THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY SPRING 2018

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As I close out my first year as president Copyright © 2018 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Embry-Riddle, I feel fortunate to work Florida/Arizona/Worldwide 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. for the world’s oldest, largest and most Daytona Beach, FL 32114 All rights reserved 8 comprehensive aviation and aerospace 20 Senior Vice President of Development 3 education institution. Embry-Riddle is a & Alumni Relations Marc Archambault special place, driven by people of great Senior Executive Director of Development Christopher Lambert, J.D. talent and passion. Executive Director of Alumni Relations Bill Thompson (’87, PC) We’ve now begun the important at our Asia Campus in Singapore. Our Executive Director of Alumni & Development Communications work of leveraging that collective presence in Central and South America Anthony Brown talent and passion to take Embry- is also growing. In 2017, our Brazil-based Director of Alumni & Development Communications/Editor Riddle to even greater heights. In team served more than 650 students Sara Withrow 10 particular, we’ve reached out to the through professional education, applied Assistant Director of Alumni & Development Communications entire university community for input research, and local academic and Melanie Stawicki Azam IN OTHER WORDS ALUMNI @WORK on strategic planning. Good progress professional opportunities. In November, Communications Specialist Alan Marcos Pinto Cesar 5 Shaking the Snow 20 Photo Finish has been made toward identifying key I addressed graduates of a new Aviation Globe of Life Alumnus Ben Cooper (’08, DB) is the goals, success metrics and next steps Management Program being offered to CONTRIBUTORS Gregory Landon Ashworth (’05, go-to photographer for historic Gregory Landon Ashworth (‘05, DB) 12 for increasing enrollment; enhancing managers with Brazil’s major airlines. rocket launches Deborah Circelli, Communications Specialist DB) shares his improbable journey the student experience; expanding our As Embry-Riddle’s progress Melanie Hanns, Senior Communications The from Embry-Riddle to Hollywood global influence; growing our research continues, students will always remain Advisor GIVING TO EMBRY-RIDDLE capabilities; and securing resources to our core mission. At my first State of the Jason Kadah, Director of Communications Commercial WINGS OF LEGACY 22 Passing On a Love and Marketing fuel our success. University address, I urged all members Daryl LaBello, Multimedia Producer 6 The Aviator Ant of Learning There is still much to do in achieving of the university community to strive to David Massey, Multimedia Producer Space Race Celebrating the 40th anniversary Worldwide Campus professor creates our goals, but we are building upon a be a pivotal mentor in a student’s life — Lacey McLaughlin Experts predict new, of the Klyde Morris comic strip at scholarships for military veterans Connor McShane, Multimedia Producer Embry-Riddle solid foundation. We remain financially someone our students will remember thriving, wholly commercial Sam Mittelsteadt ALUMNI IN ACTION strong; enrollment is up; and with more fondly 10 years from now. Working Wes Oleszewski (‘87, DB) space markets FLIGHT PATH 24 For the Record than 80 undergraduate and graduate continuously to have a positive, life- Ginger Pinholster, Assistant Vice President for News & Research Communications 8 Space Junk(ie) Thierry Saint Loup’s (’99, DB) world degrees and a growing number of changing impact on our students is at James Roddey, Director of Communications From a bullied child to an record for aeroplane efficiency professional programs, our students the heart of everything we do. Bob Score, Multimedia Producer accomplished astrodynamicist, can be traced back to his days at around the globe have more choices To all who have welcomed my wife, Moriba Jah (’99, PC) is a lead Embry-Riddle Published by Casual Astronaut than ever before. And whatever course Dr. Audrey Butler, and me to Embry- researcher on orbital debris Senior Editor CHECK OUT THE of study they choose, they will work Riddle: thank you. I look forward to Colleen Ringer LIFT WEBSITE! Creative Director Read Lift on your desktop, 10 Flying Observatory HAPPY 40th KLYDE MORRIS! with exceptional faculty in technology- working with you to make a difference Marc Oxborrow In homage to the 40th tablet or phone and get Four Embry-Riddle alumni support anniversary of the Klyde rich environments that anticipate the in the lives of our Embry-Riddle family. Chief Client Officer Paul Peterson immediate access to video space science research aboard Morris comic strip, which ever-changing research and workforce was birthed on the Daytona and other web extras. the Stratospheric Observatory for Beach Campus, Klyde is Regards, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is needs of the industry. Infrared Astronomy project pictured throughout this an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity lift.erau.edu issue of Lift. 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LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 1 NEWS & NOTES FROM THE WORLD Conceptual rendering of the new OF EMBRY-RIDDLE Eagle Flight Research Center EAGLESAT-1 BECOMES ALTIMETER CHATTER FIRST EMBRY-RIDDLE (CONTINUED) SATELLITE TO ORBIT EARTH A Cray CS cluster “Vega Supercomputer” joined On Nov. 18, 2017, engineering the Embry-Riddle research students at the Prescott Campus team. Located in the Lehman watched as a project five years in the Engineering and Technology making became a reality. EagleSat-1, Center on the Daytona Beach Campus, the super- a student-designed cube satellite computer offers more than (CubeSat), was launched into space 3,000 of the latest generation — making it the first Embry-Riddle processing cores. satellite to orbit Earth. A New Home for EagleSat-1 was able to hitch a ride The Worldwide Campus was ALTIMETER: aboard the second stage of the Delta Innovation named No. 1 for Best Online HIGH POINTS AT II rocket carrying the JPSS-1 weather Bachelor’s Programs for EMBRY-RIDDLE satellite for the National Oceanic and U.S. Department of Commerce Veterans and No. 2 for Best Atmospheric Administration, thanks to invests $1 million to establish Online Bachelor’s Programs, The Prescott Campus celebrates NASA’s Educational Launch of Nano- overall, in 2018 by U.S. News & World Report. its 40th anniversary (1978–2018). satellites program. new aviation and engineering research center in Florida All three Embry-Riddle campuses The Prescott Campus were recognized by the Military celebrated its most Times as 2018 Best Colleges for A new project at Embry- honored to receive this successful fall athletics Military Students and Veterans. Riddle’s Daytona Beach research award to advance season ever with four Cal Growing Up Campus is expected to innovation, economic Pac championships and Two Daytona Beach Campus create 387 jobs and spur development and job record-setting program wins for women’s soccer research payloads traveled Asia Campus celebrates largest graduating class ever $1.6 million in private growth in Florida.” and volleyball. to suborbital space on Blue investment. Established in 1998, the Origin’s New Shepard Rocket Embry-Riddle’s Asia Campus in Singapore university’s first and only location in Asia. Partially funded by EFRC continues to guide The Daytona Beach Campus on Dec. 12, 2017. celebrated its largest graduating class to date The campus works closely with key partners EagleSat-1 in a $1 million grant from aviation technology into Women’s Cross-Country with 112 diplomas awarded on Dec. 8, 2017. Singapore Aviation Academy, Singapore development the U.S. Department of the future. “Our continuing Team captured the universi- The Prescott Campus Golden Keynote speaker Capt. Quay Chew Eng, senior University of Social Sciences (formerly Eagles Flight Team won the Commerce through its research will encompass ty’s first-ever Sunshine State vice president of the flight operations division UniSIM) and ERC Institute in Singapore to Region IX National Intercollegiate Economic Development aviation innovation proj- Conference championship of Singapore Airlines International Limited and deliver doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s The mission of EagleSat-1 is to Flying Association’s Safety and Administration, the proj- ects such as alternative during the team’s first year of Flight Evaluation Conference a member of the Embry-Riddle Asia Campus degree programs. study the satellite’s orbital decay and ect will establish Embry- propulsion systems, elec- NCAA Division II eligibility. competition. Industry Advisory Board, addressed the gradu- Embry-Riddle President P. Barry Butler, demonstrate the use of super capaci- Riddle’s Applied Aviation tric and hybrid-electric Daytona Beach Campus ates and more than 500 guests at the event. Worldwide Campus Chancellor John R. Watret tors for power rather than traditional and Engineering Research aircraft, and electric verti- Dean of Research and The Worldwide Campus in Berlin Since its first commencement ceremony and Asia Campus Vice Chancellor Graham Hunt rechargeable batteries. The Embry-Riddle Hangar. This facility will cal takeoff and landing, marked its 10-year anniversary on in 2012, Embry-Riddle has conferred more were among the dignitaries who attended the EagleSat team estimates its CubeSat Graduate Studies Michael be the new home of the or eVTOL aircraft, as well P. Hickey was named a Nov. 3, 2017. than 300 degrees from its Asia Campus, the ceremony. — Melanie Hanns will be in orbit seven to nine years. Eagle Flight Research as new fuels,” says EFRC Fellow of the American As of January, the EagleSat team Center (EFRC), a hub for Director Richard “Pat” Association for the had been unable to contact EagleSat-1 engineering research and Anderson. Advancement of Science. from its ground station on campus. It development. This project was made international panels. The is, however, being tracked by NORAD, “Embry-Riddle has a possible by the regional The Daytona Beach Campus’ topics addressed included which monitors human-made objects 90-year legacy of innova- planning efforts led by flight operation achieved commercial space transpor- in space. Efforts to contact it will con- tion, and our research the East Central Florida Stage II International Standard Business Aircraft tation and impacts on the tinue this spring. The team has already is shaping the future of Regional Planning Council. Operations (IS-BAO) reg- INTERNATIONAL at the Daytona Beach Campus discourse among academia National Airspace System; started to develop a second CubeSat: human mobility,” says uni- The expected completion in January to discuss critical and leaders of government security issues; challenges EagleSat-2. istration on Nov. 14, 2017. EXPERTS CONVENE versity President P. Barry date is winter 2019. The IS-BAO audit is a topics and changes facing the and industry from multiple and benefits of increasing The current team consists of Butler. “We are pleased and — Ginger Pinholster rigorous safety review that AT SPACE TRAFFIC space industry. disciplines and different small satellite constellations Steven Buck, Deborah Jackson, Jon exceeds Federal Aviation MANAGEMENT The five-day conference aspects of the air/space capacity; integrating satellite- Lowe, Madison Padilla and Gary Yale, Administration requirements. CONFERENCE (Jan. 15–19) focused on the traffic management set of based ADS-B; communication associate professor of aerospace engi- BY THE NUMBERS Embry-Riddle is believed to theme Seeking Sustainable issues,” says Diane Howard, standards for space traffic; neering. About 35 Prescott Campus The Boeing be the only university with Company Top aviation and aerospace Solutions and was hosted by conference chair and assis- government research needs; students have contributed to the Top Aerospace 1 Stage II registration. executives and represen- the Spaceflight Operations tant professor of Spaceflight future models of space traffic EagleSat-1 project over the past Employers of New Lockheed Martin and tatives from the Federal program and applied aviation Operations at the Daytona management; and interna- five years. Embry-Riddle 2 Northrop Grumman (tie) Aviation Administration, the sciences department at the Beach Campus. tional initiatives. “The students worked incredibly Graduates SpaceX German Aerospace Center College of Aviation. Conference attendees For more, visit commons. hard to make this day happen,” Yale 3 and the U.S. Department of “The conference was cre- participated in a variety of erau.edu/stm/2018. says. “We are all proud of what they’ve SOURCE: Daytona Beach Campus Career Services First Destination Survey

