Vita: Daniel David Durda (10-Feb-2006)

Daniel David Durda

BIRTHDATE: October 26, 1965 Detroit, Michigan
EDUCATION: B.S. Astronomy (with distinction), University of Michigan, 1987; M.S. Astronomy, University of Florida, 1989; Ph.D. Astronomy, University of Florida, 1993
PROFESSIONAL RECORD: Senior Research Scientist, Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 2001-; Research Scientist, Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 2000-2001; Adjunct Professor, Department of Sciences, Front Range Community College, 2000-; Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, 1998-2000; Research Associate, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1994-1998; Adjunct Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Santa Fe Community College, 1991-1993; Research Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, 1990-1993; Teaching Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, 1987-1990; Research Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1985-1987; Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1983-1985
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences; COSPAR Scientific Commission B; American Physical Society; Society of Physics Students; Sigma Pi Sigma
MEMBERSHIP IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS: International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery Team, Arizona and Colorado Regional Coordinator; International Association of Astronomical Artists; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; The Planetary Society, Gene Shoemaker Near-Earth Object Grant Program Coordinator
HONORS: Asteroid 1992 YC3 named 6141 Durda; Kerrick Prize, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, "For outstanding contributions in astronomy."; Class Honors, 64th Annual Honors Convocation, University of Michigan; Regents Alumni Scholarship, University of Michigan
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS: "Ejecta generation and redistribution on 433 Eros: Modeling ejecta launch conditions", 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Houston, TX. March 2004.; "The B612 mission design", AIAA Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids. Garden Grove, CA. February 2004.; "Experimental, numerical, and analytical 'infrastructure' requirements for asteroid impact mitigation", IAI/AIAA Mini Workshop on Interception and Negation of Earth-Threatening Asteroids and Comets. Houston, TX. October 2002.; "Human exploration of near-Earth asteroids", NASA Workshop on the Scientific Requirements for Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids. Arlington, VA. September 2002.; "Impact disruption of three ordinary chondrite meteorites", 33rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Houston, TX. March 2002.; "The formation of asteroid satellites: Numerical simulations combining SPH and N-body models", 33rd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. New Orleans, LA. December 2001.; "Numerical models of the formation of asteroid satellites", Asteroids 2001: From Piazzi to the 3rd Millennium. Palermo, Italy. June 2001.; "The Gene Shoemaker Near-Earth Object Grant Program", Minor Planet Amateur/Professional Workshop 2001. Tucson, AZ. May 2001.; "SWUIS-A: A versatile, low-cost UV/VIS/IR imaging system for airborne astronomy and aeronomy research", 45th Annual Meeting of SPIE. San Diego, CA. August 2000.; "Collisional and observational constraints on the putative Vulcanoid population", 31st Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. Padova, Italy. October 1999.; "Airborne observations of occultations with SWUIS (the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System)", 17th Annual Meeting of the International Occultation Timing Association. Denver, CO. April 1999.; "Capabilities of SWUIS for the 1999 Leonid Multi-instrument Aircraft Campaign", Leonid MAC Workshop. NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA. April 1999.; "Collisional and cratering rates in the Kuiper belt: Applications to surface activation and modification", Workshop on Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System. Garching, Germany. November 1998.; "Collisional and cratering rates in the Kuiper belt: Applications to surface activation and modification", 30th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. Madison, WI. October 1998.; "A new interpretation of the shape of the main-belt asteroid size distribution", 5th Workshop on Catastrophic Disruption in the Solar System. Timberline Lodge, OR. July 1998.; "A new interpretation of the size distribution of main-belt asteroids", 29th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Houston, TX. March 1998.; "Impact disruption of a porous, inhomogeneous target", 60th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society. Makena, HI. July 1997.; "Theoretical studies of ejecta reaccretion on 433 Eros: Predictions for the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission", 6th International Conference on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors. Versailles, France. July 1996.; "Size distributions of colliding particles: Dependence on impact strengths", 27th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. Muana Lani, HI. October 1995.; "Size distributions of asteroidal dust: Possible constraints on impact strengths", IAU Colloquium 150: Physics, Chemistry, and Dynamics of Interplanetary Dust. Gainesville, FL. August 1995.; "The collisional history of Ida", 26th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Houston, TX. March 1995.; "Numerical models of the origin of asteroidal moons during Hirayama family formation", 26th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. Washington, DC. November 1994.; "The collisional history of the mainbelt asteroid population and Hirayama asteroid families", IAU Symposium 160: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors. Belgirate, Italy. June 1993.; "Observational constraints on asteroid strengths", 4th International Workshop on Catastrophic Destruction of Small Solar System Bodies. Gubbio, Italy. June 1993.; "A determination of the contribution of asteroidal dust to the zodiacal cloud", 24th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. Munich, Germany. October 1992.; "Modeling of asteroidal dust production rates", 23rd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. Palo Alto, CA. November 1991.; "Calibration of asteroidal dust production rates through observations of the Hirayama families and their associated IRAS dust bands", 4th International Conference on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors. Flagstaff, AZ. June 1991.; "Implications of the observed size distribution of the asteroids for their collisional history", 22nd Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences. Charlottesville, VA. November 1990.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS: Durda, D. D., W. C. Stone, and the DEPTHX Team 2005. The DEPTHX Project: Autonomous exploration of subaqueous environments. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 37, 650.; Durda, D. D., W. F. Bottke, D. Nesvorny, E. Asphaug, and D. C. Richardson 2005. Size-frequency distributions of fragments from SPH/N-body simulations: Comparison with observed asteroid families. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXVI, abstract no. 1876.; Bottke, W. F., D. D. Durda, D. Nesvorny, R. Jedicke, A. Morbidelli, D. Vokrouhlicky, and H. Levison 2005. The fossilized size distribution of the main asteroid belt. Icarus 175, 111-140.; Bottke, W. F., D. Nesvorny, and D. D. Durda 2005. Are most small craters primaries or secondaries: Insights from asteroid collisional/dynamical evolution models. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXVI, abstract no. 1489.; Cintala, M. J., D. D. Durda, and K. R. Housen 2005. Large-scale experimental planetary science meets planetary defense: Deorbiting an asteroid satellite. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXVI, abstract no. 2160.; Flynn, G. J., and D. D. Durda 2005. Catastrophic disruption of hydrated targets: Implications for the hydrated asteroids and for the production of interplanetary dust particles. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXVI, abstract no. 1152.; Grimm, R. E., W. F. Bottke, D. Durda, B. Enke, E. R. D. Scott, E. Asphaug, and D. Richardson 2005. Joint thermal and collisional modeling of the H-chondrite parent body. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXVI, abstract no. 1798.; Kring, D. A., A. P. Showman, and D. D. Durda 2005. Global winds and aerosol updrafts created by the Chicxulub impact event. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXVI, abstract no. 1544.; Stone, W. C., R. Greenberg, D. D. Durda, E. A. Franke, and the DEPTHX Team 2005. The DEPTHX project: Pioneering technologies for exploration of extraterrestrial aqueous Channels. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXVI, abstract no. 2206.; Durda, D. D., and D. A. Kring 2004. Ignition threshold for impact-generated fires. J. Geophys. Res. 109, E08004, 10.1029/2004JE002279.; Durda, D. D. 2004. Ejecta generation and redistribution on 433 Eros: Modeling ejecta launch conditions. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXV, abstract no. 1096.; Flynn, G. J., and D. D. Durda 2004. Chemical and mineralogical size segregation in the impact disruption of inhomogenaous, anhydrous meteorites. Planetary and Space Science 52, 1129-1140.; Flynn, G. J., and D. D. Durda 2004. Chemical and mineralogical size segregation in the impact disruption of anhydrous stone meteorites. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXV, abstract no. 1072.; Durda, D. D., W. F. Bottke, B. L. Enke, W. F. Merline, E. Asphaug, D. C. Richardson, and Z. M. Leinhardt 2004. The formation of asteroid satellites in large impacts: Results from numerical simulations. Icarus 167, 382-396. Erratum in Icarus 170, 243-257.; Durda, D. D., and S. A. Stern 2003. High-altitude searches for vulcanoids: Observations from F/A-18B aircraft. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 35, 981.; Durda, D. D. 2003. Discontinuities in size-strength scaling laws: Another source of wavy size distributions. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXIV, abstract no. 1932.; Durda, D. D., W. F. Bottke, B. L. Enke, E. Asphaug, D. C. Richardson, and Z. M. Leinhardt 2003. The formation of asteroid satellites in catastrophic impacts: Results from numerical simulations. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXIV, abstract no. 1943.; Durda, D. D., G. J. Flynn, and T. W. VanVeghten 2003. Impacts into porous foam targets: Possible implications for the disruption of comet nuclei. Icarus 163, 504-507.; Hart, S. D., E. Asphaug, Durda, D. D., and G. J. Flynn 2003. Modeling asteroid impact dynamics: Catastrophic disruption of three distinct structure types. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXIV, abstract no. 2064.; VanVeghten, T. W., G. J. Flynn, D. D. Durda, S. D. Hart, and E. Asphaug 2003. Mass and size frequency distribution of the impact debris from disruption of chondritic meteorites. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXIV, abstract no. 1264.; Davis, D. R., D. D. Durda, F. Marzari, A. Campo Bagatin, and R. Gil-Hutton 2002. Collisional evolution of small-body populations. In Asteroids III (W. F. Bottke, A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel, Eds.), pp. 545-558. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.; Dermott, S. F., D. D. Durda, K. Grogan, and T. J. J. Kehoe 2002. Asteroidal dust. In Asteroids III (W. F. Bottke, A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel, Eds.), pp. 423-442. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.; Durda, D. D. 2002. Seeing double in the Kuiper belt. Nature 420, 618-619. (news and views); Durda, D. D., G. J. Flynn, S. D. Hart, and E. Asphaug 2002. Impact disruption of three ordinary chondrite meteorites. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXIII, abstract no. 1535.; Jones, T. D., D. R. Davis, D. D. Durda, R. Farquhar, L. Gefert, K. Hack, W. K. Hartmann, R. Jedicke, J. S. Lewis, S. Love, M. V. Sykes, and F. Vilas 2002. The next giant leap: Human exploration and utilization of near-Earth objects. In The Future of Solar System Exploration, 2003-2013 ASP Conference Series, Vol. 272 (M. V. Sykes, Ed.), pp. 141-154.; Kring, D. A., and D. D. Durda 2002. Trajectories and distribution of material ejected from the Chicxulub impact crater: Implications for post-impact wildfires. J. Geophys. Res. 107(E6), 10.1029/2001JE001532.; Merline, W. J., S. J. Weidenschilling, D. D. Durda, J. L. Margot, P. Pravec, and A. D. Storrs 2002. Asteroids do have satellites. In Asteroids III (W. F. Bottke, A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel, Eds.), pp. 289-312. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.; Scheeres, D. J., D. D. Durda, and P. E. Geissler 2002. The fate of asteroid ejecta. In Asteroids III (W. F. Bottke, A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel, Eds.), pp. 527-544. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.; Sykes, M. V., E. Asphaug, J. F. Bell, R. P. Binzel, W. Bottke, S. J. Bus, A. Cellino, P. Clark, D. R. Davis, M. C. DeSanctis, D. D. Durda, J. Emery, R. A. Fevig, U. Fink, J. Granahan, A. W. Harris, W. K. Hartmann, R. Jedicke, M. Kelley, S. M. Larson, D. J. Lien, C. Magri, S. J. Ostro, K. L. Reed, A. S. Rivkin, D. W. G. Sears, A. Storrs, D. J. Tholen, R. Walker, R. Whiteley, and H. Yano 2002. Exploring main belt asteroids. In The Future of Solar System Exploration, 2003-2013 ASP Conference Series, Vol. 272 (M. V. Sykes, Ed.), pp. 159-176.; Chapman, C. R., D. D. Durda, and R. E. Gold 2001. The comet/asteroid impact hazard: A systems approach. (white paper); Dermott, S. F., K. Grogan, D. D. Durda, S. Jayaraman, T. J. J. Kehoe, S. J. Kortenkamp, and M. C. Wyatt 2001. Orbital evolution of interplanetary dust. In Interplanetary Dust (E. Grun, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. F. Dermott, and H. Fechtig, Eds.), pp. 569-639. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.; Durda, D. D., W. F. Bottke, E. Asphaug, and D. C. Richardson 2001. The formation of asteroid satellites: Numerical simulations using SPH and N-body models. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 33, 1134.; Jones, T. D., F. Vilas, S. Love, K. Hack, L. Gefert, M. V. Sykes, J. S. Lewis, R. Jedicke, D. Davis, W. K. Hartmann, R. Farquhar, L. McFadden, and D. Durda 2001. The next giant leap: Human exploration and utilization of NEOs. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 33, 1054.; Sykes, M. V., S. M. Larson, R. Whiteley, U. Fink, R. Jedicke, J. Emery, R. Fevig, M. Kelley, A. W. Harris, S. Ostro, K. Reed, R. P. Binzel, A. Rivkin, C. Magri, W. Bottke, D. Durda, R. Walker, D. Davis, W. K. Hartmann, D. Sears, H. Yano, J. Granahan, A. Storrs, S. J. Bus, J. F. Bell, D. Tholen, and A. Cellino 2001. Exploring main belt asteroids. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 33, 1054.; Durda, D. D., S. A. Stern, J. I. Lunine, and A. Morbidelli 2001. Problematic constraints on collisional evolution in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt: Difficulties in exploiting the "Vesta Crust" paradigm. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXII, abstract no. 1669.; Grogan, K., S. F. Dermott, and D. D. Durda 2001. The size-frequency distribution of the zodiacal cloud: Evidence from the solar system dust bands. Icarus 152, 251-267.; Kring, D. A., and D. D. Durda 2001. The distribution of wildfires ignited by high-energy ejecta from the Chicxulub impact event. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXII, abstract no. 1447.; Young, L. A., M. A. Bullock, W. B. Colwell, D. D. Durda, K. Gleason, J. Wm. Parker, S. A. Stern, D. Terrell, and E. F. Young 2001. Photometric monitoring of Triton at Sommers-Bausch Observatory in 2000. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXXII, abstract no. 1999.; Durda, D. D., S. A. Stern, W. Tomlinson, D. C. Slater, and F. Vilas 2000. SWUIS-A: A versatile, low-cost UV/VIS/IR imaging system for airborne astronomy and aeronomy research. Proceedings of SPIE 4127, 24-30.; Durda, D. D., S. A. Stern, W. B. Colwell, J. Wm. Parker, H. F. Levison, and D. M. Hassler 2000. A new observational search for Vulcanoids in SOHO/LASCO Coronagraph Images. Icarus 148, 312-315.; Durda, D. D., S. A. Stern, J. I. Lunine, and A. Morbidelli 2000. Constraints on collisional evolution in the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt: Exploiting the "Vesta Crust" paradigm. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 32, 1030.; Durda, D. D. and S. A. Stern 2000. Collision rates in the present-day Kuiper Belt and Centaur regions: Applications to surface activation and modification on comets, Kuiper Belt objects, Centaurs, and Pluto-Charon. Icarus 145, 220-229.; Stern, S. A. and D. D. Durda 2000. Collisional evolution in the Vulcanoid region: Implications for present-day population constraints. Icarus 143, 360-370.; Stern, S. A., D. D. Durda, W. Tomlinson, and F. Vilas 2000. Low-cost airborne astronomy imager to begin research phase. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 81, 101,105.; Stern, S. A., P. R. Weissman, and D. D. Durda 2000. Collisional evolution of proto-comets in the solar nebula during ejection to the Oort Cloud: A key process. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 32, 1060.; Durda, D. D. and G. J. Flynn 1999. Experimental study of the impact disruption of a porous, inhomogeneous target. Icarus 142, 46-55.; Durda, D. D., S. A. Stern, J. Wm. Parker, W. B. Colwell, H. F. Levison, D. M. Hassler, and D. C. Slater 1999. Collisional and observational constraints on the putative Vulcanoid population. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 31, 1118.; Hoppa, G., R. Greenberg, P. Geissler, B. R. Tufts, J. Plassmann, and D. D. Durda 1999. Rotation of Europa: Constraints from terminator and limb positions. Icarus 137, 341-347.; Slater, D. C., S. A. Stern, W. B. Colwell, D. D. Durda, D. E. Mahoney, J. Wm. Parker, P. M. Tamblyn, W. M. Tomlinson, V. Genau, M. A'Hearn, L. J. Paxton, P. R. Weissman, F. Vilas, S. K. Robinson, and S. A. Hawley 1999. 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. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 31, 1082-1083.; Slater, D. C., S. A. Stern, W. M. Tomlinson, D. E. Mahoney, J. Wm. Parker, P. M. Tamblyn, W. B. Colwell, D. D. Durda, P. R. Weissman, and F. Vilas 1999. SWUIS - A compact astronomical UV/VIS/IR imaging system for manned space-based platforms including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. Space Technology and Applications International Forum - 1999, CP458. (Mohamed S. El-Genk, Ed.), pp. 299-305.; Stern, S. A., R. Canup, E. Asphaug, and D. D. Durda 1999. Pluto's family: Might some Plutinos be debris from the Pluto-Charon binary formation event?. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 31, 1109.; Stern, S. A., R. Canup, and D. D. Durda 1999. Pluto's family: Debris from the binary-forming collision in the 2:3 resonance? Lunar Plan. Sci. XXX, abstract no. 1213.; Storrs, A., E. Wells, B. Zellner, A. Stern, and D. D. Durda 1999. Imaging observations of asteroids with HST. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 31, 1089.; Durda, D. D., R. Greenberg, and R. Jedicke 1998. Collisional models and scaling laws: A new interpretation of the shape of the main-belt asteroid size distribution. Icarus 135, 431-440.; Durda, D. D., R. Greenberg, and R. Jedicke 1998. A new interpretation of the size distribution of main-belt asteroids. