Keyur Patel

Director for Astronomy and Physics, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Keyur Patel is currently the Director for Astronomy and Physics at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and represents the Directorate as a member of JPL’s Executive Council. He is responsible for all aspects of research, technology, development and operations, program planning, formulation and development, and execution of the Directorate’s missions. He has held positions as the Deputy Director for Planetary Science, Director for the Interplanetary Directorate, Deputy Director for Office of Safety and Mission Success. As Project Manager for Dawn, he shepherded the mission through its launch to orbit and study the protoplanets Vesta and Ceres. He served as Deputy Project Manager and Chief Engineer for the Deep Impact mission, helping to ensure the spacecraft’s successful encounter with comet Tempel 1.

Alex Austin

Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Alex Austin is a Systems Engineer in the Advanced Design Engineering group at JPL, where he works on new mission concept formulation and proposals in all areas of space exploration. He is the Lead Engineer for Team Xc, JPL’s concurrent engineering design team for CubeSat and SmallSat missions. His recent work has also focused on innovative technologies for performing planetary science with SmallSats. He received a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering and a master’s in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Clara O'Farrell

Guidance and Control Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Clara O’Farrell is an engineer in the Entry, Descent, and Landing Guidance and Control Systems Group at JPL. She received a PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems from Caltech in 2013, and a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2008. Since joining JPL in 2013, she has worked on the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerators and Mars 2020 projects. She is the recipient of JPL's Charles Elachi Award and the NASA Early Career Exceptional Public Achievement Medal.

Kara O'Donnell

Principal Director, Aerospace Corporation: Principal Director for the Space Innovation Directorate at the Aerospace Corporation, providing “world class” technical support in the areas of adaptive mission assurance, technology planning, development, and test & demonstration.

Frances Zhu

Assistant Research Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa: Frances Zhu earned her B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca in 2014 and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at Cornell in 2019. Dr. Zhu was a NASA Space Technology Research Fellow. Since 2020, she has been an assistant research professor with the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at University of Hawaii, specializing in machine learning, dynamics, systems, and controls engineering. She is also the deputy director for the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium and graduate cooperating faculty with the following departments: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and earth science.

Elena Adams

Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory: Elena Adams is a Principal Staff at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. She received a B.S. from University of Virginia; an M.S. and Ph.D., and an M.E. from the University of Michigan. As part of her postdoc, she worked on Juno MWR instrument. Since joining APL in 2008, she worked on Van Allen Probes, ExoMars MOMA, Europa Clipper, and Parker Solar Probe as a systems engineer. Currently, she is DART Mission and Spacecraft Systems Engineer getting ready for DART impact of Dimorphos in September 2022. She has worked with NOAA and Planetary Defense Coordination Office on a number of studies for future mission architectures and survey approaches, and on a variety of instrument and spacecraft technologies. She won multiple NASA grants for developing technology for future space exploration, including a hopping lander to explore asteroids and a sampling system for collecting water from Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. She participates on multiple flight project standing review boards.

Jacob Graham

Research Space Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Jacob Graham is a Research Space Scientist in the Planetary Environments Lab at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Johns Hopkins University and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago. As an instrumentalist his research interests broadly includes mass spectrometry, ionization processes, laser desorption and molecule-surface interactions.

Andrew Petro

Program Executive, NASA - Headquarters: Andrew Petro leads the implementation of the Communications and Navigation architecture for the Moon in NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. Previously he led Strategic Investment Planning in the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters and was the Program Executive for Small Spacecraft Technology and for Solar Electric Propulsion. Before moving to NASA Headquarters he worked at the Johnson Space Center in human spaceflight engineering, advanced propulsion, and flight operations.

Ryan Woolley

Mission Design Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ryan Woolley is a mission design engineer in the Inner Planet Mission Analysis group at JPL. His focus has primarily been on early mission formulation for the Mars Exploration Program. This includes mission concept studies, systems engineering, propulsion systems, low-thrust trajectories and optimization, mission design tools, and launch vehicle performance. He has worked on nearly all aspects of the Mars Sample Return campaign and has recently begun focusing on small missions to Mars. He received a B.S. in Physics-Astronomy from Brigham Young University, an M.S. in Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado. He has been at JPL since 2005.

Ondrej Ploc

Senior researcher, Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences: Ondrej Ploc is a senior researcher at the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Radiation Dosimetry in the group “Mixed radiation fields” focusing on the detection and dosimetry of high energy radiation with various applications in the research of new atmospheric phenomena, medicine, civil aviation, and in space. He graduated in nuclear engineering from the Czech Technical University in Prague where he also obtained his Ph.D. in 2009. He spent two years of the postdoc fellowship in Japan, Chiba, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, and one-year postdoc fellowship in Sweden, Göteborg, Chalmers University of Technology. He is convenor of ISO/TC85/SC2 WG21 Dosimetry for Exposures to Cosmic Radiation in Civilian Aircraft. He is the leading project researcher of several projects focused on cosmic ray and atmospheric radiation detection and dosimetry at high-altitude observatories, aircraft, and spacecraft. He is a member of the EURADOS group, involved mostly in WG11 as a leader of Task 8 (Radiation dose induced by natural electric discharge in the atmosphere).

Timothy Cole

Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory: Tim Cole is a Principal Professional Staff member of the Applied Physics Lab and currently a System Engineer supporting the Dragonfly Program. Tim Cole was the Lead Mechanical Engineer on the Parker Solar Probe Mission supporting the program from early design through launch. While at ATK / Swales Aerospace, he was the project lead for the Crew Aids and Tools for the HST SM-4 mission. He is a certified diver and has trained numerous astronaut crews at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab to perform spacewalks and to operate the hardware that he designed. He was the NICMOS Cooling System lead design engineer, successfully installed during the HST SM-3B mission. Over the course of his 30+ year career, he has worked on a variety of spacecraft designs including COBE, TRMM and JWST, including on each of the five Hubble servicing missions. He has a BSME from the University of Maryland - College Park and a MSME from George Washington University’s Program for Research in Space Technology.

Paul Chodas

Director, Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Paul Chodas is a senior scientist at JPL, where he has been computing orbits for asteroids and comets for 40 years. He is the principal architect of JPL's small body core algorithms and software, which is used to determine NEO orbits, propagate their trajectories, and compute their close approaches and Earth impact probabilities. Paul coined the term "keyhole" in connection with asteroid close approaches that lead to later impacts, and he has studied the dynamics of keyholes for asteroids like Apophis and Bennu. Paul leads the team that conducts hypothetical asteroid impact exercises for NASA.

