Michael Pauken

California Institute of Technology — United States

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

18h-index1.2kcitations151works0.72yr avg
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Research Topics

Planetary Science and Exploration(76), Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies(43), Astro and Planetary Science(35), Space Exploration and Technology(29), Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems(22)

Publications151 total

Flight Demonstration and Model Validation of a Prototype Variable-Altitude Venus Aerobot
Journal of Aircraft·2025· 1 cited
PARAMETRIC STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE VARIATION FOR TURBULENT RAYLEIGH-BENARD CONVECTION OF JOVIAN PLANETS' GASES IN A CYLINDRICAL ENCLOSURE
2025
NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory: Five Years of Quantum Science in Space
Springer aerospace technology·2024· 1 cited
Flight Demonstration and Model Validation of a Prototype Variable-Altitude Venus Aerobot
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Development of a capillary temperature control system for capillary electrophoresis instruments designed for spaceflight applications
Electrophoresis·2024· 1 cited
THE ROLE OF ASPECT RATIO ON RAYLEIGH-BENARD CELL FORMATION FOR THE PLANETARY CLOUD AEROSOL RESEARCH FACILITY
2024
Inflation sequence tradeoffs and laboratory demonstration of a prototype variable-altitude venus aerobot
Acta Astronautica·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory: Four Years of Quantum Science Operations in Space
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Sample Recovery Helicopter
2023· 11 cited
Development of balloon-based seismology for venus through earth-analog experiments and simulations
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2023
Transient Thermal Modeling of a Venusian Surface Thermopile Heat Flux Sensor
Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer·2022· 1 cited
Progress towards Balloon-Based Seismology on Venus in 2021-2022.
2022Open Access
Extended-range Variable Altitude Balloons for Venus atmospheric missions
Acta Astronautica·2022· 8 cited
Subscale Prototype and Hangar Test Flight of a Venus Variable-Altitude Aerobot
2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)·2022· 5 cited
Exploring the Clouds of Venus: Science Driven Aerobot Missions to our Sister Planet
2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)·2022· 10 cited
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: From Technology Demonstration to Extraterrestrial Scout
2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)·2022· 55 cited
What can the sound of earthquakes tell us about a planet’s interior structure?
2021Open Access
Progress towards balloon-based seismology on Venus in 2020-2021.
2021Open Access
A Midsummer Flights’ Dream: Balloon-borne infrasound-based aerial seismology
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America·2021· 1 cited
Prototype Development of a Variable Altitude Venus Aerobot
AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM·2021· 7 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

J. A. Cutts(11), Siddharth Krishnamoorthy(10), Gajanana Birur(9), Keith Novak(8), A. Komjáthy(7), Jeffery L. Hall(7), Daniel Bowman(6), Jacob Izraelevitz(6), Tim Lachenmeier(6), V. V. Kerzhanovich(5), Pradeep Bhandari(5), David Bame(5), Jennifer M. Jackson(4), Gerald Walsh(4), R. García(4), D. Mimoun(4), A. J. Mastropietro(4), Alexandre Cadu(3), Anthony Sournac(3), Voon Hui Lai(3)