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Theodore Swanson Assistant Chief of Technology Mechanical Systems Division Goddard Senior Fellow  Mr. Theodore Swanson has been with the Goddard Space Flight Center since 1984. He has had a variety of organizational positions including Senior Engineer, Section Head, Associate Branch Head, and was recently appointed as Assistant Chief of Technology for the Mechanical Systems Division. Over three decades Mr. SwansonÕs career has focused on the identification, development and introduction of advanced technology. Since joining Goddard he has aggressively lead a major effort to identify, develop, and introduce new thermal control technology, and more recently advanced mechanical technologies, into Goddard spacecraft and instruments. He was Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on numerous technology development efforts, including several flight experiments on the Space Shuttle and eight DirectorÕs Discretionary Fund R&D efforts. His major contributions have focused on two-phase technologies such as Capillary Pumped Loops and Loop Heat Pipes and, most recently, on advanced variable emissivity coatings and MEMS technologies. The two-phase work he was closely involved with, both technically and managerially, has now been baselined for such major Goddard flight programs as TERRA, HST/SM-3, GLAS, ST-5, GOES/N-Q, and Swift. In addition to his key role with technology innovations for major Goddard flight programs, Mr. Swanson has had numerous programmatic leadership roles. These include founding and chairing an on-going series of international workshops on two-phase thermal control technology, functioning as invited kickoff speaker for a variety of technical conferences, chairing/co-chairing several large technical conferences annually, and managing a variety of NASA technology development program efforts. |