Richard Weidner

Richard J. Weidner is a principal technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the areas of multi-disciplinary technology development. He led mission simulation and instrument modeling group at JPL during 1998–2006. He has invented numerous real-time distributed mission simulation systems including include SIMP-SASED for Mars Pathfinder's panorama imaging camera, Micro-Helm for Mars Odyssey, and MSVN-Cassini for Cassini-Saturn Orbit Insertion. He is currently developing multi-dimensional phenomena models for Juno mission simulation and Earth atmospheric mission simulation. He has a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.