Rebecca S.

Perryman
rebeccaperryman.weebly.com

Education
M.Eng., Industrial Engineering (2010)
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellow
Focus Area: Reliability & Stochastic Processes

B.A., Mathematics and Sociology (2008)

Trinity University, San Antonio, TX


Professional Highlights
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Space Science and Engineering Department
San Antonio, TX
Senior Research Engineer (2018-Present)
Research Engineer (2014-2018)
Analyst (2011-2014)
Student Intern (2008)

Experience with SwRI has included six years as the Operations Team Lead for the Ion Neutral Mass
Spectrometer (INMS) instrument on the Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004-2017, and two
years leading the operations planning process for the MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX)
instrument that will be part of the Europa Clipper mission scheduled to launch in 2023.

Operations responsibilities included:

- Commanding the INMS instrument, detecting and investigating anomalies,
- Collaborating with the INMS science team to gain understanding of the scientific goals,
- Optimizing operations of the instrument to best meet the team’s scientific goals,
- Project management support and facilitation of regularly-scheduled team meetings,
- Coordination with domestic and international space scientists and agencies.

Data analysis efforts included:

- Managing data and information from multiple teams and instruments,
- Analyzing data to assess performance and to support scientific investigations and modelling,
- Developing algorithms and routines that could run repeatedly as new data was received,
- Presenting data findings to instrument and spacecraft teams,
- Recommending operational and analytical actions that would improve scientific understanding,
- Advising the team on appropriate handling and analysis of imperfect long-term data sets.

Planning activities included:

- Developing processes and checklists for future operations activities,
- Interfacing with spacecraft teams to ensure seamless integration of instrument,
- Creating budget projections, risk assessments, and funding proposals for future projects,
- Presenting all plans to instrument management and NASA review boards.
Rebecca S. Perryman

Intel Corporation
Chandler, AZ
Industrial Engineer/Intern, Decision Engineering Group (2010)

Experience at Intel Corporation utilized Bayesian forecasting to improve prediction of key dates in new product
development and deployment.

Responsibilities included:
- Gathering product, defect, process, and schedule data from groups throughout the corporation,
- Generating predictive model for development and release schedules,
- Presenting results and providing recommendations for improving accuracy of these methods,
- Conducting a literature review on the use and interaction of analytics and intuition in decision-making.

Texas A&M University, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

College Station, TX
Research Assistant (2008-2010)

Independent research investigating and implementing numerous statistical approaches to analyze team
communication data for interaction patterns that lead to increased effectiveness and efficiency when
performing a problem-solving task. Presented research at operations research and human factors conferences.


Graduate
Coursework, Training, and Skills
Industrial & Systems Engineering Coursework
Probability for Engineering Decisions, Applications of Random Processes, Stochastic Processes in the Assurance
Sciences, Linear Programming, Nonlinear and Dynamic Programming, Design by Reliability, Advanced Quality
Control, Engineering Analysis for Decision Making, Applied Distribution and Queueing Theory

Statistics Coursework
Theory of Statistics - Distribution Theory, Theory of Statistics - Inference, Theory of Linear Models, Methods of
Statistics I, Methods in Time Series Analysis, Statistical Methods II - Bayesian Statistics, Topics in Statistical
Computations, Overview of Mathematical Statistics, Methods in Multivariate Analysis, Methods of Statistics II,
Regression Analysis, Advanced Programming Using SAS, Applied Categorical Data Analysis

Professional Trainings
- Project Management Training (24 hours, 2018)
- Data Analytics Training (14 hours, 2018)
- Presenting Data and Information, Edward Tufte (8 hours, 2009)

Technical Skills
R, IDL, SAS, SPSS, Matlab, Python, C, LATEX, Unix, Microsoft Office (including Excel Data Analysis Toolkit)


Publications

J. H. Waite Jr., R. S. Perryman*, et al., Chemical interactions between Saturn’s atmosphere and its rings. Science
362, eaat2382 (2018). *Equally contributing to first author

Waite, J. H., C. R. Glein, R. S. Perryman, et al., Cassini finds molecular hydrogen in the Enceladus plume:
Evidence for hydrothermal processes. Science, 356, 155-159, 2017.

Over 15 additional coauthored publications as data manager and data analysis support for Cassini-INMS team.