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The National Institute of Aerospace Announces Sixth Langley Professor |
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 May 26, 2005 - The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. David Yong D. Song as Langley Professor in High Confidence Control Systems by North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T). Dr. Song is the final Langley Professor to be appointed by each of the six founding member universities of NIA. He will be the principal North Carolina A&T faculty member resident at NIA.
“Dr. Song has demonstrated a tremendous ability to create multidisciplinary, multi-organizational teams,” says Dr. Robert Lindberg, NIA President and Executive Director. “His expertise will be invaluable in our quest for new and exciting research collaborations.”
Dr. Song has held the position of Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University since 2004. He joined North Carolina A&T in 1993 as Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1999. Currently, he is the project director for A&T’s contribution to the 3rd Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle URETI (University Research and Engineering Technology Institute). The URETI joins six universities’ faculty and students in research in systems modeling, control design, dynamic analysis, and computer simulation. Dr. Song recently conducted research on cooperative control of unmanned ground vehicles, and on biologically inspired adaptive and reconfigurable systems. He is a team member of the NASA Center for Aerospace Research (NASA/CAR), the Center for Power Electronic Systems (NSF-CPES), and the Center for Energy Research Technology (CERT). Dr. Song received Electrical Engineering degrees from the Cheng Du University of Science and Technology (B.S.), Chong Qing University (M.S.), and Tennessee Technological University (Ph.D.).
“We are delighted with the selection of Prof. Song,” says Dr. Joseph Monroe, Dean of the College of Engineering at NC A&T. “He will continue to be an asset to the University and now also has the opportunity to expand his research objectives and foster top research teams.”
Each Langley Professor holds a teaching and research faculty appointment at one of the founding member universities. They work closely as an integrated team with researchers at NASA, NIA, and NIA’s member universities to create a unique research and education institute. This announcement marks the completion of the selection of all six Langley Professors. Other Langley Professors are Dr. Mool Gupta (University of Virginia), Dr. James Hubbard (University of Maryland), Dr. Kathryn Logan (Virginia Tech), Dr. Robert Tolson (North Carolina State University), and Dr. Alan Wilhite (Georgia Tech).
The National Institute of Aerospace is a non-profit research and graduate education institute located just outside NASA’s Langley Research Center. It was created to complement Langley’s mission to do leading-edge aerospace and atmospheric research, develop new technologies for the nation, and help inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
NIA was formed by a consortium of leading research universities and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation. The roster of major research universities now includes: 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: www.nianet.org.
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