🚀 Have you ever wondered whether it's possible to look back in time? What does that even mean? 🚀
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), named after the man who gave an unparalleled boost to space science research, will look back to the early universe. Webb is the most powerful space telescope ever built: It will be able to detect the earliest light in our universe.
Dr. Cataldo was awarded the NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal and two team awards for spearheading the development of a Bayesian-based model validation approach and uncertainty quantification framework that led to drastic reductions in the time and cost of the required analysis cycles with superior results when compared to state-of-the-art methodologies for the JWST. He will talk about the mission of the telescope and the technological improvement it brings compared to its predecessor, the Hubble Space Telescope.
Dr. Cataldo will also talk about his inspirational career in Space Exploration.
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Giuseppe Cataldo is the head of backward planetary protection of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) Capture, Containment & Return System, and the chief engineer of NASA's EXCLAIM mission and the near-infrared camera NASA is contributing to the PRIME telescope.
During his doctorate at the Massachusetts Insti…
Giuseppe Cataldo is the head of backward planetary protection of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) Capture, Containment & Return System, and the chief engineer of NASA's EXCLAIM mission and the near-infrared camera NASA is contributing to the PRIME telescope.
During his doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he worked in both the Man-Vehicle Lab, headed by former NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, and the Space Systems Lab, led by former NASA Chief Technologist David Miller, under the direction of former NASA astronaut Prof. Jeff Hoffman. The studies experience and more than 10 years at NASA made Giuseppe develop his expertise in designing, testing, and managing space systems.
Giuseppe has been part of many NASA projects, including payload development for Earth-imaging satellites and lunar exploration concepts. In particular, he was awarded NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal and two team awards for spearheading the development of a Bayesian-based model validation approach and uncertainty quantification framework that led to drastic reductions in the time and cost of the required analysis cycles with superior results when compared to state-of-the-art methodologies for the James Webb Space Telescope.
He first joined NASA in 2009, fully sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) as one of the two European students selected for the NASA Academy, NASA's premier leadership program for talented students. During the program, he was one of the select recipients of the John Mather Nobel Scholar Award.
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