Education:
- SB in Aeronautics and Astronautics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
- SM in Aeronautics and Astronautics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000
Research Interests:
- Entry, Descent, and Landing Technology and Systems
- Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technology and Systems
Professional Experience:
- ALHAT Systems Engineering and Field Testing 2008-present
- PHX Entry Descent and Landing Systems Engineering, GN&C, and Field Testing 2005-2008
- MSL Entry Descent and Landing Systems Engineering, GN&C, and Field Testing 2004-2005
- MER Entry Descent and Landing Systems Engineering, GN&C, and Field Testing 2000-2004
- CloudSat Systems Engineering 2000
Selected Awards:
2007
- Mars Phoenix Project Award for "Assuring a Robust EDL System"
- Mars Phoenix Project Award for "Radar Tiger Team Efforts"
- Section 343 MEGA Ranger Award for "Development and Use of the PHX Radar Algorithm Assessment Tool (RAAT)"
- Mars Phoenix Project Award for "Terminal Descent Radar Team"
2004
- NASA Group Achievement Award for MER Operations Team
2002
- Section 313 SPOT Award for "MER EDL Terminal Descent Analysis"
2001
- Section 313 NOVA Award for "Innovation and Improvement in Developing a
- Mars EDL Dynamic Model for Developing Algorithms to Understand and Explain the Physics of Descent and Landing on Mars with a Dual-Pendulum System"
Selected Publications:
- Skulsky, E. D., et al, "Under the Radar: Trials and Tribulations of Landing on Mars", 31st Annual American Astronautical Society Guidance and Control Conference, AAS 08-033, February 1-6, 2008.
- San Martin, A. M., Bailey, Erik S., "The Mars Exploration Rover Transverse Impulse Rocket System: An Active System to Compensate for Martian High Winds During Landing", 27th Annual American Astronautical Society Guidance and Control Conference, AAS 05-086, February 5-9, 2005.
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