Research interests
- Asteroid surface resource characterization through distributed plasma analysis of meteoroid impact ejecta
- Ground-based hypervelocity impact experiments
- Deployable sensor systems for small satellites
Education
- Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2013
Advisor: Sigrid Close
- M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2007
- B.A.Sc., Engineering Science (Aerospace option), University of Toronto, 2005
Publications
Ph.D. Thesis
Journal Papers
- Lee, N. and S. Close (2016), Meteoroid Impact Detection for Exploration of Asteroids (MIDEA): A concept for asteroid prospecting, Planetary and Space Science, (in preparation).
- Arya, M., N. Lee, and S. Pellegrino (2015), Packaging thick membranes with slipping folds for crease-free compaction (in press).
- Lee, N. et al. (2016), Architecture for robotic in-space assembly of a modular space telescope, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 2(4), 041207, doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.2.4.041207.
- Goel, A., N. Lee, and S. Close (2015), Estimation of hypervelocity impact parameters from measurements of optical flash, International Journal of Impact Engineering, 84, 54-63, doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2015.05.008..
- Lee, N., S. Pellegrino, and Y.-H. Wu (2015), A design algorithm for the placement of identical segments in a large spherical mirror, >a href="http://astronomicaltelescopes.spiedigitallibrary.org/journal.aspx">Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 1(2), 024002, doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.1.2.024002.
- Close, S., I. Linscott, N. Lee, T. Johnson, D. Strauss, A. Goel, D. Lauben, R. Srama, A. Mocker, and S. Bugiel (2013), Detection of electromagnetic pulses produced by hypervelocity micro particle impact plasmas, Physics of Plasmas, vol. 20, 092102, 1-8, doi:10.1063/1.4819777.
- Lee, N. and S. Close (2013), Curved pleat folding for smooth wrapping, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, vol. 469, 20130152, doi:10.1098/rspa.2013.0152.
- Lee, N., S. Close, A. Goel, D. Lauben, I. Linscott, T. Johnson, D. Strauss, S. Bugiel, A. Mocker, and R. Srama (2013), Theory and experiments characterizing hypervelocity impact plasmas on biased spacecraft materials, Physics of Plasmas, vol. 20, 032901, 1-9, doi:10.1063/1.4794331.
- Lee, N., S. Close, D. Lauben, I. Linscott, A. Goel, T. Johnson, J. Yee, A. Fletcher, R. Srama, S. Bugiel, A. Mocker, P. Colestock, S. Green (2012), Measurements of freely-expanding plasma from hypervelocity impacts, International Journal of Impact Engineering, vol. 44, pg. 40-49, doi:10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2012.01.002.
- Close, S., P. Colestock, L. Cox, M. Kelley, and N. Lee (2010), Electromagnetic pulses generated by meteoroid impacts on spacecraft, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 115, A12328, doi:10.1029/2010JA015921.
Conference Papers
- Tarantino, P., N. Lee, and S. Close (2017), CubeSat platform for characterizing the reliability of electronic components, IEEE Aerospace (in preparation).
- Goel, A., N. Lee, and S. Pellegrino (2017), Design of formation-flying constellation for space-based solar power, IEEE Aerospace (in preparation).
- Lee, N. and S. Close (2017), Meteoroid Impact Detection for Exploration of Asteroids (MIDEA): A small satellite concept for asteroid characterization, AIAA Scitech (in preparation).
- Arya, M., N. Lee, and S. Pellegrino (2016), Ultralight structures for space solar power satellites, AIAA Space Structures Conference, San Diego, CA.
- Arya, M., N. Lee, and S. Pellegrino (2015), Wrapping thick membranes with slipping folds, AIAA Space Structures Conference, Kissimmee, FL.
- Hogstrom, K., P. Backes, J. Burdick, B. Kennedy, J. Kim, N. Lee, G. Malakhova, R. Mukherjee, S. Pellegrino, Y.-H. Wu (2014), A robotically-assembled 100-meter space telescope, IAC, Toronto, Canada.
- Lee, N. and S. Pellegrino (2014), Packaging and deployment strategies for synthetic aperture radar membrane antenna arrays, URSI-GASS, Beijing, China.
- Tarantino, P., N. Lee, S. Close, and D. Lauben (2014), Faraday Plate Array analysis of hypervelocity impact experiments, Spacecraft Charging and Technologies Conference, Pasadena, CA.
- Lee, N. and S. Pellegrino (2014), Multi-layered membrane structures with curved creases for smooth packaging and deployment, AIAA Space Structures Conference, National Harbor, Maryland.
