Laser ranging and altimetry systems software and algorithm development, single and two-color laser ranging data analyses, altimetry and ranging receiver systems simulation.
1974 - B.A. Mathematics, Goucher College
1983 - M.A. Applied Mathematics, University of Md.
Professional Memberships
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Professional Services
1998 - Session Co-Chair at the Eleventh International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Deggendorf, Germany
1996 - Session Chair at the Tenth International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Shanghai, China
1994-1997 - Mentor in the Summer Institute in Engineering and Computer Applications at GSFC
1994 - Session Chair at the Ninth International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Canberra, Australia
1987 - Speaker for MAA's Women in Applied Mathematics (WAM)
1982-1986 - Mentor for GSFC's Junior High School Girls (Math & Science Program)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
1997 - Performance Award
1996 - SLR Network Engineering Team: Productivity Improvement & Quality Enhancement Award
1996 - Performance Award
1997 - Performance Award
1994 - Performance Award
1993 - NASA Group Achievement Award LAGEOS 2 - IRIS Mission Support
1993 - Quality Increase Award
1991 - NASA Group Achievement Award Mars Observer Laser Altimeter
1990 - Special Achievement Award
1988 - Quality Increase Award
1986 - Peer Award
1986 - Special Achievement Award
1978 - Special Achievement Award
Publications
1993 T.W.Zagwodzki, J.F.McGarry, et al, "Laser Ranging to the Relay Mirror Experiment (RME) from GSFC's 1.2m Telescope Facility," Contributions of Space Geodesy to Geodynamics, Geodynamics Series, Vol 25, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.,1993.
1987 J.B.Abshire and J.F.McGarry, "Estimating the arrival times of photonlimited laser pulses in the presence of shot and speckle noise," Journal of the Optical Society of America, June 1987.
1987 J.B.Abshire and J.F.McGarry, "Twocolor shortpulse altimeter measurements of ocean surface backscatter," Applied Optics, April 1987.
PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1998 SLR2000 Automated System Control Software, Jan McGarry,
Jack Cheek, Anthony Mallama, Nick Ton, Brion Conklin, Anthony Mann, Mahtab Sadeghighassami, Mike Perry, Randy Ricklefs, 11th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Sept 21-25, 1998, Deggendorf, Germany.
1998 Design and Test of a Breadboard Interplanetary Laser Transponder John J. Degnan, Jan McGarry, Phil Dabney, Thomas Zagwodzki, and Matthew Weatherly,, 11th International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Sept 21-25, 1998, Deggendorf, Germany.
1996 SLR2000 Performance Simulations, 10th International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Jan McGarry, Nov 11-15, 1996, Shanghai, China.
1996 "Automated Tracking for Advanced Satellite Laser Ranging Systems, J.McGarry, J.Degnan, B.Conklin, P.Titterton, P.Dunn, Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing X Session, SPIE AeroSense Conference, Orlando, April 8-12, 1996.
1994 "Deploying the New Graphical User Interface Control Software on the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging Systems," J.F.McGarry, P.J.Seery, K.S.Emenheiser, J.W.Cheek, R.L.Ricklefs, Ninth International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Canberra, Australia, November.
1994 "Tracking Satellites with the Totally Automated SLR2000 System," J.F.McGarry, B.Conklin, W.Bane, R.Eichinger, P.Seery, R.Ricklefs, P.Dunn, Ninth International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Canberra, Australia, November.
1994 "Two Color Satellite Laser Ranging at NASA's 1.2m Telescope Facility," T.W.Zagwodzki, J.F.McGarry, J.J.Degnan, T.Varghese, Ninth International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Canberra, Australia, November.
1993 J.F.McGarry, J.W.Cheek, P.S.Millar, J.B.Abshire, "Two color laser ranging to a cooperative airborne target," SPIE Conference on Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing, Orlando, April 1993.
1992 T.W.Zagwodzki, Jan F.McGarry, J.J.Degnan, T.K.Varghese, "Two Color Satellite Laser Ranging Upgrades at Goddard's 1.2m Telescope Facility," Eighth International Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Annapolis, Maryland, May 1992.
1992 J.F.McGarry, T.W.Zagwodzki, et al, "Station report on the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) 1.2 meter telescope facility," Eighth Ineternational Workshop on Laser Ranging Instrumentation, Annapolis, Maryland, May 1992.
1991 J.F.McGarry, L.K.Pacini, J.B.Abshire, J.B.Blair, "Design and Performance of an Autonomous Tracking System for the Mars Observer Laser Altimeter Receiver," Conference on Electro-Optics (CLEO'91), May 1991.
1986 J.F.McGarry, T.W.Zagwodzki, J.J.Degnan, "Large Aperture High Accuracy Satellite Laser Tracking," SPIE Conference on Acquisition and Tracking, April 1986.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
1992 J.B.Abshire, Jan F. McGarry, P.S.Millar, et al, "Two Color Laser Ranging Experiment to an Aircraft using GPS-Aided Tracking," AGU 1992 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, Dec. 1992.
1987 J.B.Abshire, J.F.McGarry, et al, "Simultaneous Measurements of Ocean Surface Roughness and Atmospheric Pressure with a Centimeter Resolution TwoColor Laser Altimeter," Optical Society of America, Remote Sensing Conference, Sept 1987.
MAJOR TECHNICAL MEMORANDA
1998 Jan McGarry, Brion Conklin Anthony Mann, Mahtab Sadeghighassami, Mike Perry, Jack Cheek, Tony Mallama, Nick Ton, Randy Ricklefs, SLR2000 Software Design Document, November 13.
1982 J.L.Friskey, "The Use of Kalman Filtering in Determining Aircraft Position and Attitude," Scholarly Paper for M.A.at University of Maryland, 1982.
1981 J.B.Abshire, J.L.Friskey, P.L.Fuhr, "Design and Operation of the Airborne Laser Ranging System (ALRS) Computer," NASA X-723-81-30, Aug 1981.
