Keith Crisman
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Assistant Professor, Space Studies
- Human Centered Design, Microgravity Medical Systems and Procedures Architecture, Microgravity & Off-planet Habitation Simulation, Neutral Buoyancy Microgravity Analogs, & Additive Manufacturing
Contact Info
- Email: keith.crisman@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.2355
- Dept: 701.777.2355
Office Address
Clifford Hall Room 532
4149 University Ave Stop 9008
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9008
Curriculum Vitae
Biography
Dr. Keith Crisman was awarded a PhD from the Florida Institute of Technology’s Human Centered Design program with emphasis on rescue and safety systems pertaining to human spaceflight and variable gravity environments.
There, he supported Florida Tech’s Human Spaceflight Laboratory as the Health and Safety Officer as well as Research Assistant. Keith performed thorough risk analysis and developed both Adaptive Spaceship Cockpit Simulator and Intravehicular Spacesuit operational procedures supporting successful IRB application for Humans-in-the-Loop Simulations. Further, he has collaborated on FAA Commercial Space Transportation research related to analytics of the normative Human Spaceflight environment as well as collaborations with Embry Riddle University during research on IVA Spacesuit Ergonomics for Spacesuit Cabin Integration Human Factors.
Dr. Crisman has completed research at the Mars Desert Research Station as the Health and Safety Officer of Crew 219 and Commanding Officer of Crew 239. He plans to continue research in off-planet analogous simulators to include neutral buoyancy with an upcoming research dive at the Aquarius Reef underwater research facility (NASAs NEEMO). Dr. Crisman recently completed a 24-hour dive at an underwater facility to perform outreach and research with graduate students as part of his AERO (Adventure, Exploration, Research, and Outreach) initiative.
He has an immense educational background starting with Automotive Technologies certification from Pike-Lincoln Technical Center, an AAT from Ozarks Technical Community College with emphasis in Psychology, a BSci in Psychology with Biology minor from the University of North Dakota, an MSci in Human Factors of Aeronautics from the Florida Institute of Technology and PhD in Human Centered Design from the Florida Institute of Technology.
Certifications include DAN DFA-PRO provider, PADI Rescue Diver, PADI Aquanaut Diver, and AAUS Scientific Diver along with various related certifications. His work throughout this path has resulted in a Contained Environment Airlock Pass-Through (CEB) and Geologic Sample Return Container (SMR) for a Pressurized, Manned Rover, Collaboration between NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the University of North Dakota Space Studies Department, completed in 2012, a patent for a Ferrohydrodynamic Thermal Management System and Method, US20160116223 A1, Fourier Electric LLC, Orlando, FL, USA, patent filed 2014, and the creation of an emergency containment system for single person use in a microgravity environment found within his dissertation, Microgravity Emergency Medical Containment System – A Concept of Architecture, Prototyping, and Usability Research.
Please see CV for more information.
Semper Exploro – Per Scientiam ad Martis
SPST 200 (Current)- Introduction to Space Studies, Undergraduate
SPST 310 (Inactive)- Introduction to Dinosaurs*, Undergraduate
SPST 530 (Current)- Human Centered Design, Graduate
SPST 531 (Current)- Applied Human Centered Design, Graduate
SPST 532 (Current)- Disasters in Human Spaceflight, Graduate
SPST 533 (Pending)- Space Architecture: SciFi to Reality, Graduate
SPST 590 (Current)- Space Studies Colloquium, Graduate
*Inactive courses are being modernized and updated for re-release
Current Research Interest Areas
- Extreme Environment Survivability
- Hemodynamics/Biometrics Vitals Monitoring In-Situ
- Long-Duration Mission Psychological & Physiological Impact
- Study of Performance for Extravehicular Space Suit
- Variable Gravity Emergency and Medical Systems
- Analog Environment/Simulation Fidelity and Safety
- Variable Gravity Rescue Systems Architecture Design and Development of Autonomous Resources
- AERO 24-hour Dive for Outreach and Novel Communications System for Ocean-Worlds Tools
- AERO 48-hour Dive for Outreach and Novel Communications System for Ocean-Worlds Tools
- Preliminary Study on the Feasibility of current US Spacecraft Systems to Support Parastronauts Activities
- Research and Development of a Lunar Boot Outsole
- Human Factor Analysis of Space Crop Cultivation Methods and Interactions
- Design and Fabrication of Inflatable Habitat Core Section for Microgravity Medical Systems
- Design and Fabrication of Action, Control, Tactile, Visual Board for HITL testing of IVA/EVA suits
- Doule, O., Kobrick, R.L., Crisman, K., Skuhersky, M., Lopac, N., Fornito II, M.J., Covello, C., Banner, B.C. (2021), IVA spacesuit for commercial spaceflight - Upper body motion envelope analysis. Acta Astronautica, Vol 186
- Crisman, O. Doule, K. Momose, (2019), Cis-Lunar Orbital Medical Facility and Roadmap, IAF/IAA Space Life Sciences Symposium (A1). 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington D.C. Published at IAC 2019
- Doule, O., Crisman, K., Kobrick, R.L., Lopac, N., Fornito II, M.J., Covello, C., and Banner, B. (2019), Adjustable IVA Analog Spacesuit Ergonomics – Upper Body Motion Envelope Reference Model. 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, 7th International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation: Space. Washington D.C., USA
- Doule, D. Kiss, Y. Mehta, K. Crisman, E. Beltran, and M. Miller, (2019), Design and Operational Considerations for Human Spaceflight Occupant Safety, New Space, Vol 7, No 2
- PhD Dissertation: Crisman, K. (2020), Microgravity Emergency Medical Containment System – A Concept of Architecture, Prototyping, and Usability Research
- Multiple interviews as subject matter expert in local, state, and federal news sources (KVRR, Florida Today, Newsweek, etc.)
- 2019 Oral Presentation for IAF/IAA Space Life Sciences Symposium (A1) as part of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington D.C. “Cis-Lunar Orbital Medical Facility and Roadmap”
- 2019 Presentation for Experience 2 Lead, Cape Canaveral, FL “Human Centered Design / Design Thinking aspects with an Intravehicular Activity Space Suit”
- 2013 Graduate Students Scholarly Forum Poster Presentation “Development of a Contained Environment Airlock System and Geologic Sample Return Container”
- Fall 2012 NASA Internship Final Presentation “Design and Development of a Contained Environment Airlock and Sample Materials Return System (CEB-SMR)”
- SpaceVision 2013 Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Poster Presentation “Design and Development of a Contained Environment Airlock and Sample Materials Return System (CEB-SMR) Emphasis on Additive Manufacturing”
BSci - Psychology (M) & Biology (m), Univeristy of North Dakota
MSci - Human Factors of Aeronautics, Florida Institute of Technology
PhD - Human Centered Design, Florida Institute of Technology
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Space Architecture Technical Committee
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Life Sciences and Systems Technical Committee
IAASS International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety - Space Human Performance and Health Technical Committee
AsMA Aerospace Medical Association - Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Technical Committee