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Appendix C: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 74-77

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... , a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the American Astronautical Society, and the author or co-author of more than 300 technical publications in the fields of atmospheric flight dynamics, planetary exploration systems, multidisciplinary design optimization, and systems engineering.
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... Air Force, including aerospace engineer and senior scientist, in the fields of spacecraft engineering, space power, and space propulsion. Her research interests and experiences include nuclear thermal propulsion fuels development; advanced space propulsion; and nuclear, quantum, and plasma physics and plasma engineering.
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... He is the recipient of the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, the AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award, American Physical Society (APS) Fluid Dynamics Prize, AIAA Fluid Dynamics Award, and NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.
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... , an emeritus member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the ANS Trinity Section, and a former Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensed senior reactor operator and reactor facility director of the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute's 1.0 MWt TRIGA Mark-F pulsing research and test reactor, with more than 2,000 h of console time and more than 100 pulse operations.
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