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David Woerner
Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: JPL Lead for RPS Systems Engineering and Integration activities for NASA's Radioisotope Power Systems Program. Editor of the published book, The Technology of Discovery: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and Thermoelectric Technologies for Space Exploration. Previously, David was the Systems Formulation Manager for the Radioisotope Power System Program at NASA, the MMRTG Office manager for the MSL mission, and earlier the Chief Engineer of the avionics for Mars Pathfinder. 40 years of experience at JPL and the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, including work on the Galileo, Cassini, and Magellan missions. Chair, Board of Directors of IEEE Aerospace Conferences. Numerous NASA awards, including the Exceptional Service and Exceptional Achievement Awards.
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Kendra Cook
, : Space System Security SME at SAIC and Owner/Principal of C2 International. Served 7 years as an Officer in the U.S. Air Force, specializing in UAVs and air-launched weapons systems. Prior work includes Senior Systems Engineer and Mission Protection Engineer at NASA/JPL, NOAA’s Lead Systems Engineer on the COSMIC-2 joint US-Taiwan satellite program, design of UAV prototypes at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and Information Assurance for the Navy’s Distributed Common Ground System. B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Boston University; M.S., Astronautical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology.
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Kristin Wortman
Principal Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: Principal professional staff, Space Exploration Sector's Space Mission Assurance group at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory located in Laurel, MD. Support EZIE and Dragonfly NASA missions and several National Security Space missions as the lead software assurance engineer. Adjunct professor, Computer Sciences Department, University of Maryland University College since 2001. B.S., Computer and Information Science; M.S., Software Engineering, University of Maryland University College.
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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.
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10.01 Computational Modeling
The focus of this session is Computational Modeling in any discipline, with emphasis on the mathematical model of the phenomenology and on the numerical algorithms used for solution. Disciplines include fluid dynamics and fluid/thermal sciences, biological flows, earth and planetary physics, systems engineering studies, sensor management and sensor modeling, and radar and signal processing.
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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.
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Tiberiu Barbat
Director, Virtual-Ing: I got my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from SUNY at Buffalo, NY in 1999 and continued my activity for 26 years to become an expert in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling. I am founder and Director of Virtual-Ing SRL, Bucharest, Romania, company providing consulting services in CFD modeling for research projects in academia and industry. Our projects encompassed a variety of areas where new applications of CFD were desired: heat transfer in multiphase flows with phase changes, non-newtonian flows, blood flow in stented arteries, water flow and waves effects on the banks of rivers and channels, air flow in wind turbines farms. The CFD expertise came from past work and research experience as CFD Lead Consulting Engineer, Senior Support Engineer at Fluent, Inc., Ansys, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan (1999-2006) and also from the research completed during PhD years in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of SUNY at Buffalo (1994-1999). My interest in CFD started back as Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania (1992-1994) and as R&D Engineer in Turbomecanica SA, Bucharest, Romania (1989-1992). I am a member in American Physical Society (APS) and keep a large interest in Physics in general.
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10.02 Innovative Software Engineering and Management Techniques and Practices
Practices followed during development and management of aerospace software systems vary across the industry. This divide seems to be growing as emerging markets, such as commercial space and cubesats, adopt techniques from other software domains while the traditional aerospace market works to tailor existing processes. Suggested topics covering both experience and research in software engineering and management techniques with both flight and ground system development such as: innovative software architectures, software management techniques to ensure and measure software progress, effective review processes, COTS integration and code reuse strategies, new design methods, and unique approaches to software test and verification. Other software engineering topics will also be considered in this session.
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Ronnie Killough
Program Director - R&D, Southwest Research Institute: Ronnie Killough is a Program Director in the Space Science Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). In his 34 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 creating 3D images of the solar wind; PUNCH launched in March 2025.
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Jeremiah Finnigan
Senior Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory: Senior Professional Staff, Space Exploration Sector, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. B.S. Mathematics, B.S. Electrical Engineering, and M.S. Computer Engineering, University of Maryland; M.S. Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University.
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10.03 Software Architecture and Design
Appropriate software architecture is critical to the design, development and evolution of all software systems, and its role in the engineering of software-intensive applications in the aerospace domain has become increasingly important. This session solicits novel ideas on the foundations, languages, models, techniques, tools, and applications of software architecture technology. Topics include software architecture for space mission systems; architecture across software, system and enterprise boundaries; architectural patterns, styles and viewpoints; architecture frameworks; design reasoning, capturing and sharing design decisions; and open architectures, product-line architectures, and systems of systems software architects’ roles and responsibilities.
