User:Kriss J. Kennedy

Kriss J. Kennedy

 * Architect, Space Architect NASA-JSC
 * Texas Architect License #15161

Professional Experience:

 * 1/88 to Present  National Aeronautics and Space Administration - JSC,  Houston TX.
 * 1/90 to Present  TECHNE’ Architects,  League City, TX.
 * 1/87 to 8/00     Allan James, Inc.,   Houston,  TX.
 * 7/86 to  11/86   Kastendieck Steffie Architects,  Houston, TX.
 * 3/86 to  7/86    House Reh Associates, Inc.,   Houston,  TX.
 * 7/85 to  3/86    Hall / Architects, Inc.,  Houston,  TX.
 * 1/85 to  7/85    Fitzmorris and Company, Inc.,  Houston,  TX.
 * 5/84 to  12/84   The Saratoga Associates,  Buffalo,  NY.
 * 9/80 to  8/82    Quentin L. Reutershan,  A.I.A.,  Potsdam,  NY.

Space Architect
NASA Johnson Space Center December 1987 – Present   Houston, TX

I provide leadership, project management, strategic planning, space architecture and space habitat expertise for future human exploration missions DDT&E. Past projects include:
 * Deep Space Habitat Project
 * Habitat Demonstration Unit Project
 * Space Technology Roadmap TA7 Human Exploration Destination Systems
 * Human Exploration Architecture & Mission Definition
 * ISS Habitability Hardware Manager: Crew Quarters, Waste & Hygiene Compartment, Galley
 * ISS TransHab Inflatable Habitat Module
 * Habitats & Surface Construction Technology Manager, Human/Mars Mission Planning
 * Human Lunar Return
 * Reusable Launch Vehicle: Crew Module
 * Mars ISRU Sample Return
 * Mars Mission Study 1993: Mars Habitat Working Group
 * First Lunar Outpost: Lunar Habitat Design Study Team
 * JSC Planetary Airlock Design Study Team
 * Planetary Dust Control Research
 * Space Exploration Initiative: Mission Planning & 90-Day Study
 * Lunar Base: Master Planning & Inflatable Habitat Design Studies

TECHNE' Architects:
is an architectural design firm that I started. It offers quality design and architect services for residential and light commercial construction and remodeling projects.

Texas Architect Registration # 15161

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 * Office Building Renovations, Space Planning and Office Remodeling
 * New Residential Construction & Residential Remodeling
 * Shopping Center Addition

Education:
1986 - 1988 Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture College of Architecture University of Houston, Houston,  TX. Received the AIA Henry Adams Scholastic Medal for Excellence in the Study of Architecture
 * MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE*, Space Architecture

1982 - 1984 School of Architecture and Environment Design University of Buffalo, Buffalo,  NY.
 * BACHELORS OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES in Architecture

1978 - 1980 College of Engineering Technology State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi, Delhi,  NY.
 * ASSOCIATES OF APPLIED SCIENCE in Architect Design

Awards:
awarded Rotary National Award for Space Achievement in March 2000
 * 2008  NASA Exceptional Service Medal: “In recognition of a career of excellence and significant contributions in the areas of Lunar & Mars Advanced Habitation Systems in support of the Vision for Space Exploration.”
 * 2000  Rotary National Award for Space Achievement:  Stellar Award for Space Architect on TransHab Project
 * 1988 Henry R Adam’s AIA Scholastic Medal of Excellence in the Study of Architecture

Patents, Patents Pending, Tech Brief Awards:

 * “Habitat Demonstration Unit (HDU) Vertical Cylinder Habitat,” MSC-25517, NASA Tech Brief, March 2013
 * “Exploration Launch-Optimized Folding Top (X-LOFT),” MSC-25525-1, Jan 2013
 * “Pressure Shell approach to Integrated Radiation Protection,” MSC-24637-1, NASA Tech Brief, July 2011
 * “Dual Chamber Inflatable Suitlock”, NASA Tech Brief, May 2011
 * “Modular Habitats Comprising Rigid and Inflatable Modules,” MSC-24242-1, July 2010
 * “Concept for Hydrogen Impregnated Nano-fiber Cargo Stowage System”, NASA Tech Brief, Jan. 2010
 * “Deployable Lunar Habitat,” MSC-24242-1, NASA Tech Brief, April 2008
 * “Rigid Sided Deployable Crew Quarters (DCQ) System,” MSC-23132-1, NASA Tech Brief,  Nov. 2003
 * “Deployable Crew Quarters,” (Patent Pending, went to Small Firm 1st rights), 2000
 * “Advanced Structural/Inflatable Hybrid Spacecraft Habitation Module,” United States Patent # 6,231,010 / MSC-22900-1. Issued May 2001
 * “TransHab Phase Two Layout: Configuration Concept Development,” NASA Tech Brief, Dec. 1999
 * “TransHab Soft Storage Array,” NASA Tech Brief, Dec. 1999
 * “Advanced Structural/Inflatable Hybrid Spacecraft Habitation Module,” MSC-22900-1, NASA Tech Brief, 1998
 * “Horizontal Cylindrical Inflatable Habitat for Lunar Surface Systems,” NASA Tech Brief, Dec. 1992

