The Texas Gulf Coast Chapter
International Council on Systems Engineering

 

Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Start time is 5:15 pm in D236

Non INCOSE Members Please pay $5.00.

University of Houston Clear Lake

Refreshments will be provided

 

Presentation By

Jay Breidenthal

 

"Constellation Computing and Communications Architecture"

 

 

The United States is in the act of extending human presence across the solar system, starting with human return to the Moon and continuing with human exploration of Mars and other destinations.  Manned bases, robotic and manned rovers, satellites, and of course space vehicles with astronauts riding between the planets are all envisioned.  Each of these must be able to communicate: with control centers on the Earth, with cooperating systems in space, and perhaps even with an astronaut's family members at home.  This creates an unprecedented demand for interplanetary information systems, which must continue to operate over many decades of technical change.  Come and see how the Computing Systems Interoperability group in NASA's Constellation Program is planning to meet this challenge -- without emptying Fort Knox to do it.

 

Jay Breidenthal is the Systems Engineering Lead for Computing Systems Interoperability in the JPL Exploration Systems Engineering Office, NASA Constellation Program. He specializes in systems engineering management of mixed-technology communications, navigation, and information systems. He was recently the End-to-End Information System engineer for the Mars Telecom Orbiter, following a long stint as a system architect for NASA's Deep Space Network.  During his 29 years at JPL he has served as engineer, lecturer, author, and consultant in many areas ranging from electronics to mission operations, and is a recipient of the NASA Space Operations Excellence award.  Jay has a B.S. in Physics from U.C. Berkeley and an M.S. in Astrophysics from MIT.  

 

Reservations:         Please make reservations by Friday, June 8.

Provide name, phone #, and number of reservations to Joyce Carpenter at j.e.carpenter@mac.com

 

Derek Collins    President, Texas Gulf Coast Chapter, International Council on Systems Engineering