I'm just getting started as a volunteer, but I have reviewed the programs and offerings, contributed to an ongoing financial review and restructure, and technical writing for the nonprofit's roadmap / architecture. I have also donated to various fundraisers and played in several tournaments (Dawg Bowl XIII, Fraser Freeze Out, and Dawg Bowl XIV).

RyInSpace, LLC aims to:- Help solve the impossible problems to enrich lives, here on Earth and in the pursuit of human spaceflight exploration.- Inspire people about the importance of humans in space to help connect the planet.Client portfolio:- Metakosmos (Australia) - consulting with technical reviews and advisement for a next gen spacesuit (Kosmosuit) and the supporting suit technologies for extreme environments.- Canadian Space Mining Corporation (Canada) - contributing project management to prototype design of a Connected Care Medical Module (C²M²). The contract is funded by the Canadian Space Agency's Health Beyond Initiative.

My duties as a member of the New Shepard (NS) Crew Systems Team were focused on the crew capsule (CC) environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS) and ancillary equipment. I performed a complex integrated plan related to astronaut safety and ECLSS technology advancement for the NS CC, which included system safety analyses and products such as a Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA). As stated in public NS Crew Systems requisitions (I cannot provide proprietary details), our team provided engineering support and technical ownership for developing concept of operations, requirements, functional decomposition, system verification, validation, integration, test, and operation. As a Principal Engineer on the team, I evaluated and provided feedback for documents for gated design reviews for our subsystems. My interdisciplinary work included collaboration with NS members of Crew Systems, Systems Engineering, Parts Materials & Processing, and Safety Quality Mission Assurance.Additionally, I assisted the lunar business unit Dust Mitigation team, which focuses on protecting assets in the Blue Origin lunar portfolio to prepare humanity for planetary surface exploration. I made community contributions to the Business Resource Groups of New Fisher, Club for the Future, and New Resnik as well as mentoring with other Blue Origin colleagues and an Aerospace Engineering Sr. Design team from my Ph.D. alma mater CU-Boulder.

Principal Investigator (PI) & Aerospace Engineer (AE V) [May 2021 - Sept 2022] PI and lunar dust SME for NASA programs:● xLiDS: Exploration Labyrinth Dust Seals (2022 SBIR, Phase I)● SCALE & xTON: Spacesuit Cover against the Abrasive Lunar Environment & eXploration Textile for high Oxygen eNvironments(2022 STTR, Phase I)● MOVE: Modal Optimized Vibration dust Eliminator (2021 SBIR, Phase I)Internal Research & Development (IR&D):● Commercialization of Extreme Environment Suits Study led to acquisition of spacesuit company Final Frontier Design (FFD) ● IVA Suit. Significant contributor to transition documentation of FFD’s amalgamation.● Undisclosed water removal technology for humidity control.Other Duties:● HALO: Habitation And Logistics Outpost, NASA Gateway Program. Lunar Dust Mitigation SME for the Atmospheric Monitoring and Ventilation Subsystems regarding dust mitigation.● Lead author for proposals including: NASA SBIR, NASA STTR, unsolicited/solicited RFPs; requests for information (RFI); and rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimations (NASA PRISM, NASA CLPS, others). Responses included lunar dust mitigation, spacesuits, advanced concepts, and lunar surface mobility technologies (undisclosed partners/programs).● Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC). POC Dust Mitigation & Extreme Environments. Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) [Jul 2020 - Apr 2021]Integrated Product Team Lead (IPTL) for the Dynetics Human Lander System (DHLS) Environmental and Control Life Support System’s (ECLSS) Atmospheric Monitoring Subsystem (AMS) and Fire Suppression Subsystem. Point of contact for Dust Mitigation Working Group efforts for DHLS and SME including HEPA filter testing with dust simulants at NASA GRC.

Flight Ready Systems (FRS) was a consultancy specializing in field research, curriculum development, and science communications. We provided a pathway for organizations to conduct research in space analog/remote environments with a core mission of advancing human spaceflight capabilities. Work by FRS included proposal writing, partnership development, workshop creation, and outreach engagement with our education program: Analog Astronaut.

Research was focused on: human performance; exploration safety; assessing the reach and work envelopes for spaceflight intravehicular activity (IVA) using pressure suits and motion capture; surface exploration extravehicular activity (EVA) metrics and spacesuit technologies using analogue research locations; research on lunar dust abrasion and spacecraft design and operations including habitat dust intrusion; and curriculum development targeted for global engagement and study abroad programs (Greece, Germany, Portugal, and Spain). The S.U.I.T. Lab has had sponsored research by internal grants and external with the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium. Partnerships have been forged with several analog/analogue spaceflight locations and missions including HI-SEAS in Hawai'i, AMADEE in Oman and Israel, MDRS in Utah, MAU in Nepal, and Lunares in Poland. Please visit https://sites.erau.edu/spacesuit/publications for details.

Assistant Professor of Spaceflight Operations in the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) and Principal Investigator of the ERAU Spacesuit Utilization of Innovative Technology Laboratory (S.U.I.T. Lab / @SpacesuitUp).Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the 'Spaceflight Operations' Program at ERAU, which is uniquely focused on policy, operations, safety, training, human factors, and planning elements of commercial and private space operations. Faculty advisor for the Society for S.P.A.C.E. (since 5/2017), and teams in the NASA Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) Challenge (2019, 2020), NASA Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) Challenge (2020), NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts - Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition (2020), and NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (2018). At ERAU I have learned, adapted, and grown my teaching philosophy to be one of inclusion by bringing the world to my students and bringing my students to the world. My career at Embry-Riddle was been fueled by a passion for space and it is my goal to create opportunities and experiences for students to help launch their career path.

501(c)3 Non-Profit Company Yuri's Night (YN) is an annual global celebration for human spaceflight held every April 12th. Tasks included leading the Global Executive Team (~30+ members/year with ~8 active core members) and Board of Directors with project management, partnership development, use of online tools, organizational skills, and volunteer team motivation. I was the first Executive Director for YN and in my first year [2010-2011] our team broke records with over 600 events in 75 countries reaching over 100,000 people on the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight and won the NewSpace Award for the Best Presentation of Space from the Space Frontier Foundation [2011]. As President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, I led the team to obtain our 501(c)3 Non-Profit status [2010] and formed new Memoranda of Understandings with over twenty space education and outreach partners. Obtaining 501(c)3 status allowed YN to spin-off from its forming body, Space Generation Advisory Council (observer organization to United Nations COPUOS), which led to the UN declaration of April 12th as the "International Day of Human Space Flight" [2011]. Program highlights included: 2011 coordinated with ISS Program to send 6 YN shirts to ISS for 50th Anniversary; 2012 GetCurious campaign with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reaching over 25,400 people at 60 recognized events for the Mars Curiosity Rover landing; 2013 partnering with Canadian Space Agency for live YN Tweetup to Commander Hadfield on ISS; 2015 New Horizons YN Google Hangout; 2016 Disney Junior and 'Miles from Tomorrowland' activities; #BeAnAstronaut commemorative patch project; and more than 4 million people reached [2001-2018].

Focusing on Florida research and development efforts including designing statewide business plan and research competitions as well as education programs to catalyze technology development in small satellites, digital manufacturing, and 3D printing. Assisting in developing federal proposal opportunities for Space Florida and potential partners from the academic and business communities.Programs managed included:• Florida Space Research Program and Florida Space Internship Program at the Space Life Sciences Lab both partnered with the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium.• International Space Station Research Competition. 7 uniquely different payloads flew to the ISS on NASA-SpaceX CRS-3, 4, 5, and 8 missions in partnership with NanoRacks. I acted as the customer interface for the payloads and helped NanoRacks develop their Florida launch operations for payload investigators.• I led the design and development for Space Florida headquarters in Exploration Park ("Building A"). I provided space exploration research to the architects for interior and external design, such as a launch viewing rooftop patio, and I designed the Space Florida tenant space.• Led Atlantis Rollover Event through Exploration Park [2 Nov 2012].• Planetary Lander Egg-Drop Competition. I helped double the competition to 55 K-12 competitors in 2015 with new resources for teachers. I led the transition of the event to new management in 2016 to assist the event growth and creation of additional STEM/STEAM opportunities for students in Florida.• Representative on Florida NASA Space Grant Consortium Advisory Board [2013-2016]Daily roles included technical and business interactions, managing the progress and completion of assigned projects, developing schedules, monitoring and summarizing project status, budget tracking, keeping current on the commercial spaceflight industry, and business development prospect identification and qualification (technical advisor on investments).

Instructing both in-class and online: Spacecraft Environment (SPC5012, Spring 2016). This 3-hour 16-week course at Kennedy Space Center covered an overview and understanding of the natural and operational phenomena, which influence spacecraft system design and mission operations. My work included lecture preparation and delivery, assignments, tests, grading, and Q&A. Additional FIT Spaceport courses approved to instruct include: Intro to Space Environment SPC5002; Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation and Control SPC5010; Human Space Systems SPC5011; and Space Dynamics and Control SPC5014.

