/KES\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}