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Dr. Michael Ryschkewitsch Deputy Director Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate  Dr. Ryschkewitsch joined the GSFC in 1982 as a cryogenics engineer supporting the development of the superfluid helium dewar for the Cosmic Background Explorer. During the COBE program he served at various times as the dewar lead engineer and contract COTR and instrument mechanisms tiger team leader. During this period, he also led a tiger team to repair the Broad Band X-Ray Telescope cryocoolers. He served as a Head of the Cryogenic Systems Development Section and Assistant Branch Head for the Electromechanical Systems Branch. He was selected as Associate Chief of the Space Technology Division in 1990. During this time he lead the GSFC team that worked with Ball Aerospace to develop the concept for the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) that was used in the repair of the HST during the first servicing mission. In 1992, he was selected to form and become Chief of the Engineering Directorate Systems Engineering Office. He was selected to become the Deputy Director of the Systems, Technology and Advanced Concepts Directorate (STAAC) in the fall of 1997 and the Deputy Director of the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate in October 2001. Dr. Ryschkewitsch has received numerous group achievement awards during his career. He was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1990 and the NASA Medal for Outstanding Leadership in 1998. Dr. Ryschkewitsch received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Florida in 1973 and a Ph.D. in Physics from Duke University in 1978. Prior to joining the GSFC he served as a postdoctoral fellow and visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Delaware. |