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Criswell, Dr. David R. - Director, Institute of Space Systems Operations University of Houston and Associate Director, Texas Space Grant Consortium
by Dr. David R. Criswell
Dr. David R. Criswell has been writing articles and papers on the use of extraterrestrial materials for commercial useage, and space settlements since 1979. His recent article in the April/May 2002 issue of The Industrial Physicist: "Solar Power via the Moon," is the continuation of many years of dedicated service to the development of space resources for developing Third World Countries, and developing a source of safe, efficient, and cost effective energy for future generations of Earth's inhabitants. Dr. Criswell's patents, articles, and publications will be found at the end of this biography and resume. Dr. Criswell may be contacted through this address dcriswell@uh.edu . For more information on the ISSO, please visit Institute for Space Systems Operations.
Dr. Criswell received his Ph.D. (1968) from Rice University in the Department of Space Physics and Astronomy. His graduate research at Rice University included experimental work on auroral photometry and particle detection using rockets and satellites. His degree was based on theoretical analyses of magnetospheric plasma waves and the comparison of the predictions to extensive ground based observations of low frequency micropulsations. He joined the technical staff of TRW Inc. - Houston Operations in 1968 and pursued a wide range of projects in support to the Apollo program. At TRW he formulated a program to deploy a fleet of small scientific satellites from the Apollo S-IVBs during Apollo missions.
In 1970 Dr. Criswell became a visiting scientist at the new Lunar Science Institute adjacent to the NASA-Johnson Space Center. In mid 1970 he became a member of its staff and thereafter a senior staff scientist at the renamed Lunar & Planetary Institute (LPI). He conducted research on moon-solar wind interactions, dynamics of the soil regolith, lunar surface seismology, and related topics under Institute, NASA, and private funding. Dr. Criswell directed the only post-Apollo study funded by NASA during the 1970s on the conversion of lunar resources into basic industrial materials. In addition, he directed many Institute functions such as local and international scientific conferences and study groups, edited major proceedings and special journal issues, and operated the Lunar and Planetary Review Panel that reviewed over 3,000 research proposals submitted to NASA in the 1970s. He was the Program Director of the Universities Space Research Association for the review of the first 900 proposals submitted to NASA for flight on the space shuttle and in the first two Spacelabs.
In 1980 Dr. Criswell accepted a research position with the newly formed California Space Institute (Cal Space) headquartered at the University of California, San Diego. He participated in formulation of local and statewide Cal Space research programs and acquired NASA and private funds for the development of systems to process lunar materials. He directed high-level program reviews for NASA and the congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
From 1982 to 1990 Dr. Criswell was an aerospace consultant. His clients included 11 corporations, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Research Council, Universities Space Research Association, and fourteen universities, NASA, and the Office of Technology Assessment. He also organized and participated in reviews of advanced research programs at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory and provided similar assistance to the Illinois Space Institute. He directed the Cal Space Automation and Robotics Panel (ARP, 1984-88) that conducted an independent evaluation of the use of advanced automation and robotics (A&R) within the NASA space station program. The Cal Space report, Automation and Robotics for the National Space Program, constituted the basis of the official report to Congress by the NASA Advanced Technology Advisory Committee (ATAC). Dr. Criswell was the primary developer and Director of the Consortium for Space/Terrestrial Automation and Robotics of USRA. Dr. Criswell organized and wrote the proposal under which the University of California won the National Space Grant College and Fellowship program in California in 1989 and operated the program for the first year. In 1990 Dr. Criswell returned to Texas.
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (1968)
Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Master of Science (1964) and Bachelor of Science (1963-cum laude)
Physics, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
Current Positions:
Institute for Space Systems Operations:
Dr. Criswell directs the Institute of Space Systems Operations (ISSO) of the University of Houston. ISSO is the operational agent for the Houston Partnership for Space Exploration that was established by the Legislature of the State of Texas in 1991 and funds the Partnership under a State Line Item. ISSO works primarily through the University of Houston (UH) and the University of Houston at Clear Lake (UHCL). ISSO directs its programs so as to leverage the funds it receives from the State of Texas. ISSO is active in ten general areas.
The joint UH/UHCL-NASA JSC Post-Doctoral Aerospace Fellowship program is the major ISSO activity. In this program UH/UHCL fellows conduct projects at JSC under the direction of UH-JSC and UHCL-JSC teams of researchers. By this means the fellows bring state–of–the–art knowledge to selected projects at JSC and link the advanced aerospace activities at JSC directly to the university. Fellowships are funded in cooperation with the UH Colleges of Engineering, Natural Science and Mathematics, Pharmacy, Optometry, and the Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, the Space Vacuum Epitaxi Center, and the Texas Center for Superconductivity. The UHCL College of Natural and Applied Sciences and the Environmental Institute of Houston (UHCL/UH) supported four of the 15 projects from 1995-1998 and 17 projects starting in 1999. The Fellowship program can be viewed on the web at http://www.isso.uh.edu/.