State, among others, gathered ated to provide a forum for roundtable discussions and — Deborah Circelli MASSEY DAVID EAGLESAT-1: accomplished.” — Jason Kadah

2 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 3 COMMENTS AND OPINIONS FROM EMBRY-RIDDLE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS IN OTHER WORDS two amazing boys, was attending Embry- FEEDBACK Riddle’s Prescott Campus and learning from the best. You, Sean, Dave Roy and the count- less others are why I was able to become a successful pilot who did not give up on his dream to fly after I got the flight bug. ‘Never be afraid to shake Bob Lenhard (’97, PC) B.S. Aeronautical Science the snow globe of life.’ FROM THE EDITOR oin us at 7 p.m., Eastern time, Monday, April 9, for Lift, Off the Exciting News I can’t think of a more deserving honor. I BY GREGORY LANDON ASHWORTH (‘05, DB) Page. Moderated by Marc Bernier, director of the Embry-Riddle never had the chance to have Dick Samuels Speaker Series, our panel of alumni and faculty space industry as a “direct” instructor, but I learned from I didn’t mean to end up on TV, and never in a million experts will take a deeper dive into the spring 2018 Lift topic: The him just by passing him in the stairs. He years did I think I’d be acting alongside Oscar win- would ask me little things, and after calling ners. My goal has always been NASA. I wanted to be . Attend the discussion in person or watch Commercial Space Race me a “dummy,” he would give me some line an astronaut. When I arrived at Embry-Riddle for Jthe livestream. For details and to register, visit alumni.erau.edu/lifttalks. of thought that I carried with me until his Summer B as a freshman, I knew I was in the right We need your input! Watch your inboxes for the biennial Lift Readership insight — BAM! — hit me like a revelation. place and on the right track. Later, long after leaving Prescott and becom- There is no way to guarantee you’ll get a flight job Survey. The survey will be emailed to Lift readers in April. It’s important ing an instructor, his words guided my fresh out of school in order to build hours, but I had for us to hear from you. Your responses help shape future Lift content and tell teaching style ... I caught myself many times an unconventional approach. I got a job at the Hilton us what we’re doing right and where we need to improve. But you repeating those one-liners he gave me. Garden Inn next to the Daytona Speedway. My plan was to work there for three months while I sent out résumés. don’t have to wait for the survey, “When flying you always reach for per- One day, a guy walked into the hotel and saw my Gregory fection, even though you know you’ll never Landon email us at [email protected]. get there, but you keep trying ... “ airplane tie pin. He asked me if I was an Embry-Riddle Ashworth — SARA WITHROW, EDITOR YES, SIR ... thank you, may I have alumnus, asked if I had my multi, and then he offered another ... me a job flying whale protection missions. Just like Edgar M. Mora (’88, PC) that. Right place, right time, with the right degree from “ But I didn’t want year. It took me three years to book my first B.S. Aeronautical Science the right place. role on a TV show, Castle, and then I booked After flying for six months for the National to be an actor; three more in the following three months. Honoring a Friend and Mentor The Honor Is Mine Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, I got hired I wanted to be I’ve acted alongside Oscar winners, been In Memoriam [Page 37, fall 2017] lists Robert “ ... Samuels says he is ‘extremely honored’ by Trans States Airlines. I was well on my way to on set with John Travolta (and had long Wayne Harsha as “Former WW Adjunct by his students’ gesture.” building up the jet time required by NASA — and an astronaut.” conversations with him about the airplane Faculty.” While he held that very important I am extremely honored to have learned that’s when I learned that NASA would now only be he donated to our school) and played killers, position at the Worldwide Campus, he was from him — some of my best memories interested in hiring pilots who were current or former military lovers, stoners and everything in between. Dick Samuels much more than and strongest fundamentals were built with test pilots. Well ... [insert expletive]. I went back to one of my There is no right way into the airlines and no guarantee that that in a career him. I know so many pilots who would say academic advisers and asked him what to do. “Go get your mas- you’ll want to be what your degree is in. I learned work ethic at that spanned 27 POSTED ON LIFT ONLINE: the same. ter’s degree in something you enjoy that shows that you’re well Embry-Riddle. You can’t “high school study” for an indoctrination years with Embry- Tara Green (’94, PC) rounded, then get your M.D. or Ph.D.,” he said. oral for an airline. You can’t skate through a check ride. You have Riddle. Wayne Comments Regarding Giving To: B.S. Aeronautical Science I had done community theater since I was a little kid and to outwork, outperform, outrun, outlast and outdo everyone else. was a full-time The Father of Flight Instructors — was part of the Riddle Players during my time at Embry-Riddle. Embry-Riddle helped me learn lessons that most actors without associate professor Dick Samuels [fall 2017] EDITOR’S CLARIFICATION: The article Aerial I quit my airline job and auditioned for one of the top conserva- a degree in flying airplanes learn. Never be afraid to shake the in the Embry-Riddle Precision [fall 2017] failed to mention that tory programs in the country. Miraculously, I was accepted, and snow globe of life as you have all the tools within you to do so. Worldwide College Perfect Landing Rene Brana (’05, DB) was also a founding in two short years I had my Master of Fine Arts. I’ve since started a production company, and the last film of Business. Because of Dick, my landings straddle the member of Aerial Applications. But I didn’t want to be an actor; I wanted to be an astronaut. that I wrote, directed and starred in has won best comedy in He served at centerline stripe every landing in a jet, a I turned down an offer to do the Broadway show Avenue Q to four large film festivals. I’m still waiting on my chance to be an Robert Wayne Harsha various times in turboprop, a recip twin or a single. Twenty- start a Ph.D. in physics. I learned things in my Ph.D. program that astronaut, but maybe I’ll get to play one on TV. That will be good a distinguished four years later, I still hear in my mind’s ear, TALK TO US would only benefit someone interested in teaching about space enough for now. career as a regional faculty adviser, chair “Land STRAIGHT and land on the $&@?!#% — or becoming an astronaut. Then, NASA had their budget cut We invite your feedback on Lift for the Master of Science in Technical CENTERLINE, GOT IT?!!!!” Yep, I’ve always by two-thirds so Congress could fight some wars. EDITOR’S NOTE: Ashworth earned a B.S. in Air Traffic Management content or topics related to the Management and Master of Science in listened to everything Dick taught me and Where did that leave me? With a degree completely useless with a minor in flight in 2005 from the Daytona Beach Campus. university. Letters may be edited for Management programs, and chair of the still do it to this day. to my new life path, an incredible story and an excuse to try out He is currently writing a musical about the space race told from style, length and clarity. Submission Hollywood. In my first two months there, I booked a commercial leadership department. Above all, he was a Dick, you always motivated me to fly does not guarantee publication. the perspective of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins. For more, friend, mentor and encourager to numerous better, fly tighter, fly like my life depended for American Airlines that paid well because it ran for over a visit landonashworth.com. Embry-Riddle students, faculty members on it. You were the guy I wanted to be when EMAIL: [email protected] and administrators, including myself. I grew up someday and became a pilot. You WRITE: Lift Editor Dr. Eugene L. 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4 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 5 WINGS OF LEGACY n junior high school, Wes Oleszewski (‘87, DB) “The staying power of the cartoon comes from my phenomenon of loved aviation, space, drawing cartoons and ants. “I launched a lot of model rockets, and I put working my way through college. Klyde stayed in The Avion, and as a ants in them as passengers,” he recalls. “I had a The firstKlyde Morris comic strip result, a lot of people who went into the aviation industry were Klyde fans.” ran in The Avion 40 years ago. comic strip of ants dying horrible deaths. If you write comics about people getting killed, nobody likes it. But when ants die, nobody cares.” like Embry-Riddle’s founder John Paul Riddle, who Fast-forward to 1978. Oleszewski is a attended Oleszewski’s wedding. freshman at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach “John Paul Riddle was always on campus, sitting Did You Campus. The Avion student newspaper wants to at a table at the university center and telling stories,” Know? run a comic strip starring an Embry-Riddle student. Oleszewski recalls. “And he liked my cartoon strip.” IThe “student” just happens to be an ant. There’s one ✈✈The Daytona problem: Oleszewski can’t think of a name for the strip. Klyde Lives On Beach Campus “I was on the bus with the cartoon strip in After finishing his degree, Oleszewski worked as a student my folder, and the bus pulled onto Clyde Morris commercial and corporate pilot, but continued to draw newspaper, Boulevard,” he recalls. “That’s how the character got the Klyde Morris strip, focusing