Christopher Stauffer Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Support NASA Increment Management in providing programmatic oversite and direction during the planning and execution phases of a period of ISS operations known as an Increment. Planning begins in earnest seven months prior to Increment start and the typical execution period lasts six months.• Act as the technical integrator and a primary point of contact for Increment Requirements during pre-Increment planning and Increment execution. This involves gathering and understanding requirements across multiple disciplines from NASA, as well as International Partners (IPs).• Evaluate all data associated with ISS requirements and integrate each requirement into requirement documentation in priority order consistent with the ISS Program philosophy.• Advise ISS operations teams in the real-time management of requirements based on programmatic priority and ISS resources such as crew time, phasing constraints, impacts to other operations, vehicle traffic, and vehicle manifests.• Provide assessments to confirm feasibility of completing planned requirements for the Increment period.• Champion discussions regarding Increment planning, requirements, open work, and known risks at various levels of NASA boards and at Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) with IPs.• Liaise between ISS Program and ISS Flight Control Team during Increment execution.

Supported the Increment Management Center (IMC) by monitoring ISS operations and disseminating current stage activities and programmatic decisions to the greater ISS community.• Developed and distributed daily/weekly reports detailing crew activities ranging from system and payload operations to Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) and Vehicle dockings.• Produced technical results for bi-weekly ISS Operations meetings to broaden community awareness of multidisciplinary/multilateral ISS statuses and ISS Program decisions.• Acted as point of contact for ISS Program and Mission Integration teams for real-time operations information.

Houston, Texas, United States

Provided engineering expertise to steward Strategic and Tactical Planning Generic Groundrules, Requirements & Constraints (GGR&C) for the ISS.• Coordinate updates to the GGR&C document with multidisciplinary/multilateral stakeholders through NASA board approval.• Ensure consistent philosophy, appropriate requirements standards, and classical Systems Engineering approaches are followed in pursued updates.• Liaise between the ISS Program and technical stakeholders to document and process both pre-stage and current-stage violations to determine risk posture, mitigations, and/or rationale for acceptance.

Houston, Texas Area

Created, reviewed, and approved designs, drawings, and documentation as part of a project team focused on subsea distribution hardware. Ensured compliance to industry, external, and internal requirements while managing aspects of cost, manufacturing, installation, and product lifecycle. Hostsed technical reviews with cross-functional project team to discuss and scrutinize equipment design in order to ensure a robust product that best meets project requirements. Supported product standardization for existing and new parts to implement best practices in design, manufacturing, and functionality into a broader, coherent product portfolio.

Houston, Texas Area

-Design Engineer-Design heat trace circuits using Ohm’s law and heat transfer principles in order to provide freeze protection or maintain process temperatures of flow elements such as piping, valves, flanges, pumps, etc…This process requires the review of piping isometrics, P&IDs, and area classification drawings followed by the proper selection of heat tracing equipment to ensure a functional solution that meets all design requirements. This position has a broad exposure to power plants and refineries and the range of processes and fixed/rotating equipment within.-Design Lead-Develop design guidelines and strategies for heat tracing projects to be used by the engineering team during execution. Facilitate the scheduling, design, and implementation of new scope and change orders through communication with clients. Determine optimal power distribution layouts and design panelboard schedules.-Smart Scripts SME-Create tailored scripts and script packets using C# in order to facilitate higher quality engineering designs by providing validation feedback and supplementary functionality to designers and checkers within engineering software.-Quality Engineering-Ensure quality control during the Maurepas Heated Pipeline project by performing in-field testing of heating and fiber optic components as well as monitoring installation documentation.-Field Engineering-Create sketches of piping systems and provide BOMs for construction crews in brownfield retrofit projects as well as greenfield projects. Interface with client and project management to recommend best path of execution per concerns of procurement cost, installation cost, schedule, and maintenance longevity.

Waco, Texas Area

Acted as a roving troubleshooter for network activation and repair as well asassisting faculty and students with connectivity issues. Also responsible forthe installation of wireless access points and the assembly of customEthernet cables.

Houston, Texas Area

Managed Non-Conformance Reports for the Subsea Field Development and Blowout Prevention divisions in order to ensure compliance with product and process traceability for products pre and post sale. This required the investigation of product materials, construction procedures, field use, and storage/transportation methods. Facilitated the closure of over 100 Non-Conformance reports and executed an Inventory Allocation to diagnose quality procedures during internship. Created procedure to measure quality of alignment for coupler weldments.

-Provided Customer Service-Managed Team of Life Guards to ensure pool safety-Maintained integrity of pool chemicals

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Baylor Men's Club Volleyball Pi Tau Sigma

Education record

Activities and Societies: Student Council National Honors Society Soccer Team