Team - Tom Woods

What do you do as the EVE PI?

As EVE PI, I help define the science objectives for EVE, manage the EVE project, review the engineer hardware and software designs, support instrument calibrations, and will eventually support the analysis of the flight data.

What do you like most about your job?

I enjoy most the challenges of designing and defining new instruments and missions and the excitement in the pursue of new results in analyzing the data from the satellite missions.

When did you decide you wanted to work for NASA?

While my interest in space missions go way back to elementary school days, my first NASA opportunity arose during my junior year in college thanks to my physics professor, Dr. Jack Taylor, at Rhodes College.

Where did you go to school and what degrees did you get?

I received my BS in Physics from Rhodes College. I then went on to Johns Hopkings University were I got my Masters and PhD degree again in Physics.

What was the first job you ever had?

I worked as stock boy / cashier in a Piggly Wiggly grocery store for 3 years while in high school.

How did you come to actually work for NASA?

I am not a NASA employee. However, I have been working on NASA projects since 1982, first at Johns Hopkins University as a graduate student and now at University of Colorado.

How long have you been working on NASA Projects?

I have been working on NASA projects for 23 years, first on sounding rocket experiments as a graduate student and now on several NASA satellite missions. My research is focused primarily on the solar ultraviolet irradiance and its effects on Earth's atmosphere. I am PI of the TIMED SEE and SDO EVE satellite instrument programs at LASP and is also the PI of the SORCE mission since the original SORCE PI Dr. Gary Rottman retired in 2005.

EVE PI

Undergrad: BS in Physics, Rhodes College

Masters: MS in Physics, Johns Hopkins University

PhD: PhD in Physics, Johns Hopkins University