more on the aviation The Avion, its name about five minutes before I turned it in.” and space industry. The strip ran a few years in the was founded On Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1978, the iconic comic university’s alumni newsletter, then was launched in the spring strip Klyde Morris, which recently celebrated its 40th online in 1999. It was syndicated in 2003 with Aero- of 1969. The anniversary, was published in The Avion for the first Wes Oleszewski News Network. Students can still find the strip inThe newspaper’s time. Over the years, Klyde Morris has chronicled the created more Avion, as the artist has gifted a free license to the first editor was experiences of an Embry-Riddle student, lampooned than 1,200 Klyde student publication. Morris comic Linda Colgan the university administration and poked fun at the strips during Oleszewski is also a book author. “I was flying a (’71, DB). aviation industry. his 10 years at lot and in hotels a lot, and there is nothing to do — so Embry-Riddle. “Klyde is an ant in a world of giant people and that I wrote,” he says. ✈✈Reporters and is what a lot of people feel like,” Oleszewski says. “But Eventually, he decided to stay home to raise his photographers Klyde perseveres. He is sort of an ‘everyman’ ant.” two daughters and focus on writing full time. “After at The Avion three furloughs in 11 years, I was done,” Oleszewski have been Persistence Pays Off says. “I’ve had people tell me they need me writing covering Oleszewski needed that perseverance himself to Klyde Morris more than they need me in the cockpit.” spaceflight earn his college degree and pilot’s certificate with Forty years after the launch of his Klyde Morris and launch meager financial resources. It took him nearly 10 strip, Oleszewski has been able to combine all of his events since years to graduate from Embry-Riddle, with periods of passions again. He is currently working on his 24th the Apollo hiatus in between. book, plus he works as a spaceflight analyst and a program. “Everybody said I couldn’t do it. I come from a cartoonist for Aero-News Network, which continues blue collar, formerly industrial part of the country. to publish Klyde Morris. ✈✈ The Avion is Neither of my parents finished high school,” he says. “The strip very often kind of writes itself,” a division of The “I knew when I started Embry-Riddle, I couldn’t afford Oleszewski says. “I have a very active imagination the Student it. But when I got to campus, I decided I am not and memories of my own experiences.” Government going to flunk out or quit. When I was out of school, I Oleszewski says he was never bitter about his Association. Aviator Ant worked just so I could get back. My goal was to finish long tenure as an Embry-Riddle student because what I started.” the experiences he had made him who he is today. Wes Oleszewski, left, with Embry-Riddle Read The Avion at Klyde Morris continued to run in The Avion, even founder John Paul Riddle. “I see finishing Embry-Riddle as my single greatest theavion.com. Celebrating the 40th when Oleszewski wasn’t a full-time student, meaning accomplishment,” he says. thousands of students read the strip over the years. anniversary of the Klyde Morris More than 1,200 Klyde Morris strips were published continuously in The Avion from February 1978 until comic strip at Embry-Riddle April 1988. “The staying power of the cartoon comes from my phenomenon of working my way through college,” Oleszewski says. “Klyde stayed in The Avion, and as a result, a lot of people who went into the aviation BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM industry were Klyde fans.” The comics lampooned university presidents Jack Hunt and Kenneth Tallman, but Oleszewski says he was actually friends with both of them. And sometimes, they even collaborated on topics for the strip. During his time at Embry-Riddle, he met lifelong

friends, his future wife, Teresa (’88, DB), and mentors WES OLESZEWSKI OF COURTESY

6 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 7 FLIGHT PATH

Flight Back to the States Jah half-jokingly says that the character of Rich As a U.S. citizen attending a military high school in Purnell, played by Donald Glover in the 2015 science Venezuela, Jah couldn’t join the Venezuelan military like fiction movieThe Martian, is modeled after him. “The his classmates. His second choice, the U.S. Marines, only person in The Martian that is an astrodynamicist was also a no-go, thanks to another barrier. is a black dude with short dreadlocks. There was only “I was 17 years old. My mom wouldn’t sign any of one of those at JPL, the documents unless I was going into the Air Force and that was me.” or the Navy,” Jah says. “I just wasn’t a boat dude, so I His 10-year stint at the Air went into the Air Force.” Force Research Laboratory “I’m a non- Jah was working as a security policeman at (AFRL), following JPL, traditional Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana when he took brought his personal mission a course in aviation law through the Embry-Riddle closer to Earth. He worked student; I Worldwide Campus. That introduction led him to study to track and understand the didn’t take at the Prescott Campus when he left the service. population of roughly 23,000 human-made objects (larger calculus; I’m A Beacon in the High Desert than 10 cm) in Earth’s orbit, not really In Prescott, Arizona, Jah found a new direction when of which only approximately he took a course with Ron Madler, who had been 1,500 are working satellites. what an teaching there for only about a year. “He was into This human-made orbital engineer orbital mechanics, and quickly my interests shifted population became his primary from aircraft to satellites,” Jah says. concern. Jah decided that looks like.” Madler provided a positive environment and the nontransparent nature of — MORIBA JAH mentorship on his path forward. “I had a lot of the Department of Defense’s other people around me at the time saying this tracking operations could be a problem isn’t for me. I’m a nontraditional student; I didn’t for private entities wanting to enter take calculus; I’m not really what an engineer looks orbit. His research, now as an associate like,” Jah says. “Out of all the negativity, Ron was professor at The University of Texas at Austin, centers a lighthouse in the darkness for me. That made all on establishing a more reliable and accessible “data the difference. I found another lighthouse at the lake” on space objects and events, and setting up University of Colorado at Boulder in the late George a framework conducive to discovering key insights At The University of Texas at Born and built upon that. The opportunities and regarding how objects in space behave. His hope is Austin, Moriba Jah is conducting research to map a path toward mentoring that I got from Ron and George are the that this data will inform space policy and regulations safe and sustainable human things I built the rest of my career upon.” to maximize orbital safety and long-term sustainability operations in space. of space activities. DIY Internships Madler, now dean at the College of Engineering at Driven by Altruism the Prescott Campus, remembers Jah as a student Jah has more than 75 published scientific papers with a clear vision of his future in space. “Moriba took to his name and has given lectures and TED Talks great initiative. He found somebody at Los Alamos on the subject of space situational awareness and Space National Labs and did all the work to set up a summer astrodynamics. His credentials amplify his voice, but etting accustomed to watching Scooby Doo internship there with their space division. He did the his motivation is bigger than himself. in Spanish was the least of Moriba Jah’s same thing with Jim Wertz at Microcosm.” “It’s been a long road, but I feel blessed, guided (’99, PC) challenges at age 6. Moving from Madler cites Jah’s personality for his success to do this sort of work. My soapbox is one of altruism. Junk(ie) California to Venezuela multiplied the typical in these ventures. “He was able to overcome that There’s nothing wrong with profit, but I want to new kid troubles, and Jah endured more barrier that faculty often put up with our students have a voice for the community and thus operate From a bullied child to an than his share of childhood bullying as a in terms of maintaining a professional distance,” from a nonprofit vantage point,” Jah says. “I want to result. “I was a foreigner and learning a new Madler says. do things that are beneficial to humanity, which has accomplished astrodynamicist, language. There were different cartoons, an ever-increasing reliance upon space activities, different customs, different everything. It’s Shifting to Earth Orbit services and capabilities. This is how I am called to Moriba Jah is a lead not easy for a kid,” he says. The research Jah did with Madler through the Arizona make a contribution.” But through it all — and with the support of Space Grant Consortium sparked his interest in Ghis late parents, mother Elsie Turnier de Marquez, graduate school, which led him to study under Born WEB EXCLUSIVE researcher on orbital debris stepfather Jorge Marquez Lupi and father Abraham at the University of Colorado at Boulder, culminating At The University of Texas at Austin, Moriba Jah leads Jah — he developed an animated personality and a in a job at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). a research program called Advanced Sciences and dogged determination that resulted in many career He worked at JPL for seven years as a spacecraft Technology Research in Astronautics (ASTRIA), which successes. Today, Jah is a leading voice in the navigator, analyzing tracking data on specific satellites he developed while working at AFRL. Learn more at

