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Curtis Odell


Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 660.3, Instrument Development Group
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: (301) 286-4479
fax: (301) 286-1684
e-mail: Curtis.E.Odell @ nasa.gov


Present Position

  • 1994 - present Laboratory Manager, Instrument Development Group, co-located in the X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory, EUD, SED, GSFC.
  • 2001 - present Instrument Manager for Astro-E2/XRT

    Brief Bio

  • 1993-1994 Lead Detector Technician, X-ray Astrophysics Branch, LHEA
  • 1993-1994 Lead Detector Technician, X-ray Astrophysics Branch, LHEA
  • 1989-1993 Detector Technician, Hughes STX Corporation, Instrument Development Branch, LHEA, GSFC
  • 1984-1989 Solar Observer, Big Bear Solar Observatory, Big Bear City, CA
    Operated by California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

    Educational Background

    1974 B.S. degree, Industrial Arts Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA

    Research Interests

    Current Projects

  • 2004 - 2005 I & T for GLAST/Large Area Telescope/Anti-Coincidence Detector
  • 2001 - present Instrument management of the Astro-E2 X-Ray Telescope Project
  • 2000 Technical management of the InFOCuS Mirror effort
  • 1995 - 2000 Technical management of the ASTRO-E X-Ray Telescope Project
  • 1989 - 1995 Detector development for the X-ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array

    Selected Publications

    “The Proportional Counter Array (PCA) Instrument for the X-ray Timing Explorer Satellite (XTE)”, Glasser, C.A., Odell, C.E., and Seufert, S.E., 1994, Proceedings of the 1993 Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, San Francisco, CA, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 41, Num. 4, pg. 1343.