David Hammen

Background

About David Hammen

Scientific and Numerical Programming: Space environment modeling; multi-physics and space physics simulations; numerical integration; Monte Carlo techniques; Bayesian estimation; image processing and pattern recognition. Guidance, Navigation, and Control: Visual navigation, Kalman filters, attitude guidance; failure detection and recovery. Software Engineering: I have worked the full gamut of the software development process (but I much prefer design and development) and have worked extensively in software verification, validation, and accreditation. Business Development: Proposal writing; cost estimation; project management; reporting; interviewing. Languages and Tools C++, C, Python, Perl, Java, Lisp, and many other languages (“one tool per year”); OSX, Linux, and other Unix operating systems; git, subversion, and version control systems; LaTeX (TeXnician).