Current Chair of External Advisory Board

 

Raymond L. Kolibaba, Vice President
Systems Development Operations
Mission Systems Sector, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Northrop Grumman Corp

Mr. Kolibaba has over 30 years experience in general management, business development, program management and systems engineering for information technology systems.  He is a proven leader who can achieve staff support to change culture and establish different approaches, including technology insertion reuse and COTS integration.

 

 

 

Daniel N. Baker, Director
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space
Physics (LASP), UCB
Dr. Baker’s research is in spacecraft instrumental design and calibration, space physics data analysis, and magnetospheric modeling. He has studied plasma physical and energetic particle phenomena in the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Mercury, and the plasma sheet and magnetopause boundary regions of Earth’s magnetosphere. Dan Baker is experienced in the analysis of large data sets from spacecraft at geostationary orbit, and involvement in missions to the Earth’s deep magnetotail and comets, in the study of solar wind-magnetospheric energy coupling, and theoretical modeling of the possible role of heavy ions in the development of magnetotail instabilities. Present interests include the use of computer systems and networks to enhance the acquisition, dissemination, and display of spacecraft data.

 

 

 

Ron F. Blackwelder, Professor
Dept of Aerospace and Mechanical  Engineering
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Research interests: experimental fluid mechanics, flight aerodynamics, turbulence
2001, Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1994, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University & NASA Ames
1991-93, Consultant, TetraTek, Inc., Camarillo, CA
1990-92, Consultant, Swerling, Manasse & Smith, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA
1983-84, Professeur Associe, Institut National Polytechnique and Visiting Scientist,

Institut de Mecanique, Grenoble, France

 

 

 

Carol Anne Clayson, Associate Prof
Dept of Meteorology and Dept of Oceanography
The Florida State University
Professor Clayson's current primary interest is focused on atmosphere-ocean interaction, with an emphasis on boundary layer processes. Current projects include research involving air-sea fluxes, both in understanding the physics of the interfacial layers at the atmosphere-ocean interface, and in techniques for determining these fluxes from satellite observations. Another project involves understanding the nature of cloud-sea surface temperature interactions, using a combination of data sources and a single-column coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Investigations are continuing into the use of a formal feedback analysis method to quantify the feedbacks in the tropical ocean-atmosphere system. Other research projects include the use of 1-dimensional and 3-dimensional models of the Indian and Pacific oceans and the Sea of Japan. Work in the tropics with these models is aimed at understanding the effects of precipitation on the oceanic mixed layer, and the work in the Sea of Japan is on understanding the role of air-sea coupling in producing oceanic deep convection in this region.

 

 

 

Linda Cuplin, Senior Systems Engineer
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
B.S., Aerospace Engineering, 1997, University of Colorado at Boulder
Currently a Senior Systems Engineer for Astronautics Operations in Denver, CO

 

 

 

 

 

Greg R. Enders, Director (retired)
Systems Engineering and Mission Operations
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Greg graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1970 (yes, he had a class in vacuum tubes and knows how to use a slide rule).  Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy and spent the following 8 years in Naval Intelligence.  His first real engineering job was with Lockheed Martin, joining the Titan Program in 1978.  On Titan, he held numerous positions within Systems Engineering, including Electromagnetic Compatibility group lead, Electrical Systems Design Lead, and Systems Design Lead.  Subsequent to the Titan Program, Greg joined the Technical Operations Systems Engineering organization as manager for Systems Design and Test Requirements.  In 2000 he became the Director of Systems Engineering and Mission Operations.

 

 

 

Delores Etter,Director, Caruth Institute for Engineering Educaton, South Methodist Univeristy

Dr. Etter is an internationally recognized leader in science and technology and engineering education. She has served as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition and as the Deputy UnderSecretary of Defense for Science and Technology. In addition to her public service, Professor Etter has had a distinguished career as an academic and engineering researcher having held the position of ONR Distinguished Chair in Science and Technology at the United States Naval Academy, and Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the University of New Mexico. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and is the author of eighteen books and more than 150 scholarly articles.

 

 

Chris Finnoff, President and Founder
Finnoff Aviation
With over 30 years of aviation industry experience, Chris Finnoff's entrepreneurial approach has generated notable success in bringing new and innovative aircraft to market.  Prior to starting Finnoff International LLC, a company specializing in previously owned PC12 aircraft, as President of the Commercial Group of Adam Aircraft, Finnoff directed the launch of the A-700 jet and the marketing of the A-500 twin engine piston.  Before Adam Aircraft, as Vice President of Sales at Eclipse Aviation, Finnoff developed a sales program resulting in the non-refundable pre-sales of 1500 aircraft within a 12-month period. Prior to Eclipse, Finnoff was President and CEO of Pilatus Business Aircraft. Before Pilatus, he was founder and president of Turbo West, the Piper Cheyenne and Beech Aircraft distributor for the Rocky Mountain area.  Earlier in his career, Finnoff was the top-producing sales person at Beech Aircraft and Learjet. Later, he founded Leartek, a technology venture founded to promote Learjet as a tool for high-altitude mapping and reconnaissance.

