I created the spacecraft image and Mars and then overlaid a scientific illustration showing the solar wind. I can't claim complete credit for the image but it was exactly what the mission study team wanted. It was used on the study cover and also in this MEPAG paper, available online called: Robotic Mars Exploration Strategy 2007-2016.

The orbiter's objectives were to determine the interaction of the solar wind with Mars, determine diurnal and seasonal variations of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere, determine the influence of crustal magnetism on the ionospheric process and measure thermal and non-thermal escape rates of atmospheric constitutents and estimate the evolution of the Martian atmosphere.

As you may know, the 2011 Mars Scout competition became a choice between two orbiters whose science goals were similar to the 2016 Mars Aeronomy Comsat. Since the winner, MAVEN, will accomplish the aeronomy science the major science focus for the 2016 Mars Science Orbiter has changed to a trace gas mission. Investigating methane on Mars is a top priority.