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Aerospace Experience:
14 years
Engineering Skills:
Guidance, Navigation and Control
Vehicle Performance and Trajectory
System Engineering
Engineering Project
Program Experience:
NASA NRA 8-30 TA-7 Flight Mechanics Risk Reduction. Principal
Investigator to demonstrate reduced mission cost with flight
mechanics "design for operations" concepts in
USL’s Integrated Development and Operations System
(IDOS)
NASA SBIR program for RLV low-cost guidance, Principle Investigator
McDonnell Douglas X-33 - Principle Investigator, led industry
and university team of 15 developing and implementing autonomous
abort guidance and control; real-time implementation; interfaced
with automated mission planning
International Space Station - Implementing GN&C flight
software; infuse rapid prototyping into flight software
and GN&C development
McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper Experimental (DC-X) - Primary
developer and operator of GN&C algorithms and flight
software; developed, implemented and tested simulation and
flight software; developed abort capabilities and low-cost
flight operations features; participated in twelve successful
flights, demonstrated implementation, testing and flying
of new G&C flight software in seven days.
McDonnell Douglas Delta Clipper Experimental Follow-on (DC-XA)
- Implementation of rapid flight operations, demonstrated
six hour mission software turnaround.
Rocket Development Company Intrepid - Guidance implementation,
and trajectory optimization and simulation; developed Monte
Carlo dispersion analysis for off-nominal validation
McDonnell Douglas - Neutral Particle Beam - Simulation,
GN&C analysis
5 years US Naval officer, submarine service
Education:
BSSE, U.S. Naval Academy, 1982
MSEE, University of Southern California, 1992
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