Technical Program
Tracks, Sessions & Organizers

Track 1.          Science & Aerospace Frontiers (Plenary Sessions)

	David Woerner                                 818-393-2000(W)  818-726-8228(C)                                 dwoerner@ieee.org
	Chair, IEEE Aerospace Conferences, Board of Directors; Conference Chair 1997, 2002-04, & 2006-09. Currently a manager on Mars Science Laboratory mission, JPL. Was Chief Engineer of the avionics, Mars Pathfinder mission. Worked on many deep space missions including Galileo, Cassini, and Magellan. Recipient of NASA's Exceptional Service Medal.

Track 2.          Space Missions, Systems, and Architecture

	Christopher Stevens           818-354-5545(W)                                                   818-216-7642(C)                                         cstevens@jpl.nasa.gov		Marina Ruggieri        +39-06-7259-7451(W)                                         ruggieri@uniroma2.it
	Program Manager, NASA's New Millennium Program (space flight technology validation). Previously: Manager of JPL’s Space Instruments Implementation Section. Ph.D., USC.		Full Professor of Telecommunications, University Roma Tor Vergata. Member, Board of Governors, IEEE AESS. Editor, IEEE Transactions on AES. P.I. of ASI satellite mission DAVID, ASI WAVE program and MIUR programs on HAP-satellite integrated mobile systems. Author of 180 papers.

2.01  Mobility and Robotics Systems for In Situ Exploration
	Richard Volpe	818-354-6328(W)	volpe@jpl.nasa.gov
	Manager of the Mobility and Robotic Systems Section (347) at JPL. Key section capabilities include vision, sensor processing, advanced controls, man-machine interfaces, simulation, and system design, primarily for rovers. Research interests include natural terrain mobile robots, real-time sensor-based control, manipulation, robot design, software architecture, and path planning.
	Wayne Zimmerman	818-354-0234(W)	wayne.f.zimmerman@jpl.nasa.gov
	Chief Engineer, JPL Instruments/Science Data Systems Division, responsible for trouble-shooting flight instrument design/ implementation problems, and designing integrated robotic/instrument platforms. 25 years experience in robotics/instrument design. Project Element Manager for Mars '01 Rover/Robotic Arm and Phase A Phoenix Scout RA/bio-barrier. B.S., Case Institute of Technology; M.S., USC.

2.02  Future Space and Earth Science Missions
	Robert Gershman	818-3545113(W)  714-4883164(C)	robert.gershman@jpl.nasa.gov
	Assistant Program Manager, JPL Exploration Systems Engineering. Previously at JPL: Planetary Advanced Missions Manager; Deputy Manager, Galileo Science and Mission Design Office; Supervisor, Mission Engineering Group.

2.03  Missions and Technologies for In Situ Exploration and  Sample Return
	Patricia Beauchamp	818-354-0529(W)	patricia.m.beauchamp@jpl.nasa.gov
	Manager, Planetary Science Instrument Development Program Office, previously Deputy Program Manager, JPL Life Detection Science and Technology Program Office and Leader, Center for In situ Exploration and Sample Return; Project Manager, Miniature Integrated Camera Spectrometer (MICAS) Project on DS1. Ph.D., Chemistry, Caltech.

2.04  Deep Space, Earth and Discovery Missions
	James Graf	818-354-4765(W)	jim.graf@jpl.nasa.gov
	Deputy Director at JPL for Earth Science and Technology Directorate. Formerly, he was the Manager of JPL’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project and the Quick Scatterometer Mission, an Earth-orbiting satellite. Recipient of NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal and Aviation Week's 1999 “Laurel for Space.” BSE, Princeton University; MS, Colorado State University.
	Jim Adams	202-358-0545(W)	jim.adams@nasa.gov
	Deputy Project Manager, STEREO Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Previously: Project Formulation Manager, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), Chief of Goddard’s Rapid Spacecraft Development Office and Observatory Manager for the EOS Chemistry mission and the Global Geospace Science WIND and POLAR missions. M.S., EE, Villanova University.

2.05  Radiation Issues for Human Exploration Missions in Deep Space
	Lawrence Townsend	865-974-7569(W)	ltownsen@tennessee.edu
	Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Department at The University of Tennessee. Specializes in space radiation protection research. Retired from NASA in 1995. He has over 25 years experience in space radiation protection research. American Nuclear Society (ANS) Fellow; Health Physics Society (HPS) Fellow; Senior member of the IEEE.

2.06  Mission Design for Spacecraft Formations
	Giovanni Palmerini	+39-06-44585-335(W)  +39-320-0548956(C)	giovanni.palmerini@uniroma1.it
	Associate professor of Aerospace Guidance and Navigation Systems, Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza”. Consultant for Italspazio, visiting scholar at Stanford Univ, participant in the UNISAT microsat program, launched 9/2000. PhD Aerosp.Eng., Univ.Rome; AIAA, ION and AAS Member.
	Marco D`Errico	+39-08-1501-0223(W)	derrico@unina.it
	Associate Professor in aerospace systems. Major areas of interest include: design of Earth observation missions, formation flying, and micro_satellite technology. Member of the IAA Study Group "Cost-Effective Earth Observation Missions" and chairman of the IAC.

2.07  mm-Wave and Quasi-Optic Aerospace Technologies
	Tommaso Rossi	+39-06-72597283(W)	tommaso.rossi@uniroma2.it
	Assistant Professor at University of Rome "Tor Vergata". His research activity is focused on EHF Satellite Telecommunications (technical member of Italian Space Agency research program on W band), Satellite and Inertial Navigation Systems, Satellite Constellations and DSP. Ph.D. in Telecommunications and Microelectronics.
	Vittorio Dainelli	+39-6-43612578(W)  +39-3484367394(C)	v.dainelli@rheinmetall.it
	New technologies, microwave, mm wave developments manager at Oerlikon-Contraves, Roma (Italy). More than 30 years of experience in design, development, management of microwave, mm wave systems, subsystems including MMICs, MEMS, Quasioptic devices for ground, naval, space applications. Degree cum laude in EE, PHd in Automatic control systems.

2.08  Global Earth Observation System of Systems, Architecture, Data Management and Applications
	Kathleen Fontaine	301-614-5582(W)  301-408-8937(C)	kathy.fontaine@nasa.gov
	GEOSS Liaison for GOES-R Ground System Project; Co-Chair USGEO Partnership, Outreach, and Communications Group; Vice Chair, USGEO Architecture and Data Management Working Group; member, GEO Architecture and Data Committee
	Mirko Antonini	+39-06-7259-7258(W)  +39-38-402907(C)	mirko.antonini@uniroma2.it
	Coordinator of the M.Sc. in Advanced Communication and Navigation Satellite Systems in the University of Rome "Tor Vergata".  General Manager of the IEEE/AESS Space Symposium held in Rome on October 26,2005.  Manager of research programmes on LBS, Infomobility and Telematics,Integration of mobile communication networks and SatNav, Galileo and Future trends of Satellite Navigation.

2.09  System and Technology Challenges for Landing on the Earth, Moon and Mars
	Robert Braun	404-385-6171(W)	robert.braun@aerospace.gatech.edu
	David and Andrew Lewis Associate Professor of Space Technology, Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Research focuses on design of advanced flight systems and technologies for planetary exploration with an emphasis on Mars entry systems. Formerly at NASA Langley Research Center.
	Robert Manning	818-393-7815(W)  818-645-7250(C)	robert.m.manning@jpl.nasa.gov
	Mars Directorate Chief Engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Former Systems Engineering Manager & Entry Descent and Landing Manager for the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Project. Formerly Mars Pathfinder Chief Engineer.

2.10  Access to Space and Emerging Mission Capabilities
	Linda Herrell	818-354-0328(W)  818-257-1705(C)	Linda.Herrell@jpl.nasa.gov
	New Millennium Program Architect. Systems Engineer on JPL flight projects for instruments, spacecraft, and both deep-space and earth-orbiting NASA missions. Extensive mission design and development experience from Pre-Phase A through launch and operations. Prior mechanical engineering experience and computer modeling for thermal, fluids and structural analysis.

2.11  Technologies for Safe Lunar Landing
	Sohrab Mobasser	818-354-0748(W)	sohrab.mobasser@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Member of JPL Engineering Staff. More than 24 years of aerospace industry experience on planetary missions from Jupiter's Galileo to the Mars Pathfinder. Current interests are in new technology development for autonomous attitude determination

2.12  Space-Based Sensor Networks
	Tanya Vladimirova	+44-1483-689137(W)  +44-7769647286(C)	t.vladimirova@surrey.ac.uk
	Reader at the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey. Leads the VLSI Design and Embedded Systems Research Group at the Surrey Space Centre. Primary research interests are on-board image processing, hardware design, distributed computing and space-based sensor networks.

