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

TECHNE' Architects Facebook page: TECHNE' Architects

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

Education:

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE*, Space Architecture

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

BACHELORS OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES in Architecture

1982 - 1984 School of Architecture and Environment Design University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

ASSOCIATES OF APPLIED SCIENCE in Architect Design

1978 - 1980 College of Engineering Technology State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Delhi, Delhi, NY.

Awards:

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

awarded Rotary National Award for Space Achievement in March 2000

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):

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

Long Beach, Cal. March 4, 2008

20. “Lunar Architecture Team-Phase 2 Architecture Option-2 Habitation Concepts.” Earth & Space 2008 Conference

Long Beach, Cal. March 4, 2008

21. “Lunar Lander Strategies.” Earth & Space 2008 Conference

Long Beach, Cal. March 4, 2008

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