Nicholas Patrick Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Greater Seattle Area

Flying the Boeing 737-700, -700F, -800, -900, -9Max for an outstanding airline.

Certified Flight Director (Launch Director), responsible for safely managing New Shepard launch operations from L-3 through L+1. Responsibilities include launch window planning, Flight Readiness Review, real-time management of the Operations Control Center at our West Texas launch site, safe execution of the launch-day flow through recovery of the booster and capsule.

Greater Seattle Area

Managed the group responsible for Human Integration tasks across the design cycle of Blue Origin spacecraft:- Spacecraft conops development- Human-related requirements- User-centered design evaluation- Human factors & standards for flight ops products

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for the following aspects of the New Shepard system:- User-Interface design- Human Factors- Development of human-related requirements- Evaluation of human-centered design elementsLaunch Safety Officer for New Shepard missions 1-7, including the historic first powered landing of a booster returning from space in November 2015, and the capsule escape test in October 2016.

Houston, Tx

- STS-130 MS3: performed 3 EVAs to install and outfit ISS's Node 3 & Cupola, operated both Shuttle and ISS robotic arms- STS-116 MS1: lead shuttle robotic arm operator- Lead Astronaut Office representative to the Orion Program - Led the Life Sciences team which wrote the Constellation Program's Human-Systems Integration Requirements- Human-factors co-lead for the Shuttle Program's Cockpit Avionics Upgrade- Commanded NEEMO-13, a 10-day lunar-analog saturation diving… Show more - STS-130 MS3: performed 3 EVAs to install and outfit ISS's Node 3 & Cupola, operated both Shuttle and ISS robotic arms- STS-116 MS1: lead shuttle robotic arm operator- Lead Astronaut Office representative to the Orion Program - Led the Life Sciences team which wrote the Constellation Program's Human-Systems Integration Requirements- Human-factors co-lead for the Shuttle Program's Cockpit Avionics Upgrade- Commanded NEEMO-13, a 10-day lunar-analog saturation diving mission- Participated in NEEMO-6, a 10-day ISS-analog saturation diving mission- Orion Project cockpit design- CapCom for STS-123 and -124- Member of NASA's internal Columbia accident investigation team: followed the external tank investigation and redesign at Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana- ISS Capcom & Crew Support for Expedition 8 Show less

Greater Seattle Area

Flight deck design for most Boeing models. Integrated avionics upgrades such as Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System and angle-of-attack indicator in several Boeing models. Developed a common prioritization scheme for multiple cockpit alerting systems across the entire fleet in cooperation with Airbus.

Cambridge, Ma

Human-Machine Systems LabDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Bedford, Ma

Instructed in single- and multi-engine aircraft.

Lynn, Ma

Member of GE's Engineering Development Program, a 2-year rotation program, with assignments in mechanical design, aircraft performance analysis, and engine control-system design. Participated in GE's Advanced Course in Engineering.

Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Doctoral minor in Econometrics at MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Sm, Mechanical Engineering, Gpa 5.0/5.0

Ba, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Cambridge University Air Squadron

Education record