Researcher

Dan Ogden

Deputy Director

Research Areas:

Biography:

Daniel Ogden is the Deputy Director of the Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF). He assumed his NSUF role in 2014 and is responsible for funding, out year budget requests, and performance baseline, milestones and execution for the overall program, including coordinated management of multiple related projects directed toward achieving strategic goals. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (electrical) and a certified Project Management Professional with more than 30 years of experience with industry and national laboratory prime contractors, including the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Martin Marietta, Lockheed Martin, Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC, and the Battelle Energy Alliance. Ogden has worked in supervisory, management and director roles on numerous complex engineering projects including the Cassini Spacecraft Propulsion Module Subsystem, the Mars ’98 Orbiter, the Mars ’01 Program, the Pit 9 Drill String Enclosure and Soil Vacuum System, and several successful Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) system installations, upgrades and testing programs. He has completed training and certification via numerous leadership, project management and professional development courses.

Education:

M.S., Electrical Engineering - Colorado State University
B.S., Electrical Engineering - University of Wyoming

Affiliations:

Project Management Institute

Awards:

Special Recognition Bonus for restoring effective relations with DOE headquarters

Special Recognition Bonus for implementation of project management principles on the ATR NSUF Program

Exceptional Contribution Program Award, for ATR NSUF project management

Exceptional Contribution Program Award, Idaho National Laboratory, for outstanding leadership

contributions to the ATR Program’s 2008 successes
Excellence in Action, Idaho National Laboratory, for the submittal and fee earned on the ATR CDS/DCS Mission Need Document

Performance Plus Award, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, for the successful installation of the ATR Reactor Data Acquisition System

Performance Plus Award, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, for the successful installation of the ATR Regulating Rod Control System

Performance Plus Award, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, for the successful testing and startup of the INTEC Service Waste System
Special Recognition Award, Lockheed Martin, for the Mars ’98 Orbiter verification

High Performance Team Award, Lockheed Martin, for the Mars ’98 Orbiter program

Group Achievement Award, NASA, for the innovative design, development, integration and test of the Cassini Propulsion Module Subsytem

High Performance Team Award, Lockheed Martin, for the Cassini Propulsion Module Subsystem

Letter of Commendation, Martin Marietta, for the development of a Systems Engineering process for interface control on the Cassini Propulsion Module

Letter of Commendation, Martin Marietta, for the Brilliant Pebbles component and system testing.
Inventor Award, Martin Marietta, Solenoid Operation Fault Detector Circuit

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