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Investigator Links for

David McComas


David McComas, Assistant Vice President
Space Science and Engineering Division	Phone: (210) 522-5983 Email: david.mccomas@swri.org

Links on the SwRI Web site for David McComas:

News Release:

First IBEX maps reveal fascinating interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system

IBEX spacecraft detects fast neutral hydrogen coming from the moon, gives insight to particle "recycling" processes in space

New space show highlights IBEX spacecraft's mission of discovery

IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system

IBEX spacecraft reaches orbit, begins instrument commissioning

IBEX spacecraft heads west, takes major step toward launch

Saturn-bound instrument detects interstellar ions

New Horizons' SWAP instrument reveals complex structure, diverse plasma populations in Jupiter's magnetotail

New theory resolves mystery of anomalous cosmic rays

Ulysses observations reveal Sun is blowing surprisingly weaker solar wind

New theory proposes Jovian magnetosphere circulates magnetic field remarkably different from that of Earth

New Horizons' SWAP instrument observes solar wind interactions before Jupiter encounter, prepares for revealing science mission

McComas named Fellow of AAAS

Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission enters implementation phase

New Horizons Pluto payload ready for flight, exciting science campaign

SwRI to lead NASA's Juno mission, provide two science instruments

UTSA, SwRI join forces to offer region's first graduate degrees in physics

NASA selects SwRI® to lead Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission

NASA selects Jupiter mission candidate for further study; two SwRI® instruments onboard

SWAP to determine where the sun and ice worlds meet

Interstellar hydrogen shadow observed for the first time

NASA selects SwRI® proposal to study interstellar boundary

Researchers find unexpected MEMS efficiency in vacuum conditions, begin space MEMS development and testing

SwRI® researchers make first images of Earth's plasma sheet, discover possible breakthrough for monitoring and predicting space weather

SwRI®-led team solves mystery surrounding anomalous cosmic rays

International Ulysses team meets at SwRI®

Innovative SwRI® facility offers unprecedented speeds for calibrating and developing spaceflight instruments

Researchers observe unusually bright flare from jovian aurora

Solar Wind Discoveries at Solar Maximum

Brochure:

Nanotechnology

Technology Today:

IBEX spacecraft detects fast neutral hydrogen coming from the Moon

New space show highlights IBEX spacecraft’s mission of discovery

IBEX building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system

Ulysses’ observations reveal Sun is blowing surprisingly weaker solar wind

NASA selects Jupiter mission candidate for further study

SwRI to lead Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission

Jupiter Encounter

Encountering Jupiter

Space instrument calibration facility

Exploring the Galactic Frontier

Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission enters implementation phase

Spring 2005 Technology Today, Spring 2005 Technics--SwRI to lead Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission

Technics--NASA selects Jupiter mission candidate for further study

The Three-Dimensional Solar Wind

Technics--Facility tests MEMS in vacuum conditions

IR&D Reports:

Pickup Ions Sources, Propagation, and Acceleration in the Heliosphere, 15-9352 (2004)

Pickup Ions Sources, Propagation, and Acceleration in the Heliosphere, 15-9352 (2003)

Concept Study for an Advanced Mass and Ionic Charge Composition Experiment (AMICCE) for Future NASA Missions, 15-R9583 (2008)

Development of an Advanced Space Weather Warning System: The PreSTIM Laboratory Prototype, 15-9557 (2005)

Development of a 3Pi Ion Spectrometer, 15-R9468 (2006)

Development of an Advanced Space Weather Warning System: The PreSTIM Laboratory Prototype, 15-R9557 (2006)

Concept Study for an Advanced Mass and Ionic Charge Composition Experiment (AMICCE) for Future NASA Missions, 15-R9583 (2007)

Development of an Advanced Space Weather Warning System: The PreSTIM Laboratory Prototype, 15-R9557 (2007)

Characterization and Improvement of Ultra-Thin Carbon Foils for Space Instrumentation, 15-9406 (2005)

Development of a 3Pi Ion Spectrometer, 15-9468 (2004)

Characterization and Improvement of Ultra-Thin Carbon Foils for Space Instrumentation, 15-9406 (2004)

Enabling High-Apogee Science Missions for Launch on Low-Cost Pegasus Launch Vehicles, 15-9456 (2004)

Characterization and Improvement of Ultra-Thin Carbon Foils for Space Instrumentation, 15-9406 (2003)

Space Applications of MEMS, 15-9229 (2003)

Space Applications of MEMS, 15-9229 (2002)

Space Application of Microelectromechanical Systems, 15-9229 (2001)

Patents:

Mass Spectrometry with Enhanced Particle Flux Range, 6,815,689

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April 08, 2009