BY ALAN MARCOS PINTO CESAR discussion over human-made orbital debris. MERRICK ALES for Mars missions and predicting their trajectories. lift.erau.edu/space-junkie.

8 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 9 when the light of the eclipsed star is focused and “During an occultation, the way the background intensified through Triton’s atmosphere. star dims is a sensitive probe of the density and com- Wilson and the entire SOFIA crew celebrate with position of the foreground object’s atmosphere. It can Four Embry-Riddle alumni handshakes and pats on the back. also give us very sensitive measurements of Triton’s His third occultation to navigate for NASA, Wilson size and shape,” says Terry Oswalt, chair of the physi- support space science research says midflight changes are common. For Triton’s cal sciences department and professor of engineering occultation, the original plan moved about 400 nauti- physics at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus. aboard the Stratospheric cal miles, he says. “It’s a lot like a bomber,” he Observatory for Infrared says. “You basically have a target time, and you have to make your Astronomy project target time precise. Because we fly at a high altitude, you have like a 10-knot window in speed to work with. You have to think ahead, and you have to use geometry, because you can’t use air speed.” He adds, “It’s stressful, it’s chal- lenging, but it’s rewarding at the same time.”

SOFIA Eagle Team Dean Neeley Andrea Davis Muir While they weren’t on the aircraft

for this mission, three other Embry- Jeff Wilson Riddle alumni are also instrumental members of the SOFIA team: avi- onics specialist Andrea Davis Muir (’12, WW), aircraft mechanic Mike Woodworth (’10, WW) and research pilot Dean Neeley (’03, WW). Neeley piloted SOFIA on other science missions earlier in the week and flew the test flight the night before Triton’s occultation. In addition to SOFIA, Neeley flies several other highly modified sci- Mike Woodworth, right entific research aircraft for NASA, including the single-seat Lockheed ER-2 high-altitude science jet, the Gulfstream G-II Woodworth says SOFIA’s missions are important mission support aircraft and the C-20A (G-III) science because “they broaden our understanding of our platform aircraft that carries the NASA Jet Propulsion neighborhood, the solar system.” Laboratory’s synthetic aperture radar. “They’re Frankenstein aircraft,” Neeley says. Inspiring Students WATCH “None of the controls are standard. You have to get in All four alumni had the opportunity to visit the SOFIA crew there, take a deep breath and take it slow. It’s not like Daytona Beach Campus during the days before and members discuss FLYING OBSERVATORY getting in the Cessna you get in every day, where you immediately following Triton’s occultation, which their roles aboard can do it blindfolded.” was SOFIA’s first scientific mission over the Atlantic NASA’s flying BY SARA WITHROW t’s 7:55 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, Oct. It’s Wilson’s job to make sure that the Stratospheric Woodworth’s and Muir’s jobs kick in before and Ocean. Regularly stationed in Palmdale, California, observatory and 5, 2017. Navigator Jeff Wilson (’97, WW) sits in Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a modi- after each flight. They help ensure that the aircraft and NASA selected the Daytona Beach International other important tense anticipation as he waits for confirmation fied 747 Special Performance (SP) aircraft equipped its avionics systems are maintained and performing at Airport as a temporary home base for SOFIA’s East NASA research that the 747 he’s flying has reached its rendez- with a 2.5-meter, 17-ton infrared telescope, is there to optimal levels. Coast operation. projects: lift.erau. vous point. intercept the shadow at the right time. “We don’t want to lose out on any science More than 2,000 Embry-Riddle students, faculty edu/videos- Years ago, Wilson was a navigator on B-52 SOFIA, a space science partnership between because of a maintenance issue,” Woodworth says. and staff toured the aircraft and learned more about spring-2018. bombers for the Air Force. His military training NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), has Muir says the most challenging part of her job the flying observatory from NASA representatives and experience prepared him well for tonight’s a distinct advantage over ground-based telescopes. It is learning all of the different systems that SOFIA during its five-day stay. mission. The target: Triton, a unique moon 2.6 flies at an altitude of 39,000 to 45,000 feet, which is has installed. “SOFIA isn’t just a 747SP aircraft; it’s a Maggie Gallant, a graduate student at the Daytona billion miles from Earth in a retrograde orbit above 99 percent of the water vapor in Earth’s atmo- whole observatory. Every modification includes dif- Beach Campus, was impressed. “SOFIA is one of the around the planet Neptune. sphere. This gives the telescope a clearer view of ferent subsystems that need to be installed, modified greatest crossovers between engineering and space It’s a make-or-break mission with a two- astronomical events. and checked before and after every flight.” science,” she says. minute window of opportunity. Triton’s occultation, an Moments later, Wilson gets the confirmation he’s Woodworth would agree. “I love the fact that I Ieclipse-like event where the moon passes between waiting for. The science director announces the mis- Learning the Neighborhood work on a national treasure,” he says. the Earth and a faraway star, will cast a fast-moving sion’s success. The occultation was captured and The data SOFIA captured will be used to further study

shadow in a narrow path over the Atlantic Ocean. recorded, including the all-important central flash, NASA MASSEY DAVID SUBMITTED; NASA; LABELLO; DARYL LEFT: TOP, FROM CLOCKWISE and characterize Triton’s atmosphere. Contributors: Ginger Pinholster and Deborah Circelli

10 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 11 THE COMMERCIAL SPACE RACE

Embry-Riddle faculty and alumni space industry experts predict new, thriving, wholly commercial space markets

By ALAN MARCOS PINTO CESAR, SARA WITHROW and MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM Illustrations by TIM BOELAARS

