About
Noah Thompson was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, earning his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2024 from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is currently pursuing his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and have contributed to the VIA-SEES student satellite project and the Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI) satellite as a mission planner and flight engineer. Their current research focuses on CubeSats for Climate Change Monitoring (C3M), where they serve as the Spacecraft Lead. He is a big cat lover, having owned many cats throughout his life. He actually has 4 cats right now, their names are Tiger, Tiny, Scout, and Mako. He tries to keep an active lifestyle by going to the gym, running, hiking, and free-diving. Other hobbies include racing his car and bowling.
Papers
- M. Nunes, N. Thompson, J. Sim, S. Mallari, D. Sarsozo Jr., J. Huang, J. Hasegawa, P. Lucey (2026). "Demonstration of a Low-Cost LWIR CubeSat Sensor Architecture for Distributed Thermal Space Domain Awareness," Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference, #26421. https://doi.org/10.64861/NYOP7944
- M. Nunes, P. Lucey, N. Thompson, J. Sim, S. Mallari, D. Sarsozo Jr., J. Huang, J. Hasegawa, M. Murillo (2026). "CubeSats for Climate Change Monitoring (C3M): Demonstrating Interferometric IR Payloads Scalable to Constellations," 40th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, SSC26-P2-24. https://doi.org/10.26077/xkwn-ck32
