Dr. Hang Woon Lee
Director, Space Systems Operations Research Laboratory
Curriculum Vitae (Oct. 2023) | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | LinkedIn
Education
- Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2022
- Minor in Mathematics
- Dissertation: Design and Operations of Satellite Constellations for Complex Regional Coverage (Advisor: Dr. Koki Ho)
- M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
- Thesis: Optimization of Satellite Constellation Deployment Strategy Considering Uncertain Areas of Interest (Advisor: Dr. Koki Ho)
- S.B., Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
Affiliations
- West Virginia Small Satellite Center for Excellence
- Center for Innovation in Space Exploration and Research, West Virginia University
Honors & Awards
- NASA Early Career Faculty Award, 2023
- John V. Breakwell Award, 2020
- Awarded for a paper presented at the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
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Space Flight Mechanics Committee, American Astronautical Society
- Molly K. Macauley Award, 2020
- Invited to give an award-winning talk at the AAS John Glenn Memorial Symposium.
- American Astronautical Society
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP), 2018-2022
- National Science Foundation; completed with degree
- Graduate College Conference Travel Award, 2017
- Award for a paper presented at 9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professional Experience
- NSF Graduate Research Fellow
- Space Systems Optimization Group (Prof. Koki Ho), Space Systems Design Laboratory
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- Aug. 2019 – Aug. 2022
- NSF Graduate Research Fellow & Graduate Research Assistant
- Space Systems Optimization Laboratory (Prof. Koki Ho)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
- July 2016 – Aug. 2019
- Spacecraft Manufacturing Engineer
- Special Projects Group
- Planet, San Francisco, CA
- Oct. 2015 – April 2016
- Mission and Launch Operations Intern
- Mission and Launch Operations Team
- SpaceX, Hawthorne, CA
- June – Sept. 2015
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
- STAR Lab (Prof. Kerri Cahoy), Space Systems Laboratory
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Sept. 2012 – May 2015
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Prof. Thomas Herring's Research Group, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Feb. – Aug. 2012
- Systems Engineering Intern & Mechanical Design and Integration Intern
- Satrec Initiative, Daejeon, Korea
- June – July 2012