1979: Berverly Mavis (Sutphin), William D. Deininger
Beverly Mavis Sutphin
13810 Turtle Court
Gainesville, Virginia 20155-1702
(703) 754-7819
Senior Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Ocean, Radar & Sensor Systems
9255 Wellington Road, Bldg 102, L106
Manassas, Virginia 20110-4121
Office Phone: (703) 367-3192
FAX: (703) 367-1624
beverly.m.sutphin@lmco.com
History:
SUNY @ Cortland, B.S. 1979
Upon graduating from Cortland I relocated to the Washington DC area where I took a position teaching public school in Charles County Maryland. My preparations included Earth Science (grade 9), Algebra (grades 10 & 11) and Physics (grades 11 & 12).
I enjoyed teaching very much, but in 1982 I took a job with Sperry Corporation, working on Electronic Collision Avoidance Sytems for the Medium Endurance Coast Guard Cutters WMEC-270. Shortly thereafter I became a member of a team whose venture within Sperry was to begin a new business niche, Mine Warfare, with our primary customer being the U.S. Navy. I have been supporting the Mine Countermeasures Command since that time. Although I currently work for Lockheed Martin, I remain with the same "group" I began with under Sperry. My defense group within Sperry fell victim to the merger with Burroughs to become UNISYS, then was spun off to Paramax, Loral, and ultimately Lockheed Martin in March of 1996. My current assignment involves the design, integration and test of the ext generation Combat System for the MHC-51 and MCM-1 Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels and requires periodic travel to Rhode Island, Florida, Washington State and the ships' home port of Ingleside, Texas. The system integrates navigation sensors, surveillance sensors and mine countermeasures systems via an open system network to assist the crew in mission effectiveness.
Although there is much to be enjoyed in this line of work, anyone who has experienced defense contracting knows of its pitfalls. As such, I've begun posturing myself for a career change. I began studying for a degree in Interior Design in the Fall of 1997. It is a fresh and exciting change from the inertia of a large body such as the U.S. Navy. I hope to be "marketable" in that field within a year.
I married a "local grown" man in 1988, we had a home built that same year not far from Shenandoah and the Blue Ridge Mountains. We have three great kids...Megan (9), Katie (6) and Charlie (3). We currently enjoy youth bowling, Little League Softball, and camping. We particularly like the Smoky Mountains and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We incorporated Sutphin Construction & Renovation, Inc. in September 1989. The company forte is home remodeling, which meshes well with my studies in the Interior Design field.
William D. Deininger
2834 Hughs Drive
Erie, CO 80516
(303) 926-9300
Staff Consultant
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
P. O. Box 1062
Boulder, CO 80306-1062
Office Phone: (303) 939-5314
FAX: (303) 939-4822
wdeining@ball.com
History:
EDUCATION
- SUNY Cortland, BS, Physics, 1979
- Colorado State University, MS, Physics, 1982
- Politecnico di Milano (Italy), PhD, Aerospace Engineering, 1996
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
- Undergraduate Research Associate, Research Assistant, Argonne National Laboratory,
Materials Science, 1978, 1979
- Member Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
1982-1989
- Technical Consultant, FiatAvio-BPD, Italy, 1989-1994
- Senior Scientist, FiatAvio-BPD, Italy, 1994-1998
- Staff Consultant, Ball Aerospace, 1998-present
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- AIAA -- Associate Fellow
- IEEE
- AAPT
HONORS/AWARDS
- 9 NASA Certificates of Recognition for creative development
- Distinguished Young Alumnus Award, Cortland, 1989
- 2 patents in biomaterials (cardiovascular prostheses)
SUMMARY
While at Cortland, I spent a spring, two summers and a fall at ArgonneNational Lab doing
research work in non-destructive testing. The work included ultrasonics, infrared
thermography, holography and computer modeling. After Cortland I went to CSU for an MS in
physics. Then, I spent 8 years at NASA JPL in Pasadena, CA developing electric spacecraft
propulsion systems including arcjets, ion engines, pulsed plasma thrusters, and
magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters. Other work included spacecraft charging, biomaterials,
space nuclear power system development, and traveling wave tube cathode development. My
work at JPL ended when I took a job in Italy for FiatAvio-BPD, the aerospace branch of
Fiat. Whileat Fiat Avio, I continued electric spacecraft propulsion system development
focused on arcjet systems. I also guest lectured at the University of Rome, worked on a
"dottorato di ricerca" (PhD) through Politecnico di Milano and the University of
Pisa, looked at atmospheric re-entry through materials ablation testing, worked spacecraft
launch vehicle development and market assessments, and worked in small satellite systems
engineering (architecture design; assembly, integration and test; launch operations). We
returned to the USA in 1998 when I took a job a Ball Aerospace. At Ball, I am currently
the Systems Lead for our Mars missions work. I have also been involved with mission
definition and spacecraft architectural design for a variety of Earth-orbital and
deep-space missions.
I married Kelly, a girl from Cortland, in 1980. We have three children, Christopher a
sophmore in high school, and Giulia and Daniel (both born in Italy) ages 4 and 2,
respectively. We are having a blast with our family!
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Dr. William D. Deininger
Staff Consultant -- Aerospace Systems Division
BALL AEROSPACE
P. O. Box 1062
Boulder CO 80306-1062
Phone 303 939 5314
Fax 303 939 4430
wdeining@ball.com
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