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The National Institute of Aerospace Announces Third Langley Professor |
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August 18, 2004 - The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. James E. Hubbard, Jr. as Langley Professor in Smart, Adaptive Aerospace Vehicle Technology and Concept Development by the University of Maryland. Dr. Hubbard is the third of six Langley Professors to be appointed by each of the six founding member universities of NIA. Dr. Hubbard will be the principal University of Maryland faculty member resident at NIA, and will lead NIA’s research program with primary focus on morphing aircraft structures.
“Dr. Hubbard’s experience in aerospace research as well as entrepreneurial abilities will directly affect NIA’s mission to bridge the gap between government, academia, and industry,” says Dr. Robert Lindberg, NIA President and Executive Director. “He will undoubtedly develop and forge a path for NIA research the area of morphing vehicles.”
Since 1998, Dr. Hubbard has been the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of iProvica and PhotoSense, Inc. Prior career positions included Senior Systems Engineer of the Photonics Center at Boston University, Executive Vice President and Vice President for Research at Optron Systems, Inc., and Assistant Professor and Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with research focusing on aeroacoustics.
“We will expect Dr. Hubbard to develop an extremely strong program in this area, which will involve not only NASA personnel but also faculty from the six founding universities,” says Dr. Nariman Farvardin, Dean of A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland.
Each Langley Professor will hold a teaching and research faculty appointment at one of the founding member universities. They will work closely as an integrated team with the NIA President and Vice Presidents, the NASA NIA Management Office, the six Competency Area Chiefs at NASA Langley, and the NIA Liaison Professors at the six NIA founding universities to create a unique research and education institute. NIA’s founding members continue to recruit Langley Professors for distinguished faculty in the fields of Earth System Science, High Confidence Computational Systems, and Quantum/Molecular Materials Design for Sensors.
The National Institute of Aerospace is a world-class non-profit research and graduate institute, located just outside NASA’s Langley Research Center. It was created to complement Langley’s mission to do cutting-edge aerospace and atmospheric research, develop new technologies for the nation, and help train the next generation of scientists and engineers.
NIA was formed by a consortium of universities and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation. The roster of major research universities includes consortium members: Georgia Institute of Technology, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and affiliate members: Old Dominion University and the College of William & Mary.
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