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Kenneth C Hansen

Research Associate Professor

Education:

Ph.D., Space and Planetary Physics, University of Michigan

M.S., B.S., Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University

Research:

Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of comets and the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn

Continued study of the dynamics of the Jovian system
Numerical modeling of the coupled Saturn-Titan system with application to mission planning for the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn
Continued study of comets, including the effects of strong neutral jets on the topology of cometary environments
Development of improved numerical methods for calculating the distribution of multi-species cometary ions and solar wind high charge state ions and the x-ray production resulting from their charge exchange with cometary neutrals
Participant in the development of a Space Weather Framework which will simulate the space environment starting at the solar surface and continuing to the Earth's upper atmosphere
Continued collaboration on understanding the Earth's paleomagnetosphere

College of Engineering Outstanding Research Scientist Award, University of Michigan
Ralph Baldwin Prize in Astrophysics and Space Sciences for excellence in research activities, PhD thesis and publications, University of Michigan
Distinguished Achievement Award, Space and Planetary Physics, University of Michigan
Participant, Magnetospheric and Plasma Science (MAPS) interdisciplinary science team, Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn
Leading development of Key Parameter database of data to be collected by Cassini fields and particles instruments

American Geophysical Union
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society
Reviewer, Journal of Geophysical Research, Advances in Space Research
Reviewer, NASA Geospace Sciences Supporting Research and Technology Program (Geospace SR&T)
Former Review Panel Member, NASA Geospace SR&T

Updated: 2010-05-24