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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
Pages 60-63

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... Headquarters, the chief of staff of the Naval Air Test Center, and a NASA astronaut. At NASA, he led the redesign of the space station program, founded and led NASA's Spaceflight Safety Panel, and introduced probabilistic risk assessment to the space shuttle and space station programs.
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From page 61...
... thesis on unified systems safety analysis that first advocated what is now known as probabilistic risk analysis (PRA) and the establishment of the first consulting team to perform initial comprehensive and quantitative risk assessments for the commercial nuclear power industry.
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... Dr. Leveson is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and was awarded the 1995 AIAA Information Systems Award for contributions in space and aeronautics computer technology and science for "developing the field of software safety and for promoting responsible software and system engineering practices where life and property are at stake." She has served as the editor-in-chief of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Software Engineering and chaired the 1993 National Research Council study on Space Shuttle Software.
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From page 63...
... Previously, he was deputy director for space launch systems and technology in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Missiles and Space Systems. He served in the Air Force laboratory system as the chief scientist of the Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, director of the Astronautics Laboratory, and director of the Propulsion Directorate, Phillips Laboratory.
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  • space shuttle
  • fuel cells
  • space station
  • probabilistic risk

  • station program
  • engineering management
  • risk sciences
  • aeronautics computer
  • association gold

  • donald maricle
  • quantitative risk
  • leadership medal
  • introduced probabilistic
  • aiaa information

  • risk analysis
  • safety award
  • transport design
  • distinguished service
  • numerous teams

  • draper laboratory
  • resolve complex
  • thermal protection
  • gel propellant
  • teams assigned

  • descent engine
  • international fuel
  • spaceflight safety
  • promoting responsible
  • homing interceptors


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