Dr. Lorna Finman is a PhD, MS in Astrophysics from Stanford University
About
Dr. Lorna Finman has her doctoral degree in Astrophysics from Stanford University. Her thesis was successfully launched on the Gamma Ray Observatory providing key data. She became a NASA astronaut candidate in 1989. She later worked with Raytheon Corporation (formerly Hughes Aircraft) Space & Strategic Division as both Program and Department Manager with multi-million dollar budgets on Commercial Satellites and the Space Defense Initiative (aka Star Wars). She is the Founder and CEO of LCF Defense Enterprises, a high tech engineering and manufacturing company, whose innovative products are credited with saving thousands of troops' lives. She launched an educational non-profit worldwide to engage students into space careers. She was Technical Director on NASA's ELaNa Mission Project Davinci satellite launched in 2019. She has received multiple awards, published numerous papers, and has a patent for her SDI Innovative Work.
Experience
LCF Defense Enterprises
Founder & CEO
High tech engineering and manufacturing firm creating state-of-the-art RF Power Amplifiers.
Designed and developed key components in jamming systems deployed overseas against Improvised Explosive Devices saving thousands of troops lives.
Raytheon
Program & Department Manager Space & Strategic Optics
Directed multi-million dollar budget for Communication Satellite programs. Responsible for five laboratories deploying Space Surveillance optics. Program Manager for Multi Million Dollar Space & Strategic Research & Development. Program Manager Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI-aka Star Wars) Air Force Programs. Received SDI Air Force Award for Excellent Performance. One patent. Pellicle Laser Power Limiter (Laser operation in Space).
NASA
Astronaut Candidate
Semi-finalist in NASA group 13 selection.
Satellite launched with RocketLab in LEO through the NASA ELaNa mission. With backers such as Charles Lindbergh's grandson Eric, X-Prize founder Peter Diamandis, and the maker of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Burt Rutan.
Project DaVinci Satellite
Technical Director
A high tech non-profit that reached millions of students with its mobile discovery lab, after school programs, summer programs, and workshops teaching kids/teachers about STEM & Space. Partnering with large corporations like Micron and innovative governments like the UAE/Dubai.
STEM Revolution
Founder & CEO
Accomplishments
US Army Distinguished Performance Award for Saving Warfighter’s Lives
US Army
Our critical technology was part of IED jamming devices triggered by Radio Frequencies. Our innovative technology was credited with reducing casualties and deaths by up to 90%.
US Dept. of Defense Commendation awarded for F-117 Stealth Fighter Program nominated by Lockheed Martin
US Department of Defense
Our innovative technology was critical to improve pilot voice quality and extend the range of communication of F117 fighter aircraft.
Hoover Institution Participant
Hoover Institution
Public policy and think tank and research institution located at Stanford University in California.
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society is the international honor society of science and engineering. One of the oldest and largest scientific organizations in the world, Sigma Xi has a distinguished history of service to science and society for more than one hundred and twenty five years. Scientists and engineers, whose research spans the disciplines of science and technology, comprise the membership of the Society. Sigma Xi chapters can be found at colleges and universities, government laboratories, and industry research centers around the world. More than 200 Nobel Prize winners have been members.
Nominated by Nobel Laureate Robert Hofstadter (Advisor at Stanford) to Sigma Xi Physics Honor Society
Sigma Xi Physics Honor Society
Won a Full Academic Scholarship to Stanford University
Top 10 National Science & Engineering Research Award Government of Canada
STEM Program provided on military base for middle school students to promote interest in STEM Careers and in the Military.
Facilitated award of Pentagon STEM program for students on a local Military Base through the
Air National Guard
US Department of Defense
Innovative approach in STEM Education state wide to engage more students in careers, particularly Space, and getting the STEM Action Center established in the Governor's office.
Governor's Office: State Innovator of the Year
State Governor's Office
Publications
EGRET: The High Energy Gamma-Ray Telescope for NASA’s Gamma-Ray Observatory
Conference on Cosmic Ray Physics
C. E Fichtel, D.L. Bertsch, RC Hartman, DA Kniffen, R Hofstadter, EB Hughes, LE Campbell-Finman, K. Pinkau, H. Mayer-hasselwander, “ EGRET: The High Energy Gamma-Ray Telescope for NASA’s Gamma-Ray Observatory”, Conference on Cosmic Ray Physics.
Implementation of Digital Subtraction Angiography with a Synchrotron X-ray Beam
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
H.D. Zeman, E.B. Hughes, L.E. Campbell-Finman, R. Hofstadter, R.L. Kirk, TlJ. Kroliki, J. Rolfe, JP Stone, S Wilson, E Rubenstein, “Implementation of Digital Subtraction Angiography with a Synchrotron X-ray Beam:, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Vol NS-29 No.1.
Positron Scattering from Krypton and Xenon
Journal of Physics B, Atomic and Molecular Physics. (A Europhysics Journal) British Institute of Physics
R.P. McEachran, A.D. Stauffer and L.E. Campbell-Finman, “Positron Scattering from Krypton and Xenon”, Journal of Physics B, Atomic and Molecular Physics. (A Europhysics Journal) British Institute of Physics, Vol. 13.
E. Rubenstein, E.B. Hughes, L.E. Campbell-Finman, R. Hofstadter, R.L. Kirk, T.J. Kroliki, J.P. Stone, S. Wilson and H.D. Zeman, “Synchrotron Radiation and its Application to Digital Subtraction Angiography”, Internal Society of Optical Engineering, SPIE Vol. 314, Conference Stanford University.
Synchrotron Radiation and its Application to Digital Subtraction Angiography
Internal Society of Optical Engineering, Conference Stanford University
Johansson, B.L. Beron, L.E. Campbell-Finman, R. Eichler, P.Gorodetsky, R. Hofstadter, E.B. Hughes, S. Wilson, “Use of an Active Coded Aperture for Improved Directional Measurements in High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy”, IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science. Vol NS-27, No. 1, Space Instrumentation
Use of an Active Coded Aperture for Improved Directional Measurements in High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy
IEEE Transactions On Nuclear Science
Projects
This link shows a single spark chamber element from the stack of 28 modules used in the gamma-ray detector called EGRET (Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope), one of four major instruments that flew on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory satellite (CGRO).
Project Featured in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Started Award Winning STEM Charter School
Sponsor & Board Member
Learning/teaching methodology implemented to take rural students/teachers to globally competitive levels.
Top school in the state in 3 years.
STEM Action Center
State Governor's Office
Convinced Governor to create a 'STEM VC Fund' called the STEM Action Center to invest in State-Wide STEM Startups & Projects.
Zero-Gravity Robots
ZERO Robotics
Funded, alongside MIT/NASA, Zero-Gravity Robots that were sent to the International Space Station.
Patents
Laser Power Limiter for Laser Warfare in Space
US & European Patent
Patent Number: us 0273936