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Dr. Martin joins us after a distinguished career at LMA. A Lockheed Martin
Astronautics (previously Martin Marietta) scientist for 39 years has developed
space science instrumentation for many space and planetary programs. He
retired from LMA April 2000.
He managed a U of Arizona Planetary Instrument Definition and Development
(PIDDP) program developing a thermal and evolved gas analyzer for mars landers.
He managed a PIDDP imaging Fourier transform interferometer development with U
Wisc. He led the initial development of the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP)
with the U AZ. He managed the proposal to develop the full science payload for
the Mars Polar Pathfinder Discovery proposal for a north polar lander and
subsurface science mission teamed with UCLA and JPL. He has supported the
instrument payload for the NASA/ARC Hummingbird Discovery mission proposals for
a comet rendezvous and touchdown sampling mission. He manged the proposal to
MIT which resulted in LMA development of the the Advanced X-ray CCD Imaging
Spectrometer (ACIS) on the Chandra X-ray astronomy mission. He also managed
the proposal to the University of Arizona which resulted in LMA development of
the Descent Imager Spectral Radiometer (DISR) which is on its way to descend
into the atmosphere of the Saturn moon, Titan, on the Cassini/Huygens
probe.
Dr. Martin led the LMA program to put together an integrated computer and
power system for miniaturization and simplification of space science payloads.
This included development of a power distribution module and input/ouput module
in Lockheed Martin's High Density Interconnect (HDI) ultraminiature mutichip
module technology. It also included an FPGA based multichannel direct memory
access (DMA) with capability of performing operating control functions and data
collection functions for an entire payload as well as for spacecraft
operational functions, allowing the single CPU to operate an entire spacecraft
and payload. He also provided the leadership that led to a SBIR contract to
Performance Software to develop the software for instrument development and
automated flight software coding for the integrated computer and power sysem
for a science payload called Central Instrumenty Controller (CIC).
Dr. Martin was PI for Lockheed Martin Advanced Instrument Technology IR&D
program, with recent development of a miniature universal FPA driver module, a
Focal Plane Array (FPA) test facility, blackbody in-situ calibrator,
development of black surfaces, comet dust velocity analyzer, sensor electronic
circuits, concept for XRD/XRF with CCDs, IR detector testing and modeling,
Multiple Quantum Well LWIR array testing, InGaAs array tests, Z-plane focal
plane array for a lightning mapper, scan mirror life test, beamsplitters and
filters design, pointing mirror jitter control, logarithmic 12-bit A/D
converter, imaging spectrometer modeling, passive radiative detector cooler,
polarization minimization in near IR/visible scanning radiometer, pyrolysis
oven for planetary analysis, planet sample collection drill.
Dr. Martin directed a geosynchronous lightning mapper development using
Z-plane focal plane technology. He developed the axicon mirror & deployment
for the very successful Galileo Jupiter Probe Nephelometer. He demonstrated a
new approach to differential radiant flux measurements that was used on the
Galileo Jupiter Net Flux Radiometer. He developed a unified chemical and soil
analyzer for Mars using a mass spectrometer to sample trace gas evolution in 11
sealed test cells. He led the early Solar Wind Analyzer design for ISPM. He
measured neutrons in space produced by cosmic ray collisions in the earth's
atmosphere as a function of magnetic latitude. He developed technology for
generating and propagating microwave ultrasonic waves in crystals at cryogenic
temperatures.
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