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- Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego Member
Dr. Rosengren received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2014. He served as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow for the European Union Asteroid and Space Debris Network, Stardust, from 2014 to 2016, at the Institute of Applied Physics Nello Carrara of the Italian National Research Council. In 2017, Dr. Rosengren worked at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece in the Department of...
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- Graduate Research Assistant
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- Senior Research Associate
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
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- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
- Professor
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- Financial Services Manager
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- Undergraduate Academic Advisor ( Last Names
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- Academic Technology Professional
Retired, RTX William "Bill" Sullivan was vice president of Space Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for Raytheon Intelligence and Space, a Raytheon Technologies business. He assumed the position in 2021 and was responsible for a $1.7B ground portfolio across multiple customers and domains. Previously, Sullivan was vice president of the Global Positioning System Next-Generation Operational Control System program from 2015 through 2020. Sullivan led the GPS OCX program and was responsible...
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- Space and Communications Group, the Boeing Company
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- Vice President, Constellation Management and Protection, Raytheon Intelligence & Space
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
John and Bea Slattery Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Dr. Dunbar is a retired NASA astronaut, engineer and educator, currently with Texas A&M Engineering as a Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) John and Bea Slattery Chair in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. Dunbar, who is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, came to Texas A&M from the University of Houston where...
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- Distinguished Professor Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair Director of IRISS National Academy Member
- Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )
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- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
- Professor Emeritus
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- Associate Scientist With Tenure, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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- Smead Program Senior Coordinator
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- Co - Founder and Chief Technology Officer, 3D Systems Corporation
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- President and Founder, Finnoff Aviation
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- Assistant Professor - Courtesy Appointment in AES
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- Vice President of the Kuiper Program at United Launch Alliance
- Vice President, Kuiper Program, United Launch Alliance Member
Chris Ellerhorst is the vice president of the Kuiper Program at United Launch Alliance (ULA). In this role, he leads a team responsible for integrating finance, technical and operations activities associated with Amazon's Project Kuiper launches. Ellerhorst previously served as the director, Strategy, Business Development and Sales where he led the capture of more than $10.5B in new business orders. Additionally, he led ULA's Strategic Advisory Group of senior industry...
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- Teaching Associate Professor
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- Research Professor / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
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- Academic Technology Professional
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- Director of Aviation Safety, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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- Senior Projects Manager, Lockheed Martin SkunkWorks
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- Professor Director of RECUV
- Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )
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- Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
- National Academy Member / Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics ( LASP ), UCB
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- Distinguished Professor a. Richard Seebass Chair
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- Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT )
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- Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corp ( Retired )
David Wisler, Manager University Programs, General Electric Aviation (retired)
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- Manager University Programs, General Electric Aviation ( Retired )
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- Head of Systems Engineering and Vehicle Architect, Blue Origin
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- Senior Academic Advisor ( Last Names
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- Research Professor / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
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- Founder, Rumpf Associates International
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- CEO and Chair, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp
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- Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- Martin Institute Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland Emeritus, US Naval Research Laboratory
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- Kent H. Smith Professor Emeritus, Case Western Reserve University
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- Professor Associate Chair for Department Affairs
- Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )
Federal Aerospace Engineer with a Focus on Government-Wide Collaboration Dr. Erica Rodgers leads Science and Technology Partnerships within NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist. Rodgers establishes government-wide collaboration frameworks in technology areas where interagency teamwork is beneficial. She leads coordination and facilitation of partner dialog, collection of data, and data analysis. Resulting recommendations are used to advise and advocate on matters concerning agency-wide technology policy. Rodgers previously served as an...
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- Associate Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum
- Teaching Associate Professor Associate Chair for Undergraduate Operations
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- Director, Mortenson Center
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- Assistant Professor
- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
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- President, Center for Technology Research & Commercialization ( C - TRAC )
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- Executive Vice President ( Retired ), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command • Member 2022 - 2026
Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw is currently the Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Command. He is a Massachusetts native, and he entered the Air Force in 1990 as a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with a degree in astronautical engineering and a minor in Russian language. Lt Gen Shaw has served in a variety of air and space operations and staff positions, from Silicon Valley to U.S. Air...