Reports, Technical Papers and Publications authored or Co-authored (most recent at top):
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 * 1.	Space architecture work in the “Architecture in Motion: The Genesis, History and Development of the Portable Building” book, 1st edition ~2013, Robert Kronenburg, The Liverpool School of Architecture
 * 2.	 “Deep Space Habitat Development Roadmap.” Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2012), Washington, DC, May 22-24, 2012.
 * 3.	“X-Hab Challenge: Students in the Critical Path.” Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2012), Washington, DC, May 22-24, 2012.
 * 4.	“Skylab II: Making a Deep Space Habitat from a Space Launch System Propellant Tank.” AIAA Space 2012 Conference and Exposition, Pasadena, CA, September 11-13, 2012
 * 5.	“Integration Process for the Habitat Demonstration Unit Deep Space Habitat.” Proceedings of the AIAA Space 2011 Conference and Exposition; Long Beach, CA, September 27-29, 2011
 * 6.	“A Dual-Chamber Hybrid Inflatable Suitlock (DCIS) for Planetary Surfaces or Deep Space.” Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2011); Portland, Oregon, 18-21 July 2011
 * 7.	“Habitat Demonstration Unit Project - Deep Space Habitat Overview.” Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2011); Portland, Oregon, 18-21 July 2011
 * 8.	“NASA Technology Area 07 Human Exploration Destination Systems Roadmap.” Proceedings of the AIAA Space 2011 Conference and Exposition; Long Beach, CA, September 27-29, 2011
 * 9.	“NASA Technology Area 07 Human Exploration Destination Systems Roadmap.” NASA Office of the Chief Technologist, Space Technology Roadmaps.   http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/501327main_TA07-ID_rev7_NRC-wTASR.pdf
 * 10.	“The Habitat Demonstration Unit (HDU) Pressurized Excursion Module (PEM) In-Field Demonstration at Desert RATS 2010.” Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2011); Portland, Oregon, 18-21 July 2011
 * 11.	“Habitat Demonstration Unit Pressurized Excursion Module Systems Integration Strategy.” Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2011); Portland, Oregon, 18-21 July 2011
 * 12.	“A Modular Instrumentation System for NASA's Habitat Demonstration Unit.” AIAA Space 2010, Anaheim, CA, August 20-September 2, 2010
 * 13.	“Mobile Field Analog for Lunar Habitat Integrated System Health Monitoring.” ASCE Earth and Space 2010, Honolulu, HI, March 14-17, 2010
 * 14.	“The Habitat Demonstration Unit Project Overview.” ASCE Earth and Space 2010, Honolulu, HI, March 14-17, 2010
 * 15.	“Constellation Architecture Team-Lunar Scenario 12.0 Habitation Overview.” ASCE Earth and Space 2010, Honolulu, HI, March 14-17, 2010
 * 16.	“Out of this World: the New Field of Space Architecture.” AIAA publication, Edited by Scott Howe & Brent Sherwood, September 2009. Contributed 3 chapters.
 * 17.	“Constellation Architecture Team-Lunar Habitation Concepts.” AIAA SPACE 2008 Conference & Exposition 9 - 11 September 2008, San Diego, California
 * 18.	“Lunar Habitation Strategies.” AIAA Space 2008
 * 19.	“Lunar Architecture Team-Phase 2 Architecture Option-4 Habitation Concepts.” Earth & Space 2008 Conference
 * 20.	“Lunar Architecture Team-Phase 2 Architecture Option-2 Habitation Concepts.” Earth & Space 2008 Conference
 * 21.	“Lunar Lander Strategies.” Earth & Space 2008 Conference
 * 22.	“The Lunar Lander ‘HabiTank’ Concept.” Proceedings of the AIAA 37th International Conference on Environmental Systems, Chicago, Illinois,  July 2007
 * 23.	Contributor/Author to revision of the SP6105 NASA Systems Engineering Handbook, Dec 2006
 * 24.	“ Advanced Habitation Efforts @ CTSD/JSC,” AIAA Space Conference, Sept 2006
 * 25.	“SE&I for Technology Programs—HSRT,” PM Challenge 2006,  March 2006
 * 26.	Work on Exhibit: “Space Inflatable Module Concept” at the Art Institute of Chicago Space Architecture Exhibit, March 2001
 * 27.	Work Exhibited: Lunar Base and Inflatable Habitat Design and model exhibited at the Portable Architecture Exhibition, May – July 1997, Architecture Centre, Royal Institute of British Architects