ISSO also funds UH and UHCL professors to conduct seed-level research that permits the faculty to make more competitive proposals to funding agencies outside the University. ISSO promotes the development of graduate and post-doctoral research with the NASA-Johnson Space Center under cooperative research agreements. Both masters and doctoral candidates have completed the bulk of their graduate degree research activities within the laboratories of NASA-JSC. ISSO organizes and leads faculty to respond to requests for proposals and for unsolicited proposals. Dr. Criswell pursues ISSO research in the field of space and lunar industrialization. He is also active on the Power from Space Committee of the International Astronautics Federation. ISSO funds produced more than a six to one return on State funds. Under ISSO funds UHCL has expanded and deepened its aerospace related courses. ISSO organizes aerospace seminars and participates with technical organizations in the NASA-JSC area, such as the American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the National Council of Systems Engineering, to promote professional development opportunities.
Texas Space Grant Consortium:
The University of Houston, along with the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas A&M University, is a charter member of the Texas Space Grant Consortium. Dr. Criswell is an Associate Director of the TSGC and on the Board of Directors of TSGC. He is the director of research for TSGC and works with faculty of TSGC member universities to develop proposals for cooperative research programs. In 1992 Dr. Criswell lead a review of the National Space Grant program that was jointly funded by NASA and the various Space Grant Consortia. This review as conducted at the Study Center of the National Academy of Sciences in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The Woods Hole study produced the report Mission to America.
Selected Publications, Reports, and Patents:
Criswell, D. R. and B. J. O'Brien 1967. A Quadrant Photometer for Satellite-borne Auroral and Optical Measurements, Applied Optics 6: 1105-1110.
Criswell, D. R. 1968. "Amplification of Hydromagnetic Waves in the Magnetosphere" (PhD Dissertation). Rice Univ., Dept. Space Physics and Astronomy, Houston, TX. 229pp.
Criswell, D. R. 1969. PC-1 Pulsations and the Amplification of Hydromagnetic Waves in the Magnetosphere. J. Geophys. Research 75: 205-224.
Criswell, D. R. 1972. Lunar Dust Motion. Proc. Lunar Conf. 3rd, vol. 3: 2671-2680, MIT Press.
Criswell, D. R. 1973. Photoelectrons and Solar Wind/Lunar Limb Interaction. The Moon 7: 202-238.
Rennilson, J. J. and D. R. Criswell. 1974 Surveyor's Observations of Lunar Horizon-Glow. The Moon 10: 121-142.
McCoy, J. E. and Criswell D. R. 1974. Evidence for a High Altitude Distribution of Lunar Dust. In Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 5th, vol. 3, 2991-3005. Pergamon.
Srnka, L., D. R. Criswell, and W. R. Wollenhaupt. 1975. Lunar Topography and the Limb Compression Source Regions. The Moon 14: 59-69.
Criswell, D. R., J. F. Lindsay, and D. L. Reasoner. 1975. Seismic and Acoustic Emissions of Booming Dunes. J. Geophys. Res. 80: 4963-4974.
Criswell, D. R. 1975. Rosiwal Principle and the Regolithic Distribution of Solar Wind Elements. Proc. Lunar Sci. Conf. 6th, vol. 2, 1961-1989. Pergamon.
Criswell, D. R., ed. 1975. Proc. Conf. Interactions between the Interplanetary Plasma and the Ancient and Modern Moon. The Moon 14: 207pp.
Lindsay, J. F., Criswell, D. R., Criswell, T. L., and Criswell, B. S. 1976. Sound Producing Dune and Beach Sand. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 86: 463-473.
Criswell, D. R., ed. 1976. Lunar Utilization. Abstracts of a special session of the 7th Lunar Sci. Conf., Lunar and Planetary Inst., Houston, TX. 188 pp.
De, B. R. and D. R. Criswell. 1977. Part I: Generation of Intense Electric Fields in the Photo Emitting Areas of Lunar Sunset Terminator Region. J. Geophys. Res. 82: 999-1004.
De, B. R. and D. R. Criswell. 1977. Part II: Supercharging at the Progression of Sunset. J. Geophys. Res. 82: 1005-1007.