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXIX, abstract no. 1680.; Durda, D. D. and S. A. Stern 1998. Collisional and cratering rates in the Kuiper belt: Applications to surface activation and modification. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 30, 1113.; Greenberg, R., P. Geissler, G. Hoppa, B. R. Tufts, and D. Durda 1998. Tidal stress on Europa: Celestial mechanics meets geology. In Solar System Formation and Evolution. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 149 (D. Lazzaro et al., Eds.), pp. 149-165. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco.; Greenberg, R., P. E. Geissler, G. Hoppa, B. R. Tufts, D. D. Durda, R. Pappalardo, J. W. Head, R. Greeley, R. Sullivan, and M. H. Carr 1998. Tides and tectonics: Squeezing ice to Europa's surface. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 79, 203.; Greenberg, R., P. E. Geissler, G. Hoppa, B. R. Tufts, D. D. Durda, R. Pappalardo, J. W. Head, R. Greeley, R. Sullivan, and M. H. Carr 1998. Tectonic processes on Europa: Tidal stresses, mechanical response, and visible features. Icarus 135, 64-78.; Greenberg, R., G. V. Hoppa, P. E. Geissler, B. R. Tufts, D. D. Durda, and the Galileo Imaging Team 1998. Tidal stress on Europa: Non-synchronous rotation and diurnal variations. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXIX, abstract no. 1467.; Greenberg, R., G. V. Hoppa, P. E. Geissler, B. R. Tufts, D. D. Durda, and the Galileo Imaging Team 1998. Ridges on Europa: A proposed taxonomy and genetic interpretation. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXIX, abstract no. 1469.; Hoppa, G. V., R. Greenberg, P. E. Geissler, B. R. Tufts, C. B. Phillips, D. D. Durda, and the Galileo Imaging Team 1998. Tidal stress models on Europa: Comparison with geographical features. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 79, 197.; Hoppa, G. V., R. Greenberg, P. E. Geissler, B. R. Tufts, C. B. Phillips, D. D. Durda, and the Galileo Imaging Team 1998. Comparison of global stress models with geographical features on Europa. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXIX, abstract no. 1460.; Durda, D. D. and S. F. Dermott 1997. The collisional evolution of the asteroid belt and its contribution to the zodiacal cloud. Icarus 130, 140-164.; Durda, D. D. and G. J. Flynn 1997. Impact disruption of a porous, inhomogeneous target. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 32, A36-A37.; Durda, D. D. and G. J. Flynn 1997. An experimental study of the impact disruption of a porous, inhomogeneous target. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXVIII, 313-314.; Durda, D. D., R. Jedicke, and R. Greenberg 1997. The size distribution of 10 km-scale main-belt asteroids: Spacewatch observations and collisional models. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 29, 974.; Durda, D. D., D. A. Kring, E. Pierazzo, and H. J. Melosh 1997. Model calculations of the proximal and globally distributed distal ejecta from the Chicxulub impact crater. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXVIII, 315-316.; Greenberg, R., P. E. Geissler, G. Hoppa, B. R. Tufts, D. D. Durda, R. Pappalardo, J. W. Head, M. H. Carr, and the Galileo Imaging Team 1997. Tectonic processes on Europa: Tidal stresses and visible features. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 29, 983.; Petit, J.-M., D. D. Durda, R. Greenberg, T. A. Hurford, and P. E. Geissler 1997. The long-term dynamics of Dactyl's orbit. Icarus 130, 177-197.; Durda, D. D. and P. E. Geissler 1996. The formation of asteroidal satellites in large cratering collisions. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 28, 1101.; Geissler, P. E., D. D. Durda, J. Plassmann, T. Hurford, and R. Greenberg 1996. Generation of regolith on 243 Ida. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 28, 1102-1103.; Davis, D. R., C. R. Chapman, D. D. Durda, P. Farinella, and F. Marzari 1996. On the formation and collisional/dynamical evolution of the Ida/Dactyl system as part of the Koronis family. Icarus 120, 220-230.; Durda, D. D. 1996. The formation of asteroidal satellites in catastrophic collisions. Icarus 120, 212-219.; Durda, D. D. and S. F. Dermott 1996. Size distributions of asteroidal dust: Possible constraints on impact strengths. In Physics, Chemistry, and Dynamics of Interplanetary Dust. ASP Conference Series, Vol. 140 (B. A. S. Gustafson and M. S. Hanner, Eds.), pp. 473-476. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco.; Geissler, P., J.-M. Petit, D. D. Durda, R. Greenberg, W. Bottke, M. Nolan, and J. Moore 1996. Erosion and ejecta reaccretion on 243 Ida and its moon. Icarus 120, 140-157.; Greenberg, R., W. Bottke, M. Nolan, P. Geissler, J.