Publications

Books

Tribble, A. C., The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design, 2nd Ed., (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003).

Tribble, A. C., A Tribble’s Guide to Space, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000).

Tribble, A. C., Fundamentals of Contamination Control, (Bellingham, WA: SPIE Press, 2000).

Tribble, A. C., Princeton Guide to Advanced Physics, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996).

Tribble, A. C., The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995).

Chapters of Books

Tribble, A. C., “Energetic Particles and Technology,” in Heliophysics II – Space Storms and Radiation: Causes and Effects, Schrijver, C. J., and Siscoe, G. L., (Eds), (Cambridge University Press, [in press][/in]).

Tribble, A. C., Hand, K., and Scro, K., “Characterizing Space Weather and its Effects,” in Space Modeling and Simulation, Rainey, L., (Ed), (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004).

Tribble, A. C., “Effects of the Space Environment,” in Human Space Flight Analysis and Design, Larson, W., and Pranke, L., (Eds), (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999).

Tribble, A. C., “The Space Environment,” in Spacecraft Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd Ed., Wertz, J., and Larson, W., (Ed), (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999).

Mendell, W., Plescia, J., and Tribble, A. C., “Surface Environments.” in Human Space Flight Analysis and Design, Larson, W., and Pranke, L., (Eds), (Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999).

Refereed Publications — NASA Contractor Reports

Tribble, A. C., Miller, S. P., and Lempia, D. L., “Software Safety Analysis of a Flight Guidance System,” NASA-2004-CR213004, (2004).

Miller, S. P., A. C. Tribble, T. M. Carlson, and E. J. Danielson, “Flight Guidance System Requirements Specification,” NASA/CR-2003-212426, (2003).

Tribble, A. C., Boyadjian, B., Davis, J., Haffner, J., and Mc Cullough, E., Contamination Control Engineering Design Guidelines for the Aerospace Community, NASA CR 4740, (1996).

Tribble, A. C., Lukins, R., Watts, E., Naumov, S. F., and Sergeev, V. K., Low Earth Orbit Thermal Control Coatings Exposure Flight Tests: A Comparison of U.S. and Russian Results, NASA CR 4647, (1995).

Refereed Publications — Archive Journals

Miller, S., Tribble, A. C., Whalen, M. W., and Heimdahl, M. P. E., “Proving the Shalls: Early Validation of Requirements Through Formal Methods,” Software Tools for Technology Transfer, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 303 – 319, (2006).

Farrell, W. M., Tribble, A. C., and Steinberg, J. T., “Similarities in the Plasma Wake of the Moon and Space Shuttle,” J. Spacecraft, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 749 – 754, (2002).

Tribble, A. C., “Revised Estimates of Photochemically Deposited Contamination on the GPS Satellites,” J. Spacecraft, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 114-116, (1998).

Preble, J. C., and Tribble, A. C., “Small Solar Probe,” J. Spacecraft, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 729 – 733, (1996).

Tribble, A. C., Lukins, R., Watts, E., Borisov, V. A., Demidov, S. A., Denisenko, V., A., Gorodetskiy, A. A., Grishin, V. K., Nauma, S. F., Sergeev, V. K., and Sokolova, S. P., “United States and Russian Thermal Control Coating Results in Low Earth Orbit,” J. Spacecraft, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 160 – 166, (1996).

Tribble, A. C., and Haffner, J. W., “Estimates of Photochemically Deposited Contamination on the Navstar GPS Satellites,” J. Spacecraft, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 222-228, (1991).

Tribble, A. C., Pickett, J. S., D’Angelo, N., and Murphy, G. B., “Plasma Density, Temperature, and Turbulence in the Wake of the Shuttle Orbiter,” Planet. Space Sci., Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 1001-1010, (1989).

Murphy, G. B., Reasoner, D. L., Tribble, A., D’Angelo, N., Pickett, J. S., and Kurth, W. S., “The Plasma Wake of the Shuttle Orbiter,” J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 94, no. A6, pp. 6866-6872, (1989).

Tribble, A. C., D’Angelo, N., Murphy, G., Pickett, J., and Steinberg, J. T., “Exposed High-Voltage Source Effect on the Potential of an Ionospheric Satellite,” J. Spacecraft, Vol. 25, pp. 64-69, (1988).

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Tribble, A. C., “The Software Defined Radio: Fact and Fiction,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Orland, FL (2008).