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Martin Stelzer
Research Associate, German Aerospace Center (DLR): Martin Stelzer studied computer science at FH Ingolstadt and the University of Hagen and received his M.Sc. Degree in 2012. Since 2007 he has been working at the German Aerospace Center in the field of onboard software frameworks and was involved in the space projects ROKVISS, Kontur-2, and EROSS.
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Peter Lehner
Team Lead Mobile Manipulators, German Aerospace Center (DLR): Peter Lehner is the Mobile Manipulators team lead 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.
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10.04 Software Quality, Reliability and Safety Engineering and Other Illities
The focus of this session is to share systematic practices followed in aerospace to ensure an adequate confidence level that a software system conforms to its requirements and will perform in a safe and reliable manner. Software quality, reliability and safety engineering covers methodologies and techniques used for assessment of the development cycle, verification, validation and test programs, standards, models, certifications, tools, data analysis and risk management. This session is also a forum for discussion on other illities, such as software maintainability.
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Kristin Wortman
Principal Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: Principal professional staff, Space Exploration Sector's Space Mission Assurance group at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory located in Laurel, MD. Support EZIE and Dragonfly NASA missions and several National Security Space missions as the lead software assurance engineer. Adjunct professor, Computer Sciences Department, University of Maryland University College since 2001. B.S., Computer and Information Science; M.S., Software Engineering, University of Maryland University College.
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Robert Klar
Institute Engineer, Southwest Research Institute: Robert Klar has over 28 years of experience in the areas of software engineering, real-time operating systems, embedded systems, signal processing, image processing, computer networking, and communications. He has contributed to flight software for many space missions including PUNCH, CYGNSS, MMS, WISE, Kepler, New Horizons, Orbital Express, Fermi, Swift, and IMAGE. Robert has a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Texas A&M and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Saint Mary’s University. He is currently pursuing additional graduate work in Machine Learning at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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10.05 Model-based Systems and Software Engineering
This session is concerned with the application, or potential application, of advanced model-based approaches, methodologies, techniques, languages, and tools to the aerospace domain. Topics ranging from theoretical and conceptual work in these areas to specific, concrete applications, in scope from small software systems to complex monolithic systems to large system-of-systems, are welcome. Other driving current themes include: coordination and usage of multiple types of models, e.g., digital twins, descriptive versus behavioral models; the use of MBSE simulations and analyses in support of architecture development; the application of information visualization techniques for improved MBSE deliverables; the use of MBSE in specialized domains such as fault protection or electrical systems engineering. The Session's areas of interest including model-based architecture and analysis, design, control systems, verification and testing, simulation, domain specific languages and transformations, aircraft, spacecraft, instruments, flight systems, ground systems, planning and execution, guidance and navigation, and fault management.
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Aleksandra Markina Khusid
Department Manager, MITRE Corporation: Aleksandra Markina-Khusid received the B.S. degree in physics, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering, and the M.S. degree in engineering and management, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA 1999, 2001, 2005, and 2015 respectively. She leads the Systems and Mission Analysis Department, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, USA. Her research interests include analytical and quantitative systems engineering and mission engineering, including systems of systems engineering, trade space analysis, and decision support as enabled by the modern digital engineering approaches.
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Hongman Kim
Systems Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Hongman Kim is a software systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Since he joined JPL in 2014, Hongman worked on a number of software development projects including concept design study environment and ontology-based engineering data integration. Currently, he works as software architect of Ingenium that provides a Web-based test procedure authoring and execution environment for system level testing and integration of JPL flight projects. Before joining JPL, he was a project manager at Phoenix Integration, Inc., where he led development of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) technology. He also worked on a number of government funded projects including points cloud visualization, distributed computing, and design optimization. He holds a PhD degree in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech, and MS and BS degrees in aerospace engineering from Seoul National University.
