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E Biographies of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 219-226

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... . His awards include the AIAA Engineer of the Year for 1991, the AIAA Aircraft Design Award, and the American Astronautical Society Brouwer Award.
From page 220...
... His decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal with Gold Star, the Legion of Merit with Three Gold Stars, the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, and the Navy Commendation Medal. Admiral Smith has served on numerous scientific boards and advisory committees, including as chair of the recent Naval Space Panel Review for the Undersecretary of the Navy.
From page 221...
... He has served on numerous scientific boards and advisory committees, including as a member of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel. Brig "Chip" Elliott is principal engineer at BBN Technologies, where he has led the design and successful implementation of a number of secure, missioncritical networks based on novel Internet technology for the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom (NTDR, Iris, Bowman)
From page 222...
... In this position he provided program management direction for the development and procurement of Air Force surveillance, communications, navigation and weather satellites, space launch vehicles, antisatellite weapons, and ground-based and airborne strategic radars, communications, and command centers. After retiring from the Air Force in 1993, General Hard held several senior positions in defense-related companies, including Aerospace Corporation, Logicon/Northrop Grumman, and bd Systems, Inc.
From page 223...
... Prior to his current position, he was employed at Orbital Sciences Corporation, where he led the industry/government team that developed the X-34 reusable launch vehicle testbed, led the development of the APEX satellite for the Air Force, and earlier contributed to the design of the Pegasus launch vehicle. His earlier career positions include service as research scientist and branch head in the Naval Center for Space Technology at the Naval Research Laboratory.
From page 224...
... His earlier career included various staff and line management positions at Sanders Corporation in the development and manufacture of military and commercial electronics systems, including mine and undersea warfare systems.
From page 225...
... Before joining Teledesic, he served as vice president of Deskin Research Group for Systems Engineering; vice president for Electronic Defense Systems at ARGOSystems, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary; director of Advanced Programs at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company; and director of Space Systems at NASA Headquarters. Staff Charles F
From page 226...
... in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1995; his doctoral research was conducted at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) , where he used an atomic force microscope to measure the nanomechanical properties of thin-film materials.


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