Olivas & Associates Inc. - Manhattan Beach, CA since 1996
President/Principal
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Jun 2010 - Jan 2013
Director, Engineering
NASA Johnson Space Center Jul 1998 - May 2010
Astronaut - Mission Specialist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Aug 1996 - Jul 1998
Program Element Manager
SEAL Labs Feb 1996 - Oct 1996
Sr. Member Technical Staff
Education:
Rice University 1994 - 1996
PhD, Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering
University of Houston 1991 - 1993
MSME, Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at El Paso 1985 - 1989
BSME, Mechanical Engineering
Skills:
Engineering Systems Engineering Aerospace Space Systems Mechanical Engineering Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis Lean Manufacturing Cross-functional Team Leadership Public Speaking Failure Analysis Accident Reconstruction Materials Science Metallurgy Government Radar
Supervising Deputy Attorney General At California Department Of Justice; Author Of Fiction, Poetry And Book Reviews
flying parabolic arcs that allows for 15 to 25 seconds of microgravity at a time. That meant breaking down a specific activity into its most fundamental pieces that can be done within that time, said Danny Olivas, a former NASA astronaut who is now chief test astronaut at Collins, in an interview.