Dr. Daniel L. Dvorak – NESC Academy Biography
Dr. Daniel L. Dvorak is a Principal Engineer in the Systems and Software Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Dan serves as Division Technologist, supports an initiative on model-centric engineering, and leads NASA’s software architecture review board. His interests include model-based systems engineering, fault management, robot control architectures, and goal-driven mission operations. Dan is a co-inventor on two patents: “An Adaptable State Based Control System” and “Integrating Rules into Object-Oriented Programming Systems.” He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from The University of Texas at Austin, a M.S. in computer engineering from Stanford University, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.