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- Vice President and Chief Engineer ( Retired ), TRW Space and Technology Group
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- Aerospace Fabrication and Test Engineer
Director (retired) EAB Chair 2012-2014 Systems Engineering and Mission Operations Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Greg graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1970 (yes, he had a class in vacuum tubes and knows how to use a slide rule). Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy and spent the following 8 years in Naval Intelligence. His first real engineering job was with Lockheed Martin,...
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- Vice President of Space Systems at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems
Vice President, Space Systems General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Group Mr. Burgess is vice president of Space Systems at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) in Centenniel Colorado. Mr. Burgess is responsible for the operational execution and growth of an expanding portfolio of miniature, small and medium satellite system solutions, and space technologies across GA-EMS facilities located in Colorado, Alabama, Virginia and California. Space Systems and operates space capabilities for NASA, NOAA,...
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- CEO, Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics ( Deceased )
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- Memorial Professor Director, Center for National Security Initiatives
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- Associate Professor Adjunct
Department Chair • Professor • Schaden Leadership Chair • Glenn Murphy Endowed Chair
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- Associate Professor Adjunct
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- Assistant Professor
- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
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- Professor Adjunct & Chief Scientist NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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- Department Head, Aerospace Engineering, Texas
- Head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas a & M University
Ivett A. Leyva became the head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University in September 2021. Previously, she worked at the Air Force for 15 years. She was the program officer for Hypersonic Aerodynamics at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, AFRL and prior to that she was a researcher at the AFRL Rocket Lab working on liquid rocket instabilities. Her technical expertise is in hypersonic...
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- Professor - Courtesy Appointment in
Founder and CEO Black Swift Technologies LLC Jack received two MS degrees and his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder, and continues to work in the Boulder area as CEO and co-founder of Black Swift Technologies, recognized for delivering reliable, robust, and highly accurate Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) capable of flying scientific payloads in demanding atmospheric environments (high-altitude, corrosive particulates, and strong turbulence). Black Swift's purpose-built scientific aerial platforms...
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- Academic Technology Professional and Training & Consulting Lead
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- Finance and Accounting Professional
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- Professor Helen and Hubert Croft Professor
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- Research Professor / Aerospace Mechanics Research Center
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- Research Professor Emeritus / Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles
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- CEO, Lockheed Martin Astronautics ( Retired ) EAB Chair 1998 - 2002
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- Associate Professor Smead Faculty Fellow
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
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- Senior Communications Specialist
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- Professor
- Research Professor
Professor Forbes' research interests include the upper atmosphere environments of Earth, Mars, and other planets; coupling of these environments to lower altitudes and to solar variability; geomagnetic storm effects on satellite drag variability; the vertical propagation of tides and planetary waves in planetary atmospheres, and their electrodynamic and chemical effects; utilization of accelerometer, satellite drag, and satellite remote sensing data to elucidate atmospheric variability, and to test, validate and develop upper atmosphere models. He also conducts numerical simulations of the above phenomena.
Research Professor • Professor Emeritus • Director of SWx-TREC
Jen Uchida graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2005 with a bachelor's and master's degree in aerospace engineering sciences. Following graduation, she accepted a position with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) as a civilian flight test engineer for the Marine Corps in Patuxent River, MD. There she supported the experimental flight testing of the V-22 Osprey, deploying several new and lifesaving capabilities to the fleet and logging...
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- Area Director, Student
- Area Director, Student Support and Advising Services
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- Research Manager
- Senior Finance Manager
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- Associate Professor
- Associate Professor Jack Rominger Faculty Fellow Associate Chair for Undergraduate Curriculum
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- Associate Professor - Courtesy Appointment in AES
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
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- Assistant Professor at CU Boulder
Joseph Dupris, a visiting assistant professor at CU Boulder, is a linguist and "maqlaqsyals" user who helped integrate the Modoc language into the short film This Is Their Land. It was recently screened on campus, and a 150th anniversary remembrance is set to be held in Tulelake, California.
