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David Woerner
Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: JPL Lead for RPS Systems Engineering and Integration activities for NASA's Radioisotope Power Systems Program. Editor of the published book, The Technology of Discovery: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and Thermoelectric Technologies for Space Exploration. Previously, David was the Systems Formulation Manager for the Radioisotope Power System Program at NASA, the MMRTG Office manager for the MSL mission, and earlier the Chief Engineer of the avionics for Mars Pathfinder. 40 years of experience at JPL and the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, including work on the Galileo, Cassini, and Magellan missions. Chair, Board of Directors of IEEE Aerospace Conferences. Numerous NASA awards, including the Exceptional Service and Exceptional Achievement Awards.
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Kendra Cook
, : Space System Security SME at SAIC and Owner/Principal of C2 International. Served 7 years as an Officer in the U.S. Air Force, specializing in UAVs and air-launched weapons systems. Prior work includes Senior Systems Engineer and Mission Protection Engineer at NASA/JPL, NOAA’s Lead Systems Engineer on the COSMIC-2 joint US-Taiwan satellite program, design of UAV prototypes at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and Information Assurance for the Navy’s Distributed Common Ground System. B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Boston University; M.S., Astronautical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology.