2.13  Space Radiation Shielding and Transport Calculations
	Lembit Sihver	+46-31-7722921(W)  +46-73-079-4223(C)	sihver@chalmers.se
	Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Head of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Adjunct Research Professor of Physics, Roanoke College. Major research areas are heavy ion physics, particle and heavy ion transport, space radiation shielding and space dosimetry.

Track 3.          Antenna Systems and Technologies

	Farzin Manshadi                818-354-0068(W)                                                   818-486-4312(C)                        Farzin.Manshadi@jpl.nasa.gov		Mark Thomson                   818-354-9523(W)                                                   818-983-1575(C)                         mark.w.thomson@jpl.nasa.gov
	JPL Spectrum Manager. M.S., E.D., Ph.D., UCLA.		Supervisor, JPL Advanced Deployable Structures Group. Develops large deployable structures and related satellite system architectures. Six antennas with apertures to 15-meters on-orbit including Inmarsat, Thuraya, MBsat and RadarSat. Ten patents.

3.01  Phased Array Antennas Systems and Beamforming Technologies
	Janice Rock	256-876-1426(W)  205-585-4100(C)	janice.rock@us.army.mil
	Research engineer US Army, Redstone Arsenal. BSE and MSE in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Main area of research is in phased arrays with other interests in RF MEMS, semi-conductor antennas and chip-level component integration issues.
	Mark Gatti	818-354-2123(W)	mgatti@jpl.nasa.gov
	System Engineering Manager for the JPL Deep Space Network Microwave Array Project. Recently, Deputy Section Manager for the DSN Communications Ground Systems. BSEE NMSU, MSEE CSUN.

3.02  Ground and Space Antenna Technologies and Systems
	Farzin Manshadi (See prior bio)	818-354-0068(W)  818-486-4312(C)	Farzin.Manshadi@jpl.nasa.gov
	Vahraz Jamnejad	818-354-2674(W)	Vahraz.Jamnejad@jpl.nasa.gov
	Principal Engineer, Microwave Engineering Group, JPL. Responsibilities: research, development, design, and analysis of spacecraft and ground antennas and microwave feed systems. Areas of interest and expertise: electromagnetic theory, microwaves and optics, reflector and phased arrays, numerical electromagnetics. Ph.D., EE, University of Illinois, Urbana .

3.03  Reconfigurable Antenna Technologies and Systems
	William Imbriale	818-354-5172(W)  818-523-8328(C)	imbriale@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Research Scientist at JPL. Currently the lead engineer for the Spanish supplied High Gain Antenna System for the MSL rover. IEEE Fellow.

3.04  Antenna Systems: Novel Modeling and Optimization Techniques
	Ahmad Hoorfar	610-519-7223(W)	hoorfar@ece.vill.edu
	Professor and Director of Antenna Research Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department., Villanova University, PA. M.S. and Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder. Main areas of research are in electromagnetics, low-profile antennas, metamaterials, and evolutionary optimization techniques.
	Vahraz Jamnejad (See prior bio)	818-354-2674(W)	Vahraz.Jamnejad@jpl.nasa.gov

3.05  Multi-band antenna Systems and Technologies
	Harmen Schippers	+31-527-248635(W)	schipiw@nlr.nl
	Senior scientist, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, the Netherlands. Areas of interest: computational electromagnetic methods, design and integration of airborne antennas. Involved in several European research projects for development of airborne SATCOM antennas. Ph. D. in applied mathematics, University of Technology Delft, 1982
	Thomas Cwik	818-354-4386(W)	cwik@jpl.nasa.gov
	Associate Chief Technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Technical contributions in Earth science instrument technologies, advanced electromagnetic modeling and development of microwave and microdevice sub-systems, integrated modeling and design of instrument systems and the application of parallel computation to engineering design.

Track 4.          Communication & Navigation Systems & Technologies

	Phil Dafesh                           310-336-8733(W)                                   philip.a.dafesh@aero.org		Shirley Tseng                       714-832-5373(W)                                                   949-300-1899(C)                                shirleytseng@earthlink.net
	Director, Digital Communication Implementation Dept., The Aerospace Corporation. Interests: communication signal processing, reconfigurable processing implementations, fiber-optic communication and GPS. Member, IEEE, APS, Inst. of Navigation, Sigma Pi Sigma and Tau Beta Pi.		Application Architect, Morgan Franklin, consulting on design and implementation of large-scale, high-performance satellite and terrestrial multimedia networks. Previously: satellite design, development, test, Hughes; satellite operations and ground station design, GE.

4.01  Evolving Space Communication Architectures
	Robert Cesarone	818-354-8385(W)	robert.j.cesarone@jpl.nasa.gov
	JPL program management, strategy development, and long range planning, telecommunications, mission operations, and architectural options, NASA's Deep Space Network. Lead trajectory and maneuver engineer, Voyager 2 flybys, Uranus/Neptune. BS, Mathematics, MS, Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering, Univ. of Illinois. 43 published articles. Associate fellow, AIAA; recipient, NASA Exceptional Service Medal.
	Shervin Shambayati	818-354-1280(W)  818-434-0461(C)	shervin.shambayati@jpl.nasa.gov
	Member of the JPL Information Processing Group. Expert in the field of deep space telecommunications. Currently, the principal investigator for Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Ka-band Demonstration.

4.02  Communication Protocols and Services for Space Networks
	Ferit Yegenoglu	301-240-6491(W)	Ferit.Yegenoglu@lmco.com
	Senior Staff, Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin. Research interests include Internet routing, traffic engineering, network optimization, and traffic and performance modeling. B.S. in EE and physics, Bogazici University; MS in EE and Ph.D. in information technology and engineering, George Mason University.
	Loren Clare	818-354-1650(W)	Loren.P.Clare@jpl.nasa.gov
	Supervisor, Communications Networks Group, JPL. Research interests: space networks, wireless communications protocols and services, self-organizing systems, network systems design, and modeling and analysis. Ph.D., System Science, UCLA, 1983.

4.03  Military Satellite Communication Technologies
	James Hant	310-336-1388(W)	james.j.hant@aero.org
	Manager in the Network Systems Department, Aerospace Corporation. M.S. and Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, UCLA , 1996 and 2000. Works on the analysis, simulation, modeling, and design of satellite communication networks.

4.04  Navigation and Communication Systems for Exploration
	Patrick Stadter	410-598-6316(W)	patrick.stadter@jhuapl.edu
	Principal Staff engineer at JHU/Applied Physics Laboratory and Space Department Assistant Supervisor for Military Systems. BSEE from Notre Dame, MSEE from Johns Hopkins, Ph.D. from Penn State. Leads several DoD programs and was NASA’s Crosslink Transceiver PI.

4.05  Space Exploration Communication and Navigation Status and Panel
	Ronald Miller	301-286-6331(W)	ronald.a.miller@nasa.gov
	Project Manager for the SCaN Constellation Integration Project under NASA's Space Communications and Navigation Program. Previous positions: Lunar Communications and Navigation Systems Project Manager, TDRS Space Network Deputy Project Manager, Landsat Observatory Manager, RSDO Mission Integration Manager, TDRS 7/HIJ Launch Manager, and Formulation Manager for several missions.

4.06  Innovative Techniques in Deep Space Communications
	Christopher DeBoy	443-778-5237(W)  410-365-2916(C)	chris.deboy@jhuapl.edu
	Assistant Group Supervisor of the RF Engineering Group, Space Department at JHU/APL. Presently the Telecommunications System Lead Engineer for the New Horizons Mission to Pluto. Designed flight receivers for the TIMED and CONTOUR missions. BSEE from Virginia Tech, MS from Johns Hopkins University.
	Karl Fielhauer	240-228-3147(W)  301-807-2922(C)	karl.fielhauer@jhuapl.edu
	Lead engineer responsible for the MESSENGER RF communication system and flight operations. Supervisor of the RF Systems Engineering Section of the RF Engineering Group at JHU/APL.

4.07  Communication System Analysis & Simulation
	Yogi Krikorian	626-395-7616(W)	Yogi.Y.Krikorian@aero.org
	Senior Project Engineer in the Civil and Commercial Operations for NASA/JPL Advanced Program. Interests in development of dynamic communication link and data throughput analysis for interplanetary and earth missions.

4.08  Wideband Communications Systems
	Dave Taggart	310-336-4211(W)	david.a.taggart@aero.org
	Senior Engineering Specialist, The Aerospace Corporation. Previously at TRW Systems and Hughes (Satellite Communications). Current interests include Homeland Security communications, launch vehicle communication systems, communications and digital signal processing analysis and simulations, and satellite communication systems. B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., Engineering, UCLA.