12 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 13 he race to commercialize space is accelerating. For associate professor and chair of the economics disci- “The big commercial items are always going to be decades, governments — intent upon establishing a pline for the Worldwide Campus. telecom. They have a satellite asset, they buy a ride national presence in this new frontier — have mostly “There’s a lot of venture capitalists out there,” she on a rocket, and they have users on the ground. That’s footed the bill. But now, commercial enterprises are says. “It’s now [a] space jam; everyone is getting into how they generate their money,” says Ryan Kobrick, getting into the act in a big way. the business. Why? Because it’s more affordable — assistant professor of commercial space operations at “The amount of revenue generated by commercial and when it’s more affordable, it opens up the market.” the Daytona Beach Campus. space activities now exceeds that being spent by the And an open market is usually a growing market. According to the 2017 Satellite Industry world’s governments. This is a dramatic shift from early In her 2013 study, Whealan-George predicted that the Association’s report, satellite numbers have increased space activities, in which revenue was closely tied to global space industry would grow 18 to 40 percent by 47 percent in the past five years, thanks in large part government expenditures,” says Sonya McMullen (’00, by 2030, depending upon certain key economic driv- to small or very small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). WW), a Worldwide Campus assistant professor who ers, such as geopolitical and socioeconomic develop- “The small satellite industry is hugely growing,” researches the commercial space industry. ments. So far, her projections appear to be on track. says Robyn Ringuette (’97, DB), vice president of This new space revenue reality is setting the stage With a total estimated $339 billion in economic activity Liquid Propulsion at Virgin Orbit, a recent spinoff of for a wave of pure space commercialization. (according to the 2017 Satellite Industry Association’s Virgin Galactic. Satellites have gotten smaller and “I think we’re right at that barnstorming era — State of the Satellite Industry Report), the space cheaper to build and launch, Ringuette says, reduc- 1920s or so, and right at about the 1930s, in terms industry has grown 7 percent from 2013 to 2016. ing business risk and enabling more companies to of the government airmail contracts for the aviation McMullen says private launch businesses, like enter the market. industry,” McMullen says. “The government told the SpaceX, have disrupted the space economy by break- Virgin Orbit plans to further cut costs of satellite airlines, ‘We don’t want to subsidize you forever, so ing the long-standing $10,000-per-pound cost barrier. launches with its LauncherOne program, which is set go develop bigger airplanes where you can carry peo- “That’s dirt cheap,” she says, “especially when you to deploy for the first time in 2018. LauncherOne will ple.’” That’s what’s happening with the space industry, consider that it cost more than $1 billion to launch the offer low-cost, quick-turnaround launch services to she says. “I think we’re at the tipping point.” last space shuttle [in 2011].” the small-satellite industry, with fewer restrictions on launch timing, Ringuette says. A Wide Open Space Market Moneymaker Instead of launching from a fixed site in Florida or at Austin. Industries and governments alike are Lower entry costs are fueling the new space econ- At 77 percent of the total global space economy, California, LauncherOne will detach from the wing of concerned about the growing space trash problem. omy, according to Kelly Whealan-George (’15, DB), satellites are the driving force propelling the industry. a Boeing 747-400, called “Cosmic Girl,” while it’s fly- [See sidebar: Trash in the Global Commons.] ing 35,000 feet over the ocean. Once released, the 47% LauncherOne rocket will carry the satellites into orbit. Tow Trucks in Space Another innovation is taking a strength-in-numbers Increase of satellites Scott Weintraub (’16, DB), president and CEO of in the past five years, approach. This year, several companies have plans according to the 2017 Weintraus, which is located in Embry-Riddle’s to begin installing in LEO huge groups or “constel- Satellite Industry Research Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, says his lations” of satellites that number in the thousands, Association’s State of company plans to stop the space debris epidemic. the Satellite Industry McMullen says. These could provide global phone, Report. The solution: Hercules II, an on-orbit robotic services internet and/or imaging services with no service inter- space tug that can dock, repair, refuel and maneuver ruption as early as 2022. other spacecraft in LEO. Weintraus expects to launch IS MARITIME LAW AN OPTION FOR SPACE? “More people in the world have cellphones than its first operational vehicle in 2022 and a second there are toilets,” McMullen says. The profit potential vehicle with robotic arms by 2024. is huge, especially because it’s cheaper than ever “For nonspace people, I call it a tow truck,” before to build and launch satellites, she says. Weintraub says. “Imagine if every time your car Edward Ellegood (’15, DB), Countries like Luxembourg company, Planetary Resources, breaks down, you have to buy a new one. You can’t publisher of the Florida are developing legal established a European Space Clutter take it to a mechanic. It stays on the road where it SPACErePORT and a business frameworks that encourage headquarters in Luxembourg But there may be a problem: space debris. stopped. That’s the analogy in space right now.” development analyst at Saalex space enterprise on this after the country invested “I think it’s important that we’re aware of orbital In addition to Hercules II, Weintraus is designing a Solutions, says there are model. As of November nearly $28 million in its crowding,” Kobrick says. “Companies that are making fleet of modular satellites with standardized connectors. arguments for using maritime 2017, the space industry research and development. the jump to making these constellations for things Weintraub says on-orbit services like his could conceiv- law for space operations. “In represented 2 percent of This tiny European country like global internet have a huge responsibility in lead- ably extend a satellite’s average life span to 100 years. shipping, it is common practice Luxembourg’s annual gross may become a leading “flag ing how that is done.” “We can stop the space debris problem if we to flag your vessel in a country domestic product. The country carrier” in the new space The U.S. Strategic Command tracks about 1,500 change the way satellites are manufactured — mean- that has laws favorable to your is attracting foreign business, economy. functioning satellites orbiting Earth, but there are ing they’re no longer replaced, they’re just fixed and operations,” he says. as well. The asteroid mining millions of human-made objects and debris up reused. And when they do die, we would have the there, says Moriba Jah (’99, PC), an astrodynamicist option to go to them and send them to burn up in and associate professor at The University of Texas Earth’s outer atmosphere or to the sun.”

14 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 15 “ Just as barnstorming was for aviation, [space tourism] is about building excitement for the industry and raising money to continue to develop new aircraft.”— sonya mcmullen SPACE INDUSTRY PARTNER

