E. Lucien Cox, Jr.
Cox began his engineering career in 1983 at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. He performed numerous engineering tasks during his 22 years at Goddard - spacecraft attitude control analysis, orbital trajectory design, and developed test procedures for the guidance, navigation and control modules onboard the International Space Station; he has served as lead systems engineer on an ESSP proposal team, and lead technology demonstration initiatives with the Air Force Research Lab and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Currently, Cox is the Operations Manager for the Applied Sciences Program of the Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. He manages a number of projects whose objective is to utilize Earth science research results to improve policy and management decision-making. During his 30- year career, he has participated in numerous NASA outreach activities involving pre-college and college students interested in science and engineering.
He is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta Ga. where he received a Bachelor of Science dual degree in Mathematics and Physics, and, received a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Howard University in Washington D.C.
Currently, Cox is the Operations Manager for the Applied Sciences Program of the Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. He manages a number of projects whose objective is to utilize Earth science research results to improve policy and management decision-making. During his 30- year career, he has participated in numerous NASA outreach activities involving pre-college and college students interested in science and engineering.
He is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta Ga. where he received a Bachelor of Science dual degree in Mathematics and Physics, and, received a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Howard University in Washington D.C.