CHARLES E. DANIHER
EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED) Page 2
CHARLES E. DANIHER
OBJECTIVE
Preferred assignments include participating on & leading high performance work teams in total systems definition & development through production & operation. Also, to provide hands-on mentoring of upcoming engineers & program managers in dynamic, challenging program leadership positions.
EXPERIENCE
33 years at Boeing (9 McDonnell Douglas, 22 Rockwell, 2 Boeing) in a series of positions as engineer, (Skylab refrigeration system, Space lab, Shuttle Thermal Hydraulic Systems, Shuttle Thermal design & Certification) management positions as Shuttle C study Chief Engineer, Director of Propulsion Power, EVA & Thermal Systems Space Station Phase B Study, Programs Director for Rockwell Space Division Technology Conversion Programs, Programs Director of Crew Return & Transfer Vehicles & Orbital Systems.
Present to 2005
Took leave from engineering & program management consulting to develop three hobby businesses, video documentaries, technology furniture & two musical bands.
01/2005 to 04/2005: Systems Engineering - Crew Exploration Vehicle
· Wrote up proposed process for requirements development & flow down from top system level to components. Provided review of technical solution, system engineering technical approach & wrote up the system engineering process for Northrop’s proposal.
06/2003 to 07/2004: System Engineering Services to Northrop Grumman
· Led a small team through a operations analysis of the Orbital Space Plane mission using a “reverse mission walk” to identify only essential functions, interfaces, natural & induced environment requirements. Facilitated the mission analysis & development of the operational mission phases & “campaigns” for the Mars human return & the Moon human return. Provided “customer & grey beard” reviews of proposal & briefing products along with specific recommendations to implement strategy & achieve compliance for the OSP PDR. Drafted statements of work for the CE& R proposal along with providing general technical review of the draft proposal. Participated with “capture team” in defining emerging win factors & provided a methodology for assessing competitive strengths & weaknesses. Assisted in the identification & logic for conducting major system architectural & configuration trades for the OSP & CE&R Proposal. Assisted Business Director in providing white papers on confidential topics. Provided direct assistance to Systems Engineer on all areas of system engineering, including the required analyses, the order of analyses, the skills sets needed & the necessary performance analyses & metrics. Provided general mentoring of selected high performance engineers.
11/1994 to 04/1999: Business Development
· 11/1996 to 04/1999: Programs Director. Responsible for pursuit of Crew Return Vehicle Contract including staffing, business planning, strategy & implementation. Responsible for setting up strategic alliances & an international consortium including business arrangements, ITAR Compliance & negotiated work packages. Briefed strategy to Rockwell & Boeing Senior Management. Developed discriminators with full interior volumes mockup & unique international partnerships. Conducted parametric & grass roots cost analyses & review results with NASA Center & Headquarters. Provided an on site JSC team to observe NASA x-38 precursor program. Produced technical maturity & risk assessment evaluation & coordinated results with NASA senior management & JSC program Manager. Briefed OMB House & Senate committees. Responsible for definition of Commercial Space opportunities, defined a space infrastructure & developed business plan for a small commercial Space Station. Developed options for purchasing two surplus stations.
· 1994 to 11/1996: Programs Director. Responsible for Conducted Entrepreneurial Workshops which included a value proposition screening process, developed business plans, development prototypes, conducted market research, utilized Quality Function Deployment to define balanced product technical characteristics, secured patents for inventors & transferred, sold or marketed the following: a Multi Incident Resource Processing System (software) for the US Forrest Service & the California Department of Forestry, a Staring Infrared Sensor (patents for the inventors), an ultra light aircraft wing using pultrusion process, an atomic oxygen cleaning process & prototype hardware,(patent secured & inventor obtained rights). 68 other business propositions were reviewed & recycled back to the inventors for further development. Directed the establishment of the Natural Hazards Consortium (5013c).
11/1975 to 1994
· 1991 to 1994: Program Director Assured Crew Return Vehicle. Conducted the Phase B definition study. Developed system concept & flight vehicle definition. Tested interior configurations & validated crew accommodations in zero-g flight tests. Established relationship with NPO Energia & obtained the first access to Soyuz TM land landing technology, identified use of GPS for landing & proved concept with US partners with first landing of aircraft using GPS. Briefed OMB, House & Senate committees. Briefed the Aerospace Advisory Panels & Independent review teams. Managed three partner companies.
