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Name: Erik Nelson
School/Date: Virginia Tech, June 2008
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aeronautical & Ocean Engineering, Dr. Rakesh Kapania
Thesis Title: "Unitized Curvilinear Structural Design and Analysis"
NASA Mentor: Karen Taminger, Advanced Materials & Processing Branch
Present Position: Boeing in Mesa, AZ in their Structural Engineering Group
Name: Joseph Hickman
School/Date: Georgia Tech, May 2008
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Alan Wilhite
Present Position:Orbital Sciences Corp, Dulles, VA in their Advanced Programs Group
Name: Michael Totso
School/Date: University of Virginia, May 2008
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Robert Lindberg
Thesis Title: Load Sharing Optimization of a Redundant Path Planar Mechanism
Present Position:Orbital Sciences Corp, Dulles
Name: Marc Wilson
School/Date: Georgia Tech, May 2008
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Alan Wilhite
Present Position: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Laurel MD
Name: Rafael Perez
School/Date: Virginia Tech, June 2008
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Aerospace and Oceanic Engineering, Robert Walters
Thesis Title: Uncertainty Analysis of Computational Fluid Dynamics via Polynomial Chaos
Name: Dexter Lin
School/Date: University of Virginia, December 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Dr. Mool Gupta
NASA Mentor: Ken Wright
Thesis Topic: Improved MEMS Based Shear Sensor
Name: Craig Aaron Reimann
School/Date: North Carolina State University, December 2007
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Robert Nagel
NASA Mentor: Stephanie Heath
Thesis Topic: Development of a General Methodology for Optimizing Acoustic Treatment Using an Equivalent Source Method
Name: Eammon Bemis
School/Date: North Carolina State University, August 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Bob Tolson
Name: Sarah Haack
School/Date: University of Maryland, August 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. James Hubbard
Co-Advisor: Prof. Alison Flatau
Name: Tom Haynie
School/Date: Virginia Tech, August 2007
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Prof. Michael Hyer
Thesis Topic: Stresses in Noncircular Cylindrical Structures
Name: Steven Hough
School/Date: North Carolina State University, August 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Bob Tolson
Present Position: Employed at Dynamic Concepts, Inc., Huntsvilla, AL; supporting GN&C research at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Name: Conrad Lovell
School/Date: University of Virginia, August 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science and Engineering, Prof. James Fitz-Gerald
Name: Xiaohong (Cindy) Liao
School/Date: North Carolina A&T State University, July 2007
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Prof. David Song
NASA Mentor: Suresh Joshi
Thesis Topic: Robust Adaptive Attitude Control of Crew Exploration Vehicles
Name: Kristina Zaleski
School/Date: North Carolina State University, July 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Bob Tolson
Research Topic: Effect on an Outpost of Lunar Vehicle Impact & Debris
Present Position: Employed at Dynamic Concepts, Inc. a contractor at NASA MSFC
Name: Nelson Guerriero
School/Date: University of Maryland, May 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. James Hubbard
Thesis Topic: Lift Distribution Control Using Spatially Distributed Actuators and Sensors
Name: Carlos Roithmayr
School/Date: Georgia Tech, May 2007
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Dewey Hodges
Thesis Topic: Relating Constrained Motion to Force Through Newton's Second Law
Present Position: NASA Langley Research Center, SACD - Space Mission Analysis Branch
Name: Johnnie Chan
School/Date: University of Virginia, March 2007
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Prof. Mool Gupta
Thesis Topic: Nondestructive Testing of Composite Materials Using Laser Induced Stress Waves
Name: Shaun Brown
School/Date: University of Maryland, December 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, Prof. Robert Tolson
Scholarly Paper: Orbiting the Moons of Mars Including Higher Order Gravity Fields
Present Position: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Name: Christopher O. Johnston
School/Date: Virginia Tech, December 2006
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Aeronautical Engineering, Prof. William Mason
Thesis Topic: Non Equilibrium Shock-Layer Radiative Heating for Earth and Titan Entry
Present Position: Aero-Thermodynamics Branch, NASA Langley
Name: Jeremy Shidner
School/Date: University of Maryland, December 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: A Coupled Interplanetary-Entry, Descent, and Landing Targeting Procedure
Present Position: NIA Research Engineer
Name: Jonathan Lok
School/Date: Virginia Tech, December 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Prof. Kathryn Logan
Thesis Topic: Multi-Functional Materials and Structures
Name: Rick Winski
School/Date: Virginia Tech, December 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S.
