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Appendix D: Task Group and Consultant Biographies
Pages 35-39

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... Dr. Bagian was a NASA astronaut for over 15 years, with extensive experience in aviation-related safety systems and human factors, and he served as one of the lead investigators of the Challenger Accident Investigation.
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... His most recent projects include Mitigation of Particulate Formation in Engines via Fuel Additives, Fundamentals of Soot Formation in Gas Turbine Combustors, and Mechanisms Controlling Soot Formation in Diffusion Flames. He was the recipient of UTRC awards in several categories, including the 1989 Special Award for work on soot formation modeling, the 1990 Special Award for work on endothermic fuels, the 1992 UTRC Outstanding Achievement Award for work on a new catalytic combustion concept, and the 1997 Outstanding Achievement Award for contributing to development of a low NOX combustor.
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... Dr. Hopps is a former member of the NRC Committee on Materials Science Research for the International Space Station (April-November 1997)
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... His organization provided NASA senior management with independent cost estimates and assessments of projects' cost postures to ensure cost realism in the development of agency budgets. From early 1988 through the end of 1990, Mr.
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... Institutional Arrangements for Space Station Research (1999) Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk (1999)
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