· 1989 to 1991: Chief Engineer Assured Crew Return Vehicle. Provided technical content for Phase B proposal, directed IR& D efforts including systems requirements analysis requirements validation, flow down & functional partitioning & allocation. Identified systems trade hierarchy & trade criteria. Secured technical staff for the conduct of the Phase B study.
· 1987 to 1989: Manager Space Shuttle Thermal Systems. Oversight included final certification of the TPS system. Directed work resulting in the development & certification of the ascent, orbit & entry heating. Conducted field assessments of damaged tiles & relaxed the roughness & step & gap criteria to improve operational turnaround.
· 1983 to 1985: Director of Propulsion, Power, Thermal & EVA Systems for the Space Station Phase A Study. Responsible for IR&D definition & study conduct. Directed subcontractor tasks for EVA, Propulsion, Power, ECLSS & internal work on thermal systems. Developed Solar Thermodynamic power option. Participated on senior strategy boards & in teaming decisions. Led the team presentations to NSASA on the need for a systems integrator for the Station in addition to hardware development. Developed statements of work, negotiated and, as Designated System Program Manager, managed the conduct of 4 major subcontracts.
· 1979 to 1983: Supervisor. Responsible for supervising 20 engineers performing computer analyses & development testing for the Shuttle Orbiter Thermal control System & the Thermal integration of the Shuttle system. Directly responsible for defining the on orbit hot & cold limit cases & defining the on orbit thermal validation of the structural temperature excursion models. Directed work for designing & testing fault tolerant heater systems. Defined thermal boundary conditions for External Tank & Solid Rocket Boosters. Defined Launch limits & cycle times for recovery to within limits. Conducted Customer product delivery reviews & signed off on flight readiness review. Provided technical lead support at NASA JSC Mission Evaluation Room for the 5 Shuttle flight-tests. Responsible for conducting the flight test, analyzing the data & providing real time assessment of adequacy of data to proceed to the next flight.
· 11/1975 to 1979: Lead Engineer Shuttle Orbiter Thermal Hydraulic System. Modeled the Shuttle Thermal Hydraulic System using real law (vs. simulation) models. Identified conditions under which circulation of the oil would remain Newtonian & defined the on orbit duty cycles & fault tolerance switching times for safe operation. Conducted low temperature testing of the full-scale system to validate models, conducted obit flight test to validate installed performance. Defined the Shuttle Main Engine hydraulic interface model & identified need for Hydrogen valve seal heaters. Conducted testing at NSTL to validate need & heater fix. Signed off on the thermal environments & structural interface models & flight readiness reviews.
10/1966 to 11/1975: Positions ranging from Engineering Specialist to Senior Engineering Scientist Specialist
· 10/1966 to 1969: Analyst. Responsible for thermal modeling of Manned Orbital Laboratory Environmental control system. Developed Selective Time Isolation to speed up calculations by three orders of magnitude & developed a rapid solution to the radiator fin hyperbolic tangent. Conducted trade studies to define the balance between radiant & convective cooling for the crew & equipment. Modeled water sublimators & developed the design parameters for ejecting fluids into space vacuum without reattachment to vehicle. Modeled regenerative loops & worked with Astronauts to provide functional displays & controls.
· 1969 to 11/1975: Engineer Scientist Specialist. Responsible for the Skylab Refrigeration System. Conducted systems engineering, system sizing, design development & testing of the system & radiator heat exchanger & control elements. Proposed a paraffin thermal capacitor as a filter of the radiator output. Developed the first –20 F thermostatic control valve. Proposed the use of heat pipes for maintaining dry surfaces using waste inverter heat. The refrigeration system lead for the Skylab pre-launch preparations & the launch. Developed gas adsorption models & performed requirements definition & system sizing for a zinc chlorine hydrate energy storage systems & automobile applications. Developed users handbook for the Spacelab including subsystem performance & operating guidelines.
EDUCATION
M.S., Mechanical Engineer - University of Southern California
B.S., Aerospace Engineer - University of Florida
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Certified Systems Engineer ,Registered, Professional Engineer CA., Cal Life Teaching Credential
American Graduate School Management Course
RECOGNITIONS
NASA Service Award, NASA TU Awards, Rockwell President’s Awards, 2 papers