4.09  Communications and/or Related Systems: Theory, Simulation, and Signal Processing
	Dave Taggart (See prior bio)	310-336-4211(W)	david.a.taggart@aero.org
	Rajendra Kumar	310-336-8315(W)  562-985-1556(C)	rajendra.kumar@aero.org
	Professor and Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach. Joint appointment at the Aerospace Corporation. B.Tech and M.Tech, EE, IIT Kanpur; PhD, EE, Australia. Author of more than 100 research papers. Nine patents, numerous new technology awards. Senior Member of IEEE and Member of AIAA and ION.

4.10  Global Navigation Satellite Systems
	Chris Bartone	740-593-9573(W)  740-591-1660(C)	bartone@ohio.edu
	Associate Professor, Ohio University. PhD, Ohio University; MSEE, Naval Postgraduate School; BSEE, PSU. Twenty-three years professional experience. Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division, performing R&D on CNS systems. RTCA William E. Jackson Award, 1998. Member ION, IEEE, AIAA, and Association Old Crows. R&D concentrates on all aspects of navigation.
	Steven Lazar	310-336-1938(W)  310-336-1938(C)	steven.lazar@aero.org
	Systems Director, GPS III Ground Segment (OCX)Program Office, The Aerospace Corp. Previously Senior Project Leader, GPS system engineering in signal development and frequency management.

4.11  Software Defined Radio Systems and Technology
	Eugene Grayver	310-336-1274(W)  310-336-1274(C)	eugene.grayver@aero.org
	Engineering Specialist, The Aerospace Corporation; works on flexible communications platforms. Founder, fabless semiconductor company developing low-power ASICs for multi-antenna 3G mobile receivers. Research interests: reconfigurable digital signal processing algorithms, low-power VLSI circuits for communications, and system design of wireless data communication systems. BS, EE, Caltech, Ph.D., UCLA.

4.12  Advanced Communications, Navigation, & Surveillance Technology for National Airspace
	Denise Ponchak	216-433-3465(W)  440-570-8049(C)	Denise.S.Ponchak@nasa.gov
	Chief, Communications Systems Integration Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center.

4.13  Advanced Navigation Systems for Surface, Air, and Space Applications
	Chris Bartone (See prior bio)	740-593-9573(W)  740-591-1660(C)	bartone@ohio.edu

Track 5.          Electro-Optic Sensors and Observation Systems

	David Tratt                          310-336-2876(W)                                                    dtratt@aero.org		Stephen Cain                        937-255-3636(W)                                         stephen.cain@afit.edu
	Senior Project Engineer, The Aerospace Corporation's Space Science Applications Laboratory. Research interests include spectral imaging and active optical remote sensing applications for Earth and planetary observation. PhD Heriot-Watt University, UK.		Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Has worked as both a Senior Scientist at Wyle Laboratories and Senior Engineer at ITT A/CD developing image processing algorithms for both active and passive remote sensing systems.

5.01  Innovative Structures for Large Optical Systems
	Stefan Martin	818-354-5861(W)  818-726-4103(C)	stefan.r.martin@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Acting TPF Interferometer Design Team Lead. BSc in Physics from University of Bristol and PhD from the University of Wales, UK.

5.02  Opto-Mechanics and Optic Control Systems
	David Braun	818-354-7284(W)  818-636-2805(C)	dbraun@jpl.nasa.gov
	Supervisor of the Opto-Mechanical Engineering Group in the Instrument Mechanical Engineering Section at JPL. He has designed, built, and qualified hardware for many flight projects and served on numerous Tiger teams and review boards since 1984.

5.03  Photonic Devices for Aerospace Applications
	Edward Taylor	505-797-4799(W)	intphoton@aol.com
	VP and Senior Research Physicist, International Photonics Consultants, 165 publications in photonics, nanotechnology, photovoltaics and space radiation effects, Fellow SPIE and ISA. First demonstrated fiber optic systems in space.
	Kent Choquette	217-265-0563(W)	choquett@uiuc.edu
	Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously at Bell Laboratories and Sandia National Laboratories. BS, Engineering Physics, University of Colorado-Boulder , Ph.D., Materials Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

5.04  Advanced Sounding and Radiometry
	David Tratt (See prior bio)	310-336-2876(W)	dtratt@aero.org
	John Hackwell	310-336-6041(W)	john.a.hackwell@aero.org
	Principal Director of the Space Science Applications Laboratory at The Aerospace Corporation. Current research includes LWIR and MWIR imaging spectroscopy, infrared remote sensing, and infrared astronomy.

5.05  Imaging Spectrometry Systems and Applications
	John Hackwell (See prior bio)	310-336-6041(W)	john.a.hackwell@aero.org
	Robert Green	818-354-9136(W)	rog@jpl.nasa.gov
	Experiment Scientist, Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

5.06  Novel Imaging Systems
	Brett Bagwell	505-284-5639(W)	bbagwel@sandia.gov
	Optical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, focusing on the use of adaptive optics (MEMS, LC, and Polymer) for military imaging systems. BS from the United States Military Academy and MS and PhD from the University of Arizona.
	Jason Schmidt	937-255-3636 x7224(W)  513-850-3576(C)	jason.schmidt@afit.edu
	Asst. Professor of Electro-Optics in the EE Dept at AFIT. Researches optical turbulence, adaptive optics, free-space optical comm., and laser weapons. BS in Physics from Marquette, MS in Physics from Ohio State, & PhD in Electro-Optics from Univ. of Dayton.

5.07  Atmospheric Lidar Systems and Applications
	David Tratt (See prior bio)	310-336-2876(W)	dtratt@aero.org
	Gary Spiers	818-354-7831(W)	gary.spiers@jpl.nasa.gov
	Laser remote sensing group supervisor at NASA JPL. Ddevelops remote active optical sensors for both engineering and planetary and earth science needs. Applications include entry, descent and landing, hazard avoidance, and scientific parameters, such as atmospheric and surface composition and velocity.

5.08  Laser Radar
	Adam MacDonald	661-277-2125(W)  661-810-6629(C)	adam.macdonald@edwards.af.mil
	Director of Education and Instructor Test Pilot at the USAF Test Pilot School. Work includes diverse test programs, such as Laser Radar, AIM-9X, and Combat-ID. Has flown over 30 different aircraft, accumulating over 3000 flight hours in fighter-type jets. PhD.
	Samuel Mantravadi	937-532-9517(W)  937-532-9517(C)	samuel.mantravadi@afit.edu
	PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (December 2008 completion.) Research includes Signal Processing and Electro-optical Systems. Prior degrees from Cedarville University and Wright State University. Member, Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.

5.09  Image Processing
	Daniel LeMaster	937-623-0895(W)	daniel.lemaster@ieee.org
	Engineer at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Wright Patterson AFB, where he is the technical lead for infrared and polarimetric image processing research in the Advanced Technical Exploitation Division.
	Matthew Sambora	937-255-3636 x-7553-(W)  703-786-8728(C)	mattsambora@gmail.com
	Lt Col, USAF; PhD candidate, Air Force Institute of Technology. BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering from Clarkson University and MS, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

Track 6.          Remote Sensing

	Lance Kaplan                      301-394-0807(W)                                                 lkaplan@ieee.org		Peter Kahn                           818-354-3314(W)                                                   818-726-8007(C)                               Peter.B.Kahn@jpl.nasa.gov
	Electrical Engineer, U.S. Army Research Laboratory. Research interests: signal and image processing, data fusion and automatic target recognition. Electrooptic and Infrared Systems Editor and Associate Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.		Section Manager for the Systems Engineering Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Over 20 years experience as System Engineer in space flight projects.

6.01  Instrument and Sensor Architecture and Design
	Jordan Evans	818-354-1358(W)	jordan.p.evans@jpl.nasa.gov
	Deputy System Integration and Test Manager, Mars Science Laboratory mission at JPL. Development experience with space projects at both NASA Goddard and JPL, including FUSE, GLAST, LISA, and MSL along with numerous architecture studies.
	Paula Pingree	818-354-0587(W)  818-237-0673(C)	Paula.J.Pingree@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Engineer, JPL’s Instrument Electronics and Sensors Section. Currently Project Element Manager for the Juno mission’s Microwave Radiometer Instrument Electronics and Co-Investigator in the R&TD Instrument ShAred Artifact for Computing (ISAAC) project; Previous flight project experience includes Mars Global Surveyor, Cassini, Deep Space 1 and Deep Impact; member IEEE.

6.02  Microwave Remote Sensing Technologies and Systems
	Gregory Sadowy	818-354-1467(W)	sadowy@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, specializing in development of technologies for airborne and spaceborne radars with operating frequencies up to 180-GHz. Cognizant Engineer for the UAVSAR phased-array antenna and Principal Investigator for a task developing 180-GHz landing radar technology.
	James Carswell	508-362-9400(W)  508-360-5474(C)	carswell@remotesensingsolutions.com
	President/co-founder of Remote Sensing Solutions, a company aimed at bringing advances from the communications, networking and microwave/millimeter-wave industries to remote sensing. Develop radar, radiometer and data acquisition solutions for airborne and UAV hurricane and atmospheric remote sensing. Led system engineering at WIDAX Corporation (802.16 solution).