- Lee, N., S. Close, and R. Srama (2013), Composition of plasmas formed from debris impacts on spacecraft surfaces, Sixth European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, Germany.
- Houts, S., E. Jens, K. Shish, N. Lee, S. Russell, and P. Kimball (2012), The Stanford Young Astronauts program: A model for sustainable outreach, IAC, Naples, Italy.
- Goel, A., N. Lee, S. Close, D. Lauben, T. Johnson, and I. Linscott (2011), Electrical effects of hypervelocity impacts, IAC, Cape Town, South Africa.
- Close, S., M. Kelley, A. Fletcher, N. Lee, P. Colestock (2011), RF signatures of hypervelocity impacts on spacecraft, 3rd AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Lee, N., S. Close, D. Lauben, I. Linscott, A. Goel, T. Johnson, R. Srama, S. Bugiel, A. Mocker (2011), Study of hypervelocity impact plasma expansion, 3rd AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Johnson, T., I. Linscott, S. Close, D. Strauss, N. Lee, R. Adamo, A. Mocker, R. Srama, and S. Bugiel (2011), Detection and analysis of RF data from hypervelocity impacts, 3rd AIAA Atmospheric and Space Environments Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Lee, N., A. Zorn, and M. West (2008), Passive Vertical Stabilization of Two Tethered Nanosatellites with Engineered Damping, AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Maniscalco, M., N. Lee, S. Dektor, N. Salowitz, E. Grote, and R. Twiggs (2007), A Design Concept for a Robotic Lunar Regolith Harvesting System, IEEE ICRA 2007 Space Robotics Workshop, Rome, Italy.
Posters
- Lee, N., S. Close, and A. Goel (2015), Meteoroid impact ejecta detection by nanosatellites for asteroid surface characterization, presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 18.
- Lee, N., S. Close, and A. Goel (2015), Impact Plasma Measurements Using Deployable CubeSat Sensors, presented at National Academies Symposium on Achieving Science Goals with CubeSats, Irvine, California, September 2.
- Lee, N., S. Close, A. Rymer, and A. Mocker (2012), Composition of Plasma Formed from Hypervelocity Dust Impacts, presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 5.
- Lee, N. and S. Close (2012), Theory and Experiments Characterizing Meteoroid Impact Plasma Dynamics, presented at CEDAR MLT Poster Session, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 27.
- Lee, N., S. Close, A. Goel, and T. Johnson (2012), Understanding the Electrical Effect of Hypervelocity Impacts on Spacecraft, presented at Stanford Aeronautics and Astronautics Affiliates Poster Session, Stanford, California, April 24, and at Stanford Energy and Environment Affiliates Program Conference, Stanford, California, May 9.
- Lee, N., S. Close, D. Lauben, R. Srama, A. Mocker, S. Bugiel (2011), Characterizing Free Plasma Expansion due to Hypervelocity Dust Impacts, presented at AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 8.
- Lee, N., S. Close, and M. Kelley (2010), Meteoroid and Energetics Detection for Understanding Space Situational Awareness, presented at CEDAR MLT Poster Session, Boulder, Colorado, June 22.
- Lee, N. and S. Close (2010), Meteoroid and Energetics Detection for Understanding Space Situational Awareness, presented at Stanford Aeronautics and Astronautics Affiliates Poster Session, Stanford, California, April 27.
- Stanford Lunar-X (2008), Voyage to the Moon, presented at the Aeronautics and Astronautics 50th Anniversary Poster Session, Stanford, California, May 8.
- Lee, N. (2007), Effect of Variable Latency on Teleoperation for Space Applications, presented at Stanford AIAA Research Poster Session, Stanford, California, April 23.
Presentations
- Meteoroid Impact Detection for Exploration of Asteroids (MIDEA), ISRU Workshop, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, August 2, 2016.
- Characterizing meteoroid flux through detection of impacts on asteroids, CEDAR Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, June 24, 2016.
- Asteroid surface resource characterization through plasma analysis of meteoroid impact ejecta, ESI Annual Technical Seminar, NASA Ames, Mountain View, CA, February 3, 2016.
- Asteroid Surface Resource Characterization through Distributed Plasma Analysis of Meteoroid Impact Ejecta, NASA Early Stage Innovation continuation review, Washington DC, November 2, 2015.
- Asteroid surface resource characterization through plasma analysis of meteoroid impact ejecta, Stanford Meteor Environment and Effects Workshop, Stanford CA, July 16, 2015.