Pelizzari, M. A. and D. R. Criswell. 1978. Differential Photoelectric Charging of Non-conductive Surfaces in Space. J. Geophys. Res. 83 (A11): 5233-5244.
Criswell, D. R. and R. J. Williams. 1978. Industry in Space. Geotimes 23 (6): 1.
Criswell, D. R. and R. D. Waldron. 1978. Commercial Possibilities of Extraterrestrial Materials. J. Contemporary Business 7 (3): 153-169. Univ. Washington at Seattle.
Criswell, D. R (team leader) et al. 1979. Processing of Extraterrestrial Materials. In Space Resources and Space Settlements, eds. J. Billingham, W. Gilbreath, and B. O'Leary, NASA SP-428: 205-288.
Inculet, I. I. and D. R. Criswell. 1979. Electrostatic Benefication of Ores on the Moon's Surface. In Proceedings. 5th Conf. on Static Electrofication, Series no. 48: 45-53 St. Catherines College, Inst. of Physics Conf.,19-23 April, at Oxford, England.
Waldron, R. D., T. E. Erstfeld, and D. R. Criswell. 1979. The Role of Chemical Engineering in Space Manufacturing. Chemical Engineering (12 February): 82-94.
Criswell D. R. et al. 1980. "Extraterrestrial Materials Processing and Construction (Final Report)." Delivered to NASA. Available National Technical Information Service. Contract NSR-09-051-001 (Mod. #24). Lunar and Planetary Inst., Houston, TX. 77058. 1119 pp.
Criswell D. R. 1980 (2 January) Welcome to Future Center, Houston Chronicle, Sec. 1, p.17, 4 columns
Criswell, D. R. et al. 1980. The Role of Space in the Economic Development of Third World Countries. Space Solar Power Rev. 1: 97-107.
Criswell, D. R. and P. Marsh. 1981. Working On the Moon. New Scientist (1 October): 30-33.
Goldberg, A. H. and D. R. Criswell. 1982. The Economics of Bootstrapping Space Industries--Development of an Analytic Computer Model. In Space Solar Power Rev. 3: 73-94.
Waldron, R. D. and D. R. Criswell. 1982. Processing of Lunar Materials. In CRC Handbook on Space Industrialization, ed. B. O'Leary. 1: 94-130. Boca Raton, FL.
Criswell, D. R. 1982. The Roles of Powder Metallurgy in the Development of Space Manufacturing. In Proc. 1982 Natl. Powder Metallurgy Conf., eds J. G. Brewley and S. W. McGee. 38: 115-146. Am. Powder Metallurgy Inst., 105 College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540.
Criswell, D. R. (organizer and co-editor) 1983 Cal Space "Report on the Utilization of the External Tank of the Space Transportation System." Workshop held 23-27 August 1982. NASA contract #NAS 8-35037, Cal. Space Inst., Un. of Calif. San Diego, A-021, La Jolla, CA 92093, Ref. No. CSI82-3, 154pp.
Criswell D. R. 1984. Lunar Power System, Lunar Bases and Space Activities in the 21st Century: A Symposium 29-31 October 1984., 117. NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058. 144pp.
Criswell, D. R. 1985 (organizer and co-editor) Cal Space Report "Automation and Robotics for the National Space Program." Delivered to NASA Space Station Program Office, by Cal Space, Univ. Calif., San Diego. NASA Grant NAGW 629; Cal Space Report CSI-85-01. 127 pp.
Criswell, D. R. 1985. Cis-lunar Industrialization and Higher Human Options Space Solar Power Rev. 5: 5-38
Criswell, D. R. 1985. Solar System Industrialization: Implications for Interstellar Migration. In Interstellar Migration and the Human Experience, eds. B.R. Finney and E.M. Jones, pp.50-87. Univ. Calif Press
Criswell, D. R. 1986. Planning for Space Robotics Development and Applications. In Anatomy of Space 86 , pp.244-250, IEE Catalog No. 86C21311-9. IEEE Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
Criswell, D. R., and R. D. Waldron. 1988. Lunar-based Power Systems. Acta Astronautica 17 (no. 7): 709-716.
Criswell, D. R. 1989 (30 May) U.S. Patent #4,834,324: A multiconfiguration reusable space transportation system. 38 claims, 12 figures, 16 pp. (and various foreign patents).
NASA TASK FORCE. 1989 (July) Report of NASA Lunar Energy Enterprise Case Study Task Force. NASA Technical Memo 101652. 163pp. NASA Headquarters, Office of Exploration (Code Z), Washington, D.C. 20546.