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
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- Administrative Suite Manager
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- Research Professor
- Research Professor / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
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- Professor Denver Business Challenge Endowed Professorship Director of AMReC
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- Undergraduate Academic Advisor First Year Students
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- Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator
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- Professor Palmer Engineering Chair Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
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- Assistant Dean of Engineering, and Director, External Relations, CU ( Retired )
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- Aerospace Research Finance and Operations Senior Manager
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- Assistant
- Chairman
- Manager of Operations
Manager of Operations and Assistant to the Chair:
Lauren Cole
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Professor Hanspeter Schaub
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- Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ( Deceased )
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- Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aerospace Systems
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- Chief Engineer - Orion Program, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Co. EAB Chair 2016 - 2017 ( Deceased )
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- Chief Scientist / Research
- Chief Scientist and Technology Advisor
- Research Professor
Research Professor • Chief Scientist, BioServe Space Technologies
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- Professor - Courtesy Appointment in
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- CU Boulder Associate Professor of Chemistry, Won a $2 Million NIH Grant to Investigate How Certain Sugars Modify a Brain Protein Associated With Neurodegeneration. Read
Maciej Walczak, CU Boulder associate professor of chemistry, won a $2 million NIH grant to investigate how certain sugars modify a brain protein associated with neurodegeneration.
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- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
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- Corporate Vice President, Sierra Nevada Corp. Space Systems Group
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- Assistant Professor
- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
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- Professor - Courtesy Appointment in
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
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- Human Resources Coordinator
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- Teaching Assistant Professor
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- Chief Engineer
- Vice President
Chief Engineer Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space • Member 2022 - 2026
Michael Drews is the Chief Engineer Vice President for LM Space, where he leads the technical excellence and innovation strategies for over 10,000 engineers across five Spacecraft and Missile mission areas. He's an executive leader with over 30 years of system development experience on Classified, DoD and NASA programs. He's helped engineer multiple next generation systems that pushed boundaries in national aerospace capabilities. Before joining LM in 2000, he began...
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- Executive Manager Aerodynamics Engineernig, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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- Chief of Advanced Programs, United Technologies Research Center
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- Vice President of Engineering - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp
Principal Staff, Lincoln Laboratory Engineering Division, MIT Lauren J. Kessler is Principal Staff in the Lincoln Laboratory Engineering Division. Her focus is on initiatives in verifying and validating complex and autonomous systems, advancing systems engineering and software engineering practices, and furthering mission-specific interdivisional partnerships in autonomy, unmanned systems, and human-embedded systems. Prior to joining the Laboratory in 2021, Ms. Kessler was a member of the technical staff at Draper Laboratory,...
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- Assistant Professor
- Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )
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- Senior Aerospace Engineer, NASA 's Langley Research Center Member
Mr. Karl Edquist works in the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Langley Research Center, where he has been employed since 2000. He specializes in aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic analysis of planetary entry vehicles for NASA planetary science missions and as a Principal Investigator for technology development projects. He was Aerothermal Lead for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and Mars 2020 missions, and Principal Investigator for Propulsive Descent testing in the Langley Unitary Plan...
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- Undergraduate Academic Advisor ( Last Names H - N, Sk - T )
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- Aerospace Machine Shop and Fabrication Instructional Lab Coordinator
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- Vice President of Technology Development, DigitalGlobe
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- Associate Professor - Courtesy Appointment in AES
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- Associate Professor
- Associate Professor Smead Faculty Fellow
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- Vice President of Flight Systems, Lockheed Martin Astronautics EAB Chair 2006 - 2008 ( Deceased )
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- Senior Mechanical Engineer
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- Distinguished Professor Joseph T. Negler Professor
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- Associate Professor - Courtesy Appointment in Smead Aerospace
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- Professor Director of CCAR
Systems Development Operations Mission Systems Sector, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Northrop Grumman Corp 2008 - 2010, Chair, External Advisory Board, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, UCB Mr. Kolibaba has over 30 years of experience in general management, business development, program management and systems engineering for information technology systems. He is a proven leader who can achieve staff support to change culture and establish different approaches, including technology insertion reuse and COTS integration.