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10.06 Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) for Aerospace Applications
This session considers how to create state-of-the-art single and multi-agent system technologies necessary for developing algorithms, software, or hardware for intelligent, adaptive, and learning systems. Application areas include single and multiple homogeneous or heterogenous platforms and their related systems, e.g., ground movers / stations, single or constellations of spacecraft/satellites, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), etc., including mission systems, and autonomy. Techniques considered will include, but are not limited to, all artificial intelligence, machine learning, and reinforcement learning paradigms, genetic programming and algorithms, swarm intelligence, probabilistic AI, trustworthy and explainable AI (XAI), cooperative multi-agent systems, and training, testing, & verification tools and methodologies. This session invites papers on best practices towards implementing new state-of-the-art autonomy and intelligence systems for aerospace. Papers on adversarial machine learning, novel single and multi-agent AI/ML systems, multi-objective AI/ML protocols, and AI/ML architectures and algorithms with guaranteed stability, robustness, and / or performance bounds are of particular interest.
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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.
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Georges Labrèche
Spacecraft Operations Engineer, Tanagra Space / European Space Agency: Georges Labrèche develops and operationalizes AI technology demonstrators on-board the European Space Agency's OPS-SAT Space Lab. His research focuses on leveraging edge computing for in-orbit machine learning and autonomous decision-making. He received his B.S. in Software Engineering from the University of Ottawa, Canada, M.A. in International Affairs from the New School University in New York, NY, and M.S. in Spacecraft Design from Luleå University of Technology in Kiruna, Sweden. He founded Tanagra Space, an Estonian-based AI consultancy that supports the OPS-SAT mission control team at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. Georges lives in Queens, NY.
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Pooria Madani
Assistant Professor, Ontario Tech University: Dr. Pooria Madani is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and IT at Ontario Tech University. His research focuses on adversarial machine learning and federated learning, particularly in aerospace systems. He develops physics-informed adversarial testing methods to evaluate and improve the robustness of AI models in aircraft and satellite systems. His work in federated learning explores secure, communication-efficient model training across distributed aerospace platforms, including UAV swarms and satellite-ground networks. Dr. Madani integrates cutting-edge research into his teaching through hands-on projects, critical readings, and interactive lectures. He is passionate about preparing students to tackle real-world challenges in AI, security, and autonomous systems. He also supervises student research projects, mentors competition teams, and contributes to the broader research community through peer-reviewed publications and collaborations.
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10.07 Human-Systems Interaction
Humans are the most critical element in system safety, reliability, and performance. Their creativity, adaptability, and problem-solving capabilities are key to resilient operations across the different aerospace applications. This session focuses on the technologies and techniques leading to effective interfaces and interaction between humans and spacecraft, robots, and other aerospace systems. Specific topics of interests include HCI-HMI, multimodal sensory integration such as vision, haptics and audio, HCI-HMI for tele-operation interfaces, virtual, augmented and mixed reality environments, scientific visualization and natural user interfaces as applied to design, production, operations, and analysis, as well as training and for decision support. Novel solutions/experiences from other domains and their application in aerospace domain, specifically contributing to an efficient human systems interaction are also of interest.
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Janki Dodiya
Professor for Augmented/Virtual Reality and Human Computer Interaction, IU International University of Applied Science: Janki Dodiya is a Professor of Augmented/Virtual Reality and Human Computer Interaction at IU International University in Germany. She received her PhD in Computer Science in the topic of Virtual Environments in 2011, from University of Reading, UK. She thereafter continued her research at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) for 10 years for the Institute of Transportation Systems and Department of Software for Space Systems & Interactive Visualization, DLR, researching design and evaluation for space systems such as multimodal interaction techniques for a virtual reality simulation for on-orbit servicing (VROOS) and transportation systems such as interaction design for future autonomous vehicles. Her current research interest includes, human computer interaction/multimodal interaction, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and usability engineering including application areas such as Aerospace, Education, Psychology, Transportation, Humanitarian and Art.
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Georgia Albuquerque
Lead Researcher in Extended Reality (XR), German Aerospace Center - DLR: Georgia Albuquerque is the leader of the Extended Reality research group at the Institute of Software Technology at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). She earned her Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2003, followed by a Master's degree in Computer Science from TU Braunschweig, Germany, in 2007. She completed her PhD at the Computer Graphics Lab, TU Braunschweig, in 2013, and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher until 2019. Her primary research interests include augmented and virtual reality, digital twins, visual analytics, machine learning, and computer graphics.