Criswell, D. R. and Waldron, R. D. 1990 (August). Lunar System to Supply Solar Electric Power to Earth. Proceedings of the 25th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Vol.1 "Aerospace Space Power Systems.".pp. 61-71. (Reno, NV). Paper #900279.
Criswell, D. R. and Waldron R. D. 1991 (April). Results of Analyses of a Lunar-based Power System to Supply Earth with 20,000 GW of Electric Power, Procedings of SPS 91 Power from Space: the Second International Symposium, page a3.6, 186-193. Paris, France. - also in: 1993 A Global Warming Forum: Scientific, Economic, and Legal Overview, (Ed. Richard Geyer), Chapter 5, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Criswell, D.R.(workshop organizer and chair). 1992 (November). Mission to America, Report of the Woods Hole Workshop of the National Council of Space Grant Directors. 24-28 August 1992. 58 pp. Available Texas Space Grant Consortium-Un. Houston Office, Un. of Houston.
Criswell, D. R. and Waldron, R. D. 1993. International Lunar Base and Lunar-based Power System to Supply Earth with Electric Power, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 469-480. Pergamon Press Ltd.
Criswell D. R. 1993 (6 July). U. S. Patent #5,224,663 : Vehicle Propulsion System with External Propellant Supply (and various foreign patents).
Criswell, D.R. 1994 (October) Net Growth in the Two Planet Economy (Invited). 10pp., 45th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) . Session: A Comprehensive Rationale for Astronautics, 9-14 October 1994 (Jeruselum, Israel). Paper #IAF-94-IAA.8.1.704.
Criswell, D.R. 1995 (January) Organized, edited, and co-chaired The Conference on Alternative Power from Space. in the 12th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion: AIP Conf. Proceedings 324, Part Two, 931-1063. Un. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Criswell, D.R. and Thompson, R.G. 1996 (January) Data Envelopment Analysis of Space and Terrestrially-Based Large Scale Commerical Power Systems for Earth: A Prototype Analysis of Their Relative Economic Advantages, Solar Energy, Special issue on Power from Space (Ed. P. Glaser), Vol. 56, #1, 119-131, Elsevier Sc. Ltd, Pergamon.
Criswell, D. R. 1996 (April/May). Lunar-solar power system, IEEE POTENTIALS, 4-7, Inst. Electric and Electronic Engineers, New York.
Criswell, D. R. 1996 (18 Sept.) European Patent Specification # EP 0 591 444 B1. A Multi-Use Launch System. 22 claims, 9 figures. (Great Britain and France).
Criswell, D.R. 1997 (Spring) The Moon and Commercial Solar-Electric Power, 24 - 26, Power Technology International, A. Tucker-editor, London.
Criswell, D. R. 1998 (13 - 18 September) Lunar solar power for energy prosperity within the 21st century, 17th Congress of the World Energy Council, Division 4: Concepts for a sustainable future - issues session, #4.1.23, 277-289, Houston, TX [online at http://www.wec.co.uk/wec-geis/]
Criswell, D. R. 1999 Commercial lunar solar power and sustainable growth of the two-planet economy, Solar System Research (Special issue on the exploration and utilization of the Moon) Editor: E. M. Galimov, Vol. 33, #5, 356 - 362.
Criswell, D.R. 2000 (4-7 April, invited) Lunar processing and manufacturing - general issues, in NSF-NASA Workshop on Autonomous Construction and Manufacturing for Space Electrical Power Systems, prepared by G. Bekey, et al. 51pp and Appendices, Arlington, VI.
Criswell, D. R. 2001 (October) Lunar Solar Power System: Industrial Research, Development, and Demonstration, [Discussion Sessions; Division 1: World Energy Market Challenges; 1.2.2 Hydroelectricity, Nuclear Energy and New Renewables] 17p of e-paper. [see http://www.wec.co.uk/wec-geis ] 18th World Energy Congress, Buenos Aries, Argentina.
Criswell, D.R. 2002 Energy prosperity within the 21st century and beyond: options and the unique roles of the Sun and the Moon, Innovative Energy Strategies for CO2 Stabilization , Chapter 9, 345 - 410, (Editor - Prof. R. Watts, Tulane University), Cambridge University Press.
Criswell, D.R. 2002 (April/May - Invited) Solar Power via the Moon, The Industrial Physicist, 14 - 17, The American Institute of Physics.
Dr. Criswell may be contacted through this address Dr. David R. Criswell. For more information on the ISSO, please visit Institute for Space Systems Operations.
Special thanks to Dr. Criswell for providing Quaphys.info with this biography! We wish him great success in future accomplishments, which is a surety when reviewing his past accomplishments.
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