Markus Wilde

Senior Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Engineer, Blue Origin: Markus Wilde received his M.S. (2008) and Ph.D. (2012) in Aerospace Engineering from Technical University Munich, Germany. His Ph.D. research was focused on improving the performance of ground operators in teleoperated rendezvous and docking with non-cooperative client objects. Markus expanded upon this topic during his PostDoc at the Naval Postgraduate School Spacecraft Robotics Laboratory, investigating autonomous GNC algorithms and the designing robotic manipulators for capture and berthing on an air-bearing spacecraft dynamics testbed. In 2014, he joined the Aerospace Engineering faculty at Florida Institute of Technology, where he established the Orbital Robotic Interaction, On-orbit servicing, and Navigation (ORION) hardware-in-the-loop simulation facility. Markus’ teaching and research at Florida Tech was principally focused on spacecraft rendezvous and proximity operations, but also grew to include microgravity flight experiments and flight testing of unmanned aerial vehicles and general aviation aircraft. In 2022, Markus joined the Advanced Development Programs Flight Sciences Section at Blue Origin.

Glenn Hopkins

Principal Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute: GTRI Fellow and Chief Engineer of the Antenna Systems Division of the GTRI Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, specializing in array antenna technologies. Interests include phased arrays, wide bandwidth antennas, digital beam forming and RF subsystems.

Chris Rose

Chief Technology Office - Antenna Systems, Viasat: Working primarily in the area of earth-observation and ISR ground-terminal development with parabolic antennas, analog and digital phased array antennas, and high-bandwidth digital modems.

James Hoffman

Senior Research Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Senior Engineer in JPL's Radar Science and Engineering Section. Over 10 years experience in microwave instrument design for remote sensing applications. Currently the RF System Lead for the NI-SAR radar mission (NASA-ISRO) and the InSight Landing Radar.

Melissa Soriano

Payload Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Melissa Soriano is a systems engineer in the Flight Communications Section at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She developed real-time and high performance software for over a decade for the Deep Space Network, including open loop receivers used for radio science and radio astronomy. Melissa is currently the X-band telecom systems engineering lead on the Mars Sample Retrieval Lander Mission and telecom systems engineering lead on the Europa Clipper Flight Systems Engineering Team. She has a BS from Caltech (double major in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business Economics and Management) and an MS from George Mason University.

Farzin Manshadi

JPL Spectrum Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Leads spacecraft frequency selection, radio frequency interference analysis, frequency coordination, and long term spectrum planning activities. Previously, JPL supervisor of design & development of the microwave antennas at the NASA Deep Space Network. PhD, EE UCLA.

Shervin Shambayati

Senior Systems Engineering, Aerospace Corporation: Senior Staff at Aerospace Corporation, Communications Architecture Department. Previously, Senior Systems Engineering Specialist, SSL and the Telecommunications Lead for NASA Restore-L program.Former member of Telecommunications Architecture group, JPL. Former Principal Investigator, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Ka-band Demonstration, JPL. BS in Applied Mathematics and Engineering, Cal State University, Northridge. MSEE and PhD, UCLA.

Shervin Shambayati

Senior Systems Engineering, Aerospace Corporation: Senior Staff at Aerospace Corporation, Communications Architecture Department. Previously, Senior Systems Engineering Specialist, SSL and the Telecommunications Lead for NASA Restore-L program.Former member of Telecommunications Architecture group, JPL. Former Principal Investigator, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Ka-band Demonstration, JPL. BS in Applied Mathematics and Engineering, Cal State University, Northridge. MSEE and PhD, UCLA.

Tommaso Rossi

Eng., University of Rome Tor Vergata: Tommaso Rossi is an Assistant Professor of Digital Signal Processing, Signals Processing for Biomedical Applications and Image and Video Compression at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata." His research activity is focused on EHF (Extremely High Frequency) and UWB (Ultra-Wideband) Satellite and Terrestrial Communication Systems, Digital Beamforming applied to RF Imaging and Telecommunication Systems, DSP for Biomedical Application and Image Processing. He is currently responsible for the Italian Space Agency Q/V-band satellite communication experimets performed through the Alphasat "Aldo Paraboni" P/L.

David Copeland

Principal Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory: David Copeland is a member of the Principal Professional Staff of the Space Exploration Sector at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He is currently the lead telecommunications engineer for NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan, and the Parker Solar Probe mission to the Sun. Mr. Copeland has over 30 years' experience in microwave and optical communications. Mr. Copeland received his B.S. from Virginia Tech in 1985 and M.S. from the University of Maryland in 1997, both in Electrical Engineering.

Alan Hylton

Network Studies Manager, NASA: Alan Hylton should probably be designing tube audio circuits, but instead directs Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) research and development at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where he is humbled to work with his powerful and multidisciplinary team. His formal education is in mathematics from Cleveland State University and Lehigh University, and he considers it his mission to advocate for students. Where possible, he creates venues for mathematicians to work on applied problems, who add an essential diversity to the group.

E. Jay Wyatt

Program Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: E. Jay Wyatt currently manages the Space Networking and Mission Automation Program Office within the Interplanetary Network Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Jay Wyatt has over 30 years of NASA experience on a wide range of assignments with an emphasis on technology developments for mission communication systems, ground data systems, trajectory design & navigation, autonomy development, and mission architecture and design for a variety of mission types including deep space fleets and constellations. His current focus is in leading JPL activities in Disruption Tolerant Networking, automation for NASA’s Deep Space Network, technology developments for NASA's Advanced Multi-mission Operations System, interplanetary CubeSat communication systems, and development of new flight and ground capabilities needed to implement adaptive, on-demand operations to improve how deep space missions are conducted.

Alessandra Babuscia

Telecommunication Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Alessandra Babuscia received a B.S. and a S.M. in Communication Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 2005 and 2007 respectively. She received her Ph.D. (2012) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she worked as research assistant and teaching assistant in Space System Laboratory. She has developed communication system for different university missions (CASTOR, ExoPlanet, TerSat, Rexis, TALARIS). She has worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory as summer researcher in Communication Architecture Research Group. Her research interests are in the fields of: communication technologies for small and micro satellite platforms, communication architecture design, statistical risk estimation, expert elicitation, mission scheduling and planning. She was awarded Amelia Earhart Fellows (years 2010 and 2011), Gordon Engineering Leadership Fellows (2010 and 2011), Teaching Assistant Award for MIT AeroAstro Department (2010), Top graduate in B.S program (2005) and in S.M. program (2007) at Politecnico di Milano. She is currently Postdoctoral Research Associate at MIT.

Marc Sanchez Net

Telecommunications Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Marc Sanchez Net is a telecommunications engineer in the Communication Architectures and Research Section at JPL. His research interests include design of space communication systems in challenged environments such as the surface of the Moon or Mars, optical communications, and delay tolerant networking. Marc received his PhD in 2017 from MIT, and holds degrees in both telecommunications and industrial engineering by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. He also received the NASA Early Career Award in 2020.

Claudio Sacchi

Associate professor, University of Trento: Dr. Claudio Sacchi is assistant professor at the University of Trento (Italy). His main research interests are in satellite communications and wireless broadband communications. He is authors of more than 70 papers published in international journals and conferences. He is Senior Member of IEEE, member of IEEE Comsoc and IEEE AES society.

