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Dr. Henry "Trae" Winter III is an astrophysicist who has worked on eight NASA missions observing the Sun with varied duties such as designing optics, analyzing complex data sets, instrument calibration, planning observations, and designing software to automatically detect features in big data streams. His primary research focus is improving computer simulations to explore how energy is released in the Sun's atmosphere, the corona, and in other stars. Doctor Winter also designs video wall exhibits that bring the wonder and beauty of the Sun and the universe to public. His exhibits have been featured at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the Harvard Art Museums’ Lightbox Gallery, and the Museum of Boulder. Dr. Winter spearheads many efforts to engage the public in scientific discovery at different levels. He was part of the leadership team that revamped the Montana Space Grant Consortium's Space Public Outreach Team (SPOT) which taught college students how to give professional level presentations on NASA missions to K-12 students in Montana, primarily in rural schools. He also worked on the Yohkoh Public Outreach Project, which was one of the first mission based outreach programs that primarily used the Internet to engage students and teachers alike. Dr. Winter also worked in summer, science education programs at the Salish-Kootenai Flathead Lake Reservation. Dr. Winter is currently a core team member of NASA's Space Science Education Consortium and is working on cutting edge technologies to make astrophysics accessible to people who are blind and visually impaired.

Listed skills include Astrophysics, Physics, Idl, Scientific Computing, and 31 others.