Alfred McEwen
| Alfred McEwen | |
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| Fields | Planetary Geology |
| Institutions | Lunar and Planetary Institute |
| Education | Ph.D |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University |
| Known for | HiRISE |
| Notable awards | Whipple Award |
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Website www | |
Dr. Alfred McEwen is a professor of planetary geology at the University of Arizona. McEwen is a member of the Lunar and Planetary Institute where he directs the director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory. He is a member of the imaging science team on the Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn, co-investigator on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbit Camera team and principal investigator of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.[1]
He earned a Ph.D. in Planetary Geology in 1988 from Arizona State University.[1]
McEwen participated in the Mars Odyssey, Mars Global Surveyor, and Galileo science teams.[1]
In 2015, McEwen received the Whipple Award for his work on HiRISE.[2]
Bibliography
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- McEwen, Alfred S. (May 2013). "Mars in motion". Planetary Science. Scientific American. 308 (5): 44–51. Retrieved 2016-02-09.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Biography". University of Arizona, Lunar Planetary Institute.
- ↑ "2015 Whipple Award Winner". LPL.
- ↑ Scientific American often changes the title of a print article when it is published online. This article is titled "The Long and Arduous Quest to Find Flowing Water on Mars May Be Over" online.
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