Claudio Sacchi

Associate professor, University of Trento: Dr. Claudio Sacchi is assistant professor at the University of Trento (Italy). His main research interests are in satellite communications and wireless broadband communications. He is authors of more than 70 papers published in international journals and conferences. He is Senior Member of IEEE, member of IEEE Comsoc and IEEE AES society.

Genshe Chen

CTO, Intelligent Fusion Technology, Inc.: Dr. Chen received a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering, and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, in 1989, 1991 and 1994, respectively, all from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China. He is the chief technology officer at IFT and provides strategic guidance for government services and commercial solutions.

Lin Yi

Technical Group Supervisor, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology: Dr. Lin Yi is a technologist and group supervisor at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Areas of interest: precision frequency, timing and applications, RF and optical technologies in communications, navigation and radio/optical science applications. Dr. Yi has published more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers.

John Enright

Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University): John Enright is an Associate Professor in Department of Aerospace Engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). His primary research interests concern the development of attitude sensors for spacecraft, optical navigation, and mobile robotics.

Dylan Hasson

General Engineer, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center: Dylan Hasson is a General Engineer in the Air Traffic Management Systems Division at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) in Cambridge, MA. The ATMS division blends air traffic operations research, information technology, computer science, and engineering expertise focused on developing and deploying systems that help the air transportation enterprise to operate safely and efficiently. Mr. Hasson is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he received a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering. He is also a private pilot.

Jamal Haque

Sr.Principal Engineer, Raytheon: Dr. Haque is a Sr. Principal Engineer, Communications Division at Raytheon Technologies. Dr. Haque's experiences and interests are wireless systems, OFDM-based systems in high mobile platforms, channel estimation, cognitive software defined radio, signal processing, channel coding, high-speed connectivity and robust space processing systems and architectures. He has also worked at advance development groups at AT&T, Rockwell, Lucent (Bell Labs) technology and Honeywell on voice band modem, xDSL modem, Sirius satellite radio, satellite and space systems. He has 14 publications and has been awarded 33 US patents.

Bogdan Oaida

Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology: Bogdan V. Oaida is a Systems Engineer at JPL. He received a B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering in 2007 and a M.Eng in Space Engineering in 2008, both from The University of Michigan. He is currently a member of the Payload Systems Engineering team for the Europa Clipper Mission. Previously he served as the OPALS Project Systems Engineer for nearly 8 years, spanning the entire lifecycle of the mission, including extended operations. In 2014 he received JPL's Early Career Achievement Explorer Award for his work on OPALS.

Gene Serabyn

Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Senior Research Scientist at JPL developing high-contrast coronagraphy and interferometry techniques for direct exoplanet imaging, and microscopy techniques for remote life detection.

Gene Serabyn

Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Senior Research Scientist at JPL developing high-contrast coronagraphy and interferometry techniques for direct exoplanet imaging, and microscopy techniques for remote life detection.

Noah Van Zandt

Electro-Optical Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory: Noah R. Van Zandt is an electro-optical engineer at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Energy Directorate. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Cedarville University in 2010 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in optical science and engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2015 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include speckle mitigation, laser propagation through the atmosphere, active and passive tracking, and laser beam combination. He is a member of IEEE, SPIE, and DEPS.

William Danchi

Senior Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Senior Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Current projects include research on exoplanets forming in transitional protoplanetary disks and on the effect of space weather on exoplanet habitability and potential for life.

Michael Werth

Senior Electrophysics Engineer / Scientist, Boeing Company: Michael Werth received a BS in Physics from the University of Arizona in 2007 and a Ph.D. in Physics from UC Irvine in 2012. Most of his undergraduate and graduate career was spent at CERN working with the Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS Detector searching for fourth generation quarks and working with data acquisition systems. Now Michael is a Boeing system engineer and imaging scientist with research interests that include deep learning, high-performance computing, and imaging through turbulence.

J. Kent Wallace

Member, Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Kent Wallace is a Senior Optical Engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has been involved in the design and development of several ground based instruments including the Palomar Testbed Interferometer, the Keck Interferometer and the Palomar Adaptive Optics System. His interest over the past few years has been nulling interferometry, optical communications, and wave front sensing. He has a BS in Physics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a MS in Optics from the University of Rochester.

Travis Imken

Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Travis Imken is the Psyche Launch Phase Lead. He previously served as a Deployment Phase Systems Engineer for the InSight Lander and the Project Systems Engineer for the RainCube mission. Travis has worked on Mars Sample Return, ARRM, and the Lunar Flashlight and NEA Scout deep space CubeSats.

Keith Rosette

Deputy Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Mr. Rosette is currently the Deputy Project Manager for the Mars Sample Return Capture, Containment, and Return System at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Prior to this role, he was the Deputy Section Manager for the Flight Systems Engineering, Integration and Test Section and was also the Product Delivery Manager for the Sampling and Caching Subsystem of the Mars2020 Perseverance Rover. He started in aerospace in 1991 and has experience in both industry and JPL including hardware development for human spaceflight and spacecraft development for LEO, GEO and interplanetary missions. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering in 1991 and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1994.

Peter Sullivan

Electrical Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Peter Sullivan is an electrical engineer specializing in mixed-signal design and infrared instrumentation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He has previously worked at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a S.M. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has characterized image sensors for applications ranging from Earth science to exoplanet detection.

Thomas Backes

Engineer, Georgia Institute of Technology: Research engineer in the area of radars and tracking. BSEE, MSEE, MS Mathematics, MS Industrial Engineering, and MBA, all from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Craig Agate

Senior Staff Analyst, Toyon Research Corporation: Craig Agate, the Fusion and Tracking Team Lead at Toyon Research, received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from California State University in Northridge, California and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California in Santa Barbara where his doctoral thesis dealt with state and parameter estimation using density function approximation. In particular, he analyzed the small-sample and large-sample properties of a nonlinear parameter estimation algorithm that minimizes the Kullback-Leibler distance between the probability density function (PDF) of an unknown parameter and a mixture density. His interests lie in tracking targets using passive RF, track identity management algorithms, track-to-track fusion algorithms, and general problems in information fusion.

Laura Bateman

System Engineer, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory: Laura Ritter Bateman received her B.A. degree in Mathematics from McDaniel College in 1997 and an M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst in 2000. From 2000 to 2006, she worked for Raytheon as a software engineer developing tracking code for the Patriot radar and later as a system engineer on the Missile Defense National Team B (MDNTB) developing tracking algorithms for the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Command and Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) system. Mrs. Bateman currently works as a Chief Engineer for Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Her efforts are focused in the areas of non-kinetics, cognitive communication, tracking, battle management, and sensor resource management.

John Grimes

Scientist, BAE Systems, Inc: John Grimes currently works at BAE Systems Fast Labs in Burlington, MA. He is the distributed group lead in distributed fusion and resource management and works on multi-domain command and control, data fusion, and autonomy programs. He previously worked at MIT Lincoln Laboratory from 2007-2017 on a wide variety of problems related to space systems and ISR. John recieved a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (2007) in extragalactic astrophysics. His research was focused on space satellite operations, data analytics, and computational modeling. His particular research areas of expertise are in automated battle management, adversary behavior modeling, predictive tracking, data fusion, and systems analysis. Previously he has also worked at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the University of Chicago.