Tribble, A. C., Miller, S. P., and Lempia, D. L., “Software Safety Analysis of a Flight Management System Vertical Navigation Function – A Status Report” 22nd AIAA / IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Indianapolis, IN (2003).

Miller, S. P., Tribble, A. C., and Heimdahl, M. P. E., “Proving the Shalls,” 12th International Formal Methods Europe Symposium, Pisa, Italy, (September 2003).

Tribble, A. C., Miller, S. P., and Lempia, D. L., “Software Safety Analysis of a Flight Guidance System,” Proceedings of the 21st Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Irvine, CA, 29 – 31 October 2002.
* * * Best Paper—Flight Critical Systems * * *

Miller, S. P., Barber, S., Carlson, T., Lempia, D., and Tribble, A., “A Methodology for Improving Mode Awareness in Flight Guidance Design,” Proceedings of the 21st Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Irvine, CA, 29 – 31 October 2002.

Miller, S. P., and Tribble, A. C., “Extending the Four Variable Model to Bridge the System Software Gap,” Proceedings of the 20th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Daytona Beach, FL, 18 October 2001.
* * * Best Paper—Systems Engineering * * *

Tribble, A. C., “A Comprehensive Model of System Safety: A Tool for Determining Return on Investment,” in Proceedings of the 18th International System Safety Conference, System Safety Society, (2000).

Tribble, A. C., Boyadjian, B., Davis, J., Haffner, J., and Mc Cullogh, E., “Contamination Control Engineering Design Guidelines for the Aerospace Community,” in Optical System Contamination V and Stray Light and System Optimization, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 2864, (1996).

Tribble, A. C., and Underwood, D., “The Evolution of Space Environment Effects Design Requirements and Solutions on the Navstar Global Positioning System Satellites,” AIAA 96-0740, 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January, (1996).

Tribble, A. C., “Spacecraft Interactions with the Space Environment,” AIAA 95-0838, 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January, (1995).

Preble, J. C., and Tribble, A. C., “Small Solar Probe Feasibility Studies,” AIAA 95-0619, 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January, (1995).

Tribble, A. C., Collier, M., and McKinney, J., “Deceleration System Sizing for Martian Atmospheric Entry,” AIAA 94-0037, 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January, (1994).

Tribble, A. C., Searing, R., Scheps, R., and Underwood, D., “Analysis of Spacecraft-Thruster Interactions from the Russian SPT-70 and SPT-100 Stationary Plasma Thrusters,” AIAA 94-0330, 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January, (1994).

Bellagamba, L., Gernand, J., and Tribble, A., “Application of Quality Function Deployment in Accord with Military Standard 499B,” Third Annual International Symposium, National Council on Systems Engineering, Arlington, VA, July, (1993).
* * * Best Paper—System Design * * *

Tribble, A. C., “Low Earth Orbit Plasma Effects on Spacecraft,” AIAA 93-0614, 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January, (1993).

Tribble, A. C., “The Space Environment and its Impact on Spacecraft Design,” AIAA 93-0491, 31st Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January, (1993).

Tribble, A. C., and Haffner, J. W., “A Flight Experiment to Measure GPS Photochemical Contamination Accumulation Rates,” Proceedings of the 16th Space Simulation Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 5-8 November 1990, NASA Conference Publication 3096, pp. 435-446.

Simburger, E. J., Collins, G., Hwang, W. C., Arnold, G. S., Marvin, D. C., Tribble, A. C., and Haffner, J. W., “The Time Dependence of the Power Production Capability of Navstar Global Positioning System Satellites,” Proceedings of the 25th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Reno, NV, 12 August 1990.

General Interest Articles

Tribble, A. C., and S. P. Miller, “Safety Analysis of Software Intensive Systems,” IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 10, pp. 21 – 26, October, (2004).

Tribble, A. C., “Software Safety,” IEEE Software, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 84 – 85, June – July, (2002).

Kronfeld, K., and Tribble, A. C., “Expert System vs. Procedural Language Development,” PC AI Magazine, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 24 –27, July/August, (1998).

Tribble, A. C., and Boyadjian, B. V., “Expert System Software for the Aerospace Industry: An Intelligent Tutor for Contamination Control,” PC AI Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 16 – 18, May/June, (1997).

Tribble, A. C., “Designing for the Space Environment,” Aerospace America, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 26 – 28, May, (1993).

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