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ZUL N. DHANJI: 35+ years of dedicated service to US NASA/International Space Community; US Air Force, US Navy, US Army, NOAA ( Search-Rescue S/crafts ) , Civil Aviation & Humanity. Astronauts/Crew + Mission Safety & Reliability Engineering, with safe Ground Operations. NASA JPL Mars Phoenix, 2005 US Air Force - Tomahawk Missiles, 1984 -1989 US Space Shuttle, 1999-2004 ISS Orbiting earth NASA Kennedy, 2002 US NOAA - Search & Rescue1989 -1991 Since 1994; on-going NASA James Webb Space Telescope 2007-2016

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ZUL N. DHANJI: 35+ years of dedicated service to US NASA/International Space Community;

US Air Force, US Navy, US Army, NOAA ( Search-Rescue S/crafts ) , Civil Aviation & Humanity.

Astronauts/Crew + Mission Safety & Reliability Engineering, with safe Ground Operations.

NASA JPL Mars Phoenix, 2005

US Air Force - Tomahawk Missiles, 1984 -1989 USS Destroyer - 1984

US Space Shuttle, 1999-2004

ISS Orbiting earth

NASA Kennedy, 2002

US NOAA - Search & Rescue1989 -1991

Since 1994; on-going

NASA James Webb Space Telescope 2007-2016

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US Navy -Alarm & Monitoring System, Seattle 1983-1984

NASA Space Shuttle, Canadarm1 1978-2007

US Army - FMC M2 Bradley Tanks, 1981 – 1983

Northrop UAV –Smiths Aero, Grand Rapids, MI 2005-2006 US Navy ED-2D Smiths Aero, 2005-2006

NASA KSC Shuttle Firing Room, STS-111.

Launch June 05, 2002; Polled @ T-20

Payload robotic removal from Shuttle onto ISS

NASA GSFC, MD –JWST post final operations

of FGS Instrument , Dec 2014 - Jan 2015

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James Webb:1st light images ~2018

NASA Shuttle preps for STS-111,

Launch 2002 Processing MBS for ISS at NASA SSPF in KSC, 2001 – 2002

STS-100:On-orbit Support NASA

JSC, CSA – April 2001 At NASA KSC ~ 1999-2001, with Mission 6A team + Crew

At NASA GSFC, MD: Jan 2015

JWST Guidance /NIRISS @ GSFC 2015

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ISS Mobile Base System at NASA SSPF in KSC, 2001

ESA Herschel Space Telescope

2007-2009

ESA Herschel 2007-2009

Shuttle docked with ISS:1999—2005

NASA KSC Space Station Processing Building 1999 - 2003

NASA KSC SSPF with Julie Payette 2001

NASA KSC Shuttle Firing Room, STS-111.

Launch June 05, 2002

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SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL & US PROJECTS

( I ) Pre-Move to US

1970: McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co, Long Beach California ( DC-9s Aircraft Training on

East Africa Airlines purchased air-planes )

1978 -1981: Worked with Hughes Aircraft Company ( El Segundo, Ca ) on Anik-C, Westar-

Palapa Communication Satellites; NASA JSC/Houston on Shuttle Arm Canadarm-1

( I ) Post-US Residency ( Green Card )

1981 - 1983: FMC Corporation ( San Jose, CA ) , US Army Tanks ( M113, M2 Bradley

Amphibious Vehicles )

1983 -1984: Eldec Corporation ( Seattle, WA ) , US Navy Destroyer, Bell Textron Hover-

craft

1984 -1989: Litton ( HQ Woodland Hills, CA ) - US Air Force, Navy Joint Cruise Missile

project; General Dynamics F-18 ( Texas ) & Kaiser Avionics, F-16 Cockpit Displays

1989 -1994: NASA Shuttle & International Space Station; ( ISS ) , NOAA Search & Rescue

Spacecraft; TRW TDRSS F7 Spacecraft

1995 - 1999: NASA ISS PDGFs, FSEGFs for NASA ISS, Russian & JAXA Space Agency

1999 - 2004: ISS, Canadarm-2, Mobile Base System, Special Dextrous Arm , uGravity

Missions with several visits and operation of Office at NASA KSC ( Titusville, Florida ) ;

Astronaut training, On-orbit ISS assembly support, de-orbit of hardware,/return to NASA

KSC

2004 - 2005: Smiths Aerospace ( now GE ) Grand Rapids, MI. Boeing Civil Aircraft sys-

tems, FAA certified navigation systems, Unmanned Vehicles with Northrop

2005 –2007: NASA JPL MARs Phoenix, APX Projects, NASA ISS, ESA Herscel Space-

craft

2007 - 2016: NASA GSFC + ESA & CSA James Webb Space Telescope & Science In-

struments ( on-going contract with Honeywell )

2016: NASA/CSA ISS Astronaut/Crew Life Science BioAnalytics ( Biosciences ) Project

proposal pending tender; exploring potential for other current/future Deep Sea Space Mis-

sions ( NASA -Honeywell ’ s current Orion, project, etc )

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NASA JPL & CSA - MARS Phoenix Instrumentation (traces of H2O)

Post-Astronaut Training and meetings in Montreal, QC ~ 2003

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Autograph acquired during one of several ART/PRACA meetings I held at CSA in Montreal, QC for

robotics-critical ISS Increments - Shannon representing NASA JSC Crew office.

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Please see text on next page for further explanation

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Photo taken pre-flight STS-100 on 18 March 2000 at M D Robotics Ltd pre-flight Crew /EVA team

training . Certificate & Photo awarded by Dr. Scott Parazyenski to Zul Dhanji, post-STS 100 return to

Earth ( Crew visit to MDA, Brampton ~ Fall, 2001) .

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1999-2001: Post processing of Canadian $1.2 billion Robotics for launch at NASA

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Reference Letters

From

Customers & past Employers

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Planned Community services in Tampa, Florida:

Children ’ s Hospital John Hopkins

Moffit Cancer Center

Tampa General Hospital

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