 

 

 

Michael S. Francis, Chief Operating Officer
Photonics Division, General Atomics
Col. Francis retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1997. He helped to develop the first air-space integrated defense information architecture, and directed numerous projects including the US-German X-31 Experimental Fighter Aircraft Program, the Reusable Space Launch Technology Program, and a DoD-sponsored assessment of Aircraft Affordability. At DARPA, he also initiated the Unmanned Tactical Aircraft initiative (now the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Program), and the Micro Air Vehicle Program.

 

 

 

 

Michael E. From, Executive Manager
Aerodynamics Engineernig
Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Mr. From has over 29 years of engineering experience covering the entire Boeing commercial airplane product line in all aspects of Aerodynamics Engineering, including aircraft research, configuration/product development, certification, accident/incident investigation, and airline fleet support. He has been an engineering manager for 15 years, serving as executive manager for the past four years. From 1990-1991, he worked with John McMasters to develop, organize, implement, and teach 35 summer interns (including CU students) on how Boeing designs airplanes. Continuing from 1991 to the present Mr. From has participated in interview/recruiting trips to many universities including CU. Last summer 2007 he organized tours, speakers and supported CU outreach activities for the Boeing-Welliver visiting professor program (Dr. Donna Gerren was CU’s visiting professor).

 

 

 

Richard Herring, CEO (retired)
Spectral Solutions, Inc.
2002 - Present, Executive Director, Engineers Without Borders
2002 – 2006, Chair, External Advisory Board, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, UCB
1998 - 2001, CEO/COO, Spectral Solutions, Inc.
1997 - 1998, Executive Consultant, Videant International, Inc.
1995 - 1997, CEO, EarthWatch, Inc. (retired)
1991 - 1995, Vice President, Ball Aerospace (retired)
1987 - 1991, Chief Operating Officer, Ball Aerospace

 

 

 

(Retired from the EAB but still active with Board)

Noel W. Hinners, Vice President of Flight Systems (retired)
Lockheed Martin Astronautics
Dr. Hinners was the founding Editor of Geophysical Research Letters, a rapid-publication journal of the American Geophysical Union. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, founding President of the Maryland and Colorado Space Business Round Tables, a member of the Space Telescope Science Institute Visiting Committee and the External Review Committee for the Non-Proliferation and International Security Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
COMMITTEE & BOARD CHAIRMANSHIPS:
University of Colorado, Aerospace Engineering Sciences External Advisory Board, 2006-2008
Univ. Space Research Assoc., Center for Program Mgmt Research S&E Council, 2003 - present

 

 

 

G. Thomas (Tom) Marsh, Executive Vice President (retired)
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

For nearly forty years G. Thomas Marsh has worked for the corporation known as Lockheed Martin today. In 2003 he was appointed to his present position as executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and also an officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. Tom Marsh is responsible for business operations and the activities of approximately 18,000 Space Systems employees. Most recently he served as president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Space & Strategic Missiles and previously as president of Lockheed Martin Astronautics Operations. Tom Marsh also has served as executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space, president of Special Programs for Lockheed Martin Space & Strategic Missiles, and as president of Manned Space Systems.  Mr. Marsh is a fellow of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).   In 2005, he was appointed to the Colorado Institute of Technology Board by Governor Owens.

 

 

 

R.C. (Merc) Mercure, Co-founder Ball Aerospace (retired)
CEO, CDM Optics, Inc.
Merc has served the University of Colorado in many high-level positions including: Director, Master of Engineering in Engineering Management Program; Managing Director, Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center ; and Professor Adjunct, Engineering Management. Currently sits on the Board of Directors of several private companies, including Valen Technologies. He is the president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Foundation, and is a director for the Colorado Technology Incubator. His list of civic activities include a former stint as a Boulder City Councilman, a member of the Boulder City Planning Board, and as co-chairman of the Boulder Housing Authority.

 

 

 

Earll Murman, Professor (retired)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Murman has worked as a research scientist at Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, NASA Ames Research Center, and Flow Research Company. He has held executive positions, and at MIT, was director of the Lean Aerospace Initiative and Project Athena, and Department Head, Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Royal Aeronautical Society.

 

 

 

Lanis (Lanny) Pinchuk, Assistant Dean of Engineering, and
Director, External Relations (CU) (retired)
Enlisted in 1952. Received commission and pilot¹s wings through the Aviation Cadet Program. Flew single and multi-engine jets and recips. Flight duties included 5 years flying VIPs in a Special Air Mission (SAM) squadron; flying KC and EC-135¹s in SAC; 135 combat missions in support of the 5th Special Forces in the Central Highlands of Vietnam as a forward air controller flying the O-lE Birddog, and various staff assignments, including working for Commander, 15th Air Forces.

