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AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
DESIGN ENGINEERING TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

View Pictures        MEMBERS - February, 2006

(A) Academia (G) Government (I) Industry

  1. Vladimir Balabanov (I)
    Sr. Research & Development Engineer
    Vanderplaats Research & Development
    1767 South 8th Street, Suite 210
    Colorado Springs, CO 80906

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719-473-4611 ext 101
719-473-4638
vladimir@vrand.com
1999
Design Process
Member
Education:  MS, Aerospace Engineering, Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, 1989. MS, Aerospace 1995 & Ph.D, Aerospace 1997, both from Virginia Tech.
Background: 4 years as Research Engineer at the Central Aerohydrodynamic Research Institute (TSAGI) (Moscow, Russia) - Static Aeroelasticity (1989-1993). Currently developing general purpose optimization software at Vanderplaats Research and Development, Inc. (since 1997)
  1. Steven W. Bauman (G)
    Research Engineer
    NASA Glenn Research Center
    21000 Brookpark Rd, MS 86-10
    Cleveland, OH 44135

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216-433-3826
216-433-5170
steven.w.bauman@lerc.nasa.gov
1997
Design Process
Member
Education: BS, Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1979. MBA, Business/Marketing, Cleveland State University, 1982.
Background: White Motors, Little Tykes Toy Co., Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Co., NASA Glenn Research Center since 1987. On project teams of 1x1 supersonic wind tunnel upgrade and new test section, solar space simulator design, shuttle DCE microgravity chamber design, assorted wind tunnel projects, and jet test rig dome microphone track system design. Now on the Oil-free Turbo-machinery Project, researching air/foil bearing for turbine engines. A team member on the FIRST high school robotics competition, and a speaker's bureau member.
  1. William M. Berrios (G)
    Assisstant Head
    Mechanical Design Branch
    NASA / Langley Research Center
    1 North Dryden St., M.S. 432
    Hampton, VA 23681-0001

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757-864-7183
757-864-7879
w.m.berrios@larc.nasa.gov
1998

Design Guide
Member
Education: BSME, Univ. of Puerto Rico, 1980
Background:
23 years experience in design of aerospace research flight systems and related ground support hardware. Work include development of alternate Thermal Protection Systems for the NSTS space shuttle program, erectable space structure mechanisms for Space Station and Space-borne instrumentation, Thermal manager for the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF), development of the LIDAR-In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE). Currently coordinating Engineering Design support for Aeronautics, Space, and Atmospheric Research programs at the Langley Research Center.
  1. Clark Briggs (G)
    Senior  Engineer
    Jet Propulsion Labratory, M/S 158-224
    4800 Oak Grove Drive
    Pasedena, CA 91109

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818-354-0734
818-393-4860
clark.briggs@jpl.nasa.gov

2002

Design Process
Associate Fellow
Education: USAFA 72 Engineering Mechanics and Aeronautical Engineering; MS, Columbia University 73 Engineering Mechanics; MBA, University of Utah 75; D.E.S.C. Columbia University 78 Engineering Mechanics.
Background:
72-86 USAF, C-5 Structural Engineer, T-38 Aerodynamicist, Faculty, Aerospace Engineering Department, Air Force Institute of Technology Dynamics Test Engineering, Manager Space Power Technology Branch. 86-Present NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Control of Space Structures, Process Engineering, Mechanical Design Process Owner.
  1. Gerald Brown (I)
    Project Manager
    Boeing
    5301 Bolsa Avenue
     MC H013-C321MC H013-C321
    Huntington Beach, CA 92647

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714-896-1379
714-896-1500
gerald.a.brown@boeing.com
2002
Design Process Chair

Senior Member
Education: BS Eng. Design, University of Colorado 1974;  MS. Aero. Eng USC 1982;  EAE, USC 1987
Background:  
  1. Marc Cohen (G)
    Architect
    NASA - Ames Research Center
    MS 244-14
    Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000

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650-604-0068
650-604-0673
mcohen@mail.arc.nasa.gov
1993
DETC Vice Chairman
Associate Fellow
Education: AB, Architecture & Urban Planning, Princeton U., 1974. M. Arch, Architecture, Columbia University, 1977. Arch. D., Univ. of Michigan, 1995.
Background: Licensed Architect. NASA Ames Facilities Engineering 1979-1983. NASA-Ames Space Human Factors Office/Space Station Program, 1983-1990, Adv. Technology Office 1991-1994, Advanced Space Projects Branch 1994-present, Mars Exploration Programs 1991-present, SOFIA Project 1994-1998, Mars Returned Sample Handling, 2001, Mobile Lunar Base, 2003.
  1. Silvano Colombano (G)
    Computer Scientist
    NASA-Ames Research Center
    MS 269-2
    Moffett Field, CA 94035

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650-604-4380
650-604-3594
Wilvano.P.Colombano@NASA.gov
2003
Aerospace Architecture
Member
Education: B.S, MA in Physics - PhD in Biophysics (SUNY Buffalo)
Background: He has spent most of his working career at NASA-Ames Research Center first as a researcher in Closed Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) and later in Artificial Intelligence. He began the development work on the Astronaut Science Advisor (a.k.a. PI-in-a-box) and managed the project until its deployment on SLS-2 (Space Shuttle STS -58) in 1993. Recently he lead a group in "Evolutionary Biotronics", comprising projects in Evolutionary Hardware, Modular Cooperative Robotics and Artificial Life, and organized a workshop on Self-Sustaining Robotic Ecologies called "Robosphere 2002". He is presently collaborating with a German team on an eight-legged "scorpion" robot as a potential adjunct to a rover for planetary exploration. He is planning to collaborate with Space Architects in the area of self-deploying robotic structures.
  1. Charles R. Dauwalter (I)
    Consultant/Retired
    186 Woodward Street
    Newton Highlands, MA 02161-1341

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617-527-5526
617-965-4872 or 617-258-1131
dauwalter@alum.mit.edu
1990
Design Guide, Chair & 
DETC Treasurer

Senior Member
Education: BS, Mechanical Eng., MIT, 1955. MS, Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT, 1971.
Background: Thirty-seven years experience at the Charles Stark Draper Lab in the design and development of electromagnetic components for state of the art gyros and accelerometers and advanced test equipment for those components. Currently a consultant at Draper Lab and at Milli Sensor Systems and Actuators, Inc. where he has been P.I. for several SBIR contracts to develop a magnetically suspended gyro wheel concept and designs MEMs gyros and accelerometers.
  1. Marilyn Dudley-Rowley (A)
    Sociology Department,
    Sonoma State University
    1801 East Cotati Ave.
    Rohnert Park, CA 95948

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707-664-2564
707-664-2598, EXT 2

2002
Aerospace Architecture
Member
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  1. Alice Eichold (I)
    Architect
    Berteaux Architectural Collaborative
    510 J.  Street
    Davis , CA, 95616

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530-792-0828
 
a.e@earthlink.com
1999
Aerospace Architecture
Member
Education: M Arch, UC Berkley, 1994. MFS, Land Use Planning Yale University, 1989. International Space University in Strasbourg, France, 1989. B'Arch, Tulane University, 1973.
Background: Graduate school interest in the space program led to a NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship and to an expanded interest in mission planning and human factors design. 1991 National Endowment for the Arts Design Research Fellowship: Lunar Base Planning. Registered Architect: California, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
  1. Carlton Foster (G)
    Design Engineer - Team Leader
    Mechanisms Team
    NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
    EV32 Structural and Mechanical Design Branch
    MSFC, AL 35812

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256 544-7167
256 544-3024
Carlton.L.Foster@nasa.gov
2003
Design Guide
Senior Member
Education: BAE, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1973
Background: NASA-MSFC Mechanisms Design, 1980-present. Design and development of mechanisms and electro-mechanical systems for launch vehicles, payloads, experiments, and spacecraft.
  1. Dorothea C. Fitzsimmons (I)
    737/757 Structures Manager
    System & Payloads Stress
    MS 70-43
    Boeing Commercial Aircraft
    P.O. Box 3707
    Seattle, WA, 98124-2207

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425-234-4269
425-234-5238
dorothea.c.fitzsimmons@boeing.com

1998
Design Guide, Vice Chair
Senior Member
Education: BSME, University of Washington, 1984, MS Aero/Astro, Stanford, 1994
Background:
Manager responsible for structural design and analysis for 737 and 757 commercial airplanes. Eleven years experience as a Stress Analyst, with experience in 3 different organizations - 737/757 Wing Trailing Edge Structures, Composite Research and Propulsion System Division Internal Loads / Finite Element Modeling.
  1. Theodore W. Hall (A)
    Research Officer
    Dept. of Architecture
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Sha Tin, New Territories
    Hong Kong

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+852-2609-6551
+852-2603-5267
twhall@chuk.edu.hk
http://www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk/~hall/
1999
Aerospace Architecture
Member
Education: B.S. 1979, M.Arch. 1981, Arch.D. 1994, University of Michigan.
Background: Systems research programmer, Architecture and Planning Research Laboratory, University of Michigan, 1980-1994. Postdoctoral fellow and research officer, Department of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994-present. Since 1980, programming software for computer-aided architectural design and virtual reality. Doctoral dissertation: "The Architecture of Artificial-Gravity Environments for Long-Duration Space Habitation."
  1. Matthew Herman (I)
    Architect/Design Engineer
    Bigelow Aerospace
    5380 S. Valley View, Suite D
    Las Vegas, NV 89118

 

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702 259-5080
702 259-5075

herman@bigelowaerospace.com
2001
Aerospace Architecture
Member
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  1. A. Scott Howe (A/I)
    Architect, Assistant Professor
    Hong Kong University

    3762 W. 11th Ave. #239
    Eugene, OR 97402-3010

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503 213-6780 (voice mail)
503 213-6780

ash
@plugin-creations.com
2001
Aerospace Architecture
Member
Education: Ph. D. Architecture, University of Michigan, 1998. MS Architecture, University of Michigan, 1997. Master of Architecture, University of Utah, 1989. Bachelor University Studies, University of Utah, 1987.
Background:
Five years WLC Architects in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Ten year practice with Kajima Corporation in Tokyo Japan. Three years at University of Oregon (current) and "Plug-In Creations" (current). Research includes Human Factors Topics and Design for Autonomous Construction, Robotic Construction Systems, Design Grammars, Deployable Structures, Kit-of-Parts, etc.
  1. Michael E. Johnson (I)
    Mechanical Engineer
    Coleman Aerospace Company
    7675 Municipal Drive
    Orlando, FL 32819

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407-354-0047  X-2042
407-354-1113

michael_johnson@mail.crc.com
1997
Design Process
Senior Member
Education: MS, Engineering Management, University of Central Florida; BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida.
Background:
Sonar Technician, US Navy, Structural Design Engineer, Martin Marietta, and Mechanical Engineer, Coleman Aerospace Company. Current assignment TMD targets. Past Chair of AIAA Central FL Section. Annual Volunteer for the Space Settlement Design Competition. Deputy Director for Career Enhancement for Region II
  1. Kent Longenecker (I)
    Design Engineering Manager
    Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion
    P.O. Box 109600, M/S 704-36
    West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600

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561-796-2695
561-796-7077
longene@pwfl.com
2001
DETC Chair
Member
Education:  BS, Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1977. Certificate in Program Management - Florida Institute of Technology.
Background:  26 years of aerospace propulsion experience at Pratt & Whitney. 1977-1988, Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) turbopump design, TF30, F100 & T800 Military Turbine design. 1998- 1993, SSME/AT hardware & manufacturing process development. 1993 - 1999, SSME/AT Production and Flight Support Program Manager. 1999 - Present, Mechanical Design and Drafting Manager, Space Propulsion: RL10 and Upper Stage Engines, SSME/AT and Thaad and Booster Separation Motors.
  1. David A. Nixon (I)
    Founder & CEO
    Astrocourier (Ireland) Ltd.
    Unit 7 Ballymaley Ennis
    County Clare, Ireland

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323-954-0612
323-857-5879
dn@astrocourier.com
1999
Aerospace Architecture
Senior Member
Education:  Diploma in Architecture, Polytechnic of Central London, England. 1965-1972 Chartered architect in Britain; registered architect in California.
Background:  Working in the aerospace field since 1985. Projects have included: design research and development work on crew quarters for the International Space Station for NASA; prototype crew equipment development for NASA and Spacehab; external tank salvage refitting studies for Global Outpost; commercial hardware applications studies for British Aerospace and Alenia Spazio; spaceport and flight test facility planning for Kistler Aerospace Corp.; master plan for 10-year expansion of the Deep Space Network for JPL; X-33 ground facilities studies for McDonnell Douglas; ship launch feasibility study and rocket assembly building complex design for Rotary rocket Company Recently Founder and CEO of ASTROCOURIER LLC, a new commercial space venture developing low cost carriers for small science experiments that fly on Shuttle missions as secondary payloads mounted on Spacehab modules and other cargo carriers and shuttle locations.
  1. Jun Okushi  (I)
    Space Projects Group
    Riverside - Murayakma #301
    2-11-7 Joto, Mito 310-00
    Japan

