"From Apollo to Artemis- Evolving Human Risk Management.”

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Presenting the Author's experience in working with the space programs.


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  • Date: 16 Jan 2025
  • Time: 11:00 AM to 02:01 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • La Fonda, Alamo Heights
  • 8633 Crownhill
  • San Antonio, Texas
  • United States
  • Room Number: Private Room
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  • Starts 10 January 2025 05:00 PM
  • Ends 15 January 2025 11:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
  • No Admission Charge

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Ben

Topic:

From Apollo to Artemis

Author's experience in working on various programs related to Space exploration.

Biography:

Ben R. Jurewicz, Retired Aerospace Engineer

POSITIONS HELD:

Chief Advanced Systems at Hamilton Standard (Now Collins Aerospace at RTX Corp.); Director, Systems Integration Division at Thiokol (now Northrup Grumman); VP of Engineering at Sperry Aerospace & Marine (Now also Northrup Grumman); VP Operational Systems at USAA; Director of the Institute for Studies in Business at UTSA; and Currently an Adjunct at St. Mary's University

COLLEGE EDUCATION:

BS Aerospace Engineering, Penn State, MS and EAA in Aeronautics & Astronautics from MIT & MBA from UCONN.

BUSINESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Transferred space life support technology from spacecraft to nuclear submarines; Lead team that installed Harbor Traffic Control System in Milford Have, Wales; Developed Systems Engineering Culture at Thiokol after the Challenger Accident; Lead team that Used Systems Engineering to fix Flood Insurance Y2K Pb at USAA; & Secured a $2M grant from Dept. of Commerce for UTSA.

ACTIVE IN ORGANIZATIONS:

American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow; Inter. Committee on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Torch Club VP of Membership & Served 6 years on MIT Engineering Advisory Council.

 

 




Agenda

11:00 am - Set up meeting

11:30 am - Networking/Open Meeting/Introductions/Order Lunch

12:00 PM - Lunch

12:15 PM - Presentation

1:00 PM - End of meeting


 

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