Background
II, Stanley Severin Hansen was born on September 16, 1945 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Stanley Severin and Gertrude (Campbell) H. Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Missouri, 1967.
astrophysicist computer scientist Aerospace engineer
II, Stanley Severin Hansen was born on September 16, 1945 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Stanley Severin and Gertrude (Campbell) H. Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Missouri, 1967.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University Missouri, 1967. Master of Science in Astrophysics, University Massachusetts, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, University Massachusetts, 1980.
Researcher Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 1966. Systems development staff International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1967-1970. Faculty Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1971-1973, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1974.
Astronomer OnsalaSpace Observatory Rao, Onsala, Sweden, 1973, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1974-1981.
Member technical staff Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, 1982-1995. Consultant TechSource Consulting, Phoenix, 1995-1996, The Analytical Sciences Corporation (TASC), Chandler, Arizona, 1996.
Achievements include development of Iridium communications satellites, system integration and test of radio frequency communications, systems engineering and integration of multi satellite programs, design of infrared and visible surveillance satellite system. Scientific instruments for space flight, avionics systems for rockets.
Implementation of signal processing system, novel image formation techniques.
Measurement of magnetic fields in sites of star formation. Milliarcsecond structure of celestial masers. Developed tools to design, optimize and test computer systems
Contributor articles to professional journals and publications, including Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal and Interstellar Molecules (book).
Advisor to Aerospace Corporation"s Explorer Scout Post, 1982-1993. National Science Foundation grantee, 1966.
Advisor Aerospace Corporation's Explorer Scout Post, 1982—1993. Member of American Astronomical Society, Sierra Club, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi.