John Bolton's Experience Chronology   

    John F. Bolton

    Code 420 - Earth Science Program Office
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Greenbelt, MD  20771  USA
    Phone: (301) 286-8547
    E-mail: John.F.Bolton@nasa.gov

Formal education and degrees: University of Chicago, University of Illinois; MSc, Physics (1972), MSc Chemistry (1975)

Formal education without degrees: University of Illinois, Department of Pharmacy, Department of Bioengineering, Medical School; Physiology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Control Theory (1966-68)
Helsinki University; PhD work, quantum electrodynamics (1978)

Summary of Work and Education Related Experience:

1985

• NASA Goddard, Instrument Systems Branch;
• SOT Project; development of optical analysis techniques and integration of thermal, structural, and optical (STOP) analysis capabilities
• Revise the SAPGM2 electro-optical systems analysis program (CHEOPS) to provide a more powerful analysis tool
• COBE Project, DIRBE instrument; design integrated scatterometer
• ISTP Mission Peer Review
• Paper on SOT STOP analysis; SPIE Lens Design Conference, New Jersey
• Breault Research Corporation, stray light and analysis and optical design course
• MODIS/EOS proposal and review preparation
• Receive "outstanding" performance evaluation

1986

• Paper on telescope mirror STOP analysis; SPIE Large Telescope Conference, Tucson
• DDF for STOP analysis
• SOT Project changes to HRSO Project
• MODIS end-to-end design and performance analysis
• Begin MODIS-T (Hyperspectral Transfer Radiometer) conceptual design and analysis
• Hire Steve Neeck
• DIRBE (an instrument on COBE) stray light analysis
• Paper on stray light analysis; SPIE Lens Design Conference, San Diego

1987

• Begin collaboration with Space Telescope Science Institute (Pierre Bely) on Next Generation Space Telescope Design
• Work with JPL (James Janesick) on advanced CCD detector design concepts
• EUVE optical STOP and stray light analysis
• Work with SYNOPSYS (optical design and analysis program) programmer to integrate STOP analysis
• HRSO optical STOP and stray light analysis
• Paper on MODIS calibration system design at CORM, Gaithersburg, MD
• MODIS end-to-end system design analysis
• Complete MODIS-T (Hyperspectral Transfer Radiometer) conceptual design and analysis
• Review SOHO radiometer design
• Join ISTP Project Staff, preliminary reviews of ISTP proposals
• Work with Photon Research Associates (PRA) to develop scene simulation software
• Formal review of ISTP proposals
• Attend SPIE Optics Conference (grazing incidence optics, polarization course, imaging spectroscopy), San Diego
• Participate in ESTEC review of ISTP proposals
• NASA Headquarters briefing on ISTP proposal selection
• Research microchannel plate detectors
• Integrate atmospheric modeling software into MODIS design analysis

1988

• ISTP instrument reviews and final selections (US instruments)
• TOMS instrument refurbishment design review and analysis for flight on Russian satellite
• Review MODIS Proposal
• DDF for thermal control of figure of large telescope mirrors (with Pierre Bely)
• Work with Lockheed Palo Alto Research Lab on design of Helioseismometer
• Attend SPIE Remote Sensing Conference (remote sensing course (Phil Slater), UV instruments, IR detectors, calibration), Orlando
• Start ISTP Project US instrument development
• Advise on selection of two-dimensional (area) detectors for instrument development
• Reconfigure TOMS instrument for SMEX
• Develop polarization analysis technology with Russell Chipman
• Manage PRA contract for CODE 900
• Preliminary review of EOS proposals
• MODIS-T (Hyperspectral Transfer Radiometer) turned over to design team
• Paper on DIRBE stray light analysis; SPIE Optical Design Conference San Diego
• Appointed manager of EOS instrument proposal technical review team
• Select engineering support team, formalize review guidelines, and begin EOS instrument proposal review process
• Preview SMEX proposals
• Categorize (rate) EOS instrument proposal reviews