Matthew Lashley

Senior Research Engineer, GTRI: Dr. Matthew Lashley is a Senior Research Engineer in the Air & Missile Defense Division (AMDD) of the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL) at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). He received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Auburn University in 2004, 2006, & 2009. His research background is in the area of vector tracking algorithms for GPS receivers and the deep integration of GPS and inertial measurement units. He joined GTRI in 2015 and has since worked in the areas of radar interferometry, target tracking, and GPS-denied navigation.

Peter Zulch

Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory: Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory. 25 years with AFRL. Interests in multidimensional adaptive signal processing with applications to radar and ELINT. Other interests include multi-modal upstream data fusion. Senior member of the IEEE. Graduate degrees from Clarkson University.

Robert Merl

Electrical Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory: Robert Merl received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1992 and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1996. He has been with Los Alamos National Laboratory for 19 years and was previously with Argonne National Laboratory. Rob is the project engineer for the Processing and Communication team in the Intelligence and Space Research Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is also the principal design engineer for several space flight modules currently under development at the laboratory. Rob has 26 years of experience in circuit design. Rob is an instrument rated pilot and a commercial drone pilot.

Michael Epperly

Senior Program Manager, Southwest Research Institute: Senior Program Manager, Space Systems Department, Southwest Research Institute. Manager, Memory Subsystems product line and Program Manager for the Central Instrument Data Processor (CIDP) for the Magnetosphere Multi-Scale Mission (MMS). Formerly, Program Manager for the Mixed-Mode Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (MMASIC) for the Mar Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector (MSL-RAD). BSEE, University of Texas; MSEE, MSCS, and MS in Systems Engineering/Program Management, Johns-Hopkins University.

Eric Rossland

Electronics Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory: Eric Rossland is an employee at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) with over 15 years experience in spacecraft systems engineering. Eric works in the spacecraft systems electrical integration and test section on efforts from robotics, to space sensors, to entire spacecraft, and mission operations. Eric’s most recent technical focus area is space robotics, specifically robotic arm system design, integration, and test. On multiple flight programs, Eric managed teams through the entirety of the project from requirements development, design, hardware and software implementation, integration and test, verification/validation, and spacecraft launch and on-orbit operations. As a subject matter expert in the field of spacecraft electrical and robotic systems integration and test, Eric has been consulted to support internal and external program design reviews.

John Dickinson

Manager, Research & Development, Flight Edge Compute Systems, Sandia National Laboratories: Experience in spacecraft & payload systems engineering and avionics design & test on Kepler, WISE, JUNO, IBEX, RBSP, MMS, SPP, Solar Orbiter, CYGNSS, and multiple government programs. BSEE, Johns Hopkins University; MSEE, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Peter Wilson

Professor, University of Bath: Professor of Electronic and Systems Engineering, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, UK. Technical Chair, BMAS 2008 and General Chair BMAS 2009, Finance Chair IEEE Design Automation for Power Electronics 2018. Visiting Professor, University of Arkansas, USA. SMIEEE, FIET, FBCS, CEng. >150 Publications and 3 Books.

Mohammad Mojarradi

Manger, Componnent Engineering and Assurance, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Manager, Component Engineering and Assurance, JPL. IC design specialist, expert in mixed-signal/mixed-voltage circuits, sensors, micro-machined electromechanical interface systems for extreme environment of space. Twenty years experience. Twenty-seven patents, forty publications.

Didier Keymeulen

Principal, Member Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Principal, Member technical staff, JPL. Interests in design and implementation of adaptive and intelligent embedded flight systems

Jacob McGee

Research Engineer, Southwest Research Institute: I have worked for Southwest Research Institute for 9 years after receiving an undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech. In that time I have been the ADCS hardware lead for the CYGNSS mission and am currently the Deputy ADCS Lead, the Deputy Propulsion Lead, and an AI&T Test Conductor for the PUNCH mission.

Michael Mclelland

Executive Director, Space Systems Directorate, Southwest Research Institute: Executive Director, Space Systems Directorate, Southwest Research Institute, developing complex high reliability space hardware. Over 25 years management and engineering expertise in micro-satellites, spacecraft avionics, power systems, science payload processors, GPS receivers and autonomous high altitude airships. Played key roles in the development of over 22 spaceflight systems on NASA, ESA, Commercial and DoD programs.

Douglas Carssow

Electronics Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory: Dr. Douglas Carssow is the Naval Center for Space Technology Digital Flight Systems section head. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University in 2010. He is a former Naval Research Laboratory Karle’s Fellow and has 17 years of space hardware experience. He currently leads an effort to transition automatic target recognition algorithms to flight-like hardware.

James Lukash

Principal Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space: With over 30 years in the aerospace industry Jim Lukash has worked EMI/EMC/E3 on many space projects including; the International Space Station, Orion, the Delta II launch vehicle, DC-X, Pam-S/Ulysses, Mars Odyssey, Mars Climate Orbiter, Mars Polar Lander, Genesis, Stardust, SBIRS, MUOS, GPS III, and many others. He is the founding chair of the IEEE EMC Society’s Technical Committee 8 “Aeronautics and Space EMC”, and serves as co-chairman of the AIAA standard committee for AIAA-S-121, “Electromagnetic Compatibility Requirements for Space Equipment and Systems”. Mr. Lukash is an iNARTE certified EMC engineer and a Senior member of the IEEE.

Kevin Post

Mission Design Engineer, Booz Allen Hamilton: With a Master of Science in Aerospace, Kevin has worked in the aerospace field for 35 years. After moving to Houston, he worked with the International Space Station performing analyses for the Vehicle Integrated Performance and Resources (VIPeR) team, as well as becoming deeply involved in the thermal and power analyses which were part of the space stations’ solar array installation and deployment operations. Working with Booz Allen Hamilton as part of the NASA Exploration Mission Planning Office, Kevin supports the mission design for Artemis trajectory design and flight profile development.

Matthew Simon

Habitation and Lunar Architecture Lead, NASA Langley Research Center: Dr. Matthew Simon is a Habitation Design Lead and Lunar Architecture Lead at NASA Langley Research Center. He designs space habitat and lunar mission concepts as part of NASA’s Moon to Mars architecture. In addition to these roles, Dr. Simon supports multiple other NASA projects on spacecraft design, habitation, medical capability development, strategic decision analysis, and technology portfolio characterization. He received his Ph. D. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in May 2016 with his thesis on automated spacecraft interior layout evaluation and design.

