RESUME. Space Shuttle Mission Controller September 1984 Dec 1988 NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX

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1 RESUME Jerry Jon Sellers 14 Via Piedras, Manitou Springs, CO SKILLS SUMMARY Senior space systems engineer with extensive experience in satellite design, integration, testing and operations. Skilled in managing large space system research programs. Excellent background in USAF, NASA and small satellite missions. Extensive experience working with the European and former Soviet Union industries and government agencies involved in space and basic research. Renown for teaching and education in astronautics. MILITARY CAREER June 1980 June 2004 Space Shuttle Mission Controller September 1984 Dec 1988 NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX Certified in six separate Space Shuttle mission control center positions. Entry Guidance and Procedures Officer (GUIDO) responsible directly to the Flight Director for all Shuttle onboard navigation and guidance software and crew procedures. Ascent and Entry Guidance Support Officer responsible to the GUIDO for Shuttle guidance software sequencing, crew procedures and abort modes. Ascent, entry and rendezvous Onboard Navigation Officer (ONAV) responsible to the GUIDO for all onboard navigation software, hardware and state vector status. Directly supported eight Space Shuttle missions: STS 27, 26, 51-L (Challenger accident), 61- C, 51-J, 51-I, 51-F and 51-DR. Provided significant engineering support to NASA s Shuttle Flight Design and Dynamics Division standardized console procedures, certified all onboard landing site data, worked with astronauts to modify crew procedures, managed a contractor team to conduct analysis to support flight rule verification and wrote changes to shuttle navigation and guidance software. Graduate Student January 1989-June 1990 Stanford University Palo Alto, CA Completed M.S. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics. Assistant Professor of Astronautics June 1990-August 1993 Department of Astronautics U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO Responsible for the administration and teaching of an introductory course on astronautics required of all cadets. Administered and taught senior level spacecraft mission analysis and design course for astronautics majors. Instructed a senior level engineering design and systems acquisition course. Wrote Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics. This text, published in December 1993 by McGraw-Hill, provides a fundamental reference for undergraduates, educators and professionals on the basics of orbital mechanics, space environment, space economics, spacecraft systems and mission design. This text is now used in the introductory course at the Academy and several other institutions. Served as course director leading a 10-officer team to teach the department s largest core course (+900 cadets) Served as department personnel officer responsible coordinating the hiring of new instructors. Maintained +100% manning. Managed design and construction of new buildings and renovations for office and equipment space at headquarters and in the field. Page 1 of 5

2 Graduate Student August 1993-July 1996 University of Surrey Surrey Space Center Guildford, UK Completed Ph.D. degree in satellite engineering. Dissertation title Investigation into Hybrid Rockets and Other Cost-Effective Propulsion System Options for Small Satellites. Chief, Astronautics August 1996 July 2000 USAF European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD) London, UK Liaison officer for Air Force Research Lab for all space, rocket and materials basic research. Quality Assurance Evaluator for Window-on-Science (WOS) contract responsible for all procedures and funding of the +$1M program. WOS is EOARD s premier program for technology transfer. We sponsor visits by >250 scientists each year. Sponsored and was sole-us representative to an international conference on aging aircraft in the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan. Instrumental in transferring FSU aging systems technology to the West. Worked directly with AFRL program manager for new materials development. Coordinating research activities in UK, Switzerland, Ukraine, Poland and Japan focused on computer modeling of advanced compounds. AFRL scientist estimates these new techniques could save $Billions. Coordinated AFRL/NASA program to acquire access to research on over 150 new space materials in Russia estimated value >$3M. Developed a contract with France to use their facilities for space materials testing 20:1 cost leverage advantage. Organized two new workshops to gain access to European technology. Smart systems materials that combine new properties with sensors for advanced performance. Applications of hydrogen peroxide to rocket applications. Served on three separate satellite integrated product teams. International technical coordinator for PICOSat project. PICOSat is a small satellite bought the USAF Space & Missile Center (SMC) from the UK under the DoD Foreign comparative test (FCT) program. Led AFRL/DE effort to acquire a Russian-built small satellite for ground calibration of laser tracking. As the sole government satellite engineer was instrumental in analyzing operational requirements and evolving the actual design. At a total program cost of about $250k, this program was about 20 times less expensive than a US-built satellite. Spearheaded an AF/XOR-directed program to examine applications of British small satellite technology to the SPACECOM space control mission. Briefed results of a fasttrack study to AF/XO and AF/ST. Director, Space Systems Research Center July June 2004 Department of Astronautics U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO Directed one of seven dedicated USAF Academy Research Centers, Program Manager for FalconSAT Program, Associate Professor of Astronautics Directed one of seven AFOSR-funded USAFA research centers: Conducts space technology research; reports key results; guides efforts of 26 cadets, 6 contractors, and 10 faculty from 4 academic departments to design and build innovative, low-cost spacecraft; manages annual ~ $1M budget. Page 2 of 5

3 Set goals for performance, schedule, and cost to meet Air Force mission objectives; secures and coordinates space launches with DoD and NASA; leads flight operations; disseminates user mission data; integrates design efforts into upper-level academic classes. Successfully directed design, development, integration and testing of FalconSAT-2 spacecraft, now awaiting launch (delayed due to Columbia Shuttle accident) Completed integration and testing on 2 flight-quality test articles as well as the flight article Personally developed and implanted detailed environmental test plan (thermal vacuum, vibration and mass properties). Responsible for all technical and programmatic interfaces with Space Shuttle secondary payloads office as well as all NASA safety documentation Directed design, development and testing effort for FalconSAT-3 spacecraft planned for firstever 2006 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) launch. Completed Critical Design Review, structural engineering model development and testing, qualification model avionics acceptance testing Personally developed detailed requirements tracking system to flow missin requirements to subsystem level. Used for overall program verification plan. Responsible for all technical and programmatic interfaces with ESPA integrating contractor Coordinated agreements with USAF Space Test Program and NASA for small satellite launch opportunities Spearheaded new memorandum of agreement between USAF Academy and the French Air Force Academy for long-term personal exchange program Co-inventor of EyasSAT Educational Satellite System (patent applied for). EyasSAT is a roughly 1 foot cube satellite that enables students to gain hands-on experience with satellite engineering. EyasSAT combines all of the primary subsystems found in a typical satellite into and integrated package. EyasSAT is now used by every astronautics student at the USAF Academy and his been adopted by the USAF to train senior-level space professionals. Starting next year, NASA will also adopt EyasSAT as the standard tool for training systems engineers across the agency. Lecturer introductory Astronautics course Lecturer Spacecraft Design course Lecturer Rocket Propulsion course CIVILIAN CAREER June 2004 Present Director, Chief Financial Officer Essential Space Inc. (esi), DBA Teaching Science & Technology Manitou Springs, CO June Present TSTI. is a small company offering short courses and technical consulting in space systems engineering to NASA, DoD and industry. The company teaches approximately 80 courses per year around the world. TSTI also provides technical instruction and consulting to the DoD National Security Space Institute for their Space 200 and Space 300 professional courses. President Rocket Science Solutions, Inc. Manitou Springs, CO June Present Rocket Science Solutions, Inc. (RSS) is a small company offering technical consulting in space systems engineering, research and publishing. As president of RSS, Dr. Sellers is currently: Serving as author and co-editor of a new NASA/USAF-sponsored text book Applied Space Systems Engineering; Providing consulting to SpaceHab Inc. to develop a joint proposal to DARPA and the NRL for on-orbit servicing demonstration mission; Providing consulting to Advatech Pacific who are developing a operationally responsive space mission modeling tool for AFRL/VS Page 3 of 5

4 EDUCATION/TRAINING BSc, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY: May 1984, Distinguished Graduate (13/1000), Human Factors Engineering Certified Space Shuttle Onboard Navigation Officer, Guidance Officer MSc, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, CLEAR LAKE: May 1988, Physical Science MSc, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, June 1990, Aeronautics/Astronautics USAF Squadron Officer School (SOS), In-Residence, Maxwell AFB, AL, June 1991 Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, UK, July 1996, Satellite Engineering U.S. Air Force Air Command & Staff College (ACSC), Correspondence, Nov 1998 ESA-Certified Spacecraft Electronics Assembly Course, SSTL, UK, Jan 2000 AWARDS PATENTS Outstanding Academy Educator Award, 2003 Air Force Science and Engineering Award, top engineer in the USAF, 2003 AIAA Engineer of the Year Award, Rocky Mountain Region, 2004 Co-inventor, EyasSAT Educational Satellite System ( Patent Pending. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, 1st Edition, McGraw-Hill, UoSAT and Other European Activities in Small Satellite Attitude Control, AAS , Presented at the 17 Annual AAS Guidance and Control Conference, Keyston, CO, 2-6 February Results of the University of Surrey On Orbit Microsatellite Experiments, Presented at the 2nd Intenational Symposium on Small Satellite Systems and Services, Biarritz, France, 27 June 1 July A Low-Cost Propulsion System Option for Small Satellites, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 48., pp , March The Attitude and Orbit Control System for the University of Surrey Minisatellite, Presented at the International Symposium on Space Dynamics, Toulouse, France, June Investigation into Low Cost Propulsion System Options for Small Satellites, Presented at the 9th Annual AIAA/USU Small Satellite Conference, Logan, Utah, September Investigation Into Hybrid Rockets and Other Cost-Effective Propulsion System Options For Small Satelites, Thesis submitted to the University of Surrey, UK for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, May Cost-Effective Spacecraft Hardware & Technology, Chapter in Reducing Space Mission Cost, Dr. James Wertz editor, Microcosm Press, Investigation Into Cost-Effective Propulsion System Options for Small Satellites, Journal of Reducing Space Mission Cost, vol. 1, no. 1, Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Spacecraft Design, Development and Operations in Just Five Hours per Week: Experience from the USAF Academy FalconSAT Program, Presented at the ASEE Meeting, June Small Satellite Thermal Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, and Design at USAFA: FalconSat-2 Applications, Presented at the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March Bounding the Problem: Microsatellite Design Using Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Architecture, Presented at the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March Flight-Proven Nano-Satellite Architecture for Hands-On Academic Training at the US Air Force Academy, Presented at the World Space Congress, Houston, TX, October Building a Cadre of Space Professionals: Hands-On Space Experience at the USAF Academy, Presented at the 1 st Responsive Space Conference, Redondo Beach, CA, April EyasSAT: Transforming the Way Students Experience Space Systems Engineering, Presented at the ASEE Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2005.! EyasSAT: A Revolution in Teaching and Learning Space Systems Engineering, GT-SSEC-A.5, Presented at Space Systems Engineering Conference, Georgia Tech, November Page 4 of 5

5 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES PERSONAL Member, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) Member, AIAA Space Systems Technology Committee Member, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Born 25 Feb 1962, Harlan, Iowa Married to Laurie A. Pocza Twin sons Jaxen and Jason Hobbies: yoga, skiing, hiking, camping, scuba diving Page 5 of 5