Curtis E Odell

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Curtis E Odell

  • Head, Instrument Development Group
  • 301.286.8802 | 301.286.0250
  • Org Code: 660
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 660
  • Greenbelt, MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA
  • Curriculum Vitae



    Projects

  • 2004 - 2005 I & T for GLAST/Large Area Telescope/Anti-Coincidence Detector
  • 2001 - 2005 Instrument management of the Astro-E2 X-Ray Telescope Project
  • 2000 Technical management of the InFOCuS Mirror effort
  • 1995 - 2000 Technical management of the ASTRO-E X-Ray Telescope Project
  • 1989 - 1995 Detector development for the X-ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array Project

    Positions and Appointments

    2007 - present Assistant Director, Astrophysics Science Division
    1994 - 2007 Laboratory Manager, Instrument Development Group, co-located in the X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, ASD, SED, GSFC.
    2001 - 2005 Instrument Manager for Astro-E2/XRT
    1993 - 1994 Lead Detector Technician, X-ray Astrophysics Branch, LHEA
    1989 - 1993 Detector Technician, Hughes STX Corporation, Instrument Development Branch, LHEA, GSFC
    1984 - 1989 Solar Observer, Big Bear Solar Observatory, Big Bear City, CA
    Operated by California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA


    Education

    1974 B.S. degree, Industrial Arts Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA

    Publications

    "The Proportional Counter Array (PCA) Instrument for the X-ray Timing Explorer Satellite (XTE)", Glasser, C.A., Odell, C.E., and Seufert, S.E., 1994, Proceedings of the 1993 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Francisco, CA, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 41, Num. 4, pg. 1343.

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