-M. Petit, D. D. Durda, E. Asphaug, and J. Head 1996. Collisional and dynamical history of Ida. Icarus 120, 106-118.; Durda, D. D. and S. F. Dermott 1995. Size distributions of colliding particles: Dependence on impact strengths. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 27, 1073.; Geissler, P. E., J.-M. Petit, D. D. Durda, R. Greenberg, W. Bottke, M. Nolan, and J. Moore 1995. Ejecta reaccretion on 243 Ida. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 27, 1070.; Greenberg, R., W. F. Bottke, Jr., M. C. Nolan, D. D. Durda, P. Geissler, and J.-M. Petit 1995. Ida's impact history. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 27, 1069-1070.; Greenberg, R., P. Geissler, W. Bottke, M. Nolan, J.-M. Petit, and D. D. Durda 1995. Collisional history of Ida. Lunar Plan. Sci. XXVI, 503-504.; Hurford, T. A., D. D. Durda, R. Greenberg, J.-M. Petit, P. Geissler, and W. F. Bottke 1995. Stable periodic orbits around Ida: Several fit Dactyl's motion. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 27, 1070-1071.; Dermott, S. F., D. D. Durda, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman, J. C. Liou, and Y.-L. Xu 1994. Modern sources of dust in the solar system. LPI Technical Report No. 94-02. 17-18.; Durda, D. D. 1994. Numerical models of the origin of asteroidal moons during Hirayama family formation. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 26, 1158.; Durda, D. D. and S. Jayaraman 1994. On the origin and dynamical lifetime of the near-Earth asteroid belt. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 26, 1166.; Geissler, P., J.-M. Petit, R. Greenberg, W. Bottke, M. Nolan, and D. Durda 1994. Erosion and regolith redistribution on 243 Ida and its moon. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 26, 1157.; Dermott, S. F., D. D. Durda, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman, J. C. Liou, and Y.-L. Xu 1994. Zodiacal dust bands. In Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993 (A. Milani, M. Di Martino, and A. Cellino, Eds.), pp. 127-142. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.; Terrell, D. and D. D. Durda 1994. Inversion of asteroid lightcurves by differential corrections. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 26, 1175.; Dermott, S. F., D. D. Durda, R. S. Gomes, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman, J. C. Liou, P. D. Nicholson, and Y.-L. Xu 1993. Origin of the IRAS dustbands. In Meteoroids and Their Parent Bodies (J. Stohl and I. P. Williams, Eds.), pp. 357-366. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava.; Xu, Y.-L., S. F. Dermott, D. D. Durda, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman, and J. C. Liou 1993. The zodiacal cloud. In Frontiers of Astronomy in 1990's (Li Qibin, Ed.), pp. 180-191. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore.; Durda, D. D. and S. F. Dermott 1992. A determination of the contribution of asteroidal dust to the zodiacal cloud. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 24, 951.; Durda, D. D. and D. Terrell 1992. A prime opportunity to observe a near-miss of the Earth-crossing asteroid 4179 Toutatis. I.A.P.P.P. Comm. 48, 44-47.; Durda, D. D., S. F. Dermott, and B. A. S. Gustafson 1992. Modeling of asteroidal dust production rates. In Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 (E. Bowell and A. Harris, Eds.), pp. 161-164. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.; Dermott, S. F., D. D. Durda, R. S. Gomes, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman, Y.-L. Xu, and P. D. Nicholson 1992. The origin and evolution of the zodiacal dust cloud. In Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 (E. Bowell and A. Harris, Eds.), pp. 153-156. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.; Dermott, S. F., R. S. Gomes, D. D. Durda, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman, Y.-L. Xu, and P. D. Nicholson 1992. Dynamics of the zodiacal cloud. In Chaos, Resonance, and Collective Dynamical Phenomena in the Solar System (S. Ferraz-Mello, Ed.), pp. 333-347. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.; Gustafson, B. A. S., E. Grun, S. F. Dermott, and D. D. Durda 1992. Collisional and dynamical evolution of dust from the asteroid belt. In Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 (E. Bowell and A. Harris, Eds.), pp. 223-226. Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston.; Durda. D. and S. F. Dermott 1991. Modelling of asteroidal dust production rates. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 23, 1150.; Xu, Y.-L., S. F. Dermott, B. A. S. Gustafson, S. Jayaraman, and D. D. Durda 1991. Modelling the zodiacal cloud. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 23, 1149-1150.; Durda, D. and S. F. Dermott 1990. Implications of the observed size distribution of the asteroids for their collisional history. Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 22, 1113.
