Project Description: 

Major: Information Science and Technology Company: Emergent Space Technologies, Inc. Mentor: Rob Antonucci Code: 599 - Mission Systems Engineering

The project for the Goddard Space Flight Center web systems engineering portal involved the production of an internal and external website along with the implementation of a related document repository.

This project would allow the audience, comprised of people both internal and external to NASA, to understand the scope of the functions and responsibilities being accomplished by the staff under the Code 599 branch, as well as to gain an appreciation of the difficulty of the work accomplished by this staff group toward the success of the numerous projects completed within the various agencies of NASA. In addition, the development of this web system and accompanying document repository would contribute to enhanced recognition of the work of the Code 599 branch.

Contribution:

Matt was hired by Emergent Space Technologies, Inc., to work for the customer Maria So, who is the head of the branch under Code 599 of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. During the ten weeks he was assigned to this project group, he was working on the creation of both internal and external websites as well as a document repository. His contribution to this project was a substantial beginning to the implementation of this system as well as a positive achievement of the the goals of the branch under Code 599.

Specifically Matt assisted with the set-up of the internal website through his work with the various software applications of OWL, Apache, and SQL Part of this internal web set-up involved the development of the document repository through the use of the software used for the internal website. Matt also assisted with the development of the external website which was established using HTML along with Java Script software. The development of this external website would provide a system of information which would be particularly useful for systems engineers.