Member of the International Committee on Technical Interchange for Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems (also referred to as the SpaceOps Organization) Committee at Large

Associate Fellow, conferred by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2004)

PUBLICATIONS: • McCabe, D., Ryan S., Welch D., and Fulmer J., "AIM Autonomy Development – Long Term Care for a Deaf Spacecraft", Tenth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps 2008), Heidelburg, Germany, May 12-16, 2008. • Welch, D. C., “AIM Operations Development – Lesson’s Learned in Cost Versus Risk,” Ninth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps 2006), Rome, Italy, June 19-23, 2006. • Welch, D., “Use of Best Practices During Operations Development for AIM,” Eighth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps 2004), Montreal, Canada, May 17-21, 2004. • Welch, D. C., “Operational Strategies for Integrated Multi-Platform Space Systems,” Seventh International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps 2002), Houston, Texas, October 9-12, 2002. • Welch, D., Davis, R., and Jouchoux, A., “Automated On-Call Operations for LASP Missions,” Fourth International Symposium for Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Laurel, Maryland, April 25-27, 2001. • Welch, D. C. and Dang, K. D., “Constellation Operations: New Challenges and Considerations,” Sixth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps 2000), Toulouse, France, June 19-23, 2000. • Welch, D., “Managing Automation and Autonomy - Considerations for Space/Ground Architectural Tradeoffs,” Ground Systems Architectures Workshop (GSAW98), El Segundo, CA, February 25-27, 1998. • Welch, D. C., Davis, R., Martin, J. B., and Hooke, A. J., “STRV: A Prototype in Providing Mission Operations Services to the World,” ADPA/NSIA Satellite Communications Command, Control, & Network Management Annual Conference & Exhibition, Reston, VA, September 2-5, 1997. • Hooke, A. J. and Welch, D. C., “Using New Technologies in Support of Future Space Missions,” Second International Symposium for Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Oxford, England, July 21-23, 1997. • Welch, D. and Karlin, J., “Functional Model For Spacecraft Operations,” Fourth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps96), Munich, Germany, September 16-20, 1996. • Karlin, J. and Welch, D., “A Framework of Mission Operations System Models,” Fourth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps96), Munich, Germany, September 16-20, 1996. • Mandl, D., Coyle, S., Rashkin, R., Langston, J., Karlin, J., Welch, D., “Overcoming MO&DSD’s Learning Disability to Building Ground Data Systems ‘Faster, Better, Cheaper’,” Fourth International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, (SpaceOps96), Munich, Germany, September 16-20, 1996. • Welch, D., “Use of the Mission Operations Concept as a Requirements Generation and Management Tool to Promote System Re-use and Cost Effective Mission Operations,” International Symposium for Reducing the Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems and Operations, Oxford, England, September 27-29, 1995 • Walpole, P. H., G. M. Mason, J. E. Mazur, D. J. Mabry, J. E. Stephens, R. Whitley, D. C. Welch, “High voltage power supply anomalies on the SAMPEX/LICA instrument due to geomagnetic activity,” Trans. Am. Geophys. U., 76 (Suppl.), F433, 1995. • Welch, D., "Proposal for Implementation of CCSDS Standards for Use With Spacecraft Engineering/Housekeeping Data," Third International Symposium on Space Mission Operations and Ground Data Systems, Greenbelt, MD, November 15-18, 1994.