 * 28.	“Space Architecture: The Work of John Frassanito & Associates for NASA” Contributed Space architecture work in the book, John Zukowsky, 1999
 * 29.	Space architecture work in the “Portable Architecture” book, 1st edition 1996 and 2nd edition 1999, Robert Kronenburg, The Liverpool School of Architecture
 * 30.	Quoted or written about in Air & Space-Smithsonian, Aerospace, Texas Architect (millennium issue on architects changing our future) Architecture, Progressive Architect, Popular Science, Newsweek, Time, Space News, Aviation Week, Fabric Architecture, L.A. Times, N.Y. Times, etc.
 * 31.	Contributor of Space Habitats to, Macmillan Space Science Series
 * 32.	“Space Inflatables for Humans,” chapter in the Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane / Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications Handbook
 * 33.	“Wound Construction of Inflatable Space Structures,” Paper given at SPACE 2000: Engineering, Construction, & Operations in Space, March 2000.
 * 34.	“Designing Space Habitation,” Paper given at SPACE 2000: Engineering, Construction, & Operations in Space, March 2000.
 * 35.	“ISS TransHab: An Inflatable Habitat,” Paper given at SPACE 2000: Engineering, Construction, & Operations in Space, March 2000
 * 36.	“Inflatable Habitats Technology Development,” Mars Inflatable Greenhouse Workshop @ KSC, Dec. 1999
 * 37.	“ISS TransHab: Architectural Description,” Paper written for the International Conference on Environmental Systems, April 1999
 * 38.	“Chapter 13: Designing, Sizing and Integrating a Surface Base,” Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design Handbook, McGraw Hill, editor Wiley J. Larson, et al,  October 1999
 * 39.	“Inflatable Habitat Option for the Human Lunar Return Mission,” Paper given at SPACE 96 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE V, March 1996
 * 40.	“Crew Module Deign for the Rockwell Reusable Launch Vehicle,” NASA CAN Report to Rockwell Aerospace Division, Oct. 1995
 * 41.	“Mars In-Situ Resource Utilization Sample Return Mission Pre-Phase A Study,” July 1995
 * 42.	“ISRU Produced Methane and Methane/Carbon Monoxide Mixtures for Return Propulsion From Mars,” AIAA 94-2846: Published in the Journal of Power and Propulsion, July 1995
 * 43.	“Habitat Configuration Evaluation Criteria for Moon/Mars,” Paper given at SPACE 94 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE IV, March 1994
 * 44.	“Alternative Habitat Concepts for the First Lunar Outpost,” Paper given at SPACE 94 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE IV, March 1994.
 * 45.	“A Minimum Mars Mission Approach,” Paper given at SPACE 94 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE IV, March 1994.
 * 46.	“Computer-Aided Engineering Visualization System: CDDF Final Report,” Nov. 1993
 * 47.	“Habitat Evaluation Methodology and Configuration Evaluation Criteria,” Oct. 1992
 * 48.	“Alternative Habitat Concepts for the First Lunar Outpost (FLO),” JSC-26068, Oct. 1992
 * 49.	“Dust Control and Protection for Planetary Exploration,” w/ LESC, July 1992
 * 50.	“A Horizontal Inflatable Habitat for SEI,” Paper given at SPACE 92 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE III, June 1992.
 * 51.	“Dust Control Research for SEI,” Paper given at SPACE 92 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE III, June 1992.
 * 52.	“Airlocks - A Study of Previous Use, Technology, and Planet Surface System Requirements,” w/ LESC, May 1991
 * 53.	“Habitation and Human Systems for the 90 Day Study on Human Exploration of the Moon and Mars,” JSC-24398,  March 1990
 * 54.	“Interior Design of the Lunar Outpost,” Paper given at SPACE 90 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE II, April 1990.
 * 55.	“Space Transportation Node: Design of the Atrium Configuration,” Dec. 1988. Paper given at SPACE 90 Engineering, Construction, & Operations in SPACE II, April 1990.
 * 56.	“Habitation and Human Systems” section of the Planet Surface Systems Study Period Summary, Nov. 1989
 * 57.	“Lunar Outpost,” JSC-23613, Aug. 1989