Space Tourism and 99 percent of the population doesn’t have that Planetary Resources is targeting late 2020 for the Space tourism is another market on the horizon, and disposable income,” he says. launch of its first asteroid exploratory mission. The com- it’s garnering attention from a wealthy, thrill-seeker “[Still] the space tourism market is young, and Embry-Riddle is preparing the next generation of pany estimates that there are more than 16,000 near-Earth niche of the population. A 2012 study by the Tauri we know from experience that as markets mature, space industry leaders for takeoff and partnering with asteroids that share a similar orbit, with an estimated 2 Group titled, Suborbital Reusable Vehicles: A Ten-Year they open for a variety of reasons to more people. businesses in research and development that will grow trillion tons of water available in the form of ice. Forecast of Market Demand, estimates “40 per- There is no reason to think that space tourism or any the space economy. Beyond creating fuel, long-term plans include min- cent of the interested high-net-worth population, or other commercial space endeavor will not proceed in The university offers a variety of space-related ing asteroids for structural and precious metals, which 3,600 individuals,” would fly within the first 10 years the same way as it did for commercial aircraft in the degree programs that include astronomy and would be used for construction in space and in-space of space tourism becoming operational. The study 20th century.” astrophysics, astronautics (aerospace engineering), manufacturing of equipment, Landon says. included surveys of 200 people with a net worth of Osterlund, who works directly on the CST-100 space physics and spaceflight operations. Additionally, “Mining resources to ship to Earth wouldn’t be cost $5 million or more. Starliner spacecraft, says tourism isn’t the only outlet faculty and students are researching and developing effective,” he says. Rather, he explains, as the space But high ticket costs could be an issue in making for space transportation vehicles. The Starliner is in new technologies, including space robotics and control economy develops and millions of people begin to work the business case for space tourism, Kobrick says. development for NASA’s Commercial Crew program, systems, small satellites (CubeSats) and advanced rocket and live in space, there will be a need to have fuel and A 10- to 11-minute space experience presently costs but it’s also a potential platform for space tourism propulsion systems. resources available in space, since it will be too costly to around $150,000 to $200,000. “They need to get it and for private transportation to space habitats for Embry-Riddle is an active partner with Polar Suborbital ship everything from Earth. down to where a trip to space is like an expensive research and other purposes. Its inaugural mission is Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM), a nonprofit family vacation, like taking a family to Australia. That’s set for the fourth quarter of 2018. organization that conducts upper-atmospheric and space Point-to-Point Orbital Transportation $150,000 what’s going to make a difference — if the vehicles “We’ve been in discussions with global partners technology research. The university hosts training sessions A space market that’s a little closer to home involves are ready, of course.” in providing transportation services for them, to fly for PoSSUM scientist-astronaut candidates and helps test suborbital and orbital point-to-point travel. Oscar Approximate current Jeffrey Osterlund (’89, DB), senior manager for them up to a destination and then fly them back,” emerging technologies for its bioastronautics program. Garcia (’04, DB), partner, chairman and CEO of cost of a 10-minute Space and Missile Operations engineering capability Osterlund says. Specialized facilities, such as the Prescott and Daytona InterFlight Global, chairs the Standards Working spaceflight experience. integration at The Boeing Company, agrees. “I would To date, no commercial space tourism missions Beach campus observatories, the Cosmic Ray Lab, the Group for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) buy a ticket, but I don’t have that disposable income, have flown, but Virgin Galactic predicts a 2018 launch Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee of its human transport vehicle, SpaceShip Two. Blue (LIGO) Lab and the Laboratory for Exosphere and Near- (COMSTAC), which is working to develop standards Origin is also planning a manned launch of its New Space Environment Studies are creating new knowledge for this industry. Given the existing demand for long- Shepard capsule in 2018. to help achieve the next great step for humankind in space. distance air travel, he sees disruptive potential for the But Edward Ellegood (’15, DB), publisher of the A leader in the discussion of emerging space markets point-to-point transportation market. Florida SPACErePORT and a business development and related issues, Embry-Riddle hosts the annual Space “When you’re talking about transporting people on analyst at Saalex Solutions, cautions: “It’s been a Traffic Management Conference (see Page 2). And its Earth very far, very quick and using flight trajectories decade since the first flights were proposed to have Spaceflight Operations, Aerospace Engineering and that reach space to do so, the size of that economy taken place. Virgin Galactic and XCOR, which is now Engineering Physics Industry Advisory Boards, which alone, in time, could be another half a trillion dollars — out of business, and a handful of others, were all include space industry professionals, offer regular insight as big as the whole space economy today, combined. expected to have flown for years now. For various rea- that informs the university’s program offerings, research That’s a game-changer,” Garcia says. sons it hasn’t happened, primarily because of safety.” and curricula. The university also collaborates with the Several companies, including SpaceX with its Big Kobrick agrees. “The joke in the industry is that Space Generation Advisory Council to promote space Falcon Rocket, are working to develop spacecraft that suborbital tourism is always two years away.” activities and strengthen the space workforce through could transport people from a departure point on Earth While its future as a viable space market remains education and career development. to anywhere in the world in less than 45 minutes. uncertain, McMullen says space tourism is much more Garcia expects supersonic (speeds above Mach 1) than a joyride. “Just as barnstorming was for aviation, For more, visit erau.edu/degrees/space. and hypersonic (Mach 3 and above) aircraft to become it’s about building excitement for the industry and raising operational first, paving the way for suborbital and money to continue to develop new aircraft,” she says. orbital point-to-point transportation. “By 2025, we should have a couple of commercial aircraft types flying Powering Space WATCH supersonically all over the world,” Garcia says. We asked Embry- Another industry garnering lots of investor attention is Once supersonic aircraft become commonplace and Riddle alumni what mining in space. Joe Landon (’01, DB), chief financial are successfully integrated into the airspace and airport they think about the officer for Planetary Resources, says his company developing commercial systems, orbital and suborbital transportation models will plans to mine natural resources, primarily water, from space industry. Here’s fully evolve, he predicts. Garcia, who turns 50 this year, asteroids; convert that water to fuel; and set up out- what they had to says he expects to see suborbital and orbital point-to- posts in space to power the developing space indus- say: lift.erau.edu/ point, high-speed transportation operating in his lifetime. try. And it will all be done robotically. videos-spring-2018. In addition to his work with COMSTAC, Garcia is “Basically, we want to open gas stations in space,” an executive committee member of ASTM Committee Landon says. F47, which is developing standards for commercial

16 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 17 What’s in store for the space 2018 2019 2020 2025 2040 2050 EMERGING economy over the next 30 years? Companies deploy large The first space tourists The first on-orbit robotic Supersonic commercial Passengers regularly Robots mine water from Based on current industry constellations of low enjoy the effects of servicing spacecraft aircraft return to fly halfway around asteroids and begin SPACE Earth orbit microsatellites, zero gravity and views begin providing satellite the airspace and the world in less than in-space fuel refining projections and activities, the next delivering communications of Earth from low life-extension services dramatically decrease an hour on point-to- activities to power the MARKETS space boom might look like this: and imaging services Earth orbit. and relocation to select air travel times. point orbital flights. space industry. as early as 2019. customers.

spaceflight. “We are cautiously optimistic that the way are no remaining legal or regulatory hurdles for us to to future regulations will be guided by industry consen- WEB begin conducting our business.” sus standards as a means for regulatory compliance, like EXCLUSIVE Planetary Resources is working to build con- aviation is doing more and more with the FAA,” he says. sensus for this law among other countries, as well. Luxembourg has already passed similar legislation. Legal Hurdles Visit Lift online and see what Garcia says the regulatory framework for point-to-point other space Is Space the New Wild West? about orbital crowding in 2009 it is mutually beneficial,” Rodzinak suborbital and orbital transportation will likely be an markets are on While laws exist for space activities, the problem is, TRASH IN THE when a Russian military satellite says. “But there is currently no the horizon: extrapolation of existing international air commerce lift.erau.edu/ “they’re ambiguous,” Ellegood says. “There isn’t even a crashed into a commercial American controlling authority for our final laws. “I expect the speed of technology there and the emerging-space- common, accepted, universal government definition of GLOBAL COMMONS satellite. His company works with frontier … yet.” speed of regulation and global consensus to be pretty markets. where space begins.” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Jah, who worked on the Air Force much aligned.” Additionally, there is little, if any, policing of the every few months to alter orbits on Research Laboratory’s space object Unfortunately, that’s not the case for some other existing treaties and legislation. here’s a huge amount of programs like CloudSat (a NASA detection, tracking, identification emerging space businesses, he says. “There’s no enforcement that I know of that will human garbage orbiting Earth observation satellite) to and characterization algorithms for Antiquated U.N. treaties that date back to the 1960s deter or have consequences, other than condemnation Earth. The U.S. Strategic prevent it from being damaged by 10 years, is conducting research need to be updated, he says. “The treaties were signed from the global community,” Garcia says. “For example, Command (USSTRATCOM) debris clouds. at UT Austin to provide a public, so long ago in the Cold War context that they never pre- in 2007, China blew up a satellite with a missile and tracks about 23,000 human- transparent and data-rich object dicted a commercial space economy.” created thousands of big objects [space debris] and all made objects in orbit that catalog that will lead to informed The treaties are rather general, agrees Diane they said was, ‘Sorry.’ A cheap shot up there can do a are bigger than a softball — policy decisions over space activity. Howard, assistant professor of commercial space lot of damage to everyone.” about 10 cm in diameter. Of The Department of Defense’s operations at the Daytona Beach Campus and organizer Government funds have helped fuel the commer- these, only about 1,500 are (DoD) space debris database lacks of Embry-Riddle’s annual Space Traffic Management cial space race, but given the growing geopolitical functioning satellites, says transparency in its methods, he says, Conference. This is why there is a need for countries to tensions, national alignments could ultimately prove Moriba Jah (’99, PC), an associate for understandable reasons. This put national space laws into place, she says. hazardous to business. Tprofessor at The University of leads to ambiguous conclusions. In mature space markets, like satellite telecom- “Local rivalries between countries, no matter how Texas (UT) at Austin who is tracking “Whenever someone is launching munications, there is a solid regulatory framework. big or small, are the biggest stumbling blocks to a orbital debris. Even the smallest rockets into space, they go to that For emerging markets, like space tourism, the United smooth launch of mankind’s economy into space,” objects — of which there are millions public catalog. The DoD will provide States has taken a relatively hands-off approach to com- Garcia says. “Right now, the biggest stumbling block is — can cause significant damage to warnings, but then it’s ‘Brace mercial space regulation in order to encourage invest- trust between the United States and China, and then spacecraft because they travel at yourself.’ The math and physics are ment and innovation, she says. Russia and then everybody else.” speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour. simplified, and there’s no realistic and While some risk is necessary for industry growth, Jah likens Earth’s orbit to a global consistent measure of uncertainty.” Howard says there is also a need for legal certainty. For Human Returns on Investment commons (not in a legal sense), Jah has a solution. “I’m trying to example, private businesses, like those involved in space In light of these issues, Howard says there is a need where countries and companies create a ‘data lake’ that’s open and mining ventures, want legal assurance that their invest- UP TO for space diplomacy among all stakeholders or “space acting in self-interest don’t always accessible and will allow people to ments are sound and protected under the law, she says. actors,” so that the U.N. mandate that space activities concern themselves with the impact NASA’s debris mitigation add to and retrieve from it. People Landon says the 2015 Spurring Private Aerospace serve the interest and benefit of all humankind is upheld. of their collective actions. “At this guidelines, issued in 2011, include will be able to use that data lake to Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act McMullen agrees. Putting economics aside, the point it’s the spray and pray model: directions on preventing satellite draw their own conclusions, and we provided Planetary Resources with the affirmation it 40% human benefits of a thriving global space economy are They’re throwing things up there and explosions and implementing can all compare conclusions and needed to continue its research and development. nearly limitless, she says. hoping they make sense,” Jah says. disposal orbits at end-of-life. see which ones agree and which The act essentially allows U.S. citizens to own, trans- Potential growth “Today, you have people in the middle of nowhere, The space junk tracked by Other countries and the European ones don’t,” he says. port and sell resources obtained during commercial in the global space in Africa, building dams because they can access USSTRATCOM consists mostly of Space Agency have issued similar “My motto for my research industry by 2030, operations in space. as predicted by YouTube to see how to build a dam, or a water filtra- pieces of deteriorated satellites, guidelines. NASA must follow its is: If you want to know it, you With the original idea for the law coming from the Kelly Whealan- tion system, or an irrigation system — because now some of which have been in orbit for own rules, but private companies do have to measure it. If you want to U.S. Homestead Act of 1862, the SPACE Act stipu- George, associate they have access to information. Imagine what that decades. Aaron Rodzinak (’94, PC), a so voluntarily. understand it, you have to predict professor at lates that the company or entity that arrives first at a Embry-Riddle. information will do for places that are really oppressed. spacecraft systems engineer at Ball “In practice, countries work it. If you can’t predict it, you don’t particular asteroid has the right to non-interference The sociological potential of just getting information to Corporation, says NASA got serious together to avoid collisions because really know what’s going on.” from others, Landon says. “We believe that there people — there’s a lot of hope, I think, from that.”

