Gordon I. Johnston

Background and Publications

WORK EXPERIENCE

U.S. Government Employee; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); AST - Advanced Technology Program Management, since September 1989.

Current Assignments:

NASA Heaquarters, Office of Earth Science, Program Planning and Development Division.
Current title: Associate Director for Exploratory Missions. In October of 1999, I was competitively selected to participate in the NASA Project Management Development Process (PMDP) Accelerating Leadership Option. I completed the academic portion of the PMDP-ALO in June of 2002.

Previous Assignments:

NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Science, Advanced Technology and Mission Studies Division.

• Program Executive, Sensors and Instrument Technology, October 27, 1996 to September 13, 1997.
• Program Executive, Solar System Exploration Mission Studies (other than Mars), October 27, 1996 to September 13, 1997.
• Program Executive, Space Technology University Programs, October 27, 1996 to September 13, 1997.

NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Access and Technology (OSAT), Spacecraft Systems Division (and previous instantiations of this organization).

• Program Manager, Sensors and Instrument Technology, January 1993 to October 27, 1996.
• Program Manager, Space Technology University Programs, June 1994 to October 27, 1996.
• Program Manager, On-Board Data Systems Technology, April 1993 to October 27, 1996.
• Thrust Manager, Space Science Technology Thrust, December 1991 to January 1993.
• Program Manager, Global Change Technology Program, and Program Manager, Space Technology University Programs, September 1989 to December 1991.

Member of Technical Staff, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), June 1978 to September 1989.

• Detailee (from JPL) to the NASA Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST) Space Directorate, March 1987 to September 1989.
  • Program Manager, Global Change Technology Initiative, March 1989 to September 1989.
  • Program Manager, Space Research and Technology Base Program, February 1988 to March 1989.
  • Program Manager for Spacecraft Systems Analysis, March 1987 to February 1988.
• Prior to March 1987 (at JPL):
  • Deputy Team Chief, Science Requirements and Operations Planning Team, Galileo Project, February 1982 to March 1987.
  • Team Chief, Remote Sensing Science Team, Galileo Project, July 1980 to February 1982.
  • Two half-time assignments, March 1978 to July 1980.
    • Assistant Science Coordinator, Galileo Imaging Science Team, Galileo Project (half-time), and
    • Experiment Representative, Viking Orbiter Imaging Team, Viking Project (half-time).

Pasadena City College, February 1980 to June 1982 - Instructor of Mathematics (part time evenings).

Kett Engineering, July 1977 to June 1978 - Experiment Representative, Viking Orbiter Imaging Team, Viking Project (Contract Engineer at JPL).

CREDENTIALS

• M.S. Degree in Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2002).
• M.S. Degree in Mathematics from the California State University at Northridge (1980).
• B.A. Degree in Mathematics from the California State University at Northridge (1976, cum laude).
• California Community College Teaching Credential.

PUBLICATIONS

• Strategic Architechture of an Integrated Earth and Space-Based Observation Network for Earth Science (PDF version, 2.7MB File), Gordon Innes Johnston, MIT SDM Master's Thesis, June 2002.
• Advanced Technologies to Support Earth Orbiting Systems, Robert Rosen, Gordon I. Johnston, paper no. IAF-92-0751, 43rd Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, August 28-September 5, 1992.
• An Engineering Research and Technology Program for an Evolving, Multi-decade Mission to Planet Earth, Stanley R. Sadin, Gordon I. Johnston, and Wayne R. Hudson, paper no. IAF-91-012, 42nd Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, October 5-11, 1991.
• GUEST COMMENTARY, Gordon I. Johnston, M2RC Newsletter, Volume 1 Number 2, April 1991.
• NASA's Engineering Research Centers and Interdisciplinary Education, Gordon I. Johnston, paper no. AIAA-90-3841, AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference, September 25-28, 1990.
• Mission to Planet Earth: New Focus for Technology Push, Wayne R. Hudson and Gordon I. Johnston, Aerospace America, June 1990, p. 31-33.
• Technologies for Global Change Earth Observations, Gordon I. Johnston and Wayne R. Hudson, paper no. AIAA 90-0767, AIAA 28th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 8-11, 1990.
• Earth Orbiting Technologies for Understanding Global Change, Leonard A. Harris, Gordon I. Johnston, Wayne R. Hudson, and Lana M. Couch, paper no. IAF-89-001, 40th Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, October 7-12, 1989, selected for publication in the Proceedings of the IAF Congress of Malaga, Volume 22 of ACTA ASTRONAUTICA.
• Technologies for Monitoring Global Change, Gordon I. Johnston and Wayne R. Hudson, paper no. AIAA 89-0254, AIAA 27th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 9-12, 1989.
• Spacecraft Technology Requirements for Future NASA Missions, Wayne R. Hudson and Gordon I. Johnston, paper no. 88-3487, AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference, June 21-24, 1988.
• Some Diurnal Properties of Clouds over the Martian Volcanoes, Hunt et al, Nature, vol. 286, July 24, 1980, p. 362-364.

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