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AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Committee Members


Current Committee members.
Term expiration dates are in parenthesis.
This page was updated February 24, 2008.



 

Committee Chair 

Dr. T.S. Kelso (2009)
Technical Program Manager
Center for Space Standards & Innovation
7150 Campus Drive, Suite 260
Colorado Springs, CO 80920-6522
(877) 292-CSSI
tskelso(AT)centerforspace.com

Committee Members

Dr. Maruthi R. Akella (2008)
ASE/EM Department
WRW 414, Mail Code: C0600
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 471-9493
makella(AT)mail.utexas.edu
Dr. Matt Berry (2012)
220 Valley Creek Blvd.
Exton, PA 19341
610-981-8213
mberry(AT)agi.com
Ms. Angela Bowes (2012)
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.
NASA Langley Research Center
Bldg 1209, MS 462
Hampton, VA 23681
(757) 864-2364
angela.bowes(AT)nasa.gov
Mr. Rich Burns (2008)
NASA/GSFC, Code 591
Greenbelt, MD 20771
(301) 286-9818
rich.burns(AT)nasa.gov
Dr. J. Russell Carpenter (2010)
Code 595
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
(301) 286-7526
russell.carpenter(AT)nasa.gov
Dr. Ken Chan (2008)
The Aerospace Corporation
15049 Conference Center Drive
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 633-5297
kenneth.f.chan(AT)aero.org
Dr. Shannon Coffey (Indefinite) (Treasurer) 
Naval Research Laboratory
Code 8233
4555 Overlook Avenue
Washington, DC 20375-5355
(202) 767-2818
shannon.coffey(AT)nrl.navy.mil
Dr. Victoria L. Coverstone (2010)
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
306 Talbot Laboratory
104 S. Wright St.
University Of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801-2935
(217) 333-0678
vcc(AT)uiuc.edu
Dr. Thomas Eller (2010)
Astro USA, LLC
1311 Masters Drive
Woodland Park, CO 80863
(719) 577-9693
ellertj(AT)aol.com
Dr. Michael J. Gabor (2008) (Secretary)
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
(719) 439-1800
michael.gabor(AT)ngc.com
Dr. Pini Gurfil (2010)
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Technion City
Haifa 32000, Israel
(972) 829-4973
pgurfil(AT)technion.ac.il
Dr. Felix R. Hoots (2010) 
The Aerospace Corporation
15049 Confernce Center Drive, CH1-410
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 633 - 5529
Felix.R.Hoots(AT)aero.org
Dr. Kathleen C. Howell (2008) 
315 North Grant St.
Purdue University
W. Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-5786
howell(AT)ecn.purdue.edu
Dr. Moriba Jah (2012)  Air Force Research Laboratory
Directed Energy Directorate
Optical Systems - Maui
535 Lipoa Parkway Suite 200
Kihei, HI 96753
(808) 874-1534
moriba.jah(AT)maui.afmc.af.mil
Dr. T. Alan Lovell (2009)
AFRL/VSES  
Bldg. 593, Rm 10
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117
(505) 853-4132
thomas.lovell(AT)kirtland.af.mil
Dr. Daniele Mortari (2011)
Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
H.R. Bright Building, Rm. 611C
Ross Street - TAMU 3141
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3141
(979) 845-0734
mortari(AT)aero.tamu.edu
Mr. Bo Naasz (2011)
Code 595
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
(301) 286-3819
bo.naasz(AT)nasa.gov
Mr. Frederic J. Pelletier (2010)
Mail Stop 230-205
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
(818) 393-789
frederic.pelletier(AT)jpl.nasa.gov
Mr. Anastassios Petropoulos (2012)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr., M/S 301-121
Pasadena, CA 91109
(818) 354-1509
Anastassios.E.Petropoulos(AT)jpl.nasa.gov
Dr. Anil V. Rao (2011)
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
314 MAE-A
P.O. Box 116250
Gainesville, FL 32611-6250
(352) 392-5523
anilvrao(AT)ufl.edu
Dr. Ryan Russell (2012)
Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
270 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
(404) 385-3342
ryan.russell(AT)gatech.edu
Lt. Col. Ralph Sandfry (2009)
Assistant Professor
Department of Astronautics
HQ USAFA/DFAS
2354 Fairchild Dr, Suite 6H155
US Air Force Academy, CO 80840
(719) 333-6861
ralph.sandfry(AT)USAFA.af.mil
Dr. Hanspeter Schaub (2008)
228 Randolph Hall
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0203
(540) 231-1413
schaub(AT)vt.edu
Dr. Daniel Scheeres (2010)
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan
3048 FXB Bldg.
1320 Beal Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140
(734) 615-3282
scheeres(AT)umich.edu
Dr. Paul W. Schumacher, Jr.(2008)
Air Force Research Laboratory, Detachment 15
Space Surveillance Systems Branch, Code DESM
535 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 200
Kihei, HI 96753
808-879-5077, ext. 250 Paul.Schumacher(AT)maui.afmc.af.mil
John H. Seago (2007 extended) 
Astrodynamics Engineer
Analytical Graphics, Inc.
220 Valley Creek Blvd.
Exton, PA 19341
(610) 981-8000
jseago(AT)agi.com
Dr. Alan Segerman (2009)
AT&T Government Solutions
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20375-5355
(202) 767-3819
segerman(AT)nrl.navy.mil
Dr. Aaron J. Trask (2010)
Potomac Engineering Solutions
11654 Plaza America Drive, #634
Reston, Virginia 20190
(703) 808-0609
aaron.trask(AT)gmail.com
Dr. Matthew P. Wilkins (2011)
Staff Engineer, Schafer Corporation
Maui High Performance Computing Center
550 Lipoa Parkway
Kihei, HI 96753
(808) 891-7747
matthew.wilkins.ctr(AT)mhpcc.hpc.mil
Dr. Ken Williams (2012) KinetX, Inc.
Space Navigation and Flight Dynamics Practice
21 West Easy Street, Suite 108
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 791-8094
kenneth.williams(AT)kinetx.com
Dr. Paul Williams (2011)
Research Fellow
School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
RMIT University
1/4 Maylands Ave
Balwyn North VIC 3104
Australia
(61)-3-9859-6877
tethered.systems(AT)gmail.com