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- Program Manager of Academic Technology Initiatives, Consulting and Training
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- Editor Accessibility Checklist
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- Program Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
CEO (retired) Spectral Solutions, Inc. 2002-Present, Executive Director, Engineers Without Borders 2002-2006; 2010-2012, Chair, External Advisory Board, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CU-Boulder 1998-2001, CEO/COO, Spectral Solutions, Inc. 1997-1998, Executive Consultant, Videant International, Inc. 1995-1997, CEO, EarthWatch, Inc. (retired) 1991-1995, Vice President, Ball Aerospace (retired) 1987-1991, Chief Operating Officer, Ball Aerospace
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- Research Professor Emeritus / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
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- Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs
- Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
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- Assistant Professor
- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
Professor (retired) Dept of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California Ron graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.S. in Aerospace Sciences in 1964, spent a year at the Technische Hochschule in Munich and completed his Ph.D. at the Johns Hopkins University in Fluid Mechanics. His career spanned 42 years at USC where he conducted experimental research on aerodynamics, flight mechanics and the dynamics of transition and...
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- Assistant Professor
- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
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- CCAR Research Manager / Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
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- Managing Director, SpaceDev Inc
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- Program Manager, Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems - Navigation Systems Division
Vice President and General Manager Systems Engineering Solutions Ball Aerospace As Vice President and General Manager of the Systems Engineering Solutions strategic business unit, Steve is responsible for all aspects of Systems Engineering Solutions nationwide operations and contract performance. Steve joined Ball in 2011 serving in a number of roles before assuming his current responsibilities. Steve retired as a Colonel from the United States Air Force in 2011 after serving...
Chief Engineer, Business Innovation, Transformation and Enterprise Excellence (BITEE) Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Dr. Jolly has served Project Orion off and on as an independent advisor and tiger team lead for entry, descent and landing. He was Program Manager for the Mars Science Lab Aeroshell and a member of the Independent Assessment Panel for the MSL Landing Site Selection (June, 2011), and has served as a member of EDL...
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- President
- Director of CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
President Emerita, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution • Member 2023 - 2027
Susan K. Avery is president emerita of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB) serving in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES). She served as a faculty affiliate in the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at UCB and as a Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the University...
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- Aerospace Mechanics Research Center ( AMReC )
- Professor
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- Assistant Research Professor
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- Fellow, Northrop Grumman Member
Todd graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1994. Since graduating he has spent the majority of the last 2+ decades with Orbital Sciences Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) pioneering disruptive approaches across a diverse portfolio of space projects from upstart commercial to launch vehicles to major US Government space programs. He initially worked on the ORBCOMM "little LEO" commercial constellation serving as...
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- Aerospace Industry & Alumni Relations Manager
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- Associate Professor
- Associate Professor Smead Faculty Fellow
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- Assistant Professor
- Associate Professor
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- Teaching Professor Associate Chair for Experiential Learning
Unique Experiences Lead - Orbital Reef Blue Origin Dr. Vanessa Aponte Williams is the Unique Experiences Lead for Blue Origin's Orbital Reef commercial space station. In this role, Vanessa is a liaison between the needs of commercial customers, such as private astronauts, and the design teams that enable their missions. Prior to Blue Origin, Vanessa led Human Landing System Ascent Element Mission Operations, ensuring end-to-end mission operations integration between design...
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- Director of Systems Engineering and Integration for Sierra Space 's Destinations
Director of Systems Engineering and Integration, Sierra Space • Member 2022 - 2026
Vickey Moler is the Director of Systems Engineering and Integration for Sierra Space's Destinations sector, and the acting Lead of Systems Engineering in Sierra's Central Engineering organization. She is responsible for establishing the infrastructure, education, data governance, and processes required to make Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) a successful standard approach for the Destinations, Transportation, and Applications sectors of Sierra Space. Prior to Sierra Space, Vickey led Digital Transformation strategic implementation...
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- Professor - Courtesy Appointment in
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- Assistant Professor
- Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles ( RECUV )
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- Distinguished Professor - Courtesy Appointment in Smead Aerospace National Academy Member