18 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 19 ALUMNI “I can mentally work @WORK out things like the trajectories, positions in the sky, angles, etc., beforehand in my head. That’s where I feel my engineering Photo Finish background definitely comes into play.” Alumnus Ben Cooper is — BEN COOPER the go-to photographer for historic rocket launches

BY LACEY MCLAUGHLIN

f you’ve seen an official photograph of a launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, there’s a good chance it was taken by Embry- Riddle alumnus Ben Cooper (’08, DB). While earning a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, Cooper attended launches and built up a photography portfolio that eventually landed him a position with the NASA photography team. Today, industry leaders such as SpaceX, United Launch IAlliance and Orbital-ATK contract him to document and publicize their launches, as well. As a student, Cooper was on staff at The Avion, the student newspaper at the Daytona Beach Campus, for more than four years. A lifelong shutterbug originally from Brooklyn, New York, his career as a launch photographer blends his technical and spa- tial visualization skills with his fascination for aerospace. Since 1999, he has photographed more than 190 missions and launches. The job requires expert precision and as many as 25 cameras (per launch), rigged with remote sensors and set to capture a variety of angles and views. Here, Cooper offers insight into his job and his journey. Embry-Riddle alumnus ALMOST EVERY GREAT SHOT I’ve taken involved plan- NO ONE IS ALLOWED closer than a few miles literally set up camera tripods in the water to get Ben Cooper has I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED in aviation and ning in advance. Sometimes it takes more than one from the launch pad. All of the photos you see of the shot I want. None of that bothers me, though. photographed more astronomy as a kid. I also liked photogra- try, but much of the time, you only get one try. And launches taken from near the launch pad are taken The hard part is dealing with the mosquitoes and than 190 missions and launches since 1999, phy. I got my first camera at 8 years old, it’s those times, when you nail it on the first try, that by remotely operated cameras that are set up ahead the humidity. including this SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch Ben Cooper and I was doing darkroom work by the you really feel good. Anticipating the exact lighting of time. Generally, I set up anywhere from one to time I was 13. conditions, even precisely where the sun will be in three days before a launch. SEEING A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE was another goal on Oct. 30, 2017, carrying Koreasat-5A, a South the sky, is a factor, as is the weather, the rocket’s of mine when I was young. It’s something every- Korean communications I BECAME REALLY interested in seeing a space shuttle launch in trajectory and other things. THE BIGGEST RISKS of the job are losing camera one should see at least once in their lifetime. Total satellite. person. In high school, my dad took me to see one. The launch was equipment due to exposure to the rocket or the eclipses are magical, but they only take place every aborted just 7 seconds before liftoff, and we did not stay to see it go I HAVE A VERY TECHNICAL MIND. I can mentally work weather. Extreme heat from the rocket at launch couple of years in a narrow band across the globe that off a few days later. Still, the experience changed my life. We tried out things like the trajectories, positions in the sky, and flying debris are some things I deal with you have to travel to get to. “Eclipse chasers” are die- not once, but twice more, before finally seeing one go off on our angles, etc., beforehand in my head and easily visual- regularly. hards who travel to try and see them all. I’ve traveled third trip. After that, I wanted to see more, of course, and Dad let ize all of this when setting up the cameras. That’s to see six so far. me go on my own. I knew then that I wanted to work for NASA, and where I feel my engineering background definitely THE SETUP CAN BE FUN. I’ve walked into swamps

I thought that engineering was the way to go. comes into play. SPACEX with alligators, snakes and spiders many times. I’ve See more of Cooper’s work at launchphotography.com.

20 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 21 Gulfstream Aerospace’s gift Creating Local GIVING TO will be used to purchase new equipment, including 3-D EMBRY-RIDDLE printers like this one. Connections Prescott Campus planetarium The couple also wanted to help students who are serving their country. The endowed and term scholar- named for local donors ships will have a preference for Worldwide Campus applicants who are active duty or military veterans. BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM

An American in Europe ongtime Prescott, Arizona, resident Jim Lee is An only child growing up in upstate New York, Roberts eager to see Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus was always curious about the world. She moved to and the local community become more con- Europe in 1987 and began working for the University nected. That is why he and his wife, Linda Lee, of Maryland (UMD) in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1991. L who are both prominent real estate devel- “I was the first person in opers, decided to make a substantial gift to the my family to have a passport “Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus’ new STEM (Science, Technology, and go that far away,” she Education and Mathematics) Education Center. says. “I just fell in love with students are “The future of the Embry-Riddle Prescott Europe and wanted to stay.” people who are Campus can’t be separated from the future of She earned a bachelor’s Prescott,” says Jim, who sits on the Prescott degree in psychology and a going to change Partners for Success Campus steering committee for campus buildings Donna Roberts and master’s degree in counsel- the world, and Gulfstream Aerospace supports students and is a member of its board of visitors. Sergio Del Bianco ing from UMD, then worked we want to help as a counselor for the Army with contributions and expertise Community Services Family them reach Advocacy Program. In those goals.” 1997, she moved to Aviano, BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM them define their capstone projects. Passing On a Italy, and got a job with the — DONNA ROBERTS They regularly conference with students University of Oklahoma ulfstream Aerospace Corporation over the phone, and at the end of the (OU). She earned master’s is a longtime supporter of Embry- term, the engineers visit the campus for degrees in both adult and Riddle student projects and pro- face-to-face meetings with students. Love of Learning Jim and Linda Lee, left, at the grand higher education and human relations from OU. grams. In 2018, the corporation “There is another gift they have opening of the STEM Education Center. Worldwide Campus professor creates “I was just interested in taking classes; then G helped fund improvements to the given without hesitation for more than before you know it, there was a diploma in my hand,” Senior Aircraft Design Lab and provided 15 years and that is valuable time doing scholarships for military veterans she says of her multiple master’s degrees. financial assistance for co-op interns design evaluations,” says Jim Ladesic, The center’s planetarium was recently named and other student-focused priorities. professor of aerospace engineering the Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium in the couple’s Embry-Riddle Journey “We love seeing the students and associate dean of the College of honor. The only Arizona planetarium north of Roberts began working for Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide excel and succeed, and we love see- Engineering at the Daytona Beach Phoenix, it can seat 125 people for presentations in Campus in Italy in 2003, eventually becoming the ing a school that we have such a great Campus. “Our students learn from full 360-degree high definition. It is open to the pub- BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM chair of sociology and psychology for the College of relationship with grow,” says Cassie them and they [Gulfstream employees] lic and is designed for frequent community use. Arts and Sciences. She earned master’s degrees in Batayias, Gulfstream college programs get to know our students. Gulfstream “We are so pleased to have the support of this ith eight university degrees and 30 years spent liv- both aeronautical science and business administration manager and a member of the College has been a great friend and colleague in prominent local couple as we move forward,” says ing abroad, Donna Roberts (’10, WW) has always in aviation at Embry-Riddle. of Business Industry Advisory Board at trying to work collectively together.” Prescott Campus Chancellor Frank Ayers. “The Jim had a love of learning. “I wanted to expand my horizons and under- the Daytona Beach Campus. The 2018 Gulfstream gift will also and Linda Lee Planetarium will delight students and An associate professor and chair of the social sci- stand the aviation environment a bit more,” says Gulfstream’s support dates back to help support the Career Services Co-Op residents alike with a variety of presentations.” ences and economics department and undergradu- Roberts, who has now worked nearly 15 years for 1984; however, its 2018 gift is its largest Assistance Award Program, which Jim says he is excited to use the new state-of- ate research at Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide College Embry-Riddle. to date. assists students with co-op or intern- the-art STEM Education Center and Planetarium, of Arts and Sciences in Germany, Roberts says she After 10 years in Italy, she moved back to Germany James Scott, director of develop- ship expenses; the Society of Women which celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 6, 2017, wanted to help students who share her passion for to become the regional associate dean for the ment at Embry-Riddle, says this recent Engineers club; and the Veteran Student to bring more visibility to Embry-Riddle’s Prescott education, especially those in the military. Worldwide Campus’ European Region, then was pro- gift will help the university purchase Services office (VSS). VSS provides Campus and better link the community and local That is why she and her husband, Sergio Del Bianco, made moted to the dean of academics for the International new equipment, including 3-D printers resources to more than 650 GI Bill- K–12 students with the university. Wa generous planned gift to Embry-Riddle, creating an endowed Region. In her present roles, Roberts teaches, devel- for the Daytona Beach Campus’ Senior eligible students. “There will be programs for the general public,” scholarship in their names to help students longterm. The couple, ops curriculum and writes everything from textbooks Aircraft Design Lab. The new technol- The Business Eagles program will Jim says. “It is very important to bring students from who met in Italy and have been together 22 years, are also funding to monthly psychology columns for online pop culture ogy will complement the design course also receive Gulfstream funds this the area to the university to see what is available.” a term scholarship to immediately help undergraduate or graduate magazines. Her students come from around the world, curriculum and enhance learning for year. This College of Business program The two-story, $22 million STEM Education students with financial need. bringing a diversity of backgrounds and experiences. senior students, who are completing aims to help launch high-performing Center contains more than 20 laboratories support- “Valuing education so much, I wanted to give back to “Embry-Riddle students are people who are going capstone projects, according to Scott. students into competitive aviation and ing degrees in everything from aerospace engineer- something that is meaningful to me,” Roberts says. “Education to change the world, and we want to help them reach In addition to partnering with the uni- aerospace careers. ing to forensic biology. The center and planetarium opens doors and changes people’s lives in tangible ways.” those goals,” Roberts says. versity through philanthropy, Gulfstream Batayias says roughly 400 Embry- will become a resource for local schools and an employees donate their time and exper- Riddle alumni now work at Gulfstream. epicenter for community engagement events year- tise. Each year, Gulfstream engineers “We have some wonderful history with round. “We are very fortunate and pleased to have AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, EMBRY-RIDDLE RELIES ON AND DEEPLY APPRECIATES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ITS

