Bob Menrad Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Pasadena, Maryland, United States

Flight Projects Directorate

As the Flight Project Directorate's Associate Director for Exploration and Space Communications, Bob leads Code 450/Exploration and Space Communications (ESC) Projects Division…Goddard Space Flight Center’s focal point for its historic role of providing responsive, reliable and cost-effective tracking and data relay communications and navigation services.

Flight Projects Directorate

As Deputy Program Manager, Bob reports to the Associate Director for Exploration and Space Communications (ESC) and is responsible for program-level personnel supervision and project oversight in assigned areas spanning communications and navigation services.

Flight Projects Directorate

As Associate Director of Flight Projects for Project Formulation, Bob reports directly to the Director of Flight Projects. He is the primary interface for all Directorate matters relating to new business processes, proposal development, mission studies, strategic planning, and project formulation and approval activities. Bob participates with the Director.

Exploration And Space Communications Projects Division

Served as the GSFC lead manager responsible for startegic planning, implementation, communication, and reporting of engineering and management tasks under the auspices of the NASA/HQ Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD), Johnson Space Center (JSC) Constellation Program, and JSC Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office.

Lawrenceville, NJ

The Rider University Science Advisory Board is comprised of influential scientists, business leaders and senior government officials who provide a professional interface between Rider's science program and the scientific and business communities. The purpose of the Science Advisory Board is to provide advice and counsel on the continuing development of.

Science Mission Directorate

The Jason-3 mission is a 4-partner international cooperative between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Centre National d ‘Etudes Spatiales (CNES), and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) intended to ensure continuity of ocean topography beyond TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and.

Office Of The NASA Chief Engineer

During a one year detail assignment as Program Manager, Integrated Learning and Development Program (ILDP), Bob managed the definition, validation and transition to operations of NASA's first fully-integrated technical workforce career development model; a key enabling capability for realizing the vision of returning man to the moon and then to Mars. The.

Safety And Mission Assurance Directorate

Bob served as Chairman of the Center-level Ground Data Systems and Mission Operations Review Board. This board is chartered with the responsibility of conducting the independent review, evaluation and risk assessment of all ground system acquisitions managed by Goddard Space Flight Center.

Earth Science Data Information Systems Project

First as Deputy Project Manager and then as acting Project Manager, Bob served in key leadership positions within the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project. There he managed the implementation and operation of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). EOSDIS is universally recognized as the largest operational.

As Landsat-7 (L-7) Ground Systems Manager Bob was responsible for the preflight definition and implementation of a global ground data system capable of acquiring 40 Terabytes of science data per year and certification of a flight operations team capable of executing pre-launch, launch and commissioning phase activities. This included managing the.

Bob served as Data Systems Manager for the Office of Space Science GGS/Wind, Polar and ISTP/SOHO missions where he was responsible for the preflight implementation, integration and independent verification of the two global ground data systems necessary to support these three missions.

In this supervisory position Bob was responsible for managing all systems engineering support to the Mission Operations & Data Systems Directorate (MO&DSD) Systems Management Office, GSFC Code 502. This support spanned all mission phases for multiple missions including but not limited to COBE, GRO and UARS.

Space Telescope Science Institute

Bob began his aerospace career as a Science Operations Specialist on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) flight team stationed at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), Baltimore, Maryland. There he participated in the preflight integration and verification of the HST science operations systems and flight databases.

Ms, Computer Science

Whiting School of Engineering.

Bs, Physics (Major), Mathematics And Biology (Minors)

With roots dating back to 1865, Rider is a private, coeducational university located on 280 beautiful acres on two campuses in New Jersey.

Ny Regents Diploma, Emphasis On Science And Math

Activities and Societies: Concert-, Marching- and Stage-Band; Science Club; Explorers H. Frank Carey High School strives to create a.