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+81-29-302-8855
+81-29-302-8855
jokushi@beige.ocn.ne.jp
2002
Aerospace Architecture
Member
Education: BS in Architecural Engineering, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, Japan Master of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Archetecture
Background: Architectural Designer, NASA Grant Student (1984-85) 17 years of Space Architecture Design Research Experience.
  1. Sidney E. Rowe (G)
    Chief,
    Structures Design Branch ED53
    Marshal Space Flight Center
    Huntsville,AL, 35182

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205-544-7033
205-544-8110
sidney.e.rowe@msfc.nasa.gov
1998
Design Process, Vice Chair
Member
Education: BSCE, Auburn University, 1981.
Background:  NASA-Marshall Structural Design, 1981-present. Group lead for structural design, development, and assembly integration with responsibility for launch vehicles, material science and biotechnology microgravity experiments, and pyrotechnics systems.
  1. Robert Simms (I)
    K-1 Program Manager
    Lockheed Martin, MS 5100
    P.O. Box 29304
    New Orleans, LA 70189

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504-257-5344
504-257-4482
Mervyn.R.Simms@maf.nasa.gov
1991
Long Range Plans
Member
Education: HNC in Mechanical Engineering, Southport Technical College, U.K.
Background: 38 years of aerospace industry experience in design and development activities. British Aerospace for the first 18 years on the design of the Lightning, Jaguar and Tornado fighter aircraft. Joined Martin Marietta in 1979 working on structural design of the Space Shuttle External Tank. Prior assignments include the Space Station program, Shuttle-C, NLS, and EHLLV Launch Vehicles, ET/SLWT & K-1 Program Manager.
  1. Bill Tam (I)
    Engineering Manager
    Aerojet
    P. O. B ox 13222
    Sacramento, CA 95813

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916-355-4810
916-355-2371
william.tam@aeroject.com

2003
Design Process
Member
Education: Bachelor of Engineering, Metallurgical, McGill University, Montreal 1975
Background: Over 27 years of aerospace experience in material development, mechanical design, project management, and mechanical engineering management. I have six sigma training and have special interest in lean design process development.
  1. Paul A. Trimarchi (G)
    Sr. Design Engineer
    NASA Glenn Research Center
    21000 Brookpark Rd, MS 86-12
    Cleveland, OH 44135

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216-433-3824
216-433-2215
Paul.A.Trimarchi@Lerc.nasa.gov
1997
Design Process
Member
Education: BS, Aeronautical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 1982.
Background: Ohio P.E. NASA-Lewis Structural Systems Branch, 1983-1995. NASA-Lewis Mechanical Systems Branch, 1996-1997. NSSA - Glenn Structural Analysis Branch, 1998-present.  Specialties include high temperature instrumentation rake design, mechanism design, and pressure vessel design. He holds one US patent for an inflatable dynamic seal.
  1. Pravit Tulyathan  (I)
    Associate Technical Fellow
    Advanced Low Observables
    P.O. Box 3644, MC 841-SX74
    Seal Beach, CA 90740-7644

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714-896-1773
562-797-3204
pravit.tulyathan2@boeing.com
1998
Webmaster / Design Guide
Member
Education: PhD Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1981; MS  Electrical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1976; BSEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1974.
Background: Twenty-two years experience in Computational Electromagnetics, Radar Absorbing Materials and vehicle RCS reduction.
  1. Doug Young (I)
    IPT Leader - Kistler Orbital Vehicle
    Northrop Grumman
    Dept XC00/W8
    One Hornet Way
    El Segundo, CA , 90245

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310-332-1361
310-331-1053
800-913-6090

youngdo@mail.northgrum.com
1997
DETC Past Chairman
Member
Education: BSME, University of Connecticut, 1983. MS, Systems Management, University of Southern California, 1993.
Background: Ten years with the B-2 program in vehicle structures and system design flight test and production. Project manager for NGC's structural design efforts in support of Rockwell's Phase I X-33/SSTO technology development program (May 1995-June 1996). Product team leader for Kistler K-1 orbital vehicle structures integration task (Jan 97 - Dec 98). Currently Director of Space Programs at Integrated Systems.