6.03  Interferometry and Large Optical Systems
	Gene Serabyn	818-393-5243(W)  818-640-7485(C)	gene.serabyn@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Research Scientist at JPL working on high-contrast coronagraphic and interferometric techniques for direct exoplanet detection.

6.04  Hyperspectral Science and Signal Processing
	Robert Green (See prior bio)	818-354-9136(W)	rog@jpl.nasa.gov

6.05  Sonar Signal Processing
	David Cousins	401-848-3520(W)  401-487-7640(C)	dcousins@bbn.com
	Division Scientist, BBN Technologies, currently developing requirements for advanced computing architectures for information and signal processing on massive scales. Research interests include signal, image and information processing algorithms and systems, high performance realtime embedded systems for sensor and array processing, and soft computing techniques.
	Robert Lynch	401-832-8663(W)  860-705-3321(C)	lynchrs@npt.nuwc.navy.mil
	Senior Research Scientist, Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Research interests are in classification, data fusion, tracking, and signal processing. PhD, EE, University of Connecticut. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on SMC, Part B Cybernetics. Administrative Editor, Journal of Advances in Information Fusion. Associate Member, Sensor, Array, and Multichannel Processing Committee. Senior Member IEEE.

6.06  Radar Signal Processing
	Andy Register	404-407-7916(W)	andy.register@gtri.gatech.edu
	Senior Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute. Twenty years experience in academic research and commercial development. Currently developing advanced radar tracking techniques for the ballistic missile tracking benchmark. Ph.D., EE, Georgia Institute of Technology.
	Peter Zulch	315-330-7861(W)	peter.zulch@rl.af.mil
	Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory. Fourteen years AFRL experience. Interests in multidimensional adaptive signal processing with applications to radar. Senior member of the IEEE. Graduate degrees from Clarkson University.

6.07  Detection and Classification
	Peter Willett	860-486-2195(W)	willett@engr.uconn.edu
	Professor at the University of Connecticut. Research interests in detection, fusion, tracking and communications. Currently EIC of the IEEE AES Transactions.
	Tod Luginbuhl	401-832-8241(W)	t.e.luginbuhl@ieee.org
	Electronic Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI. Research interests: sequential detection, frequency and multi-target tracking, and statistical classification and data fusion. B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., EE.

6.08  Multisensor Fusion
	Robert Lynch (See prior bio)	401-832-8663(W)  860-705-3321(C)	lynchrs@npt.nuwc.navy.mil
	William Blair	404-407-7934(W)  770-316-1291(C)	dale.blair@gtri.gatech.edu
	Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech. Originated two benchmark problems for target tracking and radar resource allocation at NSWCDD. Demonstrated modern tracking algorithms can reduce radar time/energy required for surveillance tracking. Research interests: radar signal processing/control, resource allocation for multifunction radars, multisensor integration/data fusion. Ph.D. EE U. of Virginia.

6.09  Tracking Applications
	Darin Dunham	804-749-8750(W)  804-519-5480(C)	darin@vectraxx.com
	Senior research engineer with Vectraxx, Inc. specializing in multiple sensor, multiple target tracking. Has published numerous papers on Probabilistic Multi-Hypothesis Tracking (PMHT) and Multiple Hypothesis Tracking (MHT). Current research focuses on solving the ballistic missile tracking problem.
	Yaakov Bar-Shalom	860-486-4823(W)	ybs@ee.uconn.edu
	Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Marianne E. Klewin Endowed Professor in Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Connecticut. IEEE Fellow and AESS Distinguished Lecturer. Over 300 papers. 7 books on estimation theory and target tracking. President of International Society of Information Fusion, 2000 and 2002.

6.10  Particle Filtering and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques
	Fredrik Gustafsson	4613282706-0(W)	fredrik@isy.liu.se
	Professor in Sensor Informatics at Department of Electrical Engineering, Linköping University. Research interests are in stochastic signal processing and nonlinear filtering, with applications to sensor networks, vehicular, airborne and audio systems.
	Monica Bugallo	6316328395-0(W)	monica@ece.sunysb.edu
	Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University. Research interests are in the field of statistical signal processing with emphasis in sequential Monte Carlo methods and their applications to sensor networks, target tracking and biology.

6.11  Applications and Architectures for Wireless Sensor Networks
	Mitchell Lebold	814-865-8958(W)	lebold@psu.edu
	Research Engineer with the Penn State Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). Currently leading several multi-disciplinary research and development projects in the areas of wireless smart sensors, distributed networking, and algorithm development related to health monitoring and prognostics. Published over 40 conference papers and journal articles.
	WenZhan Song	360-546-9144(W)	songwz@wsu.edu
	Assistant professor with Washington State University . His research spans distributed systems, wireless and sensor networks, and has received over $2M support from NASA, USGS and WSU. He has published 2 book chapters and over 30 journal and conference papers in sensor network area.

6.12  Integrated Sensing, Modeling, and Analysis Using Sensor Webs
	Rob Sherwood	818-393-5378(W)	Robert.L.Sherwood@jpl.nasa.gov
	Program Manager, Earth Science Information Systems. Interests include sensor webs, planning and scheduling technologies, and mission operations automation.

6.13  Rapid Prototyping and Demonstration of Operational Earth Observation Capabilities
	David Tralli	818-354-1835(W)  818-653-5597(C)	david.m.tralli@jpl.nasa.gov
	Manager, Civil Programs, National Space Technology Applications Office, MBA (Drucker Center, Claremont Graduate School), PhD, Geophysics, UC Berkeley, B.S., Physics, USC.

6.14  Telescope Technologies Session
	Stephen Franklin	818-393-3384(W)	sfrankli@jpl.nasa.gov
	Technical manager on the Advanced Mirror Development project at JPL. Experience is in spacecraft flight system management, system engineering & avionics. Bachelors in physics & math, masters degrees in electrical engineering & business administration/corporate finance.

Track 7.          Spacecraft Avionics Systems & Technologies

	John Samson, Jr.                727-539-2449(W)                                                   727-412-3875(C)                        john.r.samson@honeywell.com		Scott Tyson                           505-275-0051(W)                                                   505-252-1048(C)                        scott.tyson@sesconsultants.com
	Principal Engineering Fellow, Honeywell Defense and Space Systems. 38+ years experience in onboard processing for space and airborne applications. More than 40 publications in the area of onboard processing systems and architectures. Senior Member IEEE, Associate Fellow AIAA.		Involved in development of space electronics and computing technology for 24 years at organizations including the Air Force Research Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, JHU’s Applied Physics Laboratory, Mission Research Corporation, IBM, and Westinghouse. BES, Johns Hopkins University.

7.01  Onboard Processing Hardware Architectures and Interconnect Technologies
	Jamal Haque	727-539-2049(W)	jamal.haque@honeywell.com
	Group Lead/Principal Engineer, Honeywell. Nine patents and several pending. Previously at Bell Labs, Rockwell and AT&T, on Sirius Satellite Radio, ADSL and V.34 Modem Research teams. Interests in high speed wired and wireless connectivity. MSEE and BSEE.
	Joseph Marshall	703-367-1326(W)  571-225-0726(C)	joe.marshall@baesystems.com
	Senior Systems Engineer developing embedded processing systems. 30 years experience. Last 20 years focused on spacecraft systems built around rad-hard and rad-tolerant processing elements, memories and interconnects. Current interests: modular, reconfigurable, high performance, responsive systems, small satellites, evolving interfaces, interconnects, adaptive low power and fault tolerance techniques.

7.02  Onboard Signal,  Data,  Command Processing and Data Handling Technologies
	Michael Lovellette	202-404-7460(W)	michael.Lovellette@nrl.navy.mil
	Research Physicist in the Space Science Division of the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory. Has worked with spaceflight demonstrations of fault-tolerant computing, and is currently involved with GLAST Large Area Telescope on-board processing and integration and test.
	Stephen Ruggles	757-864-1515(W)	s.l.ruggles@larc.nasa.gov
	Computer Engineer, Aerospace Technologists Program, NASA Langley Research Center. Research activities: serves as Technologist for the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer, Indian Ocean METOC Imager (GIFTS-IOMI) onboard data processing technologies. GIFTS-IOMI is the NASA NMP EO-3 program to demonstrate sensor and data processing technologies.

