Personal Resume

Personal Resume of J. Bradley Davis

Education

M.S. in Computer Science
Emphasis in Computer Graphics
Graduated: December 1995
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering
Minor in Computer Science
Graduated: May 1988
University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri

Professional History

NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida

External Tank and SRB Mechanical/TPS Branch

Employed: Sept 1989 to Present
Job Title: Lead Systems Engineer,

Responsibilities:

Photo/Optics Lead Engineer
Duties include performing photographic and video analysis on Space Shuttle Launch, Landing and processing imagery. Co-authored 32 NASA Technical Memorandums on "Debris/Ice/TPS Assessment and Integrated Photographic Analysis of Shuttle Mission STS-xx".
System Administator
System Administrator for Digitizing and Image Analysis System consisting of 2 Silicon Graphics workstations with 12 users connected to numerous image capture, playback and recording devices. I also migrated and maintain an OS/2 network of 54 office and engineering workstations utilizing a server.
Shuttle Thermal Infrared System Engineer
Responsible for the validation, integration, testing, and maintenance/repair on many infrared cameras. Theses cameras are used during Shuttle launch operations, payload checkout and facility troubleshooting.
External Tank System Engineer
Authorize operational procedures on mechanical and Thermal Protection components of hte External Tank for flight. Duties also include verify requirements, recommend and impact design changes, and test/certify ground support equipment.

Professional Training

Professional Awards

Computer Experience

Operating Syhtems
OS/2, Unix, DOS, SGI-IRIX
Languages
C, Pascal, Fortran, Basic, SGML
Significant Program Experience
AutoCad ver 12, Intergraph 5.0, Khoros, Wavefront Advanced Visualizer

Personal Interest