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Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 21-28

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... in EECS at the University of Toledo, where his dissertation focused on reconfigurable computing machines and theories of encryption, encoding and signal recovery. He recently served as chair of the NRC study on wireless technology prospects and policy options, and on the subsequent PCAST study on realizing the full potential of government-held spectrum to spur economic growth.
From page 22...
... Dr. Clarke has made seminal contributions in the areas of air traffic management, aircraft operations, and airline operations -- the three key elements of the air transportation system -- and has been recognized globally for developing, among other things, key analytical foundations for the Continuous Descent Arrival and novel concepts for robust airline scheduling.
From page 23...
... Dr. Hansman consults and serves as a member of numerous advisory and technical committees, including the Congressional Aeronautics Advisory Committee, the FAA Research and Development Advisory Committee, the FAA WAAS Independent Review Board, and the NASA Advanced Air Transportation Technologies Executive Steering Committee.
From page 24...
... Dr. Osterweil received the Outstanding Research Award for lifetime achievement in research and the Influential Educator Award, both from ACM SIGSOFT.
From page 25...
... He is an honorary fellow and life member of the Ergonomics Society and a fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and the American Psychological Association. He has advised organizations in more than 31 countries on the human side of effective design, implementation, and management of advanced technologies in the workplace.
From page 26...
... He retired in 2009 from Lockheed Martin Corporation where he had been director, engineering processes, and director, mission assurance. Prior to that he was vice president, engineering and total quality, at Loral Air Traffic Control/Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management, and C3I strategic business area director for Loral Tactical Defense Systems, Arizona.
From page 27...
... Before this, he served as an investigator for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, was on the staff of the Congressional Budget Office, and also worked for the Space Policy Institute at the George Washington University. He has held Guggenheim and Verville fellowships and was an associate editor of the German spaceflight magazine Raumfahrt Concrete, in addition to writing for such publications as Novosti Kosmonavtiki (Russia)
From page 28...
... She has an M.Sc. in computer science from Cornell University, where her work was supported by graduate fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Intel Corporation; and a B.A.


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