Tel: (415) 941-7696
email: jardin@osprey.arc.nasa.gov
Master of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Washington Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Seattle, 1992 (BS in 1990).
Master's Thesis: "A Feedback Controlled Gas Mixing System for the Ram Accelerator"
Course concentration in Feedback Control Systems and Space Systems
Design (Optimal Control, Control of Flight Vehicles, Dynamics,
Probability, Propulsion, Heat Transfer, Dynamics)
International Engineering Studies: Engineering in Germany and Europe, German Language, and Germany Within the E.C.
Aachen University of Technology, Germany, and the University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands (6/92-8/92).
Boston University, Boston (9/86-5/88).
Programmer/Analyst
Sterling Software, NASA Ames Division,
7/93 - 9/94
Created an improved 10,000-line C-language atmospheric data
acquisition and interpolation process for CTAS that reduced source
code by 30% and increased computational efficiency by over
500%.
Research Intern
R.&D. Dept., Warner Music Manufacturing Europe, Alsdorf,
Germany, Summer 1992.
Created phase-locked loop (PLL) simulation software that
reduced PLL circuit design time by over 50% for use in
compact disc manufacturing quality-control equipment.
Research Assistant
Ram Accelerator Laboratory, Aerospace and Energetics
Research Program, 10/90-6/92.
University of Washington, Seattle. Prof. Adam P. Bruckner,
Program Advisor.
Created new photodiode light probe amplifiers to enhance
data quality. Reconfigured data acquisition system for
greater capacity. Became proficient with machine shop
equipment.
Chief of Operations,
Kirsten Wind Tunnel, University of Washington, 9/88-8/90.
Leader of a crew of 8 students. Set up wind tunnel models
and flow visualization probes, and performed all data
acquisition tasks. Acted as operations liaison for all
customers, including Boeing Commercial Airplane Co.
Teaching Assistantships
University of Washington, "Propulsion," "Thermodynamics," &
"Dynamics," 1/92-12/92.
Boston University, "Visual Thinking," 9/87-1/88
Design Competitions:
Tau Beta Pi, Northeast Chapter, 1988 (High-Speed Personnel
Transport) First Place.
Soc. of Manufact. Eng., Boston U., 1988 (Satellite Heat
Rejection System) First Place.
U. of Washington A.I.A.A. Paper Airplane Competition, 1992
First Place
AIAA Edison Network:
Created a local entrepreneurs network for the AIAA San Francisco
section which has so far spawned the following projects:
AIAA National Student Award, Graduate Division, AIAA National Student Conference, Reno, NV, Jan. 10-11, 1994.
First Place, Graduate Division, 43rd AIAA Region VI Student Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 1-3, 1993.
Rockwell International Aerospace Design Award, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington, June 1990.
Elected Student Speaker, graduation ceremony of Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington, 1990.
Jardin, M., "4D Air Traffic Control for Non-4D-Equipped Aircraft", AIAAF-97063, American Control Conference 1997, Albequerque, NM, June 4-6, 1997.
Jardin, M., Erzberger, H., "Atmospheric Data Acquisition and Interpolation for Enhanced Trajectory Prediction Accuracy in the Center-TRACON Automation System", 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, (Reno, NV), Jan. 15-18, 1996 (AIAA 96-0271).
Jardin, M. R., and Bruckner, A. P., "A Feedback Controlled Gas Mixing System for the Ram Accelerator"[ASCII file], "Journal of Propulsion and Power," Vol. 11, No. 6, 1995, pp. 1291-1298. [Also presented at the following: 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, (Reno, NV), Jan. 10-13, 1994 (AIAA 94-0016). The Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, (Jerusalem, Israel), Oct. 9-14, 1994.]
Jardin, M. R., "The Effect of Velocity on the Water Collection of a Bicyclist in a Rainstorm", AIAA Student Journal, Volume 28, Number 3, Fall, 1990, pp. 20-27.
"Megawatt Solar Power Systems for Lunar Surface Operations," (Co-author, editor, and presenter) Presented at the NASA/USRA Advanced Design Program Summer Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, June 1990.