- In-space robotic assembly of a modular telescope structure, Caltech Solid Mechanics Symposium, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, February 13, 2015.
- Membrane packaging techniques for space applications, KNI/MDL Seminar Series, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, October 7, 2014.
- Studying space rocks!, Summer Science Program, Socorro NM, July 14, 2014.
- Medicine, meteoroids, and membrane structures, GALCIT Colloquium, Pasadena, CA, February 28, 2014.
- Theory and experiments characterizing hypervelocity impact plasmas: toward weatherproof spacecraft systems, USNC-URSI NRSM student paper competition (1st place), Boulder CO, January 10, 2013.
- Weatherproof spacecraft: Understanding the space environment and its effect on spacecraft systems, invited talk, JPL, Pasadena CA, January 4, 2013.
- Theory and experiments characterizing hypervelocity impact plasmas: Toward weatherproof spacecraft systems, invited talk, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, November 28, 2012.
- Hypervelocity impact studies on a nanosatellite, panel session at AIAA SPACE conference, Pasadena CA, September 13, 2012.
- Understanding spacecraft electrical anomalies: Theory and experiments characterizing hypervelocity impact plasma dynamics (thesis defense), Stanford University, Stanford CA, June 8, 2012.
- Understanding spacecraft failures by characterizing hypervelocity impact plasmas, USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder CO, January 6, 2012.
- Electrical effects of meteoroid and debris impact on spacecraft, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Industrial Affiliates Meeting, Stanford CA, April 26, 2011.
- Microgravity Deployment Test of an MMOD Impact Screen, CubeSat Developers' Workshop, CalPoly, San Luis Obispo CA, April 20, 2011.
- An introduction to orbital mechanics, Shad Valley Program, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, July 1, 2009.
- IRIS: Rapid development of a prototype rover, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Industrial Affiliates Meeting, Stanford CA, April 28, 2009.
Teaching
Course Lectures
- Introduction to the Space Environment, Asteroids, 2016
- Classical Dynamics, Dynamics of rigid body motion, space and body cones, 2015
- Classical Dynamics, Moments of inertia, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, 2014
- Classical Dynamics, Lagrange’s equations, semi-holonomic constraints, 2013
- Classical Dynamics, Dynamics of rigid body motion, Euler’s equations, 2012
Course assistantships
- Mechanics, Autumn 2009
- Introduction to Control Design Techniques, Autumn 2008
- Spacecraft Design, Autumn 2007, Winter 2008, and Summer 2008
- Space Mechanics, Spring 2008
- Analysis of Structures II, Winter 2007
- Classical Dynamics, Autumn 2006
Outreach
- Stanford Young Astronauts Program
- Shad Valley McMaster 2009
Other projects
News and Videos
- In the near future robots will assemble large telescopes in space, Science News Journal, July 14, 2016.
- MacGregor, A., Robots to build massive modular telescopes in space, The Stack, July 14, 2016.
- SPIE, Robot would assemble modular telescope Ñ in space, Photonics Online, July 12, 2016.
- Silberg, B., Will orbiting flying carpets light the world?, NASA, April 7, 2016.
- Caltech, The Space Solar Power Initiative, ENGenious, Fall 2015.
- Palmer, C., To catch a shooting star, Stanford Magazine, November 2013.
- Ragan, S., The Rockwell Integrated Space Plan (Vector Redux Version), Make, July 6, 2013.
- Ball, P., Better origami using nature and maths, BBC, May 10, 2013.
- Ghose, T., How to pack a big solar sail in a tiny cubesat, NBC News, May 3, 2013.
- Devlin, H., To fold a tent, first fill in your computer algorithm, The Times, May 1, 2013.
- Ghose, T., Paper-folding trick may help tiny satellites use sails in space, Space.com, May 1, 2013.
- Day, C., When dust particles slam into spacecraft, Physics Today, March 11, 2013.
- Keim, B., Could a 21st century USS Enterprise really fly?, WIRED, May 18, 2012.
- Farrell, M., Raytheon system aims to track space trash, Boston Globe, April 30, 2012.
- Vergano, D., Meteoroid impacts may explain some satellite mysteries, USA Today, September 25, 2011.
- David, L., Potentially damaging meteor shower in October highlights risk to spacecraft, Space.com, September 22, 2011.
- Freedman, W., Stanford researchers try to solve satellite mystery, ABC Local News, January 5, 2011.
- Bergeron, L., Stanford students fly in zero gravity to protect satellites from tiny meteoroids, Stanford Report, November 19, 2010.
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