IEEE GOLD Meeting


Speaker:

John Maxwell, The Boeing Company

Subject:

Power Systems for Modern Spacecraft

Date:

Wednesday, December 8th, 2004

Time:

5:30 – 7:00 P.M.

Place:

UAH Engineering Building, Conference Room 258

Reservations:

Please contact Courtney Spivey at (256) 464-4878 if you plan to attend. You may also email her at: Courtney.c.spivey@boeing.com.

Abstract: The President’s Vision for U.S. Space Exploration calls for both crewed and uncrewed missions to the moon and Mars. Designing the power system for such a spacecraft includes a full range of studies into the building blocks of aerospace power components, such as solar arrays, batteries and fuel cells. Learn about the past successes and failures, as well as the current challenges of designing the electrical backbone of a modern spacecraft.

Biographical Sketch:Maxwell is a UAH graduate and 6 year Boeing employee with a total of 20 years of experience in aircraft cockpit systems, avionics and space electrical power systems. He was the lead engineer for developing electrical power systems (EPS) for Boeing’s 2nd Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), Space Launch Initiative (SLI), Next Generation Launch Technologies (NGLT), Orbital Space Plane (OSP) programs and is presently the Crew Exploration Vehicle EPS design lead for Boeing. Some Internal Research and Development (IRAD) projects include digitally programmable solid state power controllers, solid state power controllers (SSPC) with integrated arc fault detection and damaged wire detection and location circuit. These technologies are presently patent pending some refines can be found in:

  • “A Configurable Solid State Power Management and Distribution System”, White Paper presented at SAE 2002 Power Systems Conference
  • Article Feature; “Tidal Wave of Wiring Requirements to Hit Industry”, Air Safety Week Vol. 16 No. 27, 15 July 2002
  • Article Feature; “New Technology Enhances Electrical System Safety”, Air Safety Week Vol. 16 No. 35, 16 September 2002

Notes:Food and beverages will be provided!
You do not have to be an IEEE member to attend. All guests are welcome!


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