7.03  Memory and Data Storage Technologies for Space and Missile Applications
	Douglas Sheldon	818-393-5113(W)  719-649-2448(C)	douglas.j.sheldon@jpl.nasa.gov
	Group Supervisor, Electronic Parts Engineering, and Principal Investigator for FPGA and memory reliability issues. Twenty years commercial technology development and management.
	Scott Tyson (See prior bio)	505-275-0051(W)  505-252-1048(C)	scott.tyson@sesconsultants.com

7.04  Reconfigurable Computing System Technologies
	David Bueno	727-539-3003(W)  813-787-9896(C)	david.bueno@honeywell.com
	Systems Engineer; Honeywell Space Electronic Systems. Interests include high performance interconnects for payload processing, modeling and simulation of embedded systems and networks, and scalable, flexible reconfigurable processing architectures.
	Ian Troxel	303-784-7673(W)	Ian.Troxel@seakr.com
	Future Systems Architect at SEAKR Engineering researching next-generation aerospace processing systems. Led the development of the SIFT features for the NMP ST-8 mission and co-invented an FPGA-based satellite payload processing board for Honeywell DSES. Ph.D. in ECE, UF.

7.04  Reconfigurable Computing System Technologies
	Marshall Patrick	256-544-3836(W)	clint.patrick@nasa.gov
	Electronics Engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, with twenty-seven years of experience in numerous aspects of electronic hardware and software development for Space vehicles. Currently leads NASA’s Reconfigurable Computing subtask for the Radiation-Hardened Electronics for Space Environments project.

7.05  Mixed Signal and System-on-a-Chip Technologies
	Alan Mantooth	479-575-4838(W)  479-466-9108(C)	mantooth@uark.edu
	Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Arkansas and the 21st Century Chair in Mixed-signal IC Design and CAD. Co-founder of Lynguent, a CAD company offering modeling tools for circuits and systems.
	Mark Martin	240-228-7895(W)	mark.martin@jhuapl.edu
	Senior ASIC Engineer, Space Department of the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory. Research interests in mixed signal analog/digital VLSI design, integrated sensing systems, and radiation effects in electronics. Ph.D. in EE from The Johns Hopkins University.

7.05  Mixed Signal and System-on-a-Chip Technologies
	Nikolaos Paschalidis	240-228-7229(W)	nick.paschalidis@jhuapl.edu
	Principal Staff, JHU/APL Space Dept. Advanced Technology Development for Instruments and Spacecraft Avionics: Analog/Digital ASICs, SSD, PMD, MCPs, delay line, 4D imaging, Space Physics; Space Missions: Cassini, Image, Messenger, Stereo, Pluto, IBEx, MMS, JUNO, RBSP, BepiColombo. PhD, ECE/Space Science/Technology.

7.06  Power Electronics for Space Applications
	Peter Wilson	+44-23-805-94162(W)	prw@ecs.soton.ac.uk
	Senior Lecturer in Electronics and Computer Science, Director MSc in System on Chip, Technical Program Chair BMAS 2008. Formerly Technical Programme Manager, Analogy Inc and Senior Development Engineer, Ferranti, Scotland. Visiting Professor, University of Arkansas. SMIEEE, MIET, CEng., ~60 Publications & 1 book on FPGA design.

7.07  Electronics for Extreme Environments
	Elizabeth Kolawa	818-393-2593(W)	Elizabeth.A.Kolawa@jpl.nasa.gov
	Program Manger at JPL for technologies for operation in extreme environments and space avionics.
	Mohammad Mojarradi	818-354-0997(W)	Mohammad.M.Mojarradi@jpl.nasa.gov
	JPL integrated-circuit design specialist, expert in mixed-signal/mixed-voltage circuits, sensors, micro-machined electromechanical interface systems. Leads university consortium developing extreme environment electronics; manages “thermal cycle resistant electronics” task, Mars Science Laboratory. Twenty years experience. Twenty-two patents, forty publications.

7.08  Miniaturization and Advanced Electronics Packaging for Spacecraft
	Andrew Shapiro	818-393-7311(W)	aashapiro@jpl.nasa.gov
	More than 25 years experience in opto and electronic packaging for space applications. Lead division technologist at JPL was principal scientist of optical transport at Broadcom. During his 15 years with Hughes Aircraft he ran their HDMI and LTCC lines. Asst. Adj Prof. in EE at UCI.
	Janet Lumpp	859-257-4985(W)  859-492-6438(C)	jklumpp@uky.edu
	Associate Professor; University of Kentucky. Research areas include application of carbon nanotubes in gas sensors, conductive adhesives, and composites, as well as laser micromachining, electronic packaging, and K-12 math and science education.

7.09  MEMS & Nanotechnology for Space Applications
	Margaret Darrin	240-228-4952(W)  443-506-5349(C)	ann.darrin@jhuapl.edu
	Supervisor, Aerospace/Materials Science Group, Eisenhower Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Previously, Division Chief, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centers overseeing EEE Parts, Packaging and Material Sciences. Microelectronics background in industry and government. Author of numerous papers; author, co editor, MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications.
	Robert Osiander	443-778-6247(W)	robert.osiander@jhuapl.edu
	Assistant Group Supervisor, Research Center at the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory. Current research interests include Terahertz imaging and spectroscopy, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Silicon on Sapphire, and Carbon Nanotubes for Applications in Sensors and Space. Ph.D, Technical University, Munich, Germany.

7.10  Fault Tolerance,  Autonomy, and Evolvability  in Spacecraft Avionics
	Didier Keymeulen	818-354-4280(W)	didier.keymeulen@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior technical staff, JPL. Interests in design of adaptive embedded systems, e.g., mobile robots.
	Tom Hoffman	818-354-6521(W)	thoffman@jpl.nasa.gov
	Flight System Manager of the GRAIL project at JPL. Has worked on several successful JPL flight and technology programs. Specialties include Avionics System Engineering, Computer Architecture, and Fault Protection.

7.11  Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technologies
	Giovanni Palmerini (See prior bio)	+39-06-44585-335(W)  +39-320-0548956(C)	giovanni.palmerini@uniroma1.it
	Richard Wirz	818-393-1175(W)	Richard.E.Wirz@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Engineer, Advanced Propulsion Group,Jet Propulsion Laboratory

7.12  Dependable Software for High Performance Embedded Computing Platforms
	Grzegorz Cieslewski	352-392-9041(W)	cieslewski@hcs.ufl.edu
	Research assistant and PhD candidate in ECE at the High-performance Computing & Simulation Research Laboratory, UF. Leader of the Advanced Space Computing group and involved in NSF Center for High-performance Reconfigurable Computing. Research interests include: dependable and reconfigurable computer architectures, and fault-tolerant computing.
	Richard Linderman	315-330-2208(W)	Richard.Linderman@rl.af.mil
	Senior Scientist for Advanced Computing Architectures, Information Directorate, AFRL, Rome, NY, including high performance computers, embedded computer, fault tolerant, distributed, and next generation architectures. Both an IEEE and an AFRL Fellow. PhD, Cornell University.

7.13  Large Space-Based Sensor Platforms
	Gerard Genello	315-330-3576(W)	Gerard.genello@rl.af.mil
	Manager of Advanced Computing Division, Air Force Research Laboratory. Interests include signal processing, novel architectures, bio-comp, quantum computing, and real time and embedded processing for air and space sensor applications.

Track 8.          Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle Systems & Technologies

	Erik Nilsen                           818-354-4441(W)                                                   818-687-9221(C)                                 erik.n.nilsen@jpl.nasa.gov		Todd Mosher                       303-285-5110(W)                       tmosher@microsatsystems.com
	Mission and Systems Engineering Office Manager for the Project Prometheus Program at JPL. Responsible for advanced studies of the next generation of nuclear powered missions and the development of technology capabilities and performance evaluation.		Director, Advanced Systems, Microsat Systems, Inc., Interests: small satellites, space exploration, space architecture and systems engineering, and design optimization techniques.

8.01  Exploration Systems
	Jennifer Rhatigan	281-244-8326(W)  832-752-3166(C)	jennifer.l.rhatigan@nasa.gov
	Over 25 years in management of aerospace research projects and programs. Currently working formulation of NASA's human lunar program. PhD, Case Western Reserve University, MS, North Carolina State Univ BSME, Univ. of Florida.

8.02  Advanced Launch Vehicle Systems and Technologies
	Erik Nilsen (See prior bio)	818-354-4441(W)  818-687-9221(C)	erik.n.nilsen@jpl.nasa.gov

8.03  Responsive Space Systems and Technologies
	Doug Holker	310-336-2232(W)	doug.holker@losangeles.af.mil
	Aerospace Program Manger, AIRSS/TGIRS & Director, Strategic & Developmental Planning, The Aerospace Corporation. Responsibilities include managing the newest Air Force Satellite Program, AIRSS/TGIRS and developing, designing, analyzing and integrating future military and commercial space systems projects. Western Regional Vice President, AFCEA. M.S. Remote Sensing, UCLA.

8.04  Modular Bus Technologies, Components and Standardized Spacecraft
	Maurice Martin	505-853-4118(W)  505-220-8567(C)	maurice.martin@kirtland.af.mil
	Responsive Systems Group Lead for the AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate. Develop plug-and-play standards and components for low cost, operationally responsive satellites.

