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Angela Stickle Print


  83822

  Angela.Stickle@jhuapl.edu

: SES

:   Planetary Scientist; Hypervelocity Impact Physicist

:  Planetary

  LRO, Mini-RF, LAMP

 
2007, Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Washington
2007, Bachelor of Science in Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington
2009, Master of Science in Geology, Brown University
2011, Master of Science in Engineering, Mechanics, Brown University
2012, Ph.D in Geological Sciences, Impact Physics, Brown University

I am a planetary geologist specializing in hypervelocity impact processes and dynamic failure of materials. Currently, I am a science team member on the Mini-RF radar and LAMP UV spectrometer onboard the Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter, a member of the Steering Committee and Investigation Team for the AIDA Double Asteroid Redirect Test kinetic impactor mission, and involved in studying phenomenology following hypervelocity impacts into a variety of materials. 

My main research interests include: dynamic properties and failure/fragmentation mechanisms of brittle materials, impact cratering on planetary surfaces (both rocky and icy bodies), planetary surface evolution, lunar lighting analysis for mission planning, modeling impact signature phenomenology, and planetary defense.

My research utilizes experimental facilities such as the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range, the APL planetary impact lab, and Kolsky bar systems at the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute, numerical models using the CTH hydrocode, and analysis of planetary spacecraft data. 

 
 