Randy Williams

Systems Director, The Aerospace Corporation: Randy Williams earned an M.S. and a B.S in Aero-Sciences and Mechanical Engineering, respectively, from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). He's held several positions at The Aerospace Corporation after initial hire in 1987 in the Aerophysics Laboratory. He worked in the Propulsion Department on satellite propulsion systems for Milstar, DMSP, and STP programs. He transferred to the Medium Launch Vehicle Program Office. He led several multi-disciplinary teams tasked with resolving significant technical issues the Atlas II/III/V and Delta II launch vehicles. He began work on the Space Shuttle Return-to-Flight mission, characterizing the External Tank foam debris risk to the Space Shuttle Program. In 2007, he provided system engineering leadership and lead development of induced flight environments for NASA’s successful Ares I-X test flight project, in addition to supporting other Constellation projects, for which he received several NASA and corporate awards. He currently serves as a Systems Director in Civil and Commercial Launch Projects Subdivision of the Launch Systems Division, where he serves as the primary focal point for all civil launch-related activities within Launch Program Operations.

Kevin Duda

Senior Program Manager, Space Systems, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.: Kevin Duda is a Senior Program Manager and Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Space Systems Program Office at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT.

Torin Clark

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder: Torin Clark, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder in the Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences department and Biomedical Engineering program. He is a principal investigator in the Bioastronautics Laboratory and a faculty affiliate of BioServe Space Technologies. Prior to joining CU-Boulder in 2015, he was a National Space Biomedical Research Institute post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He completed his Masters and PhD in the Man-Vehicle Laboratory (now the Human Systems Laboratory) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his BS in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Colorado. His research is focused on the challenges that human operators face in complex aerospace environments. Specifically, he focuses on astronaut biomedical issues, space human factors, human sensorimotor/vestibular function and adaptation, interaction of human-autonomous and human-robotic systems, trust in autonomous systems, mathematical models of spatial orientation perception, and human-in-the-loop experiments.

Alexander Eremenko

Mechanical Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Alexander Eremenko. I received Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow, USSR (Russia) in 1984. I previously worked for Lavochkin Science & Production Association, Moscow, Russia for 11 years developing a variety of the planetary and astrophysical missions. For the last 16 years I've been working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory developing a variety of deep space missions/programs including Ice&Fire, Solar Probe, Europa, Pluto, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Science Laboratory, Aquarius, SMAP, Europa Clipper. I am currently Mars Sample Retrieval Lander pre-Project Flight System Chief Engineer.

Richard Hofer

Supervisor, Electric Propulsion, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Richard R. Hofer is a Principal Engineer and the Supervisor of the Electric Propulsion Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received the B.S.E. degree in mechanical engineering and the B.S.E., M.S.E, and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan in 1998, 1998, 2000, and 2004, respectively. Since joining JPL in 2005, his work has focused on the development and qualification of Hall thrusters for deep space missions. In recognition of these efforts, he received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, the JPL Lew Allen Award for Excellence, and the AIAA Electric Propulsion Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. Dr. Hofer is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, the Chair of the AIAA Electric Propulsion Technical Committee, and on the Board of Directors of the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society. He has been awarded seven patents and authored over 170 technical publications in electric propulsion.

Concha Reid

Program Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Concha Reid is the acting Program Manager for the Radioisotope Power Systems Program (RPS) at NASA. The RPS Program provides radioisotope power and heating for NASA missions, and advances the technology for achievement of greater science objectives, particularly to dark, cold lunar and planetary locations and into deep space. Prior to joining the RPS Program, Ms. Reid negotiated and managed bilateral exchange agreements between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) for Orion’s European Service Module (ESM). She led joint NASA-ESA reviews of the completion of ESM integration activities in Europe for NASA, coordinated the delivery of the ESMs for Artemis I and II from Europe to NASA Kennedy Space Center, and led the review to approve the mating of the Orion Crew and Service Module with the ESM. She also served as the technical management representative for the ESM on the Orion prime contract. Previously, Ms. Reid served as a battery and energy storage specialist in the NASA GRC Power Division. Ms. Reid holds a BS in electrical engineering from Louisiana State University and an MS in electrical engineering, with an emphasis on power systems and alternate energy systems, from Virginia Tech.

Kyle Kemble

Small Satellite Portfolio Mission Manager, Air Force Research Laboratory: Mr. Kemble received a Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2013. During his time at CU he was the program manager for the Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer sponsored by Air Force Research Laboratory. Since graduation he has been working as a civil servant with the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate. At AFRL he is a mission manager for small satellite platforms ranging across a wide variety of mission areas from communications systems to space situational awareness.

Ashley Karp

Mars Launch Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Dr. Karp is the SRL Mars Launch Manager as part of a potential Mars Sample Return. She has been the PI for JPL’s Hybrid Propulsion Test Facility. She is the former Chair of the AIAA Hybrid Rocket Propulsion Technical Committee. She earned a Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University in 2012. and a B.A. in Astrophysics, Physics and Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005. She has worked on the Mars 2020 propulsion system and has been involved with many mission concept studies

Felipe Gonzalez

Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology: Dr Gonzalez is a Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology and Leader for UAVs in Remote Sensing at the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA). He is the co-author of a monograph on multidisciplinary design optimization and game strategies in aeronautics and UAV design and has published over 100 refereed publications. To date Dr Gonzalez has been awarded $9.1M in chief investigator / partner investigator grants ($6.5M total cash + in-kind contributions). This grant income represents a mixture of sole investigator funding, international, multidisciplinary collaborative grants and funding from industry.

Will Goins

Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer, Ierus Technologies : Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer with Ierus Technologies in Huntsville AL, USA. Previously he held research and design positions with commercial companies supporting aerospace and defense customers. His research interests are in aerospace and electronic systems areas, with specific focus in autonomous vehicles and sensors. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering

Will Goins

Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer, Ierus Technologies : Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer with Ierus Technologies in Huntsville AL, USA. Previously he held research and design positions with commercial companies supporting aerospace and defense customers. His research interests are in aerospace and electronic systems areas, with specific focus in autonomous vehicles and sensors. He holds a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering

Theodore Tzanetos

Manager, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Lead, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team Lead, Mars Sample Return - Sample Recovery Helicopters Manager, and Supervisor of Aerial Mobility Group. MIT '12 B.S. CS-EE, MIT '13 M.Eng CS-EE.

Felipe Gonzalez

Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology: Dr Gonzalez is a Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology and Leader for UAVs in Remote Sensing at the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA). He is the co-author of a monograph on multidisciplinary design optimization and game strategies in aeronautics and UAV design and has published over 100 refereed publications. To date Dr Gonzalez has been awarded $9.1M in chief investigator / partner investigator grants ($6.5M total cash + in-kind contributions). This grant income represents a mixture of sole investigator funding, international, multidisciplinary collaborative grants and funding from industry.

Virgil Adumitroaie

Data Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Past research in high-speed turbulent combustion modeling, data dimensionality reduction, neural networks, signaling pathways, decision support, climate data assimilation, and scientific software development. Currently working on planetary atmospheric and magnetospheric modeling. Adjunct Lecturer at the Viterbi School of Engineering, USC. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo.