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10.08 Image Processing and Computer Vision
The focus of this session is both theoretical and experimental work on Image Processing and Computer Vision in aerospace applications. The disciplines include, but not limited to image-based navigation, image classification, image reconstruction, image segmentation, feature extraction, image compression, object detection and tracking, image correlation, coding and limitations, computational complexity, adaptive algorithms, video coding (e.g., MPEG, H.265), hardware and bandwidth limitations, key improvements, contributions, and lesson learned.
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Marco Sewtz
Scientific Staff, German Aerospace Center - DLR: Marco Sewtz is the lead for software and interfaces of the new lunar exploration rover at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He received his B.Eng. at the University of Applied Sciences of Munich and his M.Sc. at the Technical University of Munich. His interests focuses on SLAM and multi-modal perception of the environment. Before his current role, he worked as an electrical designer for high-performance processing modules for space hardware at Airbus Defence and Space.
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Timothy Chase
Ph.D. Candidate/Computer Engineer, University at Buffalo/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Timothy is a computer engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo in the Distributed RObotics and Networked Embedded Sensing (DRONES) Lab under Dr. Karthik Dantu and the Advanced Navigation and Control Systems Lab under Dr. John Crassidis. He received his B.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University at Buffalo. His research interests include spacecraft perception and autonomy, optical navigation systems, simultaneous localization and mapping, and embedded computer vision.
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Levin Gerdes
PhD candidate, University of Malaga: Levin Gerdes received his M.Sc. in Computer Science at the RWTH Aachen University in 2016 and joined the European Space Agency's Automation and Robotics Section via the German Trainee Programme. In 2019, he was hired for the role of Robotics Engineer for the same section, taking over responsibility of ESA's Planetary Robotics Lab from 2021 till 2023. In 2023, he joined UMA's Space Robotics Lab as a doctoral researcher.
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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.
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Wolfgang Fink
Associate Professor, University of Arizona: Professor Fink is the inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair, University of Arizona with joint appointments in the Departments of ECE, BME, SIE, AME, and Ophthalmology & Vision Science. Prof. Fink is named AIMBE Fellow, PHMS Fellow, SPIE Lifetime Fellow, ARVO Fellow, NAI Lifetime Fellow, UA da Vinci Fellow, UA ACABI Fellow, and Senior Member IEEE. He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany. Among numerous awards Prof. Fink received: NASA Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Launch Honoree Award in 2002, co-recipient of the 2009 R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 and R&D 100 Editors’ Choice Award both for the DOE-funded Artificial Retina Project, co-recipient of the 2009 NASA Board Award for pioneering work on a disruptive autonomous space exploration paradigm, co-winner of the $200,000 DOE/NREL-sponsored E-ROBOT Prize in 2021, and recipient of the 2023 SPIE Meinel Technology Achievement Award.
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11.01 PHM for Aerospace Systems, Subsystems, Components, Electronics, and Structures
Advanced Diagnostics and PHM can be and is applied separately or concurrently at the device, component, subsystem, structure, system and/or total platform levels. This session will give PHM developers, practitioners, integrators, and users a chance to discuss their capabilities and experiences at any or all of these application levels. Discussion of the integration of PHM capabilities across these various levels of application is welcome and encouraged. Applications involving propulsion systems, fuel management, flight control, EHAS, drive systems, and structures are particularly solicited.
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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.
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David He
Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago: David He received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from The University of Iowa. Dr. He is a Professor and Director of the Industrial AI and PHM Integration Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at The University of Illinois-Chicago. Dr. He is also a Fellow of the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society. Dr. He’s research areas include PHM, Industrial AI, smart manufacturing systems modeling and analysis, quality and reliability engineering.
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11.02 PHM for Autonomous Platforms and Control Systems Applications
This session focuses on diagnostics and prognostics for autonomous system applications and control systems. This would include autonomous system architectures, electronic controls, control systems, and electronic systems for both the item under control and the controlling system. Methods for autonomous decision making, fault detection, rate of progression, and consequence or mission risk are encouraged. The session also is looking for novel technical approaches to use diagnostic and prognostic information to provide control input adjustments that can slow or reverse fault progression.
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Derek De Vries
LMDS Fellow Emeritus, Nothrop Grumman Propulsion Systems: Mr. Derek R. DeVries, P.E., LMDS Fellow Emeritus for Discipline of Avionics and Controls at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems. Senior Member of IEEE with over 35 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.
