Common Instrument Interface

The Common Instrument Interface (CII) Study Activity supports Earth Science Directorate (ESD) by identifying a common set of Earth Science instrument-to-spacecraft interface guidelines that will improve the likelihood that these instruments become hosted payloads on hosted payload opportunities. CII works with industry, academia, and other government agencies to analyze the interface trade space, which helps ESD understand the key drivers in the matching process. CII also hosts periodic workshops to bring together stakeholders to review team guidelines and nurture relationships within the community.

Team Member Contact List

Member	Role	E-mail	Phone
Randy Regan	Project Manager	curtis.r.regan@nasa.gov	(757) 864-1869
Brian Blakkolb	Contamination	brian.k.blakkolb@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 354-3905
Ben Bornstein Benny Toomarian	Data Systems	benjamin.j.bornstein@jpl.nasa.gov nikzad.toomarian@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 393-5349 (818) 354-7945
Donald Nieaeth	Electrical Power Systems	donald.g.nieraeth@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 354-6603
Lowell Primm	Launch and Space Environments	lowell.e.primm@nasa.gov	(301) 286-8893
Randy Hein	System Engineering	randall.c.hein@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 354-0103
Benny Toomarian	Data Systems	nikzad.toomarian@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 354-7945
Margie Homer	Systems Integration	margie.l.homer@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 354-5114
Gaj Birur Eric Sunada	Thermal Systems	gajanana.c.birur@jpl.nasa.gov eric.t.sunada@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 354-4762 (818) 354-1543
Jim Hoffman	Hosted Payload Opportunity	james.e.hofman@jpl.nasa.gov	(818) 393-7174

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