TMC Technologies of West Virginia (TMC), a leading edge technology solution provider is proud to announce Program Manager and Commercial Division lead Scott Zemerick is the recipient of the NASA’s IV&V Program 2019 Engineer of the Year award.
The award was presented to Zemerick by NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA IV&V Director Greg Blaney and Goddard Space Flight Center Deputy Director George Morrow during the recent renaming of NASA’s Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Facility after the White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia native and storied NASA icon.
Zemerick, who’s worked for TMC at the Fairmont NASA facility for nearly eight years, admittedly, was shocked when he was announced as Engineer of the Year by Director Blaney.
“I am extremely honored to receive the award and represent the cutting edge engineering that the Jon McBride Software Test and Research (JSTAR) team and IV&V Program are accomplishing,” he said.
Zemerick’s accomplishments, according to the nomination letter, include the successful completion of dozens of NASA projects, missions, software simulations, and advanced technical deliverables.
“Mr. Zemerick was also a key member of the team that designed, built, tested, and is still operating West Virginia’s first spacecraft, Simulation-to-Flight 1 (STF-1),” according to the nomination letter which included more specific details on his success on the NASA Operational Simulator for Small Satellites (NOS3) software suite, currently being considered for NASA’s 2019 Software of the Year Award. NOS3 is an open source small satellite simulation platform that was developed as the primary mission objective for STF-1.
TMC President and CEO Wade Linger said Zemerick’s great success is one part of a larger team who continue to provide value and service to the leading edge tech firm’s many government customers.
“Scott (Zemerick) has become a tremendous asset to the NASA IV&V Program and his accomplishments continue to help the IV&V Program be an industry leader in software assurance,” Linger said. “He, along with our many subject matter experts working at the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services facility in Clarksburg and both the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s in Dahlgren, VA and Crane, IN are providing outstanding support helping each of our customers achieve mission success.”
Along with his program manager role for NASA, Zemerick also heads-up TMC’s Commercial Systems Division overseeing a project with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency involving the deployment of TMC’s TrueSense sensors for early detection of hazardous material leaks/accidents at ports.
The Oak Hill, WV native currently lives in Worthington, Marion County with his wife Cindy and daughters Sarah and Kayleigh. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering and a Master’s of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, both from West Virginia University. He’s currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Engineering from West Virginia University.
For more information, please contact John Dahlia at TMC Technologies of West Virginia by phone at (681) 404-1225 or email at john.dahlia@tmctechnologies.com.