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Wolfgang Fink
Associate Professor, University of Arizona: Professor Fink is the inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair, University of Arizona with joint appointments in the Departments of ECE, BME, SIE, AME, and Ophthalmology & Vision Science. Prof. Fink is named AIMBE Fellow, PHMS Fellow, SPIE Lifetime Fellow, ARVO Fellow, NAI Lifetime Fellow, UA da Vinci Fellow, UA ACABI Fellow, and Senior Member IEEE. He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany. Among numerous awards Prof. Fink received: NASA Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Launch Honoree Award in 2002, co-recipient of the 2009 R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 and R&D 100 Editors’ Choice Award both for the DOE-funded Artificial Retina Project, co-recipient of the 2009 NASA Board Award for pioneering work on a disruptive autonomous space exploration paradigm, co-winner of the $200,000 DOE/NREL-sponsored E-ROBOT Prize in 2021, and recipient of the 2023 SPIE Meinel Technology Achievement Award.
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11.03 PHM System Design Attributes, Architectures, and Assessments
Design of complex systems, such as aircraft and space vehicles, requires complex trade-offs among requirements related to performance, safety, reliability, and life cycle cost. The development of effective architectures and implementation strategies are extremely important. This session will focus on the application of methods such as testability, diagnosability, embedding sensors, prognostics, remaining useful life estimates used to design complex aerospace systems, and architectures to design, enable, and implement complex aerospace systems. We invite papers discussing new methodologies, lessons learned in application of health management methods in system design, and operational experience with health management capabilities embedded into systems early in the design process.
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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.
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Derek De Vries
LMDS Fellow Emeritus, Nothrop Grumman Propulsion Systems: Mr. Derek R. DeVries, P.E., LMDS Fellow Emeritus for Discipline of Avionics and Controls at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems. Senior Member of IEEE with over 35 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.
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11.04 PHM for Non-Aerospace Applications
This session seeks contributions in non-aerospace but related applications, e.g., automotive industry, trains, marine, oil & gas, etc. Both programmatic and technology presentations are solicited, particularly those focused on capabilities, cost benefits, and lessons learned.
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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.
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David He
Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago: David He received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from The University of Iowa. Dr. He is a Professor and Director of the Industrial AI and PHM Integration Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at The University of Illinois-Chicago. Dr. He is also a Fellow of the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society. Dr. He’s research areas include PHM, Industrial AI, smart manufacturing systems modeling and analysis, quality and reliability engineering.
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11.05 PHM for Commercial Space Applications
This session seeks papers on diagnostics, prognostics, health management (PHM) and autonomous fault management for satellites, satellite in-space servicing, and other commercial space applications (e.g., asteroid mining, etc.). Papers are sought in the areas of satellites, launch vehicles, and other new space ventures (e.g., tourism, natural resource exploitation). Papers may address research, actual flight experience, and future planning related to satellite and launch vehicle PHM and fault management.
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Wolfgang Fink
Associate Professor, University of Arizona: Professor Fink is the inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair, University of Arizona with joint appointments in the Departments of ECE, BME, SIE, AME, and Ophthalmology & Vision Science. Prof. Fink is named AIMBE Fellow, PHMS Fellow, SPIE Lifetime Fellow, ARVO Fellow, NAI Lifetime Fellow, UA da Vinci Fellow, UA ACABI Fellow, and Senior Member IEEE. He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany. Among numerous awards Prof. Fink received: NASA Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Launch Honoree Award in 2002, co-recipient of the 2009 R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 and R&D 100 Editors’ Choice Award both for the DOE-funded Artificial Retina Project, co-recipient of the 2009 NASA Board Award for pioneering work on a disruptive autonomous space exploration paradigm, co-winner of the $200,000 DOE/NREL-sponsored E-ROBOT Prize in 2021, and recipient of the 2023 SPIE Meinel Technology Achievement Award.
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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.
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Derek De Vries
LMDS Fellow Emeritus, Nothrop Grumman Propulsion Systems: Mr. Derek R. DeVries, P.E., LMDS Fellow Emeritus for Discipline of Avionics and Controls at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems. Senior Member of IEEE with over 35 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.
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11.06 PHM and Digital Engineering and Transformation
This session solicits contributions in the areas of PHM applications focused around the recent Digital Twin and Digital Thread paradigm, Model Based System Engineering, and Enterprise-wide Digital Transformation in aerospace and associated industries. Of particular interest are solutions, architectures, and technologies that leverage or enhance the use of DTs and MBSE for end-to-end PHM management and the delivery of enhanced overall situation awareness.
