Dr Douglas R Hamilton
Dr Douglas R Hamilton
MD PhD MSc Elec Eng
FRCPC ABIM LMCC USMLE PE PEng
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Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
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Adjunct Professor Electrical Engineering
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United States Air Force Flight Surgeon Wings
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Retired NASA and CSP Flight Surgeon
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PhD Cardiac Physiology
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B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Plasma Physics
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Flight Controller certification for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station
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ORCID 0000-0001-7361-9603
Dr Douglas R Hamilton
Contact details:
E: DrHamilton@SpacePortAustralia.com.au
P:+1 587 577 6900
Notable Special Projects
The Thailand Soccer Team rescue
In June to July 2018, a junior football team was trapped inside Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave system in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. I was recruited to design and complete mathematical modelling of the cave’s oxygen resources per/kg/biochemical out of individuals trapped, calculating longevity and rescue threshold.
The Chilean Mine Rescue
August 5, 2010, the Copiapó mining accident, occurred at the San José copper–gold mine, Atacama Desert. I was recruited to design communication devices and delivery, 17 days later, a small exploratory hole was drilled into a deep mine shaft, and the miners attached a note to the drill bit indicating there were 33 survivors.
Medical Support for Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina
August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, U.S.A., I was appointed by the Harris County Hospital District as clinical lead night time physician for the Astrodome and Reliant Park Center during the Houston Katrina evacuation centres.
Medical Support for the Hubble Repair Mission
Shuttle mission STS-125 to repair the orbital mechanics of the Hubble Space Telescope. I was responsible to mathematical calculations of oxygen and resource management and crew longevity and survival in the event of misadventure. The mission was conducted in May 2009, achieving remarkable success.
The Telemedicine Instrumentation Pack
The was a project started before I arrived in Hardware design, software, procedures, certification, and operation of the Telemedicine Instrumentation Pack (TMIP) on the shuttle Endeavour, 1998.