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 Ms. Joyce A. McDevitt, P.E.
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Systems Safety Consultant
- Former Safety Program Manager, Futron Corporation and Computer
Sciences Corporation
- Former NASA System Safety Engineer (retired)
Ms. Joyce McDevitt is a Systems Safety Consultant working with the John-Hopkins University's Applied
Physics Laboratory (APL) to develop and launch the Pluto-New Horizons Mission Spacecraft. Prior to
entering consulting full-time, she was a program manager with Futron Corporation, Bethesda, MD and
Computer Sciences Corporation, Springfield, VA where she provided range safety and system safety
support to government and commercial clients, including project safety responsibilities for APL's Midcourse
Space Experiment Spacecraft. She also supported the Commercial Space Transportation
Licensing and Safety Division of the Federal Aviation Administration. In addition, she served as a National
Research Council committee member for Space Launch Safety and Safety of Tourist Submersibles
studies.
During her nearly 30 years of Civil Service to NASA Headquarters, the Air Force Systems Command, and
the Naval Ordnance Station, Ms. McDevitt’s safety experience included space, aeronautical, facility, and
weapons systems, and propellant, explosive, and chemical processes. She has developed and managed
safety programs, hazard analyses, safety risk assessments, safety policies and procedures,
investigations of mishaps, and safety training. She retired from the federal government in 1987.
Ms. McDevitt received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and an M.S.
in Engineering from Catholic University. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Safety Engineering
and a member of the System Safety Society.
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