Ronnie Killough

Director - R&D, Southwest Research Institute: Ronnie Killough is a Program Director in the Space Science and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). In his thirty years at SwRI, Ronnie has developed software for cruise missile simulators, space shuttle control center systems, and unmanned spacecraft. Until 2014 he was Director of the Communications and Embedded Systems department in which he was responsible for oversight of research and development of network-centric systems, tactical communications systems, cyber security, and high-reliability software. Ronnie returned to his passion for space and served as software systems lead and flight director for the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission which launched in December 2016. He is currently Project Manager for a Heliophysics SMEX mission called Polarimeter to Unify the Corina and Heliosphere (PUNCH), a constellation of four microsatellites that will create 3D images of the solar wind, slated for launch in 2023.

Peter Lehner

Robotics Research Scientist / Engineer, German Aerospace Center (DLR): Peter Lehner is a researcher at the Department of Autonomy and Teleoperation at the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, German Aerospace Center (DLR). Before he joined DLR in 2014, he received his master's degree in Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Berlin in 2014. His current research activities include developing methods for autonomous motion generation for mobile manipulation systems to empower mobile robots to autonomously interact with their environment.

Paul Wood

Staff Computer Scientist, Southwest Research Institute: Mr. Wood received a B.S. in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Systems Design from the University of Texas at San Antonio, in 1979 and an M.S. from Purdue University in computer science in 1983. He has been with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for more than 35 years. He is software lead for the Magnetospeheric Multiscale (MMS) Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer instrument and Central Instrument Data Processor (CIDP), and is one of the MMS payload systems engineers. His other work includes robotics, telecommunications, and embedded real-time systems. He is an active participant in SwRI's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) efforts. He has been a frequent participant in Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) activities in many domains including space, medical, and military. His interests include software and systems reliability including the use of process improvement methods and data analysis to detect and prevent defects and measure progress.

Oleg Sindiy

Systems Manager, Lockheed Martin Space: Dr. Oleg Sindiy is a Systems Manager at Lochkeed Martin. He received his BS degree in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and his MS and PhD degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. His dissertation topic was on “Model-based System-of-Systems Engineering for Space-based Command, Control, Communication, and Information Architecture Design.” He worked at NASA'S JPL from 2011 to 2022, where he supported development and operations of variety of space exploration platforms. He is currently the Spacecraft Manager on the Cryogenic Demonstration Mission. In Dr. Sindiy’s work, Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE) has been at the forefront of elevating models in the engineering process to a central and governing role in decision-making, specification, design, integration, testing, validation, and operation of space systems and their architectures.

Daniel Clancy

Senior Research Engineer, Georgia Tech Research Institute: Dan has worked in the aerospace / defense industry for over 25 years. His research interests include machine learning and artificial intelligence; advance battle management, command and control systems; multi-agent decision and game theory; and information fusion, advanced tracking, data association, and target ID techniques. He previously worked for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in Fort Worth, TX, where he was a lead designer of the information fusion system for the F-35 Lightning II. He has been an adjunct professor at Texas Christian University in the Department of Engineering. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1988, his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Boston University in 1991, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Ohio State University in 1997.

Andreas Gerndt

Head of Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR): Prof. Dr. Andreas Gerndt is the head of the department "Software for Space Systems and Interactive Visualization" at German Aerospace Center (DLR). He received his degree in computer science from Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany in 1993. In the position of a research scientist, he also worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (IGD) in Germany. Thereafter, he was a software engineer for several companies with focus on Software Engineering and Computer Graphics. In 1999 he continued his studies in Virtual Reality and Scientific Visualization at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, where he received his doctoral degree in computer science. After two years of interdisciplinary research activities as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA, he returned to Germany in 2008 to work for DLR in the domain of aerospace software research. Since 2019, he is also Professor in High-Performance Visualization at University of Bremen, Germany.

Samuel Bibelhauser

Engineer, JHU-APL: Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Internships at NASA Langley and NASA Goddard, including work on drones and wind tunnels. Work at JHUAPL includes imaging systems, flight software, and drones.

Andrew Hess

President, The Hess PHM Group, Inc.: Consultant to government and industry on advanced diagnostics, prognostics, data and predictive analytics, CBM, smart manufacturing, health and asset management of machines and engineering systems. Previously program office lead for the JSF PHM effort. Current President of the PHM Society.

Derek De Vries

Senior Fellow, Nothrop Grumman Propulsion Systems: Mr. Derek R. DeVries, P.E., Senior Fellow and Discipline Owner for Avionics and Controls at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems. Senior Member of IEEE with over 30 years’ experience in the Aerospace Industry in Operation, Integration, and Development of Space Launch Systems. PHM Society Fellow, Board of Directors, and Honored as a Luminary Speaker for the PHM 2015 Conference. B.Sc Electrical Engineering from University of Utah, and M.Sc. Electrical Engineering from Utah State University. Industrial Advisory Board Member for the University of Utah Electrical Engineering, AIAA Standards Committee NATO Scientific Achievement Award 2016 "Application of Integrated Munitions health Management", Member for AIAA “S-122-2006 Direct Current Power Systems for Earth-Orbiting Satellites”, 15 U.S./Foreign Patents, and AIAA 2001 JPC Arthur D. Rhea Best Paper Award for "Ordnance Components and Systems". Research/Development interests include advanced Avionics and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) of integrated systems.

Derek De Vries

Senior Fellow, Nothrop Grumman Propulsion Systems: Mr. Derek R. DeVries, P.E., Senior Fellow and Discipline Owner for Avionics and Controls at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems. Senior Member of IEEE with over 30 years’ experience in the Aerospace Industry in Operation, Integration, and Development of Space Launch Systems. PHM Society Fellow, Board of Directors, and Honored as a Luminary Speaker for the PHM 2015 Conference. B.Sc Electrical Engineering from University of Utah, and M.Sc. Electrical Engineering from Utah State University. Industrial Advisory Board Member for the University of Utah Electrical Engineering, AIAA Standards Committee NATO Scientific Achievement Award 2016 "Application of Integrated Munitions health Management", Member for AIAA “S-122-2006 Direct Current Power Systems for Earth-Orbiting Satellites”, 15 U.S./Foreign Patents, and AIAA 2001 JPC Arthur D. Rhea Best Paper Award for "Ordnance Components and Systems". Research/Development interests include advanced Avionics and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) of integrated systems.

Morteza Safai

Sensors Engineer / Technical Fellow, Boeing Company: Senior Sensors Engineer & Technical Fellow at the Boeing Research and Technology. 30 years of experience with opto electrical sensors, x-ray CT, X-ray backscattering, X-ray line scans, infrared, laser, MEMS, UT and nondestructive testing and Imaging for aerospace, food and medical industries. Holds over 95 patents, 100 patents pending and 24 publications. BS and MS Physics University of Utah.

Andrew Hess

President, The Hess PHM Group, Inc.: Consultant to government and industry on advanced diagnostics, prognostics, data and predictive analytics, CBM, smart manufacturing, health and asset management of machines and engineering systems. Previously program office lead for the JSF PHM effort. Current President of the PHM Society.

