Dr. Russell E. Trahan, III

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Email: Russell.Trahan@jpl.nasa.gov

Office: 818-354-9883

Cell: 504-491-0705

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Awards

  • June 2020 - JPL Earth Science and Technology Directorate - Team Award
    The team's successful development and demonstration of the synthetic tracking system significantly advanced both Air Force and NASA near-Earth object detection and tracking capabilities. The Air Force's primary interest was to improve the sensitivity of their Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep-Space Surveillance System (GEODSS). The team demonstrated an overall order of magnitude increase in sensitivity detecting small objects in geosynchronous (GEO) orbit along with other significant capability improvements.
  • 2014 - SAE AeroDesign Intercollegiate Design Competition
    1st place overall out of 33 universities
    1st place for oral presentation
    2nd place for written design report
  • 2012 - SAE AeroDesign Intercollegiate Design Competition
    4th place overall out of 35 universities
    Tied 1st place for oral presentation
  • 2011 - Texas A&M Student Research Week
    1st place in aerospace engineering taxonomy
  • 2011 - SAE AeroDesign Intercollegiate Design Competition
    6th place overall out of 33 universities
    1st place for oral presentation
  • 2010 - Texas A&M Student Research Week
    2nd place in engineering taxonomy, Download Poster PDF
  • 2010-2009 - Designated as a Texas A&M Student Research Scholar, Download Thesis
  • 2008 - Intern Performance Recognition - Lockheed Martin
  • 2007 - Intern Performance Recognition - Lockheed Martin
  • 2006-2004 - Letterman in Track & Field, La. District 5-A, Jesuit High School