4. PROFESSIONAL DEGREE
4.1 - Technical Degree:
Electronics Technician
Escola Técnica Professor Everardo Passos (ETEP)
Degree obtained in 1974
4.2 - University Degree:
Physics BSc.
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Graduated in 1979
5. EXTRACURRICULAR TRAINING
5.1 - Scholarship:
Space Science Centre
School of Engineering
University of Sussex
Brighton - UK
March/1996 to March/1997
5.2 – Courses:
“A Five-Day Course on Electromagnetic Compatibility”, by Interference Control Technology (Don White Consultants, Inc), CPqD Telebras (1985)
“Reliability of Electronic Equipment”, by Propesa, CTA (1992)
“Basic Course of Unix”, INPE (1992)
“Introduction to Fiber Optic Sensors”, by Propesa, CTA (1993)
“Spacecraft Electrical Power Subsystem”, by Hughes Space and Communication Company, INPE (1994)
“New Components for Switching Power Supplies”, by Texas Electronics, São Paulo (2000)
“System Engineering”, by Project Performance International, INPE (2006)
6. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 1975 to 1978 – Electronics Technician at the Nuclear Physics Department of the Physics Institute of the Sao PauloUniversity, actuating in repair, assembling, testing, design of laboratory electronic equipment and systems for Nuclear Physics at the Pelletron Electrostatic Accelerator, such as nuclear electronics, oscilloscopes, high voltage power supplies, vacuum gauges, vacuum pumps, leak detectors, magnet power supplies, magnetic spectrometers, etc.
- 1978 to 1980 - Trainee at the Nuclear Physics Department of the Physics Institute of the Sao Paulo University, working with the design of Position Sensitive Proportional Gas Detectors
- 1980 to 1984 – Responsible for the Electronics Group at the Technical Support Department of the Advanced Studies Institute (IEAv) of the AerospaceTechnicalCenter (CTA). Responsible for repair and design of laboratory equipment and systems, such as oscilloscopes, laser power supplies, mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, laser range finder, laser gyroscope, high voltage power supplies, vacuum gages, vacuum pumps, leak detectors.
- 1984 to 1986 - Specialist at the Instrumentation Institute (IT) of the InformationTechnologyCenter (currently CEMPRA) working with electronic sensors and actuators, such as molten metal level sensor, electronic ignition, printer mechanisms, floppy disk drivers.
- 1987 to 2005 – Responsible for the Power Supply Subsystem Group and Electrical Architect at the Aerospace Electronics Division at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Working with the design and manufacturing of power supply subsystem equipment for the Brazilian developed satellites: SCD1, SCD2, SCD2-A, CBERS-1, CBERS-2, SACI-1, SACI-2, FBM, SATEC. He was also the responsible for the battery (NiCd) for the above mentioned missions.
At this position, he was responsible, or participated, at the following tasks:
· Preparation of system level specifications, Design and Construction Specification, Electromagnetic Specification, Environmental Specification and other specifications
· Preparation of Power Supply Subsystem Specification
· Preparation of Power Supply Subsystem equipments specifications (SAG, Battery, PCU, PDU, DCCs, etc)
· INPE´s standards based on American Military Standards and European Standard (ECSS)
· Parts selection, specification and procurement
· Electrical design, mechanical design, thermal design, thermal analysis, radiation analysis, FMEA, FMECA
· Electrical testing, environmental testing (vibration, acceleration, thermo-vacuum, etc), TRRBs, TRBs
· Product assurance, Non-conformance reports, design reviews, PDRs, CDRs, QRs, FRRs, review boards
· Failure analysis, failure reports
· Satellite launch campaigns, in-flight test and commissioning of the PSS
2005 - 2006 - Senior Technologist at the Astrophysics Division of the National Institute for Space Research, working with radio telescopes electronic for research in Astrophysics
2006 - present - Senior Technologist at the Integration and Test Laboratory (LIT) of the National Institute for Space Research, working with vacuum systems and data acquisition systems.
7. PUBLICATIONS
- "Position Sensitive Proportional Counter Detector for Magnetic Spectrograph” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Society of Physics (1981)
- “New Developments in Printing Systems" in Data News No. 344/pag. 14 and No. 345/pag. 14 (November 1986).
- "The MECB Data Collecting Satellite Power Supply Subsystem" at European Space Power Conference. Madrid, Spain (October, 1989)
- “SACI-1 A Cost-Effective Microsatellite Bus for Multiple Mission Payloads” at International Conference on Small Satellites: Missions and Technology, in Madrid, Spain (September, 1996).
- “Low Power Consumption Bias Supply for Channel Electron Multiplier” in Electronics Letters Vol. 32 No. 22 (24/October/1996).
