Jon Michael Smith
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Jon Michael Smith is a scientist/engineer List of American scientists who developed the numerical integration
technique known as T-integration.
He is the author of Mathematical Modeling and Digital Simulation for Engineers and Scientists, Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator, Financial Analysis & Business Decisions on the Pocket Calculator and a class notebook Quantitative Methods in Business published by McGraw Hill.
Smith was born September 6, 1938. Mike worked for NASA
on their Space Shuttle
program. He was the first marketing manager for the Space Shuttle. His contributions included the preparation of the pricing and use policy for the Shuttle and the fist launch agreements with commercial users. Later he managed the Advanced Communication Technology Satellite experiments program and the commercialization of the NASA polar communications network. Mike retired from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in January 2007.
When at NASA, he managed the special projects office in the Space Shuttle Program Strategic Planning office. His work dealt with NASA's response to the recommendations made by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board and with NASA's terminating the Space Shuttle Program. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commercialization Manager for the Space Operations Management Office at JSC and served as the program manager for the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Program.
Currently he is the proprietor of Jon M. Smith and Associates (JMSA), a Galveston Texas based consulting firm whose expertise includes space commercialization initiatives & launch vehicle flight guidance and control systems. Also, JMSA is involved with commercialized telescopes and space based energy initiatives. His clients include NASA and Mr. George Mitchell.
Smith holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Physics from the Jesuit's Seattle University
. He is an alumnus of the Harvard Graduate School of Business's Advanced Management Program and a past member of the MIT Sloan School of Management
Complex Organizations Program.
Numerical integration
In numerical analysis, numerical integration constitutes a broad family of algorithms for calculating the numerical value of a definite integral, and by extension, the term is also sometimes used to describe the numerical solution of differential equations. This article focuses on calculation of...
technique known as T-integration.
He is the author of Mathematical Modeling and Digital Simulation for Engineers and Scientists, Scientific Analysis on the Pocket Calculator, Financial Analysis & Business Decisions on the Pocket Calculator and a class notebook Quantitative Methods in Business published by McGraw Hill.
Smith was born September 6, 1938. Mike worked for NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
on their Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
program. He was the first marketing manager for the Space Shuttle. His contributions included the preparation of the pricing and use policy for the Shuttle and the fist launch agreements with commercial users. Later he managed the Advanced Communication Technology Satellite experiments program and the commercialization of the NASA polar communications network. Mike retired from the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in January 2007.
When at NASA, he managed the special projects office in the Space Shuttle Program Strategic Planning office. His work dealt with NASA's response to the recommendations made by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board and with NASA's terminating the Space Shuttle Program. Prior to this assignment, he served as the Commercialization Manager for the Space Operations Management Office at JSC and served as the program manager for the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Program.
Currently he is the proprietor of Jon M. Smith and Associates (JMSA), a Galveston Texas based consulting firm whose expertise includes space commercialization initiatives & launch vehicle flight guidance and control systems. Also, JMSA is involved with commercialized telescopes and space based energy initiatives. His clients include NASA and Mr. George Mitchell.
Smith holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Physics from the Jesuit's Seattle University
Seattle University
Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.SU is the largest independent university in the Northwest US, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools, and is one of 28 member...
. He is an alumnus of the Harvard Graduate School of Business's Advanced Management Program and a past member of the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
Complex Organizations Program.