 

 

 

Eli Reshotko, Kent H. Smith Professor Emeritus
Case Western Reserve University
Current and Prior: NAE Committees; Ohio Science and Engineering Round Table; RTO (NATO) Hypersonics Working Group; Chairman, U.S. Boundary Layer Transition Study Group; APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Chair-Elect 1999, Chair 2000) Use of new signal processing algorithms for radar data analysis. U.S. Member, AGARD (NATO) Fluid Dynamics Panel, 1981-88; AGARD Working Group on Viscous Simulation in Wind Tunnels, 1984-88; NRC Committee on Computational Aerodynamics Simulation Developments, 1981-83; Calspan/Microcraft Techn. Advisory Committee, AEDC Operations, 1981-1994, Chairman 1987-1994; NASA Aeronautics Advisory Committee, 1980-86; NASA Hypersonic Technology Group, 1986-91

 

 

 

  Richard L. Rumpf, Rumpf Associates International

 Mr. Rumpf is a recognized expert in military research,   
advanced technologies, and defense acquisition policy and procedures.  In 1990, Mr. Rumpf established Rumpf Associates International, Inc. and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Rumpf has provided technical, programmatic, management services, and due diligence analysis to a litany of commercial and government (DOD and DOE) clients.  He is an unmanned systems experts in all the UxV domains (air, ground, surface, underwater, and lighter-than-air) and routinely assists the government with strategic and technical issues. He received the President's Meritorious Executive Award in 1986, and in 1987, he received the Distinguished Executive Award in the Senior Executive Service from President Reagan, as well as the Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award.  In 1989, he was honored as the Member of the Year by the Association of Unmanned Vehicles Society.  In 1990, he was presented the Navy's Distinguished Civilian Service Award.  In October of 1991, Mr. Rumpf was named to the rank of Commandeur in the Ordre National du Mérite by the French Ambassador to the U.S.

 

 

Scott Tibbitts, Managing Director
SpaceDev Inc.
SpaceDev Inc is an aerospace company that provides innovative microsatellites, hybrid propulsion and spacecraft mechanisms to the global aerospace industry. Mr. Tibbitts was the founder and CEO of Starsys Research Corporation in Boulder Colorado, a company created to bring a promising thermal actuator technology to the spacecraft industry, and now a world-class supplier of mechanical systems and actuators for spacecraft, with a track record of 2500 mechanisms flown on more than 250 spacecraft with 100% success.  In 2006, Starsys Research was acquired by SpaceDev Inc., a Poway, California aerospace company that is a world-leader in the development of hybrid propulsion and micro-satellites.  Mr. Tibbitts assumed the role of Managing Director of SpaceDev on completion of the merger. Mr. Tibbitts is also the Executive Director of eSpace:  The Center for Space Entrepreneurship; a not-for-profit partnership of the University of Colorado and SpaceDev, chartered with accelerating the creation of entrepreneurial space companies and the workforce that supports them.

 

 

 

David C. Wisler, Manager of University Programs and
Aerotechnology Labs for Aircraft Engines
General Electric Aviation
Dr. Wisler was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for advancing the understanding of multi-stage compressor flow and improving product blading designs.

As manager of University Programs and Aerotechnology Labs, Dr. Wisler created and manages GE's University Strategic Alliance (USA) program, which outsources key GE technology research projects. The program encompasses eight universities in the U.S., Europe, and China, with a total of more than 50 professors and graduate students working on 14 separate research initiatives.

 

                                                                                             

Laurence R. Young, Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Laurence R. Young was the founding Director of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine of the NAS and is a full member of the International Academy of Astronautics. Dr. Young joined the MIT faculty in 1962, and co-founded the Man-Behicle Laboratory which does research on the visual and vestibular systems, visual-vestibular interaction, flight simulation, space motion sickness and manual control and displays. Following two years of training at Johnson Space Center he served as Alternate Payload Specialist during the October 1993 mission. Dr. Young has served on numerous Academy committees including the Committee on the Space Station, Committee on Human Factors, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and Air Force Studies Board.

 

 

Past Members:

Susan Avery, Professor, Director of CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder

Vance Brand, Astronaut (retired)

Richard Cook, Program Manager, JPL

George J. Gleghorn, Vice President and Chief Engineer (retired), TRW Space and 
Technology Group

Craig Johnson, Senior Projects Manager, Lockheed Martin SkunkWorks

Clovis Landry, Spacecraft Technologies, Lockheed Martin

James McAnally, CEO, Lockheed Martin Astronautics (retired)  and EAB Chair 1998-2002

John L. Junkins, George J. Eppright Prof , Texas A&M University

John McMasters, Ed Wells Initiative, The Boeing Company

H. Joe Smead, CEO, Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics (retired)

Donald Vanlandingham, CEO and Chair, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp

Bill Weston, Space and Communications Group, The Boeing Company

David Wheaton, Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corp (retired)

Peter Teets, Undersecretary of the Air Force for Space