Christopher M. Cox Geophysicist Raytheon Technical Services Corporation Geodynamics Department NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 697 Greenbelt, Maryland, 20771 Christopher.M.Cox@gsfc.nasa.gov Phone: 301-614-6094

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Investigation of time variations in the Earth's gravity field associated with global geophysical processes
• Investigation of the planetary gravity fields using interplanetary satellite tracking
• Precision satellite orbit determination and force modeling
• Geodetic parameter estimation from satellite tracking and radar altimetry
• Near Earth satellite navigation and mission design, analysis, and operations

• Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Calverton, MD, July 1988 to February 1995 - Provided technical analysis and flight operations design and management support , to the GSFC Flight Dynamics Facility within Code 550

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B. S. Aerospace Engineering, 1988

• American Geophysical Union
• European Geophysical Society

• NASA GSFC Group Achievement Award for the National Resoruce Earth Gravitational Model 1996 (EGM96) Development Team, January 1999
• Hughes-STX 1996 Team Award for the EGM96 Gravity Model
• Computer Sciences Corporation Flight Dynamics Operation Achievement Award for outstanding support of the TOMS-EP and SOHO missions, 1994
• JPL Certificate of Appreciation for contributions to the TOPEX/Poseidon mission, February 1993
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer/Explorer Platform (EUVE/EP) Project Team, 1993
• GSFC Group Achievement Award for the Flight Dynamics Software Development and Orbital Support Team for Topography Experiment (TOPEX), 1993
• Computer Sciences Corporation SEAS Contract Quality Service Award for the TOPEX/Poseidon Orbit Support Team, 1993
• NASA Group Achievement Award for the JSC/GSFC STS/Two-TDRS Navigation Certification Team, 1992
• GSFC Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate (Code 500) certificate of recognition of superior performance in support of the GRO mission