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Lindley Johnson, Planetary Defense Officer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D. C.
NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO), managed at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., is responsible for early detection of...
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Adam Sidor, NASA Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) — heatshields — form the outer surface of spacecraft and provide protection as the vehicle plunges through planetary...
Who's Who: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Nick Krotkov, Atmospheric Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Using data from NASA’s Earth Observing System Aura satellite, launched in 2004, a team led by Michigan Technological University created a global map of...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Brooke Thornton, Mission Operations Manager, NASA’s Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
On February 19, The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III instrument launched aboard a cargo capsule to the International Space Station....
Who's Who: Communications
Darmindra Arumugam, Senior Research Technologist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
In outdoor locations, firefighters and emergency responders can use GPS technology to track one another. Indoor environments like high-rises and...
Who's Who: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Farzin Amzajerdian, Principal Investigator, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Since 2003, Farzin Amzajerdian has worked on the Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL), a sensor designed to support safe and precise vehicle landings on Mars and...
Who's Who: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Branimir Blagojevic, Technologist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
During his time with former employer Science and Engineering Services, LLC, Branimir Blagojevic helped build a remote-sensing device that detected biological...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Jason Dworkin, Project Scientist, OSIRIS-REx, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
On September 8, NASA launched OSIRIS-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer). The probe will...
Who's Who: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Edward Chow, AUDREY Program Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Edward Chow leads the development of AUDREY, the Assistant for Understanding Data through Reasoning, Extraction, and sYnthesis. The artificial-intelligence...
Who's Who: Materials
Dr. Bin Chen, Materials Scientist, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Dr. Bin Chen has led the development of nanomaterials and ultra-sensitive detection techniques. Her materials development work directly supports...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Stevan Spremo, Project Manager, COTSAT-1, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Stevan Spremo is the project manager of COTSAT-1, or Cost Optimized Test of Spacecraft Avionics and Technologies. The ongoing development project aims to build...
Who's Who: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Dr. Patrick Fink, Chief Technologist, Wireless Communication Systems Branch, Johnson Space Center, Houston TX
Dr. Patrick Fink leads technology development of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems. The RFID technology will...
Who's Who: Green Design & Manufacturing
Joe Munchak, Research Meteorologist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
Using the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite, launched in 2014, NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency...
Who's Who: Robotics, Automation & Control
John Hanson, Nodes Deputy Project Manager and Technical Lead, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
On December 6, 2015, two small satellites, or CubeSats, successfully launched to the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s...
Who's Who: Photonics/Optics
Mike Krainak, Laser and Electro-Optics Branch Head, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
In 2020, NASA's first-ever integrated-photonics modem will be tested aboard the International Space Station. Mike Krainak leads the development of...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Jim Heidmann, Project Manager for NASA’s Advanced Air Transport Technology Project, and Jason Welstead, Aerospace Engineer
Jim Heidmann of Glenn Research Center (Cleveland, OH) and Jason Welstead of Langley Research Center (Hampton, VA) have led NASA efforts to develop all-electric and hybrid-electric designs for large passenger aircraft....
Who's Who: Software
Dave McNally, Aerospace Engineer, Air Traffic Management, and Kapil Sheth, Aerospace Research Engineer, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Convective weather, such as severe thunderstorm activity, is the leading cause of delay in the U.S. National Airspace System. Two NASA-developed tools – the Dynamic Weather Routes (DWR) tool...
Who's Who: Aerospace
MEET NASA'S PLANETARY PROTECTION OFFICER
As NASA plans launches to Mars, Europa, and beyond, the agency's Office of Planetary Protection ensures that the environments are shielded against contamination, especially bacteria and microbes from...
Who's Who: Green Design & Manufacturing
Dr. Catherine A. Conley, Planetary Protection Officer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
As NASA plans launches to Mars, Europa, and beyond, the agency's Office of Planetary Protection ensures that the environments are shielded against...
Who's Who: Materials
Dr. Santo A. Padula, Materials Research Engineer, Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH
Dr. Santo Padula has developed testing techniques to support the development of advanced materials like metallic foams and shape memory alloys (SMAs)....
Who's Who: Aerospace
Al Bowers, Chief Scientist, Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA
Al Bowers is the program manager of Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Lower Drag, or Prandtl-d. The project’s researchers validated elements of a...
Who's Who: Green Design & Manufacturing
Amy Keith, Environmental Engineer, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL
Environmental engineer Amy Keith and her team developed a low-cost detector of contaminants in plants and surrounding groundwater. The non-destructive technology...
Who's Who: Materials
Kenneth O’Connor, Coatings Engineer, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Kenneth O’Connor has worked with NASA Goddard engineers to develop a nanotextured coating with hydrophobic properties. The technology minimizes dust, liquid,...
Who's Who: Materials
Walt Bruce, Convective Heating for Improvement for Emergency Fire Shelters (CHIEFS) Senior Engineer and Anthony Calomino, Materials and Structures Engineer
After a 2013 wildfire led to the loss of 19 elite Arizona firefighters, Langley...
Who's Who: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Kimberly Hambuchen, Deputy Project Manager, Human Robotics System Project, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
Kim Hambuchen is currently building user interfaces for Vakyrie, a six-foot-two, 286-pound humanoid robot. The two-legged Valkyrie...
Who's Who: Robotics, Automation & Control
Kurt Leucht, Command & Control Software Developer, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Project Lead Kurt Leucht has spent recent months testing the software of NASA's "Swarmie" robots. Using an evolving genetic algorithm, the robots operate as...
Who's Who: Aerospace
Dr. David W. Miller, Chief Technologist, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Dr. David Miller began his term as the NASA chief technologist on March 17, 2014. He currently serves as the agency’s principal advisor and advocate on NASA...
Who's Who: Green Design & Manufacturing
Emily Wilson, Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Emily Wilson developed a miniaturized laser heterodyne radiometer (mini-LHR) to measure the emissions of carbon dioxide and methane from melting permafrost. Wilson’s...
Who's Who: Robotics, Automation & Control
Carolyn Parcheta, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
A geologist by training, Carolyn Parcheta had an idea in July of 2013 to develop a robot that explores and measures the shape of volcanic fissures. She...
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