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NIA News Release 2007-08
April 23, 2007
HAMPTON, Va. – The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Calvin W. Lowe as Vice President of Research and Program Development. Lowe is admired for his inspirational leadership abilities shown while serving as the president of Bowie State University in Maryland and vice president for research at Hampton University in Virginia.
“I am honored to work with such a large group of talented and accomplished engineers and scientists,” commented Lowe. “The future is going to be unimaginably exciting!” In this role, Lowe is responsible for the research programs of the institute and directs efforts to expand the institute’s research portfolio. Many of his efforts will focus on assembling and leading successful research teams that include university faculty, institute research staff, industry partners and government laboratories.
“Dr. Lowe brings us tremendous experience in transforming organizations to take greater advantage of their technical strengths while expanding strategic capabilities,” stated Dr. Robert E. Lindberg, NIA President and Executive Director. Lowe was instrumental in building a world-class atmospheric sciences group at Hampton University and in leading Bowie State University to build one of the world’s 500 fastest supercomputers. He received a bachelor of science degree in physics from North Carolina A&T State University, and both a master of science in plasma physics and doctor of science in solid state physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lowe succeeds Dr. David J. Peake, who has been appointed NIA’s new Vice President of Commercial Aeronautics Programs.
NIA is a non-profit research and graduate education institute headquartered in Hampton, Virginia. It was formed by a consortium of research universities to ensure a national capability to support NASA’s mission by expanding collaboration with academia and leveraging expertise inside and outside NASA. NIA performs research in a broad range of disciplines including space exploration, systems engineering, nanoscale materials science, flight systems, aerodynamics, air traffic management, aviation safety, planetary and space science, and global climate change. The institute’s graduate program offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the fields of engineering and science through its university partners: Georgia Tech, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University, and the College of William & Mary.
More information about the National Institute of Aerospace is available at http://www.nianet.org.
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