Address:
Director, Inst. for Space Systems Operations
619A Science & Research 1
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-5506

Telephone Number: (713) 743-9135

FAX Number: (713) 743-9134

Email: dcriswell@uh.edu

Professional Affiliations:

• University of Houston;
• Texas Space Grant Consortium (Assoc. Director);
• American Inst. Aeronautics and Astronautics;
• American Assoc. Advancement of Sciences;
• Sigma Xi;
• National Council on Systems Engineering;
• International Assoc. Energy Economists;
• National Space Society

Technical Specialties:

• Lunar Science;
• Lunar and space industrialization;
• Lunar-based systems to supply solar power to Earth;
• Aerospace transportation and propulsion

Principal Contributions:

• Electrostatically driven motion of lunar dust and moon-solar wind interactions(1970-76);
• Administration of peer review of proposals on lunar and planetary science, shuttle experiments, wide range of university proposals (~ 5,000) (1970 to date);
• Lunar solar power systems (with Robert Waldron) (1980s to date);
• Numerous patents on aerospace power, transportation, and propulsion systems (1980s to date);
• University-industry-government studies of advanced automation for space station, utilization of the STS External Tanks, utilization of lunar materials (1976 - to date);
• Proposed and initiated the University of California Space Grant Consortium (1988-1990);
• Developed the Houston Partnership for Space Exploration, the Inst. for Space Systems Operations (UH and UHCL), and the UH/UHCL-JSC Post-Doctoral Aerospace Fellowship Program;
• Participated in various NASA, national, and international conferences, working groups, and workshops on space industrialization and exploration (1975 - date)

Current Interests:

• Graduate and Post-Graduate Aerospace research and education;
• Industrial development of the moon and cis-lunar space;
• Solar power to Earth

Publications