Derek De Vries

Senior Fellow, Nothrop Grumman Propulsion Systems: Mr. Derek R. DeVries, P.E., Senior Fellow and Discipline Owner for Avionics and Controls at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems. Senior Member of IEEE with over 30 years’ experience in the Aerospace Industry in Operation, Integration, and Development of Space Launch Systems. PHM Society Fellow, Board of Directors, and Honored as a Luminary Speaker for the PHM 2015 Conference. B.Sc Electrical Engineering from University of Utah, and M.Sc. Electrical Engineering from Utah State University. Industrial Advisory Board Member for the University of Utah Electrical Engineering, AIAA Standards Committee NATO Scientific Achievement Award 2016 "Application of Integrated Munitions health Management", Member for AIAA “S-122-2006 Direct Current Power Systems for Earth-Orbiting Satellites”, 15 U.S./Foreign Patents, and AIAA 2001 JPC Arthur D. Rhea Best Paper Award for "Ordnance Components and Systems". Research/Development interests include advanced Avionics and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) of integrated systems.

Wolfgang Fink

Associate Professor, University of Arizona: Associate Professor and inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair, University of Arizona with joint appointments in the Departments of ECE, BME, SIE, AME, and Ophthalmology & Vision Science. AIMBE Fellow, PHMS Fellow, SPIE Fellow, UA da Vinci Fellow, UA ACABI Fellow, and Senior Member IEEE. Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany.

Mark Walker

Chief Technologist, D2K Technologies: Mark Walker received his BSEE from Cal Poly University, Pomona (1990), and his MSCompEng from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (1994), where he specialized in machine intelligence. He has been working in applied artificial intelligence since 1989, and has co-authored four patents in the field. His work with HUMS and PHM began with BFGoodrich Aerospace, Vergennes, VT in 1996. He also worked 6 years as Senior Consulting Engineer for expert system manufacturer Gensym Corporation and 10 years as Lead Engineer, Intelligent Systems for General Atomics, where he led GA in the development of reusable PHM systems applied to various industries. He founded D2K Technologies in 2014, a solution provider of intelligent model-based reasoning systems for mission critical systems. He also serves as a PHM SME for NASA, with active projects at SSC and KSC. He resides with his family in Oceanside, California.

Andrew Hess

President, The Hess PHM Group, Inc.: Consultant to government and industry on advanced diagnostics, prognostics, data and predictive analytics, CBM, smart manufacturing, health and asset management of machines and engineering systems. Previously program office lead for the JSF PHM effort. Current President of the PHM Society.

Heidi Hallowell

Principal GNC Engineer, Ball Aerospace: Heidi Hallowell received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Electrical Engineering. During her 18 years at Ball, Heidi has worked in a variety of GNC roles including spacecraft design and development, simulators, on-orbit commissioning, and spacecraft operation. These programs have included both LEO and interplanetary spacecraft. She has been the CloudSat ADCS lead since 2018 and is also the lead ADCS engineer for the S-NPP and JPSS-1/NOAA-20 programs.

Robert Lange

Mission Systems System Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Rob Lange is a Mission Systems System Engineer (MSSE) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with nearly 20 years experience developing and operating flagship class missions. Rob is currently the MSSE for the Sample Retrieval Lander mission. He was the Mars 2020 Mission Planning Lead, and later the MSSE and surface operations commissioning Phase Lead. Previously, Rob worked on the Mars Science Laboratory in Mission System development and operations teams as commissioning phase planning lead, surface phase system engineering, surface operations strategic planning. Prior experience includes Mars Exploration Rovers science operations and Cassini spacecraft operations science planning engineer. Rob received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and M.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California.

William Koenig

Production Operations Lead, NASA - Kennedy Space Center: William J Koenig Received a B.S. Degree in Marine Transportation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and a M.S. Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Florida. He worked in the maritime industry for 8 years before entering the aerospace industry and supporting the Space Shuttle Program in numerous managerial positions for 20 years. In 2007 William joined NASA as the ORION Program Lead for Production Operations. He is presently responsible for the fabrication, transportation, assembly, and checkout of ORION spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center.

Atif Mohammad

Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Dr. Atif was born and raised in the country of Dr. Abdus Salam the Nobel Laureate (Pakistan). He has PhD in Cloud Security from University of Quebec at Chicoutimi Canada, and his 2nd PhD in Scientific Computing from University of North Dakota, USA. Atif is a Senior Research Scientist at Catasys Inc., where he heads AI & RnD Thought Leadership for the organization. Atif teaches Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at UNC Charlotte.

Zaid Towfic

Signal Analysis Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Zaid Towfic holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Iowa. He received his Electrical Engineering M.S. in 2009 and Ph.D. in 2014, both from UCLA, where he focused on signal processing, machine learning, and stochastic optimization. After receiving his Ph. D., Zaid joined the MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he worked on distributed beam forming and geolocation, interference excision via subspace methods, simultaneous communication, and electronic warfare. Zaid joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in January of 2017 and has been focused on machine learning and signal processing efforts.

Dean Bucher

Principal Director, The Aerospace Corporation: Mr. Dean Bucher is the Principal Director of Digital Engineering Integration at The Aerospace Corporation, where he leads the digital engineering (DE) transformation of Aerospace. In this role, Mr. Bucher is responsible for providing strategic direction to all corporately funded DE initiatives and ensuring that these efforts are highly integrated to contribute to the broader strategic vision for digital engineering. He also works across numerous, emerging customer DE efforts to better identify opportunities and integrate these for the benefit of the National Security Space (NSS) and Civil Space enterprises. Mr. Bucher joined The Aerospace Corporation in 2005 as a Member of the Technical Staff. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri and an MS in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and he is currently pursuing a PhD in Systems Engineering from Colorado State University.

Robin Dillon Merrill

Professor, Georgetown University: Professor Robin Dillon is a Professor in the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Professor Dillon-Merrill seeks to understand and explain how and why people make the decisions that they do under conditions of uncertainty and risk. This research specifically examines critical decisions that people have made following near-miss events in situations with severe outcomes including hurricane evacuation, terrorism, cybersecurity, and NASA mission management. She has received research funding from the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security through USC’s National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis for Terrorism Events. She participated as a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center in 2004.

Eric Mahr

Senior Project Leader, The Aerospace Corporation: Senior Project Leader, Strategic Assessments & Studies Division, The Aerospace Corporation. Worked on an array of tasks spanning the space mission life cycle, with a primary focus on programmatic assessments of NASA science missions. B.S., Aerospace Engineering, U. of Arizona and M.S., Aerospace Engineering Sciences, U. of Colorado.