1989

• Formal review of SMEX proposals
• Organize seminar on CCD detectors
• Attend SPIE Optical Science & Engineering Conference (radiation measurements, active optics, laser course) Orlando
• ISTP instrument development reviews (first MAMA reviews associated with the UVCS instrument at Ball Aerospace)
• First contacts with VTT (Kuittinen, Kelhä, Leppelmaier) and TEKES during trip to Finland (May)
• EOS non-advocate reviews
• MODIS-T (Hyperspectral Transfer Radiometer) re-design fails and design team disbanded
• Supplemental analysis of DIRBE stray light
• Prepare database of EOS instrument proposal review results
• Attend Next Generation Space Telescope Workshop at STScI, Baltimore
• Arrange engineering support for instrument managers on EOS project
• Take ASAP (Breault Research Organization) course

1990

• Support EOS instrument interface meetings at Langley, JPL, and GSFC
• EOS CDCR instrument reviews
• Attend IGARSS Conference, College Park, MD
• Present results of instrument reviews at NASA Headquarters (August)
• Visit Remote Sensing Group at VTT, Finland; present paper on EOS project
• Apply for Goddard Research and Study Fellowship with Remote Sensing Group at VTT, Finland

1991

• Write imaging spectrometer end-to-end performance analysis manual
• Attend SPIE Conference Space Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments (telescopes on the Moon, remote sensing, calibration, sensors) Orlando.  Present paper, "Conceptual Design for a Second Generation Space Telescope"
• Support EOS instrument quarterly reviews
• Turn over EOS instrument support responsibilities to Steve Neeck
• Begin Goddard Research and Study Fellowship with Remote Sensing Group at VTT, Otaniemi, Finland (July, 1991 – July, 1992)
• Set up office in Tapiola
• Meetings to arrange funding for imaging spectrometer project
• Meet Optoelectronics laboratory staff at VTT, Oulu
• Present NGST talk at Space Science seminar at VTT, Otaniemi
• Participate in seminar on "Finnish Imaging Spectrometer"
• Meet corporate sponsors for imaging spectrometer project (Karelsilva)
• Arrange transfer of AVHRR archive tapes to Finnish Geodetic Laboratory
• Visit Nordic Optical Telescope group in Denmark and present NGST talk
• Visit Helsinki observatory and give NGST talk (commentary on talk airs on Finnish Radio)
• Coordinate AISA Steering Committee meetings
• VTT Oulu starts design of imaging spectrometer (AISA)
• Meet National environmental Research Council staff in Huntingdon, UK
• Meet Remote sensing group at UK Defense Group, Farnborough
• Meet instrument development group at SIRA, Kent, UK
• Visit CCD manufacturer (EEV) in UK
• Present paper on imaging spectrometer at IGARSS, Houston
• Complete, and test prototype AISA system
• Return to Goddard

1992

• Support ISTP Project (UVCS disaster recovery)
• Support UVCS instrument reviews at Ball Aerospace
• Take Space Mission and Design (SMAD) short course
• Continue cooperation with AISA developers
• Investigate ISO-9000 as it might apply to Goddard and NASA operations

1993

• Complete end-to-end UVCS performance analysis and prepare verification plan
• Develop concepts and do performance analysis for next generation (advanced) HST wide field camera
• Precipitate "Tiger Team" Review of MAMA detectors (August)
• Find alternative source for UVCS detectors
• Help to reorganize AISA activities
• Attend SPIE Optical Science & Engineering Conference (optical tolerancing, NGST), Orlando

1994

• Begin working with Oceans Branch at Wallops (arrange for test flights of AISA)
• MIP2 Non-Supervisory Management Course (Wallops)
• AISA presentation at Goddard
• AISA test and calibration flights at Wallops (March)
• Process AISA data
• Multiple DDF proposals related to hyperspectral imaging applications (rejected)
• AISA loan for further test and calibration (July)
• Begin support of EOS-PM Project
• Reviews of AIRS instrument

