and the science of business
Established in 1997, Fundamental Technologies (FTECS) is a Kansas small business. FTECS is owned and managed by Dr. Jerry W. Manweiler whom has been involved in space science, computer technology, and data analysis for government, academics, and industry since 1979.
Over the years, we've had the honor and privilege of working on numerous NASA satellite missions; developing big-data software solutions; collecting, processing and distributing scientific data for public, scientific, and educational use. Our staff have been involved in the development of software systems for government and private clients in a diverse set of domain spaces including Space Sciences, Health Care, Criminal Justice, Big-Data, Identity Managment, and many others.
We're confident we can assist you with your business software and data management needs: from beyond our solar system or just across town; interstellar particle data or business operations and market data.
but we have 'em if you need 'em.
Our People
Dr. Jerry W. Manweiler – Senior Scientist/Owner/Manager (Rocket Scientist)
Physicist and software engineer for over 40 years;
Dr. Manweiler's scientific and consulting experience includes
Scientific analysis and physics application programming for NASA;
Software
engineering; and Project Management for:
Aerospace,
Criminal Justice, Health Care, Transportation,
and many other areas of commerce and industry.
Principle Investigator for the Lagrange Communications Advanced Realtime Spaceweather (LCARS) Mission (LCARS.FTecs.com)
Co-investigator for the RBSPICE instrument on NASA's Van Allen Probes mission,
Co-investigator for the LECP instrument on NASA's Voyager Interstellar Mission,
Co-investigator for the Planetary Data Systems (PDS) Planetary Plasma Interaction (PPI) node,
Team scientist for the Cassini Mission to Saturn, ACE Spaceweather Mission, Ulysses Heliophysics Mission, IMP 8
(Explorer 50) Mission, and many other missions.
Dr. Manweiler's CV:
CV for Jerry W. Manweiler, Ph.D. (HTML)
CV for Jerry W. Manweiler, Ph.D. (PDF)
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Douglas Patterson – Associate Scientist (Rocket Scientist)
Dr. Pattersons interests are very broad covering topics in both Space Physics and Astronomy.
Spencer Reeve – Graduate Research Assistant (Programming)
Mr. Reeve works on the Voyager Interstellar Mission in the development of data and software programs to help in analysis and production of the Voyager LECP data.
Rachel Manweiler - Graduate Research Assistant (Production)
Ms. Manweiler provides production support for the Voyager Interstellar Mission and ACE Space Weather Mission
Mark Ummel - Data Technician and Business Development (Corporate)
Mr. Ummel primarily provides Business Development activities for Fundamental Technologies through our Sister organization
UmmelGroup International, Inc.
Updated 04/14/2025
Jerry W. Manweiler, Ph.D.
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