The “We Want Our Future!” Initiative is a nationwide outreach project that will challenge students to dream about what they want their future to look like – specifically with respect to space. This project will exclusively promote space exploration as a generational priority. The Initiative is a “for students, by students” project to call attention to the necessity of space in our collective future. The initiative combines art and creativity with science and technology in an effort to inspire future STEM leaders and increase overall space and technology literacy amongst the planets youth. http://wewantourfuture.org/I was involved from the beginning of the initiative to help connect it to the global space community. My role became more specialized to facilitate the partnership between WWOF and Yuri's Night. What do we want? We Want Our Future!

Supporting hands-on technical project research in the Man-Vehicle Laboratory relating to human exploration including: suborbital and commercial research assessment for human spaceflight; inertial measurement unit (IMU) use on medical applications, spacesuit testing and astronaut surface mobility; and supporting graduate students on their research projects as an advisor including work on the NASA Human Research Program awarded Spacesuit Trauma Countermeasure System for Intravehicular and Extravehicular Activities (NNX12AC09G). IMU investigations include: using IMUs in cars, which may have oscillations analogous to the vibrations a passenger may experience in spaceflight; and spacesuit work envelope measurements of joint angles in a preliminary study with David Clark Company's Contingency Hypobaric Astronaut Protective Suit pressure suit (IAC 2012 paper).Work was conducted with Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts funded study titled: Spacecraft/Rover Hybrids for the Exploration of Small Solar System Bodies (NASA 11-11 NIAC-0648). Research roles include communication link budget analysis, concept of operations, and dust considerations for surface science.Work was conducted with Maria Zuber in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences looking at thermal inertia lunar data for potential landing sites.I was the Event Director for MIT's 150th Anniversary Exploration Symposium titled: Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration, which featured prominent explorers, historians and astronaut alums (25-27 April 2011). I developed our program, organized the Vehicle Expo, managed 30 speakers, and I participated as a panel moderator. The conference had approximately 800 attendees and averaged 600 unique viewers during the two-day webcast.Co-Teaching Assistant: Space Biomedical and Life Support Engineering (Spring 2011).

To provide opportunities for students and professionals to develop and refine the skills needed to improve their competitiveness as potential commercial astronauts, to provide opportunities for those individuals to communicate with each other and the general public, and to provide opportunities for those individuals to gain exposure to potential employers.

PhD Dissertation Title: Characterization and Measurement Standardization of Lunar Dust Abrasion for Spacecraft Design and Operations (2010).NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP NNX07AR55H) Fellowship to conduct lunar dust abrasion characterization with the NASA Glenn Research Center (2008, 2009 summer visits), under the Dust Management Program.During the Apollo missions, astronauts exploring the Moon experienced numerous unexpected material wear issues that were attributed to the presence of fine-grained, jagged, irregularly shaped lunar dust particles. The more severe abrasion issues included pressure system concerns due to spacesuit fabric abrasion and scratched helmet visors that impacted visibility. The core of my PhD research examined these issues and systematically developed measurement techniques and new metrics to look at abraded surfaces from two-body abrasion scratch testing. These metrics characterize the entire volume of a scratch profile and offer detailed information, which upgrade the current ASTM standard that only looks at scratch width. In addition to this characterization work, custom scratch tips were fabricated from Earth minerals analogous to lunar mineralogy (ex. olivine, enstatite, spinel) to investigate how different zones on the Moon may result in different levels of abrasion. Bulk three-body abrasion tests were also conducted to compare lunar dust simulants (Highlands and Mare types) in an actual operational environment where particles are channeled by a wheel on specimen (testing was conducted at Bud Labs, Inc.). An abrasion index was designed to quantify the overall abrasion level and thereby help improve the performance and reliability of exploration systems in the areas of: abrasive risk identification; specific mitigation strategies; mission design, such as landing location or field operations; hardware design; testing protocols in the laboratory; and material selection for surface systems.

