Bob Lindberg has served as President and Executive Director of the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) since 2003. NIA is a non-profit research and graduate education institute established as a strategic partner with NASA Langley Research Center.  He has been with NIA since its formation in 2002, and previously served as NIA’s Vice President for Research and Program Development.  He holds a simultaneous faculty appointment as Research Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia.  Previously, he was with Orbital Sciences Corporation, where he held a variety of leadership positions including Sr. Vice President for Defense Programs, and Vice President and Program Manager for NASA’s X-34 experimental rocketplane.  Prior to joining Orbital, he was a research scientist and branch head in the U.S. Navy’s space program at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Lindberg earned his B.S. in Physics (with Distinction) from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, his M.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia, and his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University.  He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow and past president of the American Astronautical Society, and a member of Sigma Xi and Sigma Pi Sigma.  He has received numerous honors including the 2003 Egleston Medal for Distinguished Engineering Achievement from Columbia University.  He has published in the fields of aerospace systems design, controls, and robotics and has edited two books.  He has served on committees and panels for the Naval Studies Board of the National Academies, the National Security Space Architect, and the Federal Aviation Administration, and on numerous Advisory Boards including those of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at Virginia Tech, and the Center for Aerospace Systems Analysis at Georgia Tech.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Air and Space Center, the Hampton Roads Research Partnership and the Hampton Roads Technology Council.

Dr. Lindberg may be reached at (757) 325-6751 or by e-mail at lindberg@nianet.org.