About Me
My passion is for space exploration. I enjoy doing the due diligience to design and build spacecraft(robots too).
I have worked at NASA for 4 summers in addition to many automotive internships.
Research
At Cornell University, I perform research in space-based telescope scheduling. My work informs the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) team of which stars to target, how long to observe them, and when to observe them. I develop the algorithms producing these target selections and observation schedules.
I support development of the EXOplanet imaging SIMulator (EXOSIMS)
This work is accomplished under funding by the New York Space Grant Consortium.
Publications
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Keithly D, Whitehead J, Voinea A, Horna D, Hollenberg S, Peck M, Pikul J, Shepherd R, A Cephalopod-inspired Combustion Powered Hydro-Jet Engine Using Soft Actuators, Extreme Mechanics Letters (2018), doi:10.1016/j.eml.2017.11.007
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Atkinson D H, Simon A A, Banfield D J, Atreya S K, Blacksberg J, Brinckerhoff W B, Colaprete A, Coustenis A, Danner R M, Fletcher L N, Guillot T, Hofstadter M D, Keithly D, Lobbia M A, Lunine J I, Mahaffy P R, Marley M S, Mousis O, Spilker T R, Trainer M G, Webster C R, Youmans T A (2016), SPRITE - The Saturn PRobe Interior and aTmosphere Explorer Mission, Abstract P33B-2132 presented at 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 11-15 Dec.
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Keithly D, Garrett D, Delacroix C, Savransky D, WFIRST: Exoplanet Target Selection and Scheduling with Greedy Optimization, American Astronomical Society (2018), National Harbor, D.C.
Coursework
I have taken a variety of courses focused on modeling dynamics, systems engineering, spacecraft design, and mechanical design.
- Fall 2017, Astronomy: Techniques of Optical/Infrared, Submillimeter and Radio Astronomy,
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- Spring 2017, Advanced Dynamics,
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- Fall 2016, Feedback Control Systems,
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- Fall 2016, Intermediate Dynamics,
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- Spring 2016, Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics, Estimation, and Control,
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- Spring 2016, Spacecraft Technology and Systems Architecture,
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- Spring 2016, System Analysis, Behavior, and Optimization,
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- Fall 2015, Model Based Systems Engineering,
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- Fall 2015, Theory and Practice of System Architecture,
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Contact Information
Email
drk94 AT cornell DOT edu
U.S. Mail Address:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Cornell University
404 Upson Hall
124 Hoy Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850
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