MATTHEW P. GARHART

URL: http://www.oocities.org/mgarhart/

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

SGT Inc., 7701 Greenbelt Rd., Suite 400, Greenbelt, MD 20770 (301) 614-8600

Systems Engineer – Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (02/05 – present)

· Develop command procedures, telemetry displays, and support documentation for the
Space Environment Monitor suite of instruments and the Solar X-Ray Imager.

· Support pre- and post-launch spacecraft/instrument testing activities.

· Provide mission operations support during orbit-raising and on-orbit periods.

· Generate analysis report describing scientific instrument characterizations.

Instrument Engineer - Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (02/05 - present)

· Produce test description and analysis plan documents for the scientific instruments.

· Perform testing on the science data processing system.

· Conduct on-orbit verification of the scientific instruments.

· Generate analysis report describing scientific instrument characterizations.

· Provide mission operations support during initial on-orbit verification period.

QSS Group, Inc., 4500 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706 (301) 577-0700

Systems Engineer – Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (09/01 – 02/05)

· Duties were the same as described above under Systems Engineer for SGT Inc. prior to
contract phase-over.

Instrument Engineer - Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (08/99 – 02/05)

· Duties were the same as described above under Instrument Engineer for SGT Inc. prior to
contract phase-over.

Flight Controller - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (09/99 – 09/01)

· Coordinated spacecraft operations and ground system activities with the JPL Deep
Space Network, ESOC, Air Force, and NASA Ground Network elements.

· Configured the ground system and executed command procedures during pre-launch
spacecraft testing and orbit-raising periods.

Computer Sciences Corporation, 1100 West Street, Laurel, MD 20707 (301) 470-2500

Flight Controller - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (09/98 – 08/99)

· Duties were the same as described above under Flight Controller for QSS Group, Inc.
prior to contract phase-over.

Test Conductor - Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (10/98 - 12/98)

· Performed pre-launch checks of the ground system software and scientific instrument
during spacecraft thermal-vacuum testing.

Instrument Engineer - Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (10/97 - 09/98)

· Duties were the same as described above under Instrument Engineer for QSS Group, Inc.
prior to contract phase-over.

Calibration Task Leader - International Ultraviolet Explorer (09/93 - 10/97)

· Developed, implemented, and tested prototype software for the image processing system
and data analysis center.

· Maintained plans for the calibration of the scientific instrument.

· Coordinated activities between the task and real-time operations.

· Directed the activities of several calibration task members.

Calibration Analyst - International Ultraviolet Explorer (08/88 - 09/93)

· Provided for the enhancement of the calibration of the scientific instrument.

· Documented calibration derivations and satellite systems performance.

· Presented progress and status reports to various meetings and publications.

Telescope Operator - International Ultraviolet Explorer (02/83 - 08/88)

· Conducted real-time operations of the scientific instrument.

Cornell University, Arecibo, PR

Telescope Operator – Arecibo Observatory (08/78 – 08/80)

· Configured the equipment and operated the radio telescope

EDUCATION Villanova University, B.S., Astronomy, 1981

COMPUTER SKILLS

· Languages: FORTRAN, IDL, IRAF, DCL, SQL, HTML, C++, STOL, PERL, Matlab

· Platforms: DEC AXP 3000, VAX 6310, DECstation 5000, Power Mac, PC

· Operating Systems: Open VMS, UNIX, DOS, Mac OS, and MS Windows

SECURITY CLEARANCE NAC, Secret

AWARDS

· NASA Group Achievement Award (2002) for GOES I-M mission support.

· NASA Certificate of Appreciation (2002) for NOAA-M mission support.

· NASA Group Achievement Award (2001) for GOES-L mission support.

· NASA Certificate of Appreciation (2000) for NOAA-L mission support.

· NASA Group Achievement Award (1999) for NOAA-K mission support.

· Letter of commendation (1998) from the FUSE Program Manager.

· Letter of commendation (1997) from the IUE Project Manager.

· NASA Group Achievement Award (1988, 1994 - 1996) for IUE mission support.

PUBLICATIONS

· Garhart, M.P. 2004, “NOAA-18 On-Orbit Verification Test Results”, Vol. 2

· Garhart, M.P. 2002, “NOAA-17 On-Orbit Verification Test Results”, Vol. 2

· Garhart, M.P. and Penn, L. 2001, “NOAA-L On-Orbit Verification Test Results”,
Vol. 2, GSFC S-480-154

· Garhart, M.P., Smith, M.A., Levay, K.L., and Thompson, R.W. 1997, “IUE
New Spectral Image Processing System Information Manual, Version 2.0”,
IUE NASA Newsletter, No. 57

· Feibelman, W.F., Oliversen, N.A., Nichols-Bohlin, J., and Garhart, M.P. 1988,
“IUE Spectral Atlas of Planetary Nebula”, NASA Reference Publication 1203