8.05  Exploration Systems Technology Development
	Dana Gould	757-864-7747(W)  757-880-2552(C)	Dana.C.Gould@nasa.gov
	Program Element Manager for NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program. Previously: Principal Research Manager for Space Technology in NASA Langley’s Exploration Systems and Space Technology Directorate. Ph.D. U. of Virginia.
	Robert Gershman (See prior bio)	818-3545113(W)  714-4883164(C)	robert.gershman@jpl.nasa.gov

8.06  Technology Development and Infusion
	Douglas Comstock	202-358-2221(W)  202-258-3467(C)	doug.comstock@nasa.gov
	Director of NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP). Responsible for Small Business Innovative Research, Small Business Technology Transfer Research, Centennial Challenges, IPP Seed Fund, and NASA’s intellectual property management and technology transfer to benefit society and facilitate partnerships with the emerging commercial space sector.

8.07  Rendezvous and Docking Technologies
	Connie Carrington	256-544-0870(W)	connie.carrington@nasa.gov
	Aerospace Engineer, MSFC Rendezvous and Docking Sensors group. 18 years experience as a systems engineer, project manager, and GN&C engineer. Formerly, ME professor at University of South Carolina. PhD in Engineering Mechanics, VA Tech.
	John Ringelberg	303-971-7201(W)	john.c.ringelberg@lmco.com
	Staff Engineer, Lockheed Martin. Performing internal research and development of automated and autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations, docking and landing systems. Nineteen years experience in crewed and un-crewed space vehicle system design, test and concept development.

8.08  Autonomous Science Systems
	Ashit Talukder	818-354-1000(W)	Ashit.Talukder@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA, Associate Professor USC. Lead several DARPA, NASA, NIH, Commercial projects. Areas: machine learning, computer vision, pattern recognition, image processing, intelligent sensor networks, sensor fusion, data mining, and system optimization and control. PhD EE, Carnegie Mellon University.
	Rebecca Castano	818-393-5344(W)	Rebecca.Castano@jpl.nasa.gov
	Assistant Section Manager, Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section. PI of the Onboard Autonomous Science Investigation System (OASIS) task, Science Data Processing technology lead for the Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment project in the New Millennium Space Technology 6 program. Ph.D, EE, University of Illinois.

8.09  Advanced Spacecraft and Mission Concepts—Emerging Technologies
	William Jackson	858-375-2069(W)  858-472-7298(C)	bill.jackson@SpaceDev.com
	Chief Engineer, Satellite Systems at SpaceDev, Inc. Spacecraft systems engineer for various microsat programs. Expertise in systems engineering, mission analysis and operations, mathematical modeling and optimization, and preliminary spacecraft design.

8.10  Micro and Nano-Satellite Systems and Technologies
	William Jackson (See prior bio)	858-375-2069(W)  858-472-7298(C)	bill.jackson@SpaceDev.com

8.11  Mechanical Systems, Design and Technologies
	Pamela Hoffman	8183546756-0(W)  818-687-7012(C)	Pamela.J.Hoffman@jpl.nasa.gov
	Project Element Manager, JPL. 19 years experience developing deep space missions, including Galileo, Cassini, Mars Exploration Rover, and Mars Science Laboratory. BS from UC Berkeley, MS from Caltech.

8.12  In-Space Propulsion Technology
	David Anderson	216-433-8709(W)  216-337-1601(C)	David.J.Anderson@nasa.gov
	Deputy Project Manager, In-Space Propulsion Technology Project, NASA Glenn Research Center. Previously: Implementation Project Manager of Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) efforts at NASA GRC, and the SBIR Topic Manager for Science Spacecraft Systems Technology. MS Engineering Management, Cleveland State University; and BS Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati.

Track 9.          Air Vehicle Systems and Technologies

	Christian Rice                                    301-342-1380(W)  240-925-5030(C)                        christian.rice@navy.mil
	Chief Test Engineer Rotary Wing, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD. B.S., Aerospace and Ocean Engineering; M.S., Aviation Systems. Graduate of U.S. Naval Test Pilot School.

9.01  Aircraft Systems & Avionics
	Andrew Lynch	301-757-5330(W)	andrew.lynch@navy.mil
	Lead Systems Engineer for the MH-60S Helicopter program at the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD. BS Aerospace Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, Graduate of U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, Class 118.
	Eric Schutte	661-277-3000(W)	eric.schutte@edwards.af.mil
	F-22 DT&E JDAM test manager at the USAF Flight Test Center, responsible for technical and safety planning, flight test execution and reporting. BS ME from University of Illinois, MS EE from California State University Fresno.

9.02  Air Vehicle Flight Testing
	Robin Locksley	301-757-0605(W)	robin.locksley@navy.mil
	Assistant Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons for NAVAIRSYSCOM (T&E). Worked as rotary wing mission systems flight test engineer for 19 years. Graduate, U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. BSEE, Drexel University; MSEE, Florida Institute of Technology.

9.03  UAV Systems & Autonomy
	Kendra Cook	703-378-8672 x630(W)	kendra@cook.name
	Systems Engineer at Integrity Applications Incorporated. B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Boston University, M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), M.S. in Computer Engineering from AFIT.

9.04  Air Vehicle Flight Controls
	Michael Shepherd	661-277-6551(W)	michael.shepherd@edwards.af.mil
	Director, Plans and Programs, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB.

Track 10.       Software and Computing

	Robert Popp                         781-864-1347(W)                                                   781-864-1347(C)                                             rpopp@natlsec.com		Sanda Mandutianu             818-354-7288(W)                     sanda.mandutianu@jpl.nasa.gov
	CEO, National Security Innovations (NSI), Inc.; B.A. and M.A., Computer Science, Boston University; Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Connecticut.		Task manager, PI on software and systems engineering at JPL. Pioneered agent-based technologies for distributed spacecraft missions and flight-ground systems integration. Has worked on numerous space data and mission projects, more recently on information modeling and ontology engineering for outer planets missions, JPL Enterprise Architecture, and NASA’s Constellation Program.

10.01  Adaptive Control in Aerospace: Design, Potential & Certification
	Johann Schumann	650-604-0941(W)	schumann@email.arc.nasa.gov
	Senior Scientist with RIACS/USRA at NASA Ames; research focus on advanced automatic code generation and verification and validation techniques for safety critical software; worked on V&V and certification of neuro-adaptive controllers within the NASA Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) project; author of a book and more than 70 articles.

10.02  Advanced Software Verification, Test and Certification  Technologies
	Lawrence Markosian	650-604-6207(W)  650-248-6059(C)	lzmarkosian@comcast.net
	Perot Systems Government Services. Tech Area Lead for Robust Software Engineering group at NASA Ames Research Center, supporting Constellation Program Ares Software Test & Verification. Tech transfer of software V&V technologies. Formerly a founder and VP of Applications Development, Reasoning Systems, Inc.

10.03  Agent-Based Systems for Aerospace
	Sanda Mandutianu (See prior bio)	818-354-7288(W)	sanda.mandutianu@jpl.nasa.gov

10.04  Computational Modeling
	Darrell Terry	703-412-1335(W)	darrell.terry@worldnet.att.net
	Sensors Systems Engineer Principal at The Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA, leading signal processing investigations for air and space borne radar and STAP. Also pursuing a Ph.D. program at University of California, Irvine with research focused on modeling vapor and particle transport processes in jet exhaust.

10.05  Integrated Program Planning (Investments, Schedules, Requirements, and Architecture)
	Michael Keeley	703-460-3855(W)	mike.g.keeley@lmco.com
	Principal Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Global Solutions. Interests: Integrated Program Planning, Future Space & Ground Architectures, Reconfigurable Systems, Ground Station Design & Operations. MS Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder . MBA, University of Denver Daniels College of Business.

10.06  High Capability Computing and Modeling
	Paul von Allmen	818-393-7520(W)	pva@jpl.nasa.gov
	Group Supervisor, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratories. Interests in: High Capability Computing and Modeling, Modeling and Data Management Systems, Instruments and Science Data Systems.
	Seungwon Lee	818-393-7720(W)  818-632-7523(C)	seungwon.lee@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior researcher at JPL. Research focuses on physical modeling and simulation, optimization algorithms, parallel and distributed computing, nonlinear dynamics control, statistical analysis, spectral retrieval, and information technologies for space science and engineering problems. Ph.D. in Physics from the Ohio State University.

10.07  Human-Computer Interaction
	Mark Powell	818-653-8012(W)	mpowell@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Computer Scientist at JPL, working on ground support systems and operations tools. Supported Mars Exploration Rover, Phoenix and many rover technology and field test efforts. Currently working on Mars Science Laboratory. Recipient of 2004 NASA Software of the Year Award.

