April 19 - 3:30pm Phys 223
(Coffee at 3:00p.m. in room 242)
Director of Suborbital and Special Orbital Projects, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Managing Scientific Projects - An Alternate Life Style
Most students look forward to scientific research; their goal is a tenured position in an eminent university or laboratory. Yet how does research get done? It takes money and requires results in a reasonable time. Cost, schedule, performance - in short, a Project! One student's random walk to managing scientific projects will be described, including managing the Hubble Space Telescope, the most productive scientific research project of our time.
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