Space Explr

Mr. George Salazar received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston and his Masters of Science in Systems Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He has over 38 years of experience in telemetry, communications, speech control, command and data handling, audio, displays and controls, intelligent lighting, project management, and systems engineering. He has been involved with the design of advanced telemetry, speech recognition, and intelligent systems of which he has received various patents. He is currently serving at NASA’s Johnson Space Center as the Human-Computer Interface Technical Discipline Lead to develop advanced human interfaces as well as serving as the Displays and Controls Subsystem Manager for the Commercial Crew Program. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas. Also, he has Expert Systems Engineer Professional certification through the International Council on Systems Engineering. He is also the co-founder of the NASA/JSC Human Systems Integration (HSI) Employee Resource Group with the key goal of infusing HSI into the NASA development process. He enjoys reading, scuba diving, woodworking, leatherworking, and speaking to students about his journey to NASA and real-world engineering.