1995

• Reviews and critical support of AIRS instrument development
• Develop design of hyperspectral transfer radiometer
• Support general EOS-PM instrument reviews
• Perform sensitivity analysis for AIRS instrument
• Propose establishment of CARSTAD in conjunction with Wallops
• SPECIM company formed by AISA developers on leave from VTT

1996

• Present CARSTAD proposal to congressional representatives and Space Business Roundtable
• Continue reviews of AIRS instrument
• Develop applications for airborne remote sensing
• Look for partners in CARSTAD
• Work with potential developers of hyperspectral instruments and applications
• Attend ERIM Airborne Remote Sensing Conference (hyperspectral imaging, airborne systems, meet 3DImaging guys, VTT guys), San Francisco
• Initial contacts with Commercial Remote Sensing program at Stennis
• Begin affiliation with 3Dimaging (set up cooperation between SPECIM and 3Dimaging)
• SPECIM web pages set up
• Disclosure for patent on hyperspectral imaging system
• DDF on Image Correlation Tracker (ICT) stabilized pointing system

1997

• Begin cooperation to develop hyperspectral applications with Code 935 (Jerry Garegnani)
• AISA calibrations at GSFC calibration laboratory
• Discussions with APL on hyperspectral imaging technologies
• Collaboration on ICT DDF with GN&C Branch and Yaakov Oshman
• Begin collaboration with the Center for Mapping at Ohio State University, Columbus
• Manage STTR for hyperspectral libraries with 3DI and BARC
• Begin collaboration with Richard Crouse and Associates
• Test AISA geolocation system (GEOVIS)
• Attend airborne remote sensing conference, U. of Maryland, College Park
• Submit DDF Proposal, "A Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Image Correlation tracker"
• Write paper on new ways of doing remote sensing ("somedif")
• Develop hexapod image stabilization system concept
• Work with Charles Nguyen on hexapod concept, Catholic University

1998

• Demonstrate ICT system
• Develop hyperspectral applications with PCI software company
• Downwelling irradiance feature (FODIS) added to AISA
• Develop airborne digital imaging systems concepts
• Initiate collaboration with Leica (LH Systems)
• Attend ERIM GIS and Remote Sensing Conference (agricultural applications), Orlando
• Participate in establishment of Regional Application Center (RAC) in Easton. MD
• SPECIM – 3DI collaboration to develop AISA technology and applications
• Disclosure for patent on image stabilization system
• Establish CARSTAD web site
• Assemble hexapod image stabilization system
• Develop hyperspectral imager calibration procedures
• Co-author EARSeL’98 paper on hyperspectral imaging with SPECIM
• Submit DDF proposal, "A digital Terrain Mapping System Feasibility Study"
• Visit Stennis for ERAST meeting, present AISA – 3DI results to Commercial Remote Sensing group
• Visit Mississippi State University remote sensing program

1999

• Develop new procedures for characterization of hyperspectral instruments
• Collaborate with NIST on hyperspectral calibration procedures
• Take ENVI remote sensing software course (with hyperspectral emphasis)
• Take LabView software courses (Parts I and II)
• Begin collaboration with national instruments and ASD to develop hexapod controls
• Add airborne remote sensing information to CARSTAD web site
• Organize panel discussion on commercial airborne remote sensing for ERIM’99 Conference
• Attend CLEO’99 Conference (find American Holographic imaging spectrometer), Baltimore
• Present paper on new techniques for hyperspectral imager characterization at ERIM’99 Airborne Remote Sensing Conference, Ottawa
• Chair panel discussion on commercial airborne remote sensing at ERIM’99
• Disclosure for patent on digital terrain mapping system
• Contract with ADS to complete hexapod Phase I development
• Begin IMDC assignment (component database)
• Submit DDF proposal, "Hyperspectral Imaging Radiometric Transfer System"
• Establish TECHDATA web site
• Develop concepts for technology knowledgebase and for "working on-line"