Alfred Nash

Lead Engineer, Team-X, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Dr. Alfred E. Nash is Lead Engineer and Study Facilitator for Team-X at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He received his B. S. in Physics from Stanford University and his Ph. D in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Gregory Falco

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University: Prof. Gregory Falco has been at the forefront of critical infrastructure and space system security in both industry and academia for the past decade. His research entitled Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems was highly influential in the recent Space Policy Directive-5, which shared the same title. He has been listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 for his inventions and contributions to critical infrastructure cyber security. Falco has been published in Science for his work on cyber risk. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Institute for Assured Autonomy and the Civil and Systems Engineering Department. Prof. Falco serves on the Leadership Council for the Maine Spaceport Complex, and as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Space Systems Critical Infrastructure Working Group. He is also a Cyber Research Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center, Research Affiliate at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University. Falco completed his PhD at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, master’s degree at Columbia University and bachelor’s degree at Cornell University.

Sarah Bucior

Systems Engineer, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: Sarah Bucior is currently a Senior I&T Engineer on the DART mission aiming to impact an asteroid after launch in late 2021. She received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering Astronautics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2001 and a MS in Systems Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore in 2015. She has been a Flight Controller on the New Horizons mission for the Pluto flyby as well as been part of the Mission Operations Teams for the STEREO Launch in 2006 and Van Allen (formerly RBSP) Launch in 2012. She was a member of the Parker Solar Probe I&T Launch Team as a Test Conductor in the field for the 2018 launch campaign, and then assisted as a Flight Controller in Mission Operations for Early Commissioning.

Theodore Bujewski

Director, Science and Technology Integration, US Space Force, Department of Defense: TBD

John Ryskowski

President, JFR Consulting: John Ryskowski is a change catalyst that has helped organizations get un-stuck since 1989. He is particularly interested in the social entanglements that preclude progress as organizations work to create their vision, identify actions, and achieve goals. John holds a MA in Education from California Lutheran College, a BA in Mathematics from California State University Northridge, is a Problem Solving Leadership graduate, a Certified Scrum Master, and a CMMI High Maturity Lead Appraiser for acquisition, services, and development. John is also a yoga practitioner, electric muscle car evangelist, and the creator of Drum-Talks- https://www.drum-talks.com/

Lorraine Fesq

Chief Technologist, Mission Systems and Operations Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Dr. Lorraine Fesq is the Chief Technologist for JPL’s Mission Systems and Operations Division, and the Program Area Manager for Small Bodies and Planetary Defense within JPL’s Planetary Science Directorate. As the recent Program Manager of the ASTERIA CubeSat mission, she demonstrated in-space autonomy experiments. She has over 40 years of experience in industry, government and academia, working all mission phases from formulation to mission operations. Lorraine holds two patents in autonomy, and received a NASA Public Service Medal for her work on the Chandra X-ray Observatory and a NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for advancing the Fault Management discipline. Lorraine taught at MIT and worked on multiple flight missions at JPL, TRW (now Northrop Grumman), Ball Aerospace and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She received her B.A. in Mathematics from Rutgers University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Larry Matthies

Technology Coordinator, Mars Exploration Program, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Dr. Matthies has been at JPL since 1989 and is currently Technology Coordinator in the Mars Exploration Program office. He supervised the JPL Computer Vision Group for 21 years and initiated the development of several computer vision capabilities that have had high impact on Mars missions, including stereo vision and visual odometry for rovers, position and velocity estimation during decent for landers, and visual navigation for helicopters. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a co-recipient of the 2008 IEEE Technical Field Award in robotics, and a member of the editorial boards of the journals Autonomous Robots and Field Robotics.

Kara O'Donnell

Principal Director, Aerospace Corporation: Principal Director for the Space Innovation Directorate at the Aerospace Corporation, providing “world class” technical support in the areas of adaptive mission assurance, technology planning, development, and test & demonstration.

Greg Chavers

Technical Integration, NASA - Headquarters: Dr. Greg Chavers is the acting deputy associate administrator for Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) in NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate. In this role, Chavers implements directorate-level strategies in response to national priorities and NASA’s vision for human spaceflight. In his previous role, Chavers was deputy manager of NASA’s Human Landing System (HLS) Program, and prior to HLS program formulation, he was a lead developer of HLS requirements and government reference architecture. As HLS deputy program manager, Greg was jointly responsible for leading the development of an integrated human lunar landing system for the Artemis program. Dr. Chavers earned his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn University, and his master’s and doctoral degrees in physics from the University of Alabama, Huntsville.

Michael Meyer

Lead Scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA HQ: Michael Meyer is a Senior Scientist at NASA Headquarters in the Science Mission Directorate. He is the Lead Scientist for NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, responsible for the science content of current and future Mars missions, and Program Scientist for the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity mission. Dr. Meyer was the Senior Scientist for Astrobiology from 2001 to 2006; NASA’s Exobiology Discipline Scientsit from 1993-2006; Planetary Protection Officer for NASA from 1994 to 1997; and Program Scientist for the Mars Microprobe mission (DS-2) and for two Phase I Shuttle/Mir experiments. Dr. Meyer's primary research interest is in microorganisms living in extreme environments, particularly the physical factors controlling microbial growth and survival. Dr. Meyer earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in oceanography from Texas A&M University (1985 and 1981) and his B.S. in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1974).

Robyn Gatens

Director, ISS, NASA - Headquarters: Ms. Robyn Gatens is the director of the International Space Station (ISS) in the Human Exploration and Operations mission directorate at NASA Headquarters. She is also an agency senior expert for environmental control and life support (ECLSS) and crew health and performance systems. As ISS director, Gatens leads strategy, policy, integration, and stakeholder engagement for the space station program at the agency level, including use of the station for research and technology demonstrations including to support NASA’s Artemis missions, and activities to secure an ongoing U.S. presence in low-Earth orbit (LEO) by enabling a successful, long-term private sector commercial LEO space economy. She also serves as NASA’s liaison to the ISS National Laboratory. Ms. Gatens is the recipient of NASA’s Outstanding Leadership and Exceptional Achievement Medals, and holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Nicole Herrmann

Program Executive, NASA Headquarters: Nicole Herrmann serves as a Program Executive in the Earth Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. In this role, Nicole supports technical and programmatic integration of projects in the Flight Programs office as well as providing insight and oversight to Headquarters leadership and external stakeholders for those missions. She began her career at NASA as an intern in the History Division and has had various roles supporting future human exploration over the last 15 years at Headquarters and Marshall Space Flight Center. Nicole graduated from the University of Maryland in College Park receiving a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Astronomy. She completed graduate studies at the George Washington University receiving a Master of Arts in International Science and Technology Policy with a focus on Space Policy as well as a Master of Science in Systems Engineering, also from the George Washington University.

Richard Mattingly

Member, Mars Program Formulation Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Richard Mattingly is a member of the Mars Program Formulation Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he was in charge of numerous architectural studies on Mars Sample Return starting in the early 2000’s He has also managed systems engineering groups for JPL's projects implemented in partnership with industry, and instrument and payload development. He has been involved in the formulation and development of many of JPL’s planetary and Earth-orbiting spacecraft and payloads since the 1970’s.