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Appendix D: Committee and Staff Biographical Information
Pages 85-90

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... He is responsible for leading research and development in the fields of aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, flow control, computational fluid dynamics, aerothermodynamics, propulsion, acoustics, mass properties, stability and control, flight control, guidance, navigation, and configuration design for applications across the Boeing enterprise. In addition he serves as designated program chief engineer for flight and systems technology and flight functional leader.
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From page 86...
... INDERJIT CHOPRA is the director of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center and is the Alfred Gessow Professor in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland. His studies include work on various fundamental problems related to aeromechanics of helicopters, including aeromechanical stability, active vibration control, modeling of composite blades, rotor head health monitoring, aeroelastic optimization, smart structures, micro air vehicles, and comprehensive aeromechanics analyses of bearingless, tilt-rotor, servo-flap, compound, teetering, and circulation control rotors.
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From page 87...
... His career centered on scientific applications of fluid mechanics, both theoretical and experimental, to numerous areas of conceptual, economic, or societal importance, including hypersonics, dust comets, desalination, physicochemical hydrodynamics, synthetic fuels, in situ soil remediation with electric fields, and slurry rheology. His contributions to the fields of hypersonics, rarefied gas flow, desalination, and water purification earned him election to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering.
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From page 88...
... Smith held positions with the National Research Council of Canada, NASA Langley Research Center, and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory/ Calspan, and he became a research test pilot at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. At Dryden he participated in a wide variety of test programs, involving, for example, the X-29, AFTI F-16 and F-111, X-31, F-15 ACTIVE, F-18, and SR-71 aircraft.
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From page 89...
... Voland continues to serve the flight test community as a consultant on two U.S. Air Force hypersonic flight test programs, the X-51 Scramjet Engine Demonstrator Program and the Hypersonic International Flight Research Experiments (HIFiRE)
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From page 90...
... Berkner space policy intern, recently graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in physics and a minor in applied international studies. She has done various research projects at L'Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Los Alamos National Laboratories, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and spent her junior year studying at the University of Cambridge.
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