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Wanagas, John D. - Senior Consultant Delta V. Technology

Registered Consultant

Qualification Summary

Eight years experience designing, evaluating, and producing technical configurations for the NASA space station, the Manlkin aircraft, and various other programs associated with NASA. Hold secret clearance.

Well versed in computer technology, including IBM and Macintosh PCs, ANVIL 400 CAD - Tektronic terminals, VAX, IBM CADAM 2D and 3D, PC AutoCAD, Unix Environment. Wrote code in Fortran to MIL-STD-2167A.

Designed and Conducted launch vehicle ground support components, schedules, material ordering and component tests.

Managed and Supervised document development and integration of information form NASA field centers and defining assembly sequence, and computer animation and video production to promote program.

Generated and evaluated the advanced design for the space station configuration.

Compiled and documented space station assembly operations required, technical manuals for assembly operations and test procedures.

Integrated information for NASA field centers from preliminary design through critical review, and electric components and hardware into control consoles.

Produced CAD 2D and 3D modeling and programming for the integration of information from subsystem departments and to analyze text data in Fortran.

Published six articles, list upon request.

Employment Experience

Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Reston, Virginia - Senior Consultant (1990-93)

Orbital Sciences Corporation, Space Data Division, Chandler, Arizona - Design Engineer, Ground Support Group (1988-90)

Simula, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona - Project Engineer (1988)

Rockwell International Space Station Systems Division, Downey, California - Design Engineer, Configuration Development (1985-88)

Education/Membership

B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering - University of Illinois (1985)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics