Byron L. Meadows received his A.A.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology in 1983 and his A.S. in Engineering in 1999 at Thomas Nelson Community College, and then his B.S. degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering at Old Dominion University in 1999. Mr. Meadows has had 30 years of experience at the NASA Langley Research Center as a Research Technician, Laser Systems Engineer, and Project Manager.
Some specific research projects include Laser Risk Reduction Program(LRRP), Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance(ALHAT), Sensor Test of Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation(STORRM), and Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Night Days and Seasons(ASCENDS).
He has appeared as author or co-author on multiple scientific papers and holds a US patent on the Forward Voltage Short Pulse Technique for Measuring High Power Laser Array Junction Temperature. Some of his publications include Lifetime Testing of Laser Diode Arrays, Long Pulse Operation of Laser Diode Arrays, Reliability of Long Pulse width High Power Laser Diode Arrays, and Thermal characteristics of high-power long pulse width quasi-CW laser diode arrays.
Contact Information:
NASA Langley Research Center
5 North Dryden Street
Building 1202, Room 248B, MS 468
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
phone: (757) 864-5168
fax: (757) 864-8828
email: byron.l.meadows@nasa.gov