2000

• HARC presentation on remote sensing projects (CTO)
• Write Technology Database Report for IMDC
• Attend Washington, D.C. ASPRS meeting and ENVI Workshop
• Take Space Mission Analysis and Design (SMAD) course
• Propose Chesapeake Bay Remote Sensing Consortium
• Develop instrument and application lists for the CARSTAD website
• Begin assignment to the Scientific and Educational Endeavors (SEE) Program
• Submit DDF Proposal, "A Geolocation System for Remote Sensing Instruments"
• Submit IR&D 2000 proposal on "A Remote Sensing Instrument Suite with Geolocation"
• Initiate relationship with State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (Bill Burgess) and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Earth Science Applications Center (RESAC)
• Initiate relationship with Chesapeake Bay Program (Rich Batiuk)
• Begin assignment to EOS Project to work with Mike Comberiate on education and outreach programs

2001

• Begin cooperation with Goddard Education Office (Bob Gabrys)
• Develop Education and Outreach sections of the CARSTAD web site
• Begin collaboration with "Earth Observatory" staff (David Herring)
• Secure additional funding from the CTO for hexapod project
• Receive GSFC Performance/Initiative monetary award
• Explore possibilities for establishment of an airborne remote sensing center
• Submit Education DDF Proposal, "Development of a Remote Sensing Education and Outreach Laboratory"
• Submit DDF Proposal, "Remote Sensing Collaborative Computing and Web Server System"
• Initial proposal for a Full Spectral Imaging (FSI) remote sensing system
• Attend Mid-Atlantic Land Use / Land Cover Workshop
• Initiate development of the Remote Sensing On-Line Project (RSOL)
• Establish and obtain lab space for Remote Sensing Education and Outreach Laboratory (RSEOL)
• Acquire hardware and software for the RSEOL
• Secure commercial partners for the development of the RSOL project
• Work with Nicholas Short Sr. to continue development of the Remote Sensing Tutorial (RST)
• Submit Commercial Technology Development proposal for continuation of hexapod work
• Attend Maryland Technology Showcase (meet Steve Walker)
• Develop plans for CARSTAD at Tipton
• Initial RSOL development completed

2002

• Assemble RSEOL staff
• Set up RSEOL server (rseol.gsfc.nasa.gov)
• Discuss CARSTAD/Tipton development plans with Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)
• Pursue patent application for hexapod Instrument Geolocation and Pointing Stabilization System (IGPSS)
• Meet with Maryland Space Grant Consortium about CARSTAD
• Install updated Remote Sensing Tutorial (RST) ("Short Tutorial") on CARSTAD
• Transfer RST server from Code 935 to CARSTAD server
• Visit Center for Imaging Science (CIS) at the Rochester institute of Technology (RIT)
• Modify concepts for "Full Spectral Imaging" remote sensing systems
• Attend Fig2002 conference in Washington, D.C.
• Continue RSOL development with RSI and convert RSOL server to Linux
• Attend Fifth International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference in Miami
• Review hexapod progress at ADS with Technology Commercialization Office and Patent Attorney's Office
• Respond to NASA Administrator's inquiry regarding the RST
• Receive GSFC Performance/Initiative monetary award
• Investigate ownership and copyright issues for RST
• Submit DDF proposals, "A Full-Spectral Imaging Feasibility Study" and "Development of a "Mini-Grid" for a Student Remote Sensing Laboratory"

