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Plastow Earns NASA's Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition (QASAR) Award
In August 2009, Bastion engineer, Richard Plastow, received the prestigious QASAR award at the Glenn Research Center (GRC) for his support to improve the Center's Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) efforts with regard to complex electronics devices. NASA's congratulatory letter states that the QASAR award was presented to Plastow "in recognition of your exceptional efforts to ensure safety and mission success of complex electronics devices through establishing Agency standards and guidance, developing and presenting training, and creating assurance tools." Since GRC is at the forefront of developing new and more complex electronics with both software and hardware properties, ensuring the safety, reliability, and quality of the devices became increasingly difficult for safety engineers. As a result, Richard identified the need to properly assess complex electronics safety, quality, and reliability across the Agency. After defining the problem, Plastow participated in the solution by supporting NASA Headquarters, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, in publishing a NASA Complex Electronics Handbook, as well as supporting the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) in its assessment of complex electronics development practices by identifying best practices and analyzing gaps in current processes. In addition, Richard developed a 2-day course covering the design and assurance of complex electronics. During the past year, he taught his course to more than 80 students at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Langley Research Center, and GRC. A computer-based course, developed by Plastow, is in work and scheduled for release during this fiscal year. Richard's efforts resulted in NASA recognizing him as an expert in complex electronics. His expertise is regularly sought out by NASA Headquarters, the NESC, and his colleagues. Bastion salutes Richard's achievements and congratulates him on his extraordinary dedication to safety and mission success for NASA. | ||||||||||||
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