Harrison J. Schmitt Adjunct Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Additional Experience Summary

Contact Information

437 Engineering Research Building 1500 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706

Tel: 608/263-3285

Departments

• Engineering Physics
• Geology and Geophysics

Program Affiliations

• Fusion Technology Institute

Education

• PhD 1964, Geology, Harvard Univ.

Additional Experience

Consultant, NASA; U.S. Senate

Summary

Professor Schmitt is a consultant engaged in research with the Fusion Technology Institute on the utilization of resources from space, including the feasibility of using helium-3 from the moon to supply energy on Earth. He also teaches a popular course, Resources from Space. An astronaut on the Apollo 17 mission to the moon, Schmitt has first-hand knowledge of the space environment.