NORBERT SOSKI

Norbert Soski earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He started his engineering career designing hand-held electronic games at Mattel Electronics, division of Mattel Toys and holds a patent on one (www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/LAGames.htm).

He then moved on to designing computer and avionics systems for such programs as the F-16 LANTIRN pod and MILSTAR satellite programs, the electrical power system for the International Space Station (ISS), rocket engine control systems for the Delta IV RS-68 first-stage engine and J-2X second-stage engine, and environmental control systems for industrial kitchen equipment. As an engineer, he really enjoys creating products that have never existed before. His greatest professional achievement was the RS-68 Engine Control Unit; a first of its kind rocket engine controller.

In other areas of his life, he started working with children at the age of thirteen as a summer camp counselor and as a religious school teacher until graduating from college. However, his greatest and proudest personal achievements are his thirty-plus-year marriage and his own two children. He had the opportunity to be his children’s baseball and soccer coaches and the Scoutmaster of his son’s Boy Scout troop and a mentor for his High School FIRST and VEX robotics teams.

He also served on the board of directors of two non-profit organizations and was a volunteer, elected member of a Los Angeles-area neighborhood council. But in his off time, he mostly enjoys bicycling, along with downhill skiing, hiking/camping/backpacking, SCUBA diving, and launching high-powered model rockets out in the desert.