RRM3 Engineering award from Goddard Space Flight Center (Dec 2020) I was the electrical lead on this project and responsible for the design, construction and test of the electrical system. Information on this mission is here. As of this writing, this video is available only on an internal NASA site.
I appear at 2:10 in this video from Aruba.com. It is a
hommage to the
national anthem of Aruba (11/16).
Stephanie and I participated in NASA's message to the Star
Trek series of TV shows. You see us at 0:40 (9/16).
Interview on Power 95 FM with Tito Lacle on occasion of my
speaking at the 2016 Graduation of the International School
of Aruba (6/16) Video of speech Audio file of
interview
Stephanie is featured as the profile image of CMU's School of Art
Facebook page.
She graduates in 2015 with Honors with a degree in Physics and Art
(4/15).
Pepsi sponsored commercial I shot for Skatezone skating rink (3/15)
Art show in Den Haag, Netherlands by Gustave Nouel (1/15) Awe
Mainta, 24ora.com
Interview with ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers for Hubble 25th anniversary
(1/15).
"De Kennis van Nu" program (aired March 2015)
Interview with Dutch Television network NTR producer
Edda Heinsman on Hubble's 25th anniversary (1/15).
Video
and article from WPI on the inauguration of the new
university president (Laurie Leshin) (11/14).
In September 2011, Stephanie and I won second place in a nationwide
skating contest from makeaskateement.com.
Click here
to view our contest submission.
My nephew was selected to appear on the
Mimio
website (defunct now). Archived.
Once a week, Yale Magazine highlights one of its graduates that made
the news.
Good or bad. On
8/5/2011, it was me. Compared to Dr. Ben Carson,
Meryl Streep,
and past US Presidents, surely, I must be in the latter category.
Archived.
On June 10, Jocelyn Croes (Aruba Proxy Minister) held a
reception for Aruba's Minister of culture, Michelle Winklaar. Archived. 24ora.com
On 28 April 2010, I received the honor of a lifetime. I
became
a Knight in the Royal Order of the Netherlands Lion. More here
In May 2010, I was pictured in an article on Air&Space magazine
on my boss
Mr. Frank Cepollina (shown with his hand gesturing in the
image). Larger size. Online
version of article.
For the 2010 Arubadag (Aruba day), we were invited to the home
of the Minister Plentipotentiary of Aruba, Mrs. Jocelyn Croes.
On March 12 2010, my teammates and I on the HST SM-4 Systems Team
received the NASA Systems Engineering Award.
In December 2009 I am named "Person of the Year" by PoetsTV from Aruba.
Click on image for full size.
Article in the November 2009 issue of Gameroom Magazine.
Click here
for the full article (thanks to Robert Sitz for pointing this
out to me).
I filed this iReport on CNN.com when
Senator Ted Kennedy passed away (August 2009).
Click on the image to go to the iReport. Click here for a full screensnap.
Profile in the 2007 "Destination aruba" magazine. This is a
travel magazine that is
distributed year-long throughout the Caribean by airlines.
Note a picture about my pinball machines in the article. Archived.