AGU Index Category AGU Index Sub-Category
PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS Impact phenomena, cratering
PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS Surface materials and properties
PLANETARY SCIENCES: COMETS AND SMALL BODIES Impact phenomena
MINERAL PHYSICS Shock wave experiments
PLANETARY SCIENCES: COMETS AND SMALL BODIES General or miscellaneous
PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS Moon
PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS Asteroids
COMPUTATIONAL GEOPHYSICS Modeling
PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS Remote sensing
MINERAL PHYSICS High-pressure behavior
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2015 - Present
Staff Scientist, JHU APL. Responsibilities include: Co-lead of the hypervelocity impact modeling team for the AC-5 program; Mini-RF science team member; AIDA DART mission concept science team and steering committee member; Participating Scientist, LRO Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP); Early Career Secretary for the Small Bodies Assessment Group steering committee; landing site and traverse studies for the RP project; studying evolution of the lunar surface; impact heating on icy bodies
2013 - 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, JHU APL. Responsibilities included: Member of the Mini-RF science team; calculating and analyzing models on lighting conditions at the lunar poles for mission planning; designing and analyzing models of hypervelocity impacts using CTH; member of the AIDA/DART science team and mission concept steering committee; designing and analyzing simulations of hypervelocity impact phenomenology and signatures; LRO LAMP participating scientist.
2012 - 2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute. Responsibilities included: Designing and performing impact experiments at the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range, focusing on the evolution of damage and failure mechanisms following high-velocity impact events; designing and performing Kolsky bar experiments to determine the dynamic strength properties and high-rate failure mechanisms of geologic materials.
2007 - 2012
Research Assistant, Brown University. Responsibilities included: Designing and performing impact experiments at the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range focusing on the evolution of damage and failure mechanisms following oblique impacts; analyzing 3D hydrocode models of hypervelocity impacts, using the CTH hydrocode from Sandia National Labs, to compare with laboratory experiments and further the understanding of processes at large scales; teaching undergraduate student labs
2003 - 2007
Student Researcher, UW Space Physics Research Group. Responsibilities included: analyzing 3D multifluid computer models of the magnetospheres of the Earth, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter under the guidance of Profs. Robert Winglee and Erika Harnett.
2015 - Present
Small Bodies Assessment Group Steering Committee member (Early Career Secretary)
2007 - Present
Member of the AGU
2010 - Present
Member of the Hypervelocity Impact Society
2015 - Present
Member of the Geological Society of America
2012: Research grant, Bevan and Mary-Hill French Fund for Meteorite Impact Studies
2011: Elected to the Sigma Xi honor society
2008, 2010-2011: NASA RI Space Grant Consortium Fellowship
2010: Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Fall meeting
2010, 2015: Nominated as one of the 10 best papers at the Hypervelocity Impact Symposium
2007: Elected to Sigma Gamma Tau honor society
2005-2006: Astronaut Scholarship recipient
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The following publication information was downloaded from http://www.researcherId.com/rid/F-4568-2015. Click on the publication title to view details.
Modeling Momentum Transfer from Kinetic Impacts: Implications for Redirecting Asteroids
:   Stickle, A. M.; Atchison, J. A.; Barnouin, O. S.; Cheng, A. F.; Crawford, D. A.; Ernst, C. M.; Fletcher, Z.; Rivkin, A. S.
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: Procedia Engineering
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  577
  584
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705815007493
Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission
:   Cheng, A. F.; Atchison, J.; Kantsiper, B.; Rivkin, A. S.; Stickle, A.; Reed, C.; Galvez, A.; Carnelli, I.; Michel, P.; Ulamec, S.
:OCT-NOV 2015
: Acta Astronautica
  115
  262
  269
: WOS:000359876300025
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576515002040
A review of mechanisms and models for dynamic failure, strength, and fragmentation
:   Ramesh, K. T.; Hogan, James D.; Kimberley, Jamie; Stickle, Angela
:MAR 2015
: Planetary and Space Science
  107
  10
  23
: WOS:000352674700003
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063314003468
Subsurface failure in spherical bodies: A formation scenario for linear troughs on Vesta's surface
:   Stickle, A. M.; Schultz, P. H.; Crawford, D. A.
:FEB 2015
: Icarus
  247
  18
  34
: WOS:000346691400002
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103514005302
Discrete shear failure planes resulting from oblique hypervelocity impacts
:   Stickle, A. M.; Schultz, P. H.
:AUG 2014
: Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets
  119
  1839
  1859
: WOS:000342510000006
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013JE004597/full
Investigating pressure magnitudes at depth for oblique impacts into layered targets: Applications to terrestrial impacts in sedimentary targets
:   Stickle, A. M.; Schultz, P. H.
:SEP 2013
: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
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  1638
  1650
: WOS:000327885300006
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12152/full
Subsurface damage from oblique impacts into low-impedance layers
:   Stickle, A. M.; Schultz, P. H.
:JUL 19 2012
: Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets
  117
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: WOS:000306700600001
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011JE004043/full
Exploring the role of shear in oblique impacts: A comparison of experimental and numerical results for planar targets
:   Stickle, A. M.; Schultz, P. H.
:JUN 2011
: International Journal of Impact Engineering
  38
  527
  534
: WOS:000291338300018
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Name Link to Datasource Notes
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0734743X10001715
INVESTIGATING PRESSURE MAGNITUDES AT DEPTH FOR OBLIQUE IMPACTS INTO LAYERED TARGETS: APPLICATIONS TO IMPACTS INTO SEDIMENTARY TARGETS
:   Stickle, A. M.; Schultz, P. H.
:JUL 2011
: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
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  A224
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: WOS:000293094700444
: None
Prompt ionospheric/magnetospheric responses 29 October 2003 Halloween storm: Outflow and energization
:   Harnett, E. M.; Winglee, R. M.; Stickle, A.; Lu, Gang
:JUN 10 2008
: Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics
  113
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: WOS:000256814400002
: None
Multiscale/multifluid simulations of flux ropes at the magnetopause within a global magnetospheric model
:   Winglee, R. M.; Harnett, E.; Stickle, A.; Porter, J.
:FEB 22 2008
: Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics
  113
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: WOS:000253534500002
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Model/data comparisons of ionospheric outflow as a function of invariant latitude and magnetic local time
:   Winglee, R. M.; Peterson, W. K.; Yau, A. W.; Harnett, E.; Stickle, A.
:JUN 25 2008
: Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics
  113
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: WOS:000257314700001
: None
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