10.08  Information Management and Collaborative Engineering
	Carl Puckett	310-297-2100(W)	puckett_carl@bah.com
	Associate with Booz|Allen|Hamilton Global Defense, Los Angeles . DoD Space Systems Engineering and Integration. BSET: Montana State University ; M.A., Management & HRD: Webster University; Doctoral Student, Business/Leadership: Capella University. AIAA, CMII Certification: Institute of CM & Arizona State University; Association of Old Crows; Extra Class Amateur Radio.

10.09  Information Technologies for Counter Terrorism
	Robert Popp (See prior bio)	781-864-1347(W)  781-864-1347(C)	rpopp@natlsec.com

10.10  Model-Driven Architecture for Aerospace Software
	Lonnie VanZandt	3034822943-0(W)	lonniev@predictableresponse.com
	Consulting Systems Engineer and Founder of Predictable Response Consulting. Specialist in Modeling and Real-time Software Development. Twenty year career includes ARTiSAN Software, Bell Labs, Northrop Grumman, QNX, and TimeSys.

10.11  Novel Information Technologies for Asymmetric Threats
	David Cousins (See prior bio)	401-848-3520(W)  401-487-7640(C)	dcousins@bbn.com

10.12  Software Architecture and Design
	Charles Lee	650-604-6054(W)	Charles.Lee@nasa.gov
	Computer scientist specializing in software design and development. Interests in software architecture, pattern recognition, machine learning and wireless network performance. Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Oakland University.

10.13  Software Engineering
	Daniel Allard	818-354-4344(W)  818-726-2531(C)	daniel.allard@jpl.nasa.gov
	Technical Lead of the JPL Multi-Mission Ground Systems and Services (MGSS) Data Accountability development effort. Recent work includes research and development of ontology-based communications network S/W and a ground data system for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL).
	Kathryn Weiss	818-354-5718(W)  818-285-9304(C)	kathryn.a.weiss@jpl.nasa.gov
	Flight Software Engineer, Flight Software Systems Engineering and Architecture Group, JPL. Research interests include spacecraft, software, systems, and safety engineering, emphasizing architecture. BS in Computer Engineering and Mathematics from Marquette University, and an MS and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.

10.14  Transforming the Development of Software
	Joseph Urban	703-292-8910(W)	jurban@nsf.gov
	Program Director, Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, National Science Foundation and Professor, Computer Science, Arizona State University. Research areas: software engineering, specifications, and distributed computing.

10.15  Web++: Semantics, Ontologies, and Agents
	Sanda Mandutianu (See prior bio)	818-354-7288(W)	sanda.mandutianu@jpl.nasa.gov

10.16  XML and  XTCE in Space Systems
	Ryan Detter	301-286-7325(W)	Ryan.D.Detter@nasa.gov
	XML Database Designer, James Webb Space Telescope Mission. Original member, NASA XML Working Group.

10.17  PANEL:  Software Architecture, co-sponsored by Track 12
	Kathryn Weiss (See prior bio)	818-354-5718(W)  818-285-9304(C)	kathryn.a.weiss@jpl.nasa.gov

10.18  PANEL: XML Deployment
	Ryan Detter (See prior bio)	301-286-7325(W)	Ryan.D.Detter@nasa.gov

Track 11.       Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Health Management

	Andrew Hess                        240-355-8915(W)                                                   240-355-8915(C)                                 andrew_hess@comcast.net		David Kleinman                  831-656-7627(W)                                                   831-760-2196(C)                                               kleinman@nps.edu
	Recently retired as the program office lead for the JSF PHM effort. Currently, president of The Hess PHM Group, Inc. which provides consulting to gov't. and industry on advanced diagnostics, prognostics, health and asset management of machines and engineering systems.		IEEE Fellow. Professor of Information Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School, and Emeritus Professor at University of Connecticut. Co-founder and Board Member, Qualtech Systems, Inc.

11.01  Fixed Wing and/or Rotary Wing PHM Program Applications
	Andrew Hess (See prior bio)	240-355-8915(W)  240-355-8915(C)	andrew_hess@comcast.net
	Keith Sellers	206-544-0771(W)	Keith.D.Sellers@Boeing.com
	Boeing - Phantom Works, Maintenance and Modification Technologies Program Manager

11.02  Diagnostics and PHM for Aviation and Space Propulsion Engines
	Thomas Brotherton	858-679-4140 x112(W)  858-229-9375(C)	tom.brotherton@iac-online.com
	VP and Chief Technology Officer, the Intelligent Automation Corp. Interests are in the design and development of automated systems for aircraft and engine health management.

11.03  Diagnostics and PHM for Aerospace Subsystems and Components
	Carl Byington	585-424-1990(W)	carl.byington@impact-tek.com
	Director at Impact Technologies. Leads development of new PHM algorithms, software, and systems. Seventeen years experience, PE, degrees in mechanical and aeronautical engineering, and has also worked at PSU and NASA. Over 65 publications related to digital signal processing, data fusion, classification, diagnostics, and prognostics.

11.04  Diagnostics and PHM for Aerospace Structures
	James MacConnell	206-524-8555(W)  206-890-4714(C)	jmac@consensustech.com
	Independent consultant in collaborative aerospace technology development with 30 years of industry experience in advanced structures technology. Currently focusing on identifying the benefits/business case for health management and the potential to fundamentally change how aerospace systems are designed, leading to cost, performance and safety improvements. Founder, Consensus Technology.

11.05  Algorithms and Advanced Analysis Concepts for Diagnostics and PHM
	David Kleinman (See prior bio)	831-656-7627(W)  831-760-2196(C)	kleinman@nps.edu

11.06  Ground-Based PHM Technologies with Aerospace Counterparts
	Jonathan Cook	+23-92-543378(W)  +44-78-90-645888(C)	jon.cook99@yahoo.co.uk
	Head of the UK MOD Prognostic Health Management Division. Responsible for the in-service support and analysis for HUMS, VC, WDM, SOA and hydraulics for a range of fixed and rotary wing fleets. Interests: data fusion, automated data analysis and prognostics development.

11.07  Prognostics for Aero-Mechanical Systems
	Andrew Hess (See prior bio)	240-355-8915(W)  240-355-8915(C)	andrew_hess@comcast.net

11.08  Prognostics for Avionic Systems
	Jarrod Line	615-372-0299 x334(W)	kline@vextec.com
	Business development manager at VEXTEC, leading development of electronic, structural and propulsion prognostics. Experience in the fighter aircraft industry ranging from maintainability engineering to flight test. Interests in aircraft prognostics and health management and algorithm integration for mobile equipment.

11.09  PHM Technologies for Reliability Centered Maintenance
	Richard Millar	301-7570517(W)  240-925-4216(C)	richard.millar@navy.mil
	Aerospace Engineer at NAVAIR. Responsible for Science and Technology programs in Propulsion and Power controls and diagnostics. 35 years experience in the design and development of gas turbine engines and their application to aircraft propulsion & power systems.

11.10  PHM Integration Technologies
	Kirby Keller	314-233-2995(W)  314-706-6178(C)	kirby.j.keller@boeing.com
	Boeing Technical Fellow. Interest areas are Integrated Vehicle Health Management and Decision Aiding. Currently working in the Boeing Phantom Works Support and Services Thrust as a principal investigator and system designer for internal and external research programs.

11.11  IVHM for Space Applications
	Serdar Uckun	650-812-4329(W)  650-743-7192(C)	uckun@ieee.org
	Manager for Embedded Reasoning Area at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Research interests: decision support systems, diagnosis, and prognostics. Over fifteen years of experience in aerospace applications. Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University.

Track 12.       Mission Ops Concepts, Technologies, & Experiences

	Jody Gunn                            818-354-3899(W)                                 jody.m.gunn@jpl.nasa.gov		Theodore Bujewski            703-812-0640(W)                                        tbujewski@yahoo.com
	Manager of JPL Integrated Ground Data Systems Section, which provides ground system capabilities to flight projects. Was Cassini Assistant Program Manager / Ops Development Manager and has held key system engineering & management positions on other major missions. Recipient of NASA's Exceptional Service Medal.		Senior Engineer in the National Security Space Architecture and Integration Subdivision at The Aerospace Corporation. Advised the Air Force, NASA, NOAA, NGIA, and AT&T on communications networks, ground systems and industrial policy.

12.01  New and Emerging Ground System Technologies and Operations Strategies
	Jody Gunn (See prior bio)	818-354-3899(W)	jody.m.gunn@jpl.nasa.gov

12.02  Architecting, Designing, Building, and Testing Successful Ground Systems
	David LaVallee	240-228-4546(W)	david.lavallee@jhuapl.edu
	Senior Staff developer with the Space Department's Ground System Group at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Over twenty years experience with NASA ground systems, including operational systems and R&D. BS in Economics, University of Pennsylvania; MS in Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University.

