Duties
- Program and Project Management
- Research/Business Development
Current and Recent Projects
- McDonald Geodetic Observatory (Co-Principal Investigator; Project Manager)
- MAGAL Constellation Mission Design Project (USA Project Manager)
- New Space Hackathon; UT-Austin | Portugal Program (Principal Investigator)
- Atlantic Spaceport Center Feasibility Assessment (Lead Investigator)
Development Interests
- STEM / STEAM+ education and public outreach
- Regional and global climate change research
- mm-scale metrology
- Satellite altimetry
- Terrestrial reference frame systems and infrastructure
- Small satellite markets
Honors and Awards
- Gubernatorial Appointee, Colorado Venture Capital Investment Advisory Council (2010-2011)
- 2009 Economic Developer of the Year/Genesis Award, Jefferson Economic Council; Denver, Colorado (2010)
- Gubernatorial Appointee, Colorado Small Business Council (2008-2011)
- Colorado Senate Joint Resolution 08-026, Concerning the recognition and commendation of the Colorado School of Mines’ Eighth Continent Project – Institutional Recognition (2008)
- NASA Public Service Medal (2000)
- Stellar Award; NASA KC-135 Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunity Program – Team Award (2000)