2003

• Further develop "Full Spectral Imaging" concepts"
• Develop conceptual design for next-generation LANDSAT/SPOT instruments
• Collaborate in planning establishment of Remote Sensing Laboratory at the Goddard Visitor Center
• Initiate contacts with the ITC
• Apply for Goddard Research Fellowship to the ITC
• Initiate studies of Geostationary Earth imaging system
• Attend SPIE 10^th international Symposium on Remote Sensing in Barcelona and present paper, “Full Spectral Imaging; A Revisited Approach to Remote Sensing”
• Submit DDF proposals, "Vicarious Calibration of Hyperspectral Sensors" and "A Full-Spectral Imaging Feasibility Study"
• Dr. Nicholas M. Short, Sr. receives Excellence in Outreach award for the Remote Sensing Tutorial
• Submit Hyperspectral LANDSAT conceptual design proposal
• Visit the ITC in Enschede, Holland
• Develop Empirical Reflectance Retrieval concept

2004

• Investigate non-remote sensing applications of imaging spectrometry and Full Spectral Imaging
• Upgrade remote Sensing Education and Outreach Laboratory
• Develop FSI 3-D data compression concepts
• Provide instrument technology development support for LEO and GEO Carbon projects
• Provide instrument technology development support for the FLORA project
• Submit DDF Proposal "Empirical Reflectance Retrieval Feasibility Study"
• Develop High Spectral and Spatial Resolution Instrument, HSSRI design concepts and business plan
• Finalize hexapod Instrument Geolocation and Pointing Stabilization System (IGPSS) project
• Orbital mechanics course

2005

• Investigate Hyper-X Initiative
• Discuss PHILLS instrument with JCET at UMBC and make presentation on Full Spectral Imaging
• Participate in FLORA development plans
• Attend ASPRS Conference, Baltimore
• Take Fundamentals of Radar course
• Take Science Mission and System Design and Operations Laboratory course
• Develop proposal strategy for the FLORA Project
• Take GPS Technology course

2006

• CARSTAD, RSEOL, and RSOL web sites shut down
• Transfer RST to LANDSAT Program server
• Attend U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Conference, Washington, D.C.
• Study worldwide passive optical remote sensing development projects
• Develop concept of Autonomous Remote Sensing
• Combine "Full Spectral Imaging", "Empirical Reflectance Retrieval, and "Autonomous Remote Sensing" to describe a new end-to-end passive optical remote sensing system

2007

• Earth Observing System (EOS) Program Office name changed to Earth Science Program Office  (ESPO)
• Develop the Global, Real-time Disaster & Environmental Monitoring System (GRDEMS) concept
• Establish fullspectralimaging.net web site
• Promote the concept of a hyperspectral/full spectral LandSat

2008

• Support GOES magnetometer recovery effort
• Assigned to support Decadal Survey Tier II missions
• Participate in invitational Google, Nature, O'Reilly, SCI FOO Camp at the Google Mountain View Campus
• Follow up Sci Foo Camp with Google, Microsoft, and other contacts on Global, Real-time Disaster & Environmental Monitoring System (GRDEMS)
• Establish contacts with GEO, GEOSS regarding Global, Real-time Disaster & Environmental Monitoring System (GRDEMS)

2009

• Earth Science Program Office (ESPO) name changed to Earth Systematic Program Office (ESMPO)
• Assigned as ESMPO point-of-contact for the Decadal Survey Tier II Missions (ACE, ASCENDS, GEO-CAPE, HyspIRI, SWOT)
  
• Participate in conceptual design of Near Realtime Imagery For Disasters Satellites (NEREIDS)
• Collaborate with commercial vendors of hyperspectral systems to develop NEREIDS hyperspectral specifications
• Collaborate with commercial vendors of TDI imaging cameras to develop NEREIDS high resolution camera specifications
• Propose development of hyperspectral/full spectral technology for GSFC internal projects (rejected)

• Continue as ESMPO point-of-contact for the Decadal Survey Tier II Missions (ACE, ASCENDS, GEO-CAPE, HyspIRI, SWOT)
• Follow-up design of Near Realtime Imagery For Disasters Satellites (NEREIDS)
• Retire from NASA (31 march 2010)
  

2011

• Develop contacts for the GRDEMS project
• Refine design of the NEREIDS/GRDEMSat

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