Dr. Ersin Ancel began his employment with NIA on September 14, 2011 as a Research Engineer. Dr. Ancel will be conducting research in support of Aeronautics Systems Analysis Research: Aviation Safety Modeling and Systems Analysis in the Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch at NASA LaRC. Dr. Ancel received his PhD in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering and his MS in Aerospace Engineering from Old Dominion University. He has his BS in Astronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey. He worked previously as a Graduate Research Assistant at ODU’s Research Foundation and as a Component Engineering intern with Surrey Nuclear Power Station in Surry, VA.