ALUMNI, FRIENDS AND PARTNERS. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO EMBRY-RIDDLE ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW. CONNOR MCSHANE RIGHT: LABELLO; DARYL LEFT: work directly with students to help the university,” she says. Embry-Riddle in our community,” Jim says.

22 LIFT SPRING 2018 GIVINGTO.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 GIVINGTO.ERAU.EDU 23 ALUMNI IN Saint Loup was joined by Richard “Pat” Anderson, ACTION a professor of aerospace engineering at Embry- Riddle, and the project ended up being the genesis of the EFRC at the university. The team built and tested the engine and demonstrated its capabilities on Capitol Hill, at the Pentagon and at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Saint Loup says. “That was a startup, blazing new ground,” says Anderson, now the director at EFRC. “We were biting off something that was truly different, combining engineering and aviation. And Thierry was in a particularly unique position — helping flight-test the aircraft, but also interfacing with the client because he spoke French.”

Setting a Record Before the STC for the engine could be com- pleted, though, the project returned to its “ A slight mistake “But everything lined up home base — followed shortly thereafter by beautifully — from the Thierry Saint Loup, left, Saint Loup, who earned his bachelor’s degree or a bad GPS weather to the air traffic and science teacher Ross McCurdy used just 6.18 in aviation technology in 1999. recording and controllers to the aircraft to gallons of fuel per hour on “In 2000, because of all the knowledge the ground support team and their record-setting flight in a Cessna 182. and experience I had acquired working on we would have recording equipment.” the program at the university, I was hired failed. But by SMA,” he says. “I ended up writing the Looking into the engine installation manual, and the FAA everything lined Future approved the 230 HP engine installation on up beautifully.” Saint Loup’s company contin- Thierry Saint Loup at the Cessna 182 in 2006. We started doing ues to improve the efficiency the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in engine conversions in the United States and and reliability of aircraft with Oshkosh, Wisconsin. the rest of the world.” engines based on compres- Fast-forward to 2016, when Saint Loup sion-ignition technology. An was contacted by Ross McCurdy, a high school engine version of 330 to 400 HP is in development science teacher and pilot who hoped to be the first next. SMA also developed a modular high power den- hen Thierry Saint Loup (’99, DB) enrolled at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona to complete a coast-to-coast flight powered by bio-jet sity engine that offers record-breaking power output Beach Campus, his sights were set on becoming a corporate pilot. fuel. After verifying the compatibility of the fuel with for hybrid applications, as well as the pure generation For the He would soon discover he was destined for that and more — the engine specifications to meet FAA requirements, of electricity in larger commercial aircraft. including a role in developing the university’s Eagle Flight Research Saint Loup joined McCurdy for the western portion of Saint Loup says his Embry-Riddle education has Center (EFRC) and an engine that would power his world record- the flight from Grand Prairie, Texas, to Santa Monica, helped guide the forward momentum he’s making as setting flight in 2016. California, and back. vice president of SMA Engines, a subsidiary of Safran Record “It dawned on me that maybe we could set a Aircraft Engines, and as director of Safran’s Flight Test An Unexpected Detour world record for efficiency along the way. It was a Center in San Antonio, Texas. “Embry-Riddle was a In 1998, Peter S. Pierpont, then head of the engineering department record I meant to get since it was established by the cornerstone in my life,” he says. “Had I not attended Thierry Saint Loup’s at Embry-Riddle, received a call from a French company called SMA Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in 2008. the school, I would never have been exposed to the asking if the university would be interested in a research project involving a jet-fuel- The FAI, the world’s governing body for air sports, technology that I was. It absolutely changed my life world record for Wburning piston engine for aircraft. The super-efficient engine had been developed by already listed records for speed, distance, altitude and and my future.” SMA with the help of some heavy hitters — including the Formula 1 engineering payload, but it only recently had developed the cat- aeroplane efficiency team from Renault Sport — but this project would mark the first time it was tested egory of efficiency,” Saint Loup says. “Unfortunately, outside the company’s factory. SMA needed research to back its application on only a triangular course would qualify for the world can be traced back to his a variety of aircraft, including the development of a supplemental type certificate record, so Ross and I decided to plan another flight to (STC) in the United States. make history.” days at Embry-Riddle At the time, “engineering was not expected to be part of my career path,” On July 12, 2016, the pair flew a Cessna 182 from WATCH recalls Saint Loup. “I wanted to be a pilot.” The French-born student had already Caldwell, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, then to Thierry Saint Loup, vice president of earned his single-engine commercial pilot’s certificate in Clearwater, Florida, Portland, Maine, before returning to Caldwell. Distance: SMA Engines and director of Safran before enrolling at Embry-Riddle, where he focused on earning his airframe and 848 nautical miles. Flight time: 9.1 hours. Fuel used: Aircraft Engines’ Flight Test Center in powerplant certification, as well as multi-engine and instrument ratings. He was 56 gallons — or 6.18 gallons per hour, compared with San Antonio, Texas, talks about his BY SAM MITTELSTEADT also president of the aerobatic club, of which Pierpont was the faculty adviser. a typical engine’s 8 to 10 gallons per hour range. The experience as a student at Embry- “One day I was in his office, talking about a project for the club, and he said, flight set the first world record for aeroplane efficiency Riddle and his world-record flight: ‘Hey, Thierry — you’re French, you have a pilot certificate, you’re working on your in the C-1-c class. lift.erau.edu/videos-spring-2018. A&P … I think you could be a good candidate to work on this new project.’ I said, “A slight mistake or a bad GPS recording and we

‘Why not?’” MASSEY DAVID LOUP SAINT THIERRY would have failed,” Saint Loup says.

24 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 25