- “CBERS-3 Satellite Power Supply Subsystem” in 7th European Space Power Conference, 9-13 May 2005. Stressa, Italy (May, 2005)
8. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
8.1 - Satellite Launch Campaign
· SCD-1 Satellite Launch Campaign at the Edwards Air Force Base (USA) and KennedySpaceCenter (FL) (November-December of 1992/January-February of 1993)
· SCD-2A Satellite Launch Campaign at the AlcântaraSatelliteLaunchCenter (Brazil) (September of 1997)
· SCD-2 Satellite Launch Campaign at the Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) (September and October of 1998)
· CBERS-1 and SACI-1 Satellites Launch Campaign at the TaiyuanSatelliteLaunchCenter (China) (October of 1999)
· On-orbit Tests of CBERS-1 Satellite at the Xi’an Satellite Control Center (China) (October-November of 1999)
· SACI-2 Satellite Launch Campaign at the AlcântaraSatelliteLaunchCenter (Brazil) (December of 1999)
· CBERS-2 Satellite Launch Campaign at the TaiyuanSatelliteLaunchCenter (China) (August-October of 2003)
· On-orbit Tests of CBERS-2 Satellite at the Xi’an Satellite Control Center (China) (October-November of 2003)
8.2 – Design Review Boards Participation (selected)
· - Satellite Solar Array Generator Nationalization Project (INPE – 1989)
· - Preliminary Design Review of the Power Conditioning Unit for the SSR satellite (INPE – 1993)
· - Preliminary Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the CBERS satellite (INPE – 1995)
· - Critical Design Review of the Batteries for the CBERS Satellite (SISP – China – 1997)
· - Preliminary Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the Multimission Platform (INPE – 2002)
· - Critical Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the Multimission Platform (INPE – 2003)
8.3 Preparation e Presentation of Design Reviews (selected)
· Critical Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the SCD-1 satellite (INPE – 1987)
· Qualification Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the SCD-1satellite (INPE – 1988)
· Preliminary Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the SACI-1 satellite (INPE – 1995)
· Critical Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the CBERS satellite (CAST – China – 1997)
· System Critical Design Review for the CBERS satellite (CAST – China - 1997)
· Final Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the SACI-1 satellite (SACI-1 INPE – 1998)
· Preliminary Design Review or the Power Supply Subsystem for the FBM satellite (CNES- France - 2000)
· Preliminary Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the CBERS-3 satellite (CAST – China - 2004)
· Critical Design Review of the Power Supply Subsystem for the CBERS-2B satellite (INPE – 2004)
8.4 – Prototypes and Equipment Development (selected)
· Digital multimeter (ETEP/1974)
· Power supply for ion vacuum pump Orbitron (IFUSP1975)
· Ionization vacuum gage (IFUSP1977)
· Position sensing proportional counter for magnetic spectrometer (IFUSP/1979)
· Laser range meter (CTA/1981)
· Switching power supply 10 V/10 A (CTA/1984)
· Level meter for liquid steel (CTI/1986)
· Electronic ignition for Gurgel vehicle BR800 (CTI/1986)
· Power Conditioning Unit (PCU) for the Data Collecting Satellite SCD-1 (INPE/1987)
· Power Supply Subsystem Equipments for the CBERS (INPE/1989)
· Mechanical model of battery for SSR satellite (INPE/1991)
· Carrier aircraft electrical support equipment for Pegasus satellite launcher for SCD-1 e SCD-2 launch campaign (INPE/1992)
· Power Supply Subsystem for SACI-1 satellite (INPE/1998)
· Power Supply Subsystem for SACI-2 satellite (INPE/1999)
· Power Conditioning Unit and Battery for SATEC satellite (INPE/2003)
8.5 Maintenance of Equipment and Systems
· Vacuum Instrumentation: VEECO, EDWARDS, VARIAN, LEYBOLD HERAEUS
· Nuclear Instrumentation: ORTEC, MECHTRONIX, NUCLEAR DATA, TRACOR, NORTHERN
· Laser Instrumentation: COHERENT, SPECTRA-PHYSICS
· Electronic Instrumentation: TEKTRONIX, HP, FLUKE, KEITHLEY, LAMBDA, SORENSEN, SIMPSON, AVO
· Analytic Instrumentation: BENDIX, VARIAN, JEOL, SCANDITRONIX
9. CAD AND CAE TOOLS
Has some knowledge of CAD and CAE tools for space electronics design such as: SPECTRA, ACCEL, PROTEL, ORCAD, ANALOG WORKBENCH, UNIRAD, RELCALC, and others.
Most of his experience is with MICROCAP simulating software.
10. DECORATION
Was awarded the medal of “Employee of the Year” of the Aerospace Electronics Division in July 1998
11. FOREIGN LANGUAGES
· English
· Spanish
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