POPULAR PUBLICATIONS: Books; Cosmic Pinball: The Science of Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids (C. Sumners and C. Allen, Eds.). With David Kring and Guy Consolmagno. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.; Articles; All in the Family. Astronomy 21, pp. 36-41.; The Solar System's New Ring. Mercury 23, pp. 20-22.; Two By Two They Came. Astronomy 23, pp. 30-35.; Vagabond Moons. Astronomy 33, pp. 46-51. With Doug Hamilton.; Shoemaker Grants: A Little Money, Lots of NEOs. The Planetary Report 20, no. 3, pp. 6-8.; Human Exploration of Near-Earth Asteroids. The Planetary Report 20, no. 3, pp. 10-11.; The 2001 Shoemaker NEO Grant Awardees: A World of Observing Experience. The Planetary Report 21, no. 2, pp. 15-17.; Stepping Stones to Mars. Astronomy 29, no. 2, pp. 44-49.; The 2002 Shoemaker NEO Grants - It's time to propose! The Planetary Report 22, no. 1, pp. 19.; Minor Planets, Petite Moons Mercury 32, no. 5, pp. 6.; Project Prometheus Mercury 32, no. 6, pp. 6.; Radar Glints from Ethane Lakes Mercury 33, no. 1, pp. 6.; I Robot? I Wish! Mercury 33, no. 2, pp. 6.; Another Red Planet? Mercury 33, no. 3, pp. 6.; A Long-Overdue Return to the Moon Mercury 33, no. 4, pp. 6.; Winged MESSENGER Mercury 33, no. 5, pp. 6.; It's The Little Things That Count Mercury 33, no. 6, pp. 6.; Lonely Planets Mercury 34, no. 1, pp. 6.; Space Art Below Sea Level Mercury 34, no. 2, pp. 6.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Theoretical; Numerical simulations of the formation of asteroid satellites in collisions, Daniel D. Durda, William F. Bottke, Erik Asphaug, and Derek Richardson.; The global distribution of ejecta from the Chicxulub impact crater and environmental effects of large impacts, David A. Kring, Daniel D. Durda; Ejecta generation and redistribution on 433 Eros, Daniel D. Durda; Experimental; Size distribution of dust from the catastrophic destruction of meteoritic samples, George J. Flynn and Daniel D. Durda.; KC-135 microgravity experiments in regolith properties and cratering mechanics, Mark Cintala, Josh Colwell, and Daniel D. Durda; Observational; Airborne astronomy from high-performance, high-altitude aircraft, Daniel D. Durda and S. Alan Stern.
JOURNALS SERVED AS MANUSCRIPT REFEREE: Icarus; Science; Astronomical Journal; Geophysical Research Letters; Planetary and Space Science; Earth, Planets and Space
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: AST 101, Introduction to Astronomy, lecture course covering modern solar system astronomy (4 semesters); AST 1022, Discovering the Universe, lecture course covering all areas of modern astronomy (3 semesters); AST 1022L, astronomy laboratory course (6 semesters); ISC 1001, Introduction to Physical Science, lecture course covering topics in physics and chemistry (9 semesters); PSC 1101, Principles of Physical Science, lecture course covering topics in geology, meteorology, and astronomy (2 semesters)