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.