Personnel Biographies
Michael Ravine
(ravine@msss.com),
Advanced Projects Manager
Mike Ravine during focus testing of the Phoenix Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) flight unit
- Education:
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B. S., Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1982;
Sc. M., Geology, Brown University, 1984;
Ph. D., Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1997.
- Employment:
- Advanced Projects Manager, Malin Space Science Systems, 2001-present; Executive Producer, NOBEL SON, 2007; Technical Advisor, Earthship Productions, 2001-2002; Chief Payload Officer, Blastoff, Inc., 2000-2001;
Advanced Projects Manager, Malin Space Science Systems, Inc., 1998-2000;
Co-founder and Member of the Technical Staff, Altadena Instruments Corporation, 1987-1997;
Vice-President and Project Manager, Presence Information Design, 1995-1997;
Owner, Technical Research Group, 1986-present;
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Contractor, Ball Aerospace Systems Division, 1985-1986;
Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology, 1980-1982;
Central Office Equipment Installer, Evergreen Communications,1977-1979.
- Spaceflight Systems Experience:
- Project Manager, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Mars Atmospheric Global Imaging Experiment (MAGIE), 2010-present; Juno Jupiter Orbiter, 2005-present; Project Manager, Juno Camera (Junocam), Juno Jupiter Orbiter, 2005-present; Project Manager, Mastcam, Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) and Mars Descent Imager (MARDI), Mars Science Laboratory, 2004-present; Principal Investigator, Semi-autonomous Rover Operations, 2004-present;
Project Manager, Mars Descent Imager (MARDI), Mars Phoenix Lander, 2003-present;
Project Manager, Mars Color Imager (MARCI) and Context Camera (CTX), Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 2001-present;
Payload Manager, L1: Return to Apollo, 2000-2001;
Principal Investigator, Freefall Interferometric Gravity Gradiometer, 2001-present;
Project Manager, Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander Mars Descent Imager (MARDI '01), 1998-2000;
Project Manager, Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) Visible Imaging Subsystem (VIS), 1998-1999;
Participated in the development and calibration of the Mars Surveyor 1998 Orbiter Mars Color Imager (MARCI) and Lander Mars Descent Imager (MARDI), 1995-1999;
Deputy Instrument Manager, Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter Camera (MOC2), 1994-1996;
Deputy Instrument Manager, Mars Observer Camera (MOC), 1986-1992;
Research Analyst, Voyager Imaging System (ISS) and Photopolarimeter (PPS), 1985-1986.
- Field Experience:
- Australian-Antarctic Discordance (R/V Melville), 1994; Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, 1988-1989, 1993-1994;
Kilauea, Hawaii, 1987; Northern Iceland, 1985; Southeastern Montana, 1983, 1984.
- Research Interests:
- Earth mantle viscosity and dynamics; geodynamics; impact cratering; spaceflight instrumentation.
- Other:
- NASA Group Achievement Award (1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010);
U.S. Navy Antarctica Service Medal (1989);
Exxon Teaching Fellowship (1982-1984).
Publications:
M.S. Robinson, S.M. Brylow, M. Tschimmel, D. Humm, S.J. Lawrence , P.C. Thomas, B.W. Denevi, E. Bowman-Cisneros, J. Zerr, M.A. Ravine, M.A. Caplinger, F.T. Ghaemi, J.A. Schaffner, M.C. Malin, P. Mahanti, A. Bartels, J. Anderson, T.N. Tran, E.M. Eliason, A.S. McEwen, E. Turtle, B.L. Jolliff, H. Hiesinger, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Instrument Overview, Space Science Reviews, 150, 81-124, 2010.
Christensen, P. R., Jakosky B. M., Kieffer H. H., Malin M. C., McSween Jr. H. Y., Nealson K., Mehall G. L., Silverman S. H., Ferry S., Caplinger M. and Ravine M. A., The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission, Space Science Reviews, 110, 85-130, 2004.
Ravine, M. A., et al., Graphite-epoxy optical systems: lessons learned on the way to Mars, Proceedings of the SPIE, 5179, 311-322, 2003.
Ravine, M. A., J. P. Morgan and W. H. F. Smith, Dynamic topography as a constraint on mantle viscosity and dynamics: Observations, J. Geophys. Res. (in preparation).
Ravine, M. A. and J. P. Morgan, Dynamic topography as a constraint on mantle viscosity and dynamics: Modeling results, J. Geophys. Res. (in preparation).
M. C. Malin, M. H. Carr, G. E. Danielson, M. E. Davies, W. K. Hartmann, A. P. Ingersoll, P. B. James, H. Masursky,
A. S. McEwen, L. A. Soderblom, P. Thomas, J. Veverka, M. A. Caplinger, M. A. Ravine, T. A. Soulanille, and J. L. Warren, Early Views of the Martian Surface from the Mars Orbiter Camera of Mars Global Surveyor, Science, 279, 1681-1685, 1998.
Malin, M. C. and Ravine, M. A., Thirty years of measurements of sand wedge growth in lower Wright Valley, Antarctica, Antarctic Journal of the U.S., 29, 19-20, 1994.
Ravine, M. A. and J. P. Morgan, Geoid effects of lateral viscosity variation near the top of the mantle: A 2D model, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 119, 617-625, 1993.
Malin, M. C., Danielson, G. E., Ingersoll, A. P., Masursky, H., Veverka, J., Ravine, M. A., and Soulanille, T. A., The Mars Observer Camera, J. Geophys. Res., 97, (E5) 7699-7718, 1992.
Malin, M. C., Danielson, G. E., Ravine, M. A., and Soulanille, T. A., Design and Development of the Mars Observer Camera, Int. J. Imaging Sys. Tech. 3, 76-91, 1991.
Ravine, M. A. and T. A. Soulanille, Cameras for microspacecraft, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 42, 460-467, 1989.
Ravine, M. A. and R. A. F. Grieve, An analysis of morphologic variation in simple lunar craters, J. Geophys. Res., 91, E75-83, 1986.
Ravine, M. A., Star Warring, Galaxy, 39, no. 6, 58-59, 1978.
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