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2001.2.15 Mars Society/AIAA Mars Pathfinder 2.0 paper
Explore an innovative Earth-to-Mars trajectory optimization method that reduces travel time or fuel use without nonlinear optimization or genetic algorithms.
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2000.11.2 Mars Seminar comments by faculty
Explore a Mars seminar story featuring orbital dynamics, dissertation defense confusion, and a nonlinear optimization challenge solved without a complex algorithm.
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2000.11.2 Mars seminar presentation notes
A researcher recounts a tense Mars research seminar, departmental neglect, and fears that UT could claim ownership of years of original work.
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2000.11.2 Official flyer for my Mars seminar on campus
Explore a four-body model for faster Earth-to-Mars trajectories, featuring a 30-day reduction versus Hohmann transfers and optimized mission planning.
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2000.6.27 Mars paper accepted at the Mars Societ Convention
A Mars research paper accepted by the Mars Society Convention was withdrawn after a student faced limited university funding and support.
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1998.6.3 Emails from Roger Broucke
Explore Roger Broucke’s work on celestial mechanics, three-body dynamics, trajectory regularization, orbital stability, and Poincaré bifurcations.
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1998.4.15 NASA’s Standard Mars trajectory setup
Discover how PAM Abusali’s UT research inspired a Mars Pathfinder computer program using the standard five-thrust trajectory for space exploration.
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1997.4.15 Solar system paper presented to Victor Szebehely’s class
Explore an updated NASA solar system model, orbital theory research, and the academic dispute surrounding a proposed unified field theory.
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1994.8.1 Accolades published in an industry newsletter
Discover BTU Bill’s energy-saving radio tips on KFON Austin, plus HVAC industry news and research highlights from the Hot and Humid Climate Symposium.
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1994.5.13 Solar System Model published in Sideral Times
A monthly newsletter of the Austin Astronomical Society published a short report on the solar system model, well received by NASA scientists who had written, “Your concepts about the Unified Field Theory appear ahead of its time.” —
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1993.4.4 Correspondence with Victor Szebehely on a Unified Field Theory Solar System Model
Explore correspondence with Victor Szebehely on a proposed solar system model, celestial mechanics research, planetary orbits, and a Unified Field Theory.
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1982.3.28 NASA Unified Field Theory Letter
NASA’s 1982 review of William H. Clark’s Unified Field Theory manuscript reveals how an engineer and physicist assessed his advanced scientific concepts.