12.03  Realizing the Future: Drivers, Challenges, & Concepts for 21st Century Missions
	Theodore Bujewski (See prior bio)	703-812-0640(W)	tbujewski@yahoo.com

12.04  Enhancing the Mission, Reducing Cost & Risk: Automation, Multimission and Other Solutions
	Jody Gunn (See prior bio)	818-354-3899(W)	jody.m.gunn@jpl.nasa.gov

12.05  Operations and Development Successes and Lessons Learned
	Joseph Vellinga	303-971-9309(W)  720-635-1214(C)	joseph.m.vellinga@lmco.com
	Stardust Program Manager, Lockheed Martin. Previously managed Genesis and various instrument and spacecraft efforts.

12.06  Operational Systems for Manned Flight—Today and Tomorrow
	Theodore Bujewski (See prior bio)	703-812-0640(W)	tbujewski@yahoo.com

12.07  Ground and Flight/Ground System and Software Architectures
	Manfred Bester	510-232-5140(W)  707-803-8811(C)	bester@bester.com
	Director of Operations and THEMIS Mission Operations Manager, Space Sciences Laboratory, UC  Berkeley. President of Bester Tracking Systems, Inc. Areas of Expertise: Mission Analysis, Multi-mission Ground Systems Design, Automation, Space Communications, Software Development, Flight Dynamics, Mission Integration, Mission Operations. Ph.D., Physics, University of Cologne, Germany.

12.08  Systems Engineering Design Principles and Methodologies Leading To Robust  Operations
	Lydia Dubon	818-393-5288(W)  818-393-5943(C)	lydia.p.dubon@jpl.nasa.gov
	Manager of the Project Ground Data System Engineering Group within JPL’s Systems and Software Division. Most recently was the Lead Ground Data System Engineer for the Dawn Mission, NASA’s ninth Discovery Program project. Has 17 years of experience spanning ground software, operations and systems engineering.

12.09  Panel: Status of Major Ground System Redevelopment Programs
	Jonathan Gal-Edd	301-286-2378(W)	jonathan.s.gal-edd@nasa.gov
	James Webb Space Telescope Mission Engineer, Goddard Space Flight Center.

Track 13.       Management, Systems Engineering and Cost

	Charles Leising                   818-354-8116(W)                                                   818-653-9258(C)                           charles.j.leising@jpl.nasa.gov		Robert Kellogg                    310-336-0324(W)                                   robert.kellogg@aero.org
	Manager, Project Formulation Office, JPL. 40 years experience in engineering, line, project and program positions working on projects ranging from Surveyor in the 1960s to Cassini. Primary background: propulsion, system engineering and management.		Over 20 years experience in systems engineering of optical and other sensors. Cost and technical evaluation of space systems for the Air Force, NASA, and other customers.

13.01  Management Tools, Methods and Processes
	Jeffery Webster	818-393-3269(W)  626-379-5749(C)	Jeffery.N.Webster@jpl.nasa.gov
	Senior Engineer in JPL's Mission Systems Concepts Section; Project Systems Engineer for the POLARIS Project; Technical support to NASA Office of Chief Engineer; Task Lead for flowdown of NASA's Level-1 program and project management requirements to JPL Flight Projects.

13.02  Mission Modeling, Concept Optimization and Concurrent Design
	Eric Mahr	310-336-5329(W)	Eric.M.Mahr@aero.org
	Engineering Specialist, Space Architecture Department, The Aerospace Corporation. Background in preliminary spacecraft design and space architecture development. B.S., Aerospace Engineering, U. of Arizona and M.S., Aerospace Engineering Sciences, U. of Colorado.
	Robert Oberto	818-354-5608(W)  818-237-0670(C)	robert.e.oberto@jpl.nasa.gov
	Principal Investigator of the NASA Exploration Design Team and former Manager of Team-X. Pioneered concurrent engineering methodologies for conceptual design. These design capabilities are being extended to multiple NASA centers. BS in AE from USC and MS in AE from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

13.03  Systems Architecture, Engineering and System of Systems
	Henry Stone	818-354-9051(W)  818-635-3741(C)	Henry.W.Stone@jpl.nasa.gov
	Deputy Manager, Systems and Software Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Formerly Project Element Manager for both the Mars Pathfinder Rover Avionics Subsystem and the Mars Exploration Rover Avionics Subsystem. Spacecraft/Rover Team Chief for MER during launch, cruise, landing, and surface operations.
	Kathleen Fontaine (See prior bio)	301-614-5582(W)  301-408-8937(C)	kathy.fontaine@nasa.gov

13.04  Risk Management: Application and Lessons Learned
	Mona Witkowski	818-354-4203(W)  818-983-4727(C)	mona.m.witkowski@jpl.nasa.gov
	Program Assurance Manager for the Interplanetary Network Directorate at JPL. Previous projects include: Cassini/Huygens, Galileo, Magellan, TOPEX/Poseidon, New Millennium Program Deep Space 1 & 2 and the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Recipient of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal for TOPEX/Poseidon Mission Assurance.
	Thomas Itchkawich	703-9488538(W)  703-2019178(C)	itchkawich.tom@orbital.com
	Manager of the Glory program at Orbital Sciences Corporation. Formerly 10 years of rocket motor case design at Hercules. BS ME from University of Delaware.

13.05  System Simulation and Verification
	John Baker	818-354-5004(W)  818-687-9813(C)	John.D.Baker@jpl.nasa.gov
	Chief of Staff, Technical, Constellation SE&I. Previously, Deputy Program Executive for the Lunar Robotic Program, NASA HQ. Lead Systems Engineer on the Mars Science Lab 2009 Mission during formulation. Has led implementation and operation of NASA's Shuttle Imaging Radar-C digital avionics subsystem. BSEE, Colorado State.

13.06  Cost and Schedule Tools, Methods and Processes
	Robert Bitten	310-336-1917(W)	Robert.e.Bitten@aero.org
	Senior Project Leader, Civil and Commercial Operations, The Aerospace Corp. Supports NASA proposal evaluations and independent assessments. B.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Pepperdine University.
	Sheryl McGurk	202-358-1723(W)  571-217-8106(C)	sheryl.mcgurk-1@mail.nasa.gov
	Senior Cost Analyst at NASA Program Analysis and Evaluation Cost Analysis Division.

Track 14.       Government Plans, Policies, and Education

	Dave Lavery                                                       202-358-4684(W)                                            dave.lavery@nasa.gov
	Program Executive for the Mars Exploration Rover program in the Science Mission Directorate of NASA Headquarters. Instrumental in the development and application of robotics and rover technology and in the FIRST robot competition for high schools.

14.01  PANEL: New Directions in the Search for Life in the Universe
	John Rummel	202-358-0702(W)	jrummel@hq.nasa.gov
	Senior Scientist for Astrobiology, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters. Formerly Planetary Protection Officer, B.A., Environmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Ph.D., Evolutionary Ecology, Stanford University. Postdoctoral research at NASA Ames Research Center. Formerly MBL, Woods Hole, and Naval Flight Officer (Air ASW).

14.02  PANEL: Mars Rovers: New Technology
	Dave Lavery (See prior bio)	202-358-4684(W)	dave.lavery@nasa.gov

14.03  PANEL: Ontologies and Taxonomies for Engineering and Operations
	Jane Malin	281-483-2046(W)  713-444-6634(C)	jane.t.malin@nasa.gov
	Leads research and development in the Automation, Robotics and Simulation Division, Engineering, NASA Johnson Space Center. Expertise includes tools, testbeds and methodology for engineering complex systems and advanced software; modeling and simulation for risk and failure analysis; monitoring, control and fault management software; and agent-assisted web-based collaboration tools.

14.04  PANEL: Developing the 21st Century Space Engineering Workforce
	Joel Shrater	310-336-7755(W)	joel.s.shrater@aero.org
	Director of Technical Education and Development, The Aerospace Corporation. Responsible for planning, developing, and implementing technical courses and supporting learning products for employees and customers. MSEE and BSEE, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

14.05  PANEL: The European Space Agency and NASA: Past Successes, Future Possibilities
	Astrid Heske	+-31-71-5655467(W)	astrid.heske@esa.int
	MIRI Instrument Manager in the JWST project at the European Space Agency. Experience includes instrument management in the Herschel/Planck project and Community Support Group lead of the Science Operations Centre of the Infrared Space Observatory mission, including research in various astrophysics domains. PhD in physics Hamburg University, Germany.

14.06  PANEL: GEOSS, IEOS, and You—Chapter 2
	Kathleen Fontaine (See prior bio)	301-614-5582(W)  301-408-8937(C)	kathy.fontaine@nasa.gov

14.07  The Future of Computing
	Anne Campbell	626-395-4046(W)	acampbell@caltech.edu
	Director of Programs, Systems Engineering Center, California Institute of Technology Industrial Relations Center. Responsible for program and business development. Also, Deputy Director, California Institute of Technology Industrial Relations Center, providing executive education programs for technology-based organizations.