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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.
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Mark Walker
Director AI, Autonomous Systems, End to End Enterprise Solutions: 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. D2K was acquired by End to End Enterprise Solutions (E3S) in 2023, for whom he currently serves as Director, AI and Autonomous Systems. He also serves as a PHM and AO SME for NASA, with active projects at SSC, JSC, and KSC. He resides with his family in Oceanside, California.
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11.07 PHM for Human Health and Performance
This session is an effort to bridge PHM to Space Medicine as part of Integrated System Health Management (ISHM) and healthcare domains as applied to High Value Human Asset. PHM4HHP is focused on tracking status of very healthy individuals 24/7, as well as ensuring a sustained top-level performance required on manned space exploration missions. Papers are sought that show how systems engineering and MBSE with PHM techniques and methodologies, such as predictive analytics, predictive diagnostics, root cause analysis, virtual sensors, data and information fusion, data mining, and big data analytics with computationally generated biomarkers can serve as a scientific and engineering foundation for building both evidence-based and analytics-based individual health maintenance/support for human assets. Objectives include developing and demonstrating PHM capabilities for assessing, tracking, predicting, and ultimately improving long-term individual human health status to ensure mission success.
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Alexandre Popov
NASA Emeritus Docent at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center and AIAA Systems Engineering Technical Committee (SETC) Member, McGill University: currently working on MBSE and PHM-based technologies with predictive diagnostics capability to maintain/support crew health (Human Health and Performance (HHP)) on the ISS program and future manned space exploration missions. His efforts on "PHM for Astronauts" project within US/Canadian/Russian collaboration framework are focused on a paradigm shift from telemedicine to HHP autonomy based on systems engineering concepts, methods and techniques, which are to identify precursors and computationally generated biomarkers of impending health issues, that otherwise would have gone undetected. Contributed to three manned space programs: BURAN space transportation system (1983-1988), Mir space station (1988-1998), and the ISS program at RSC-Energia (1996-1998), Lockheed Martin Canada (2000-2003) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) (2003-2014). Ran a project enabling Crew Electronic Health Records (CEHR) technology on the ISS program and led CSA efforts on system requirements and conceptual prototype development. AIAA SETC member since 2009. AIAA Senior Member.
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Wolfgang Fink
Associate Professor, University of Arizona: Professor Fink is the inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair, University of Arizona with joint appointments in the Departments of ECE, BME, SIE, AME, and Ophthalmology & Vision Science. Prof. Fink is named AIMBE Fellow, PHMS Fellow, SPIE Lifetime Fellow, ARVO Fellow, NAI Lifetime Fellow, UA da Vinci Fellow, UA ACABI Fellow, and Senior Member IEEE. He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, University of Tübingen, Germany. Among numerous awards Prof. Fink received: NASA Space Flight Awareness (SFA) Launch Honoree Award in 2002, co-recipient of the 2009 R&D Magazine’s R&D 100 and R&D 100 Editors’ Choice Award both for the DOE-funded Artificial Retina Project, co-recipient of the 2009 NASA Board Award for pioneering work on a disruptive autonomous space exploration paradigm, co-winner of the $200,000 DOE/NREL-sponsored E-ROBOT Prize in 2021, and recipient of the 2023 SPIE Meinel Technology Achievement Award.
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11.08 Panel: PHM from a Practitioner’s Perspective – a Potpourri of Capabilities, Issues, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
Practitioners in the PHM field are solicited to share their experiences and observations as part of a distinguished panel of experts. A short presentation will be required of all participants that describes their focus topic within the PHM and CBM+ domains. This session will cover a broad range of research, lessons-learned experiences and application topics covering the challenges and innovative engineering and/or business approaches associated with the development and implementation of PHM capabilities and CBM+ architectures. The session will feature presentations by senior leaders in the field and a panel discussion. Panel members from PHM communities, academia, government, and industry, will focus on strategies that have resolved or will resolve historical issues, and challenges, and provide insight. Interested parties should contact the session organizers.
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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.
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Derek De Vries
LMDS Fellow Emeritus, Nothrop Grumman Propulsion Systems: Mr. Derek R. DeVries, P.E., LMDS Fellow Emeritus for Discipline of Avionics and Controls at Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems. Senior Member of IEEE with over 35 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.
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