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Meet: Chris Culbert
Chief of the Robotic Systems Technology Branch
Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division
Johnson Space Center
Who I am and What I do
I am the chief of the Robotic Systems Technology Branch
in the Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division at NASA's Johnson
Space Center (JSC). I joined the Automation, Robotics, and Simulation
Division in 1999, becoming chief of the Robotic Systems Technology Branch
in 2000. This branch is responsible for developing advanced robotic concepts
and technologies. Products of the branch include the Pneumatic Transporter,
a unique device for transporting large payloads over a planetary surface,
and Robonaut,
the world's most advanced humanoid robot.
Career Path
I first came to work for NASA in 1981, as a member of the
Mission Planning and Analysis Division (MPAD). While in that group, I
served as a flight controller at the High Speed Ground Navigation Console
in the Mission Control Center participating in a number of space shuttle
flights. I was also responsible for development and use of navigation
analysis software. In addition to my flight controller duties, I had division-wide
responsibility for many of the initial personal computers and UNIX workstations
installed in MPAD.
I joined the Software Technology Branch (STB), when
it first formed in 1984, in the Artificial Intelligence Section. As a
member of the STB, I participated in the development of numerous expert
systems. I have done extensive work in evaluating and developing expert
system tools. I managed numerous projects in such areas as cooperating
expert systems, the CLIPS expert system tool, Ada-based expert system
tools, advanced training technologies such as Intelligent Computer Aided
Training (ICAT) and Virtual Reality systems, and applications of advanced
automation to elements of the Space Station Freedom. I became Chief of
the Software Technology Branch in 1992.
I became chief of the Client/Server Systems Branch
in 1994, a part of the Information Systems Directorate (ISD) at JSC. In
that capacity, I was responsible for the development and deployment of
advanced technology information systems and client/server applications
and tools for the JSC environment. I became the manager of the Information
Technology Office for ISD in 1995, and later Chief of the Information
Technology Division. These groups had responsibility for all JSC networks,
telephone systems, e-mail systems, client/server applications, and advanced
technology for JSC's information systems.
Education
I earned my bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering
from the University of Arizona (1981) and my master of science degree
in physical sciences from the University of Houston - Clear Lake (1986).
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