Lead design of Kenya biogas generator control displays and development of public outreach lesson plan

Provided biomedical design features for the ISS Hyperbaric chamber/airlockWrote requirements for the ISS CHeCS system and the electrical safety section of NASA STD 3000Selected candidates for supplying various components of the ISS CHeCS system, including physiological monitors/sensors, lung capacity and defibrillator.

Managed the maintenance and upkeep of hospital medical systems and clinical laboratory equipment for a 500-bed hospital.Supervised four biomedical techniciansNegotiated follow-on contracts with hospital budgeting personnelProvided recommendations regarding Joint Committee on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) and electrical safety.

Performed research on left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) performance testing including bovine physiological data collectionAssisted in surgical LVAD implantation in calvesPerformed treadmill studies, and obtained, analyzed and reported on results.Monitored progress of patients post balloon pump insertion using cardiac output and systemic blood pressure measurements using a Swan-Ganz catheter.

Performed Human Error Analysis on entire Habitation and Logistics Outpost vehicle including both operating and maintenance modes. This included all the data needed to determine the various possible forms of error based on the environment and circumstances.Generated error elimination/mitigation recommendations by most desirable to least desirableOrganized and set up templates for the verification of all human factors program requirements and categorized by verification method: inspection, analysis, demonstration, test and similarityCoordinated the Human Systems verification of onboard systems by simulation so that effort was not duplicated and similar verifications would be accomplished by similarityAssured all systems verifications had a complete set of documentation, which included verification methodology and the corresponding rationale and also documented any discrepancies and their resolution

Performing interface definition for Exploration Extravehicular Activity suit, for the interface document IRCD for the INFO and PGS SubsystemsCoordinating updates, corrections and TBX determination for the subsystem interfacesDeveloping design review presentations and presenting proposed, coordinated IRCD document changes, entering them into Cradle and once approved creating a Cradle generated documentRepresenting System Engineering and Integration interests regarding subsystem interfaces in various system, subsystem, integration, and control working groups meetings and forumsPerforming liaison between SE&I and Human Health and Performance organizations to enhance communication and understanding of each group’s goals and requirementsAssuring that at the subsystem level the Human System Integration requirements as outlined in NPR 8705.002C Human Rating Certification document data requirements are supported by SE&I Monitoring System and subsystem requirements meet all applicable NASA Std 3001 requirements are being met and properly verifiedDeveloping spreadsheet to track who, what, where, when, how for each applicable 3001 verification down to the component level

Performing verification of crew requirements and procedure validation.Simulator Operator running the Boeing Engineering Simulator (BES).Conducting verification of human factors requirements in the BES and Boeing Mission Trainer and processing recorded data in accordance with Boeing specifications.Wrote an Excel spreadsheet program that gave updated real time indications of pass/fail as test team progressed through test subjects.Writing test report summaries and verification closure notices.Flight and test procedure review.

Provided technical supervision for four human factors engineers and the coordination, negotiation, and interpretation of human factors requirements in accordance with MIL Std 1472(comparable to AAMI HE75 with which I am also familiar)Human System Integration Lead for entire Boeing Commercial Crew Transport System from conceptual design to integration and production, collaborated with cross-functional and distributed integrated product teams and stakeholders, operating within the highly regulated NASA environmentIdentified user centered needs through detailed task analysisAuthored Human Factors Engineering program milestone design review reportsConducted risk assessments for requirements that were at risk of non-compliance and provided risk mitigation plansHuman Factors lead for all International Space Station habitable volume including the interpretation of human factors requirements, customer liaison and reportingCompliance oversight of human factors requirements in all US modules, implementation of change requests, human factors verifications, procedure validation and evaluations in mock-ups and computer simulations (NX Human 3D CAD software)Prepared HSI program plans (Human Systems Integration Plan, Human Error Assessment and Elimination/Mitigation Plan), performed workflow and task analysis, designed and executed human factors assessments and tests including usability, workload and handling quality evaluations on cockpit interfaces and crew systemsAnalysis of human error using MicroSaint Engineering Control Analysis Tool Monte Carlo simulationConducted human subject/astronaut testing of human factors parameters in accordance with NASA Human Research Program safety guidelines.Member of “go-to” team for troubleshooting Intravehicular and Extravehicular hardware performing mission control support to the on-orbit crew including sustaining engineering, during flight test and participated in root cause analysis, FMEA and Fault Tolerance Assessment.Key Accom

Development lead for the Health Maintenance subsystem of the Crew Health Care System (CHeCS) for International Space Station.Supervised the productivity of four engineersWrote requirements specifying medical hardware performanceTested prototype hardware, directed the selection of medical hardware, supplier subcontractsDirected the development and integration of the CHeCS equipment rackKey Accomplishments:Managed a team of 12 that performed requirements traceability and provided human factors specification requirements for Delta IV.Cost account manager for CHeCS, Space Station Freedom (SSF) and effectively managed $13,000,000 CHeCS labor and material cost accounts.Represented Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Upper Stage at Operability Working Group and Range Safety Panel.