Ben Cichy is a Senior Software and Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Since joining the laboratory in 2002, Ben has worked on a variety of space flight projects, including next generation technology development and planetary exploration missions. Most recently Ben was a key member of the Mars Phoenix Entry Descent and Landing team.
Ben currently works on the Mars Science Laboratory mission, again assisting with the Entry Descent and Landing phase of the mission, as well as designing Flight Software for surface operations.
1999 Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2000 Master of Engineering in Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2007 Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2005 NASA Software of the Year Award
2005 NASA Group Achievement Award for Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment
2003 and 2005 NASA Space Act Awards
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Mars Science LaboratoryEntry Descent and Landing Systems Engineering, Flight Software Development |
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Phoenix Mars LanderEntry Descent and Landing Systems Engineering, Flight Software Development |
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Autonomous Sciencecraft ExperimentScience Analysis Flight Software, Mission Operations Development,Software Validation |