+ View the NASA Portal NEPP Website Search   Powered By Google Your Path: Home » Parts » Parts Experts   Parts Publications Index   Parts Publications by Area of Emphasis   Parts Links Parts Experts   Parts Manufacturers   Focused Parts Issue Portals & NPSL   GSFC Parts Engineering Resources and Contacts   GSFC Specifications and Qualified Parts List Directory   Search         Ms. Melanie Ott [ENGINEER] Contact Information: Melanie.N.Ott@nasa.gov Phone: 301 286-0127 FAX: 301 286-9778 Organization/Employer: Goddard Space Flight Center http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 301-286-2000 This User is a NEPP Author Author's Bio: Melanie Ott is a Principal electrical systems engineer from Sigma Research and Engineering and functions as the Director of the photonics laboratories for the Component Technologies and Radiation Effects Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Under her leadership, the laboratories support NASA projects from design to integration and testing for applications of photonic systems for communications, LIDAR and sensing systems. She has published thirty seven papers, articles and presentations on the subject of photonics for space flight most of which are available on the Code 562 photonics website. For NEPP, Ott has focused on the reliability of fiber optic and photonic component packaging and parts for the past seven years. Ott holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering with Optics emphasis from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Prior to working at GSFC she worked at NASA Langley Research Center, the Fiber and Electro Optics Research Center (FEORC) in Blacksburg Virginia and the Crystal Physics Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Authored Publications: 1. Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight II - Thermal and Radiation Effects (JPL Pckg WShp)   Whitepaper | File Size: 1877KB | File Date: 10/14/98 2. Task Plan - 04-032 Laser Diode Reliability: BOK   Task Plan | File Size: 75KB | File Date: 3. Task Plan - Investigation for Reliability of Optical Fiber Modulators for High Speed Applications in Space Fligh   Task Plan | File Size: 21KB | File Date: 4. Twelve Channel Optical Fiber Connector Assembly: From Commercial off the Shelf to Space Flight Use   Whitepaper | File Size: 174KB | File Date: 10/29/01 5. Report on LRO 7 Optical Fiber Array   Task Deliverable | File Size: 518KB | File Date: 11/07/07 6. Task Plan - IPPAQ - Optoelectronics Technology   Task Plan | File Size: 301KB | File Date: 10/1/00 7. Task Plan - Characterization of Optical Fiber Cables for Space Flight   Task Plan | File Size: 125KB | File Date: 8. Electron Induced Scintillation Testing of Commercially Available Optical Fibers for Space Flight   Whitepaper | File Size: 31KB | File Date: 9. Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight Applications III: Characterization of Commercial Cable   Whitepaper | File Size: 452KB | File Date: 3/1/00 10. Fiber Optic Epoxy Outgassing Study for Space Flight Applications   Whitepaper | File Size: 777KB | File Date: 10/04/01 11. Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight II - Thermal and Radiation Effects (AEIS Conf)   Whitepaper | File Size: 431KB | File Date: 10/29/97 12. Twelve Channel Optical Fiber Connector Assembly: From COTS to Space Flight Use (slides)   Presentation | File Size: 12522KB | File Date: 07/22/98 13. Capabilites and Reliability of LEDs and Laser Diodes   Whitepaper | File Size: 30KB | File Date: 09/03/97 14. Optical Assemblies for Space Environments: Characterization of W.L.Gore Flexlite with Diamond AVIMS   Presentation | File Size: 18285KB | File Date: 15. Task Plan - 08-002-2 Photonics   Task Plan | File Size: 62KB | File Date: 16. Link to Laser Diode Reliability Website   Task Deliverable | File Size: 26KB | File Date: 11/8/05 17. Heritage of AVIM/Flexlite Optical Assemblies   Task Deliverable | File Size: 2435KB | File Date: 10/17/07 18. Radiation Testing of COTS 62.5/125/250 um Optical Fiber   Whitepaper | File Size: 963KB | File Date: 10/01/01 19. IPPAQ Optoelectronics Survey Results   Report | File Size: 14KB | File Date: 04/05/01 20. Characterization of a Twelve Channel Optical Fiber, Ribbon Cable and MTP Array Connector Assembly...   Presentation | File Size: 5951KB | File Date: 04/01/02 21. Fiber Optic System Qualification at Goddard Space Flight Center   Whitepaper | File Size: 459KB | File Date: 01/01/97 22. COTS #3 Photonics, Optocoupler, Experiment on STRV-1D   Presentation | File Size: 287KB | File Date: 10/30/01 23. Optical Fiber Qualification Lessons Learned   Task Deliverable | File Size: 2837KB | File Date: 09/20/07 24. Technology Validation of Optical Fiber Cables for Space Flight Environments   Whitepaper | File Size: 137KB | File Date: 25. Technology Readiness Overview: Fiber Laser Components   Task Deliverable | File Size: 113KB | File Date: 26. Radiation Effects Data for Commercially Available Optical Fiber: Database Summary   Report | File Size: 166KB | File Date: 7/16/02 27. Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight II - Thermal and Radiation Effects   Task Deliverable | File Size: 112KB | File Date: 6/16/98 28. Task Plan - 06-032bG Fiber Optic Devices - Reliability   Task Plan | File Size: 64KB | File Date: 29. TID Radiation Induced Attenuation Testing at 1300 nm Using ISS Requirements on Three Optical Fibers   Whitepaper | File Size: 114KB | File Date: 9/1/00 30. Assurance of COTS Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight   Whitepaper | File Size: 8KB | File Date: 5/1/98 31. High Power Laser Diode Array Qualification and Guidelines for Space Flight Environments   Task Deliverable | File Size: 1407KB | File Date: 2006 32. Modulator Radiation Test for Fiber Laser TRL Enhancement   Task Deliverable | File Size: 409KB | File Date: 11/07/07 33. Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight Applications - Issues and Remedies, Viewgraphs   Presentation | File Size: 158KB | File Date: 10/15/97 34. Radiation Hardness of Optical Fiber Presentation to the Space Parts Working Group   Presentation | File Size: 348KB | File Date: 10/29/01 35. Optical Fiber Cable Assembly Characterization for the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA)   Whitepaper | File Size: 313KB | File Date: 03/01/03 36. IPPAQ: Reliability of Optical Fiber Modulators for Space Flight Environments   Task Deliverable | File Size: 730KB | File Date: 10/31/02 37. Draft of HPLDA Qual Guide jp feb06   Task Deliverable | File Size: 2313KB | File Date: 02/13/05 38. Multi Spectral Lidar   Whitepaper | File Size: 302KB | File Date: 39. Report on LOLA 5 Optical Fiber Array   Task Deliverable | File Size: 661KB | File Date: 11/07/07 40. Guide of Space Grade Requirements for Electrical Connectors   Report | File Size: 151KB | File Date: 05/01/97 41. High Speed Fiber Optics Test Bed Network Technologies Investigation   Whitepaper | File Size: 76KB | File Date: 10/04/98 42. NASA Electronics Parts & Packaging Program Assurance Research on Optoelectronics   Whitepaper | File Size: 500KB | File Date: 43. Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies for Space Flight Applications - Issues and Remedies   Whitepaper | File Size: 94KB | File Date: 02/19/97 This User is a member of the NEPP Experts List Area(s) Of Expertise: Photonic Systems and Devices Optoelectronics Photonics   NEPP Program Manager: Michael J. Sampson Responsible NASA Official: Michael J. Sampson Webmaster: Carl M. Szabo, Jr.       Last Updated: November 29, 2007