Present Position: Research Engineer at NIA
Name: Geoff A. Slipher
School/Date: University of Maryland, September 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. James Hubbard
Present Position: Ph.D. candidate at NIA
Name: Angela Brickler
School/Date: University of Maryland, August 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: Structural Evaluation of Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication of stiffened Panels
Present Position: Aerospace Engineer with Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, KS
Name: Ryan Eubank
School/Date: University of Maryland, August 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Ella Atkins
Thesis Topic: Development and Characterization of a Low-Cost Monocular Vision Based Ground-Target Tracking System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Present Position: Ph.D. candidate at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Name: Liguo (Luke) Weng
School/Date: North Carolina A&T, August 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Prof. David Song
Thesis Topic: Immunology-Inspired Fault Identification and Swarm Coordination
Present Position: Ph.D. candidate at NIA
Name: Ran (Nina) Zhang
School/Date: North Carolina A&T, July 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Prof. David Song
Thesis Topic: Automatic Landing of Space Vehicle
Present Position: Ph.D. candidate at NIA
Name: Chris Abada
School/Date: Virginia Tech, May 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Prof. Michael Hyer
Thesis Topic: Influence of Reinforcement Architecture on the Fracture Behavior of Selectively Reinforced Materials
Name: David Reeves
School/Date: Georgia Tech, May 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Alan Wilhite
Present Position: Engineer, Analytic Mechanics Associates, Hampton, VA
Name: Michael Scher
School/Date: University of Maryland, May 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Robert Tolson
Thesis Topic: An Investigation into the Advantages of On-Orbit Propellant Resupply
Present Position: Engineer, Integrity Applications, Inc., Chantilly, VA
Name: Zhao (Joy) Sun
School/Date: North Carolina A&T State University, May 2006
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Prof. David Song
Thesis Topic: Robust Adaptive Formation Control of Multi-UGVs
Present Position: Post Doctoral Fellow, North Carolina A&T State University
Name: Terry Corbett, Jr.
School/Date: North Carolina A&T State University, April 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Prof. David Song
Thesis Topic: The Design of Waveriders from an Axisymmetric Flowfield
Name: Haile Lindsay
School/Date: North Carolina A&T State University, April 2006
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Fred Ferguson
Thesis Topic: Hypersonic Vehicle Configuration Design & Analysis
Name: Thomas C. Jones
School/Date: University of Virginia, January 2006
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Prof. H. Bart-Smith
Thesis Topic: Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Large
Pretensioned Space Structures
Present Position: Ph.D. candidate at NIA
Name: Matthew Bolton
School/Date: University of Virginia, December 2005
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Systems and Information Engineering, Prof. E. Bass
Thesis Topic:An Investigation of the Effects of Texture and Field of View on Spatial Awareness in Synthetic Vision Head-down Displays
Present Position: Ph.D. candidate at UVa
Name: Dean Bucher
School/Date: Georgia Tech, December 2005
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Alan Wilhite
Thesis Topic: Response Surface Equations for Earth Re-entry
Present Position: Aerospace Engineer, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Name: Swapna Kanury
School/Date: North Carolina A&T, December 2005
Degree/Advisor: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Prof. David Song
Thesis Topic: Zero-Adaptive Method for Fault-Tolerant Control of Space Vehicles
Name: Paige D. Thomas
School/Date: University of Maryland, December 2005
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Prof. R. Tolson
Present Position: Engineer, a.i. solutions, Lanham, MD
Name: Janet L. Convery
School/Date: Virginia Tech, October 2005
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Prof. W. F. O'Brien
Thesis Topic: An Experimental Investigation of JP-7 and n-Heptane Extinction Limits in an Opposed Jet Burner
Present Position: Engineer, General Electric Aircraft Engines, Evendale, OH
Name: Jody L. Fisher
School/Date: University of Virginia, August 2005
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Dr. R. E. Lindberg
Thesis Topic: Trajectory Design and Analysis for Titan Explorer Entry, Descent and Landing
Present Position: Research Engineer, Exploration Systems Engineering Branch, NASA Langley
Name: Brian A. Davis
School/Date: North Carolina State University, December 2004
Degree/Advisor: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Prof. S. Seelecke
Thesis Topic: Measurement and Prediction of the Thermomechanical Response of Shape Memory Alloy Hybrid Composite Beams
Present Position: Ph.D. candidate, on the campus of North Carolina State University
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