Organizing Committee 

IECEC Organizing Committee

General Chair

Ramon Lugo
Director, NASA Glenn Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: 216.433.5846
Email: ramon.lugo-1@nasa.gov  

Deputy General Chair
Robert “Joe” Shaw
Office of Technology Partnerships and Planning
NASA Glenn Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: 216.977.7135
Email: Robert.J.Shaw@nasa.gov

Technical Program Chair
Michael Choi
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 545, Mechanical Systems Division
8800 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: 301.286.4707
Email: Michael.K.Choi@nasa.gov  

Deputy Technical Program Chair
Kenneth "Mark" Bryden
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515.294.3891
Email: kmbryden@iastate.edu

Topic Area Organizers

Aerospace Power Systems
Mark Liffring
The Boeing Company

Abbas Salim
Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Retired)

Energy Conversion Device Technology
Edward Lewandowski
NASA Glenn Research Center

Energy Storage Technology
Richard Shaw
Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Terrestrial Electricity Delivery & Grid Reliability
Bill Lear
University of Florida

Terrestrial Energy-Efficient & Renewable Energy Systems
Thomas Bradley
Colorado State University

Essam Khalil
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Terrestrial Fossil Energy Systems
Ahsan Choudhuri
University of Texas at El Paso

Terrestrial Nuclear Energy Systems
Pavel Tsvetkov
Texas A&M University

Thermal Management Technology
Michael Choi
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

JPC Organizing Committee

Executive Chair (Government)
Robert Lightfoot
Center Director
NASA Marshall Space Center


Executive Chair (Industry)
Bart Olson
Vice President, Business Development
ATK Missile Products Group
1501 South Clinton
Baltimore, MD 21224

General Chair (Industry)
Gary Flinchbaugh
VP Programs
ATK Propulsion and Controls
210 State Rt. 956
Rocket Center, WV 26726
Phone: 304.726.7961
Email: Gary.Flinchbaugh@atk.com  

General Chair (Government)
Dale Thomas

NASA Marchall Space Center

Technical Chair
David McGrath
ATK Propulsion and Controls
55 Thiokol Rd.
Elkton, MD 21921
Phone: 410-392-1716
Email: david.mcgrath@atk.com  

Deputy Technical Chair
Jerry E. Welch
NASA Glenn Research Center
21000 Brookpark Road, mail stop 5-10
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: 1-216-433-8003
Email: Gerard.E.Welch@nasa.gov

Deputy Technical (Industry)

Jeff Morehouse

Lockheed Martin

Academic Chair
Vigor Yang
School of Aeronautical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
313 Montgomery Knight Bldg.
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone: 404.894.3002
Email: vigor.yang@aerospace.gatech.edu  

Exhibits Chair
Geraldine Kimball
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
6633 Canoga Ave. RLA-07
Canoga Park, CA 91309
Phone: 818.586.0467
Email: Geraldine.Kimball@pwr.utc.com  

ASME Technical Program Chair
John W. Robinson
The Boeing Company
P.O. Box 3829
Seal Beach, CA 97040
Phone: 714.896.1292
Email: John.W.Robinson2@boeing.com

SAE Technical Program Chair
Ramon Chase
ANSER, Suite 800
2900 South Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22202
703.416.3290
Email: Ray.Chase@anser.org

ASEE Technical Program Chair
Robert A. Frederick Jr.
UAH Propulsion Research Center
University of Alabama in Huntsville
5000 Technology Drive, TH S226
Huntsville, AL 35899
Phone: 256.824.7200
Email: Robert.Frederick@uah.edu

Exhibits Chair
Geraldine Kimball
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

ASME Technical Program Chair
John W. Robinson
The Boeing Company (Retired)

SAE Technical Program Chair
Ramon Chase
ANSER

ASEE Technical Program Chair
Robert A. Frederick Jr.
University of Alabama in Huntsville

Topic Area Organizers
Advanced Propulsion Concepts for Future Flight
John W. Robinson
The Boeing Company (Retired)

Air-Breathing Propulsion Systems Integration
Michelle L. McMillan
SynGenics Corporation

Gas Turbine Engine
Gerard E. Welch
NASA Glenn Research Center

High Speed Air-Breathing Propulsion
Venkat Tangirala
General Electric Global Research Center – Combustion Technologies

Hypersonic and Combined Cycle Propulsion
Tim O’Brien
Aerojet

Electric Propulsion
Eric Pencil
NASA Glenn Research Center

Emerging Commercial Space Propulsion
Bruce Pittman
NASA Space Portal, NASA Ames Research Center

Energetic Components and Systems
Steven F. Son
Purdue University

Hybrid Rocket Propulsion
Brian Evans
Space Propulsion Group

Liquid Rocket Propulsion
Ivett A. Leyva
Air Force Research Laboratory

Nuclear and Future Flight Propulsion
Greg Meholic
The Aerospace Corporation

Propellants and Combustion
Christopher Brophy
Naval Postgraduate School

Propulsion Education
Robert A. Frederick Jr.
University of Alabama in Huntsville

Public Policy
Carol Cash
Carol Cash & Associates

Solid Rocket Propulsion
Mark T. Langhenry
Raytheon Missile Systems

Space Transportation and Future Generation Space Transportation Sessions
Leo Daniel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology