Rapid Pre-discovery of Near-Earth Objects
A demonstration of precovery methodology with TESS data
Tam Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nguyen is an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on developing innovative sensing capabilities to detect, track, and characterize space objects to advance space domain awareness, planetary defense, and planetary science and exploration. Before joining UMD, she led multiple programs on advanced detection methodologies and space-based remote sensing instrumentation at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
Efficient search and detection of faint moving objects in image data
A dynamic-programming track-before-detect method to search for faint space objects with no a priori state knowledge
Fine-pointing performance and corresponding photometric precision of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Design and performance assessment of the TESS fine-pointing system
Attitude determination for small satellites with infrared Earth horizon sensors"
CubeSat attitude sensing with Earth horizon sensor suite
Free-space optical communication module for small satellites
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