Steven A. Hawley, Professor

5075 Malott Hall
TEL: (785) 864-3615
FAX: (785) 864-5262
Email: sahawley@ku.edu

Professional Background:

2008-Present: Professor, Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas
1978-2008: NASA Astronaut and senior manager; Johnson Space Center and Ames Research Center
1977-1978: Research Associate, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

Education:

1977:PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz

1973: B.A. Physics; B.A., Asronomy; With Highest Distinction, University of Kansas

Honors

NASA Distinguished Service Medals (2)

Presidential Rank Awards (2)

NASA Exceptional Service Awards (3)

NASA Space Flight Medals (5)

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal

NASA Special Achievement Award

NASA Superior Performance Award

Komarov Diploma

Kansan of the Year (2)

Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame

Kansas University Distinguished Alumni Award

Kansas University Distinguished Service Citation

U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

Societies and Affiliations:

American Astronomical Society
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Association of Space Explorers
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
Coalition for Space Exploration
Sigma Pi Sigma
Phi Beta Kappa

Research Interests:

My research interests are in two distinct disciplines.  In astronomy and astrophysics I do spectrophotometry of gaseous nebulae and active galaxies.  I use emission line strengths to determine chemical abundances and other properties of astrophysical interest.  I am also interested in issues associated with human spaceflight, the history of the space shuttle program and the development and operation of telescopes in space, including on the Moon.

Selected Presentations:

John Schopp Memorial Lecture, Department of Astronomy, San Diego State University, April 2009
“Last Call:  NASA’s Final Mission to the Hubble Space Telescope”; presented at the Mid-America Research in Astrophysics Conference, April 2009
“Wild Astronomy”; Kansas University Natural History Museum Wild Science public lecture series, April 2009
Keynote Lecture, presented at the dedication of Voyage Exhibit, Kauffman Foundation, September 2008
“My Life with the Hubble Space Telescope”, CLAS ACTS, September 2008

Selected Publications:

1. Hawley, S. A., “Astromaterials Research and Exploration Overview”, TM-2007-214769/December 2007, (2007)

2. Hawley, S. A., “Human Operations in Space During the Space Shuttle Era” in The Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Vol. 1, Hans Mark editor, Wiley Publishing, (2003)

3. Slater, D. C., Stern, S. A., Colwell, W. B., Durda, D. D., Mahoney, D. E., Parker, J. Wm., Tamblyn, P. M., Tomlinson, W. M., Genau, V., A’Hearn, M., Paxton, L. J., Vilas, F., Robinson, S. K., Hawley, S. A., and Weissman, P. R.,  “UV Imaging Results of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale – Bopp) and Other Planetary Targets Using the Southwest UV Imaging System (SWUIS) Aboard the Space Shuttle”; abstract for 31st Annual DPS Meeting in Padua, Italy, (1999)

4. Hawley, S. A., “How We’ll Deliver Chandra to Orbit”; Sky and Telescope, 98 No. 2, 54, (1999)

5. Hawley, S. A., “Hubble Revisited”; Sky and Telescope, 93 No. 2, 43, (1997)

6. Evans, Cynthia A., Chambers, Mark A., Helfert, Michael R., Lulla, Kamlesh P., Shriver, Loren J., Bolden, Charles F., Hawley, Steven A., Sullivan, Kathryn D., and McCandless II, Bruce, “Earth Observations During Space Shuttle Flight STS-31:  The Earth From 600 Km”; Geocarto International, 6 No. 3, 99, (1991)

7. Hawley, S. A., “Delivering HST to Orbit”; Sky and Telescope, 79, 373, (1990)

8. Hawley, S. A., “The Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 22, No. 3, 1149, (1990)

9. Hawley, S. A., “A Peculiar Emission-line Object From the Tololo Survey”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 93, 93, (1981)

10. Hawley, S. A., and Phillips, M. M., “Spectrophotometry of H II Regions and the Nucleus of NGC 1566”; Ap. J., 235, 783, (1980)