Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Principle Investigator Jane Oh shared her story of how growing up in South Korea after the Korean War shaped her career. She spoke at the 2011 Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) graduation. To learn more about the graduation, please visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtVeaS.
Dr. Antonio Elias, Orbital Executive Vice President and General Manager for Advanced Programs, spoke to the 2011 Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program (SELDP) graduating class about the systems engineering story behind the development of Orbital’s Pegasus rocket. To learn more about the graduation, please visit: http://go.nasa.gov/1rtVeaS
The 2011 Systems Engineering Leadership Development Program graduation was held at NASA Headquarters on June 15, 2011. (Video Source: NASA TV, This Week @ NASA) Learn more about the graduation.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 In advance of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Deauville, France, the science academies of the G-8 and five other nations released a statement recommending that their governments take action to improve science education.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 Most megaproject failures “stem from a basic lack of being able to pursue a common goal with clarity and good behavior,” according to Edward Merrow, author of Industrial Megaprojects.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 Forty-five years ago this month, scientists let out a sigh of relief when Surveyor 1 didn’t sink into the moon’s dusty surface.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate’s Ares I-X knowledge capture initiative represents a comprehensive effort to optimize learning from a complex project.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 Two weeks on the job, Philip Harris walked into an office looking for something to do and walked out a project manager.
June 14, 2011 Vol. 4, Issue 4 Shot down, tied up, and imprisoned somewhere in China, two CIA operatives were told by their captors, “Your future is very dark.”
