Education
BSME, University of Maryland MSME, University of Maryland MEngrAdmin, George Washington University

Current responsibilities
Hubble Space Telescope EVA & Crew Systems Manager: Responsible for the development of astronaut tools, requirements, and procedures and for the initial training of the EVA (spacewalking) astronauts for Hubble Servicing Missions.

Previous responsibilities/careers
Formerly taught mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland at College Park, and robotics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

Formerly Combat Systems Engineer and Robotics Engineer at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in White Oak, Maryland.

Personal information
Recipient of many awards from NASA (including the Silver Snoopy Astronaut Award) and the University of Maryland (Outstanding Volunteer Award, College of Engineering Centennial Award to the top 100 engineering graduates).

Mid-Atlantic District Director for Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. Formerly Tau Beta Pi national vice president.