Patrick North

Patrick North

Chief Remote Sensing Engineer

Pat leads the development for the STK Electro-Optical InfraRed (EOIR) module. He is a passionate image scientist and software engineer with expertise in sensor modeling, analysis, and exploitation. Before joining AGI, Pat helped develop control systems that led to a number of patents for GE Corporate Research and Development, supported clinical trials in the medical field via radiological image processing at VirtualScopics, and spent a decade at Lockheed Martin supporting the defense and intelligence communities. Pat has a B.S. in computer science and an M.S. in imaging science from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Pat is a two-time All American wrestler and still keeps up with wrestling as the coach for Ursinus. He also helps mentor kids in the Federation of Galaxy Explorers and teaches first and second graders at Sunday school.

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Going 1000 times faster at the ESA NEO and DEBRIS DETECTION CONFERENCE

  • Jan 22, 2019
  • Patrick North, Tal Bass

<p>Fast Metrics: The quickest way to calculate the detectability of satellites and space debris.</p>

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Using Modeling and Simulation to Solve Hard Problems

  • Sep 26, 2018
  • Patrick North

<p>Maybe the most interesting problem right now is the question: What&rsquo;s the best way to detect and track a hypersonic glider?&nbsp;</p>

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What is Space Situational Awareness?

  • May 4, 2015
  • Patrick North

Recently we here at AGI just received our first commercial Space Situational Awareness (SSA) contract and our command center is now...

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