I was part of a 7-person crew for an all-volunteer effort on a 100-day Mars simulation mission on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic. The mission included a 2-week training session at the Mars Desert Research Station, Hanksville, UT. The mission included 22 science experiments spanning biology, geology, chemistry, human factors, radiation, and engineering. This mission provided a rare chance to analyze the physical environmental and microbiological responses to seasonal transitions. Principle Investigators from NASA, the CSA, the ESA, and academia supported the projects 'from Earth' using 20-minute time delay protocols. Constraints were imposed on the crew to increase the fidelity of the simulation including wearing bulky surface suits for Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) to mock the mobility and dexterity issues associated with differential pressure environments.As the Human Factors Researcher and coordinator, I was tasked with forming a schedule and motivating the crew to complete activities in order to obtain the most consistent testing conditions (time of day, workload, etc.). Data was collected for five core experiments, including a sleep study (C.A.S.P.E.R.), cognitive tests (WinSCAT), group dynamic questionnaires, habitability study, and an exercise study. The unique environment of the Arctic led to the addition of a Mars Time study and a Food Preferences study. For more than a month, the crew operated on the Martian 'sol', which is 24 hours and 37 minutes, to notice any effects on crew psychophysiology and mission operations.I was also one of the crew engineers focusing on repair of the EVA equipment, assisting in habitat systems maintenance, and polar bear monitor (PBM) activities. During the 100-day simulation I participated in 46 of 88 EVAs (12 were as PBM) totaling 148 hours of field exploration analogue experience (including four two-week MDRS rotations in 2004/2006/2007/2007/2018, I have been on 84 EVAs with a total duration of 232.3 hours).

My first two years at CU were funded by research experiences with portable life support systems (NASA); microbial space shuttle experiment payload containers at BioServe Space Technologies (BioServe); and one semester as a teaching assistant. The experiences are summarized in chronological order.1. Research Assistant (5/2005 - 12/2005)Spacesuit Portable Life Support System (PLSS) Schematic Analysis: Working with Prof. David Klaus and a team from Texas A.M. University on a NASA CRAVE contract (NNJ05HB41B DO-001) for spacesuit schematic design. I organized and compiled a master database of candidate technologies and spec-sheets that could be used for PLSS components.2. Research Assistant BioServe Space Technologies (1/2006 - 6/2006)Flight hardware cleaning including Fluids Processing Apparatus (FPA) and Group Activation Pack (GAP) units, assembly, and integration for Space Shuttle MICROBE experiment on STS 115.3. Teaching Assistant Course ASEN 3111: Aerodynamics (8/2006 - 12/2006)Working with Prof. Sedat Biringen and co-TA to organize course website, organizing Course Assistants duties, overseeing weekly labs, supplementary lecturing in labs, proctoring exams, and holding office hours for students.4. Research Assistant BioServe Space Technologies (1/2007 - 4/2007)Working in lab supporting ongoing Space Shuttle payload projects similar to 2006 duties.

Working with Ryan Wilson I was the project lead on the "Low Cost Space Launch Study" submission to the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Technology Institute. I was hired to conduct this study because of my knowledge of the private space industry and my established contacts. The research involved meeting with various companies, coordinating a meeting at AFRL with key X PRIZE personnel, and conducting a financial analysis of launch costs.

1. AERSP 405/406: Projectile Rocket Project Manager (2003-2004)Project Leader and worked with three sub-groups of senior undergraduate students for a planned launch of a hybrid engine rocket at NASA GSFC Wallops Flight Facility, April 2004.2. AERSP 450: Orbit And Attitude Control Of Spacecraft (Fall 2004)In charge of marking weekly assignments, proctoring exams, holding regular office hours for students and also met with students upon request.3. AERSP 405: Aerodynamics Laboratory (Fall 2004/Spring 2005)Active participation in weekly lectures; running student laboratory sessions on equipment such as wind tunnels, a water channel and various Aerospace equipment; marking laboratory reports; and leading student groups in final design projects.4. AERSP/STS 055: Space Science and Technology (Spring 2005)In charge of marking weekly exercises, giving lectures related to the X PRIZE Foundation, proctoring exams, rocket project lab/launch, holding office hours for students and met with students upon request.

1. Project Manager for full-scale mockup development of three Ansari X PRIZE vehicles, which included writing a RFP and evaluating a contract winner.2. Touring Exhibit coordinator for concept design and proposal writing for title sponsor.3. X PRIZE Cup development with William Gaubatz (+1-310-938-9874).4. X PRIZE VIP co-coordinator for the 21 June 2004 historic 100km spaceflight by Burt Rutan's team in Mojave, CA.

Worked with Dr. Peter H. Diamandis developing the follow-on competition to the Ansari X PRIZE called the X PRIZE Cup (U.S. patent pending - Attorney Docket No. 004802.00007, SPACESHIP COMPETITION). The developed work included a preliminary set of rules with flight categories (such as highest altitude), a market economic impact analysis of similar industries (including NASCAR, America's Cup, Oshkosh, Reno Air Races), and a Request for Proposal (RFP) to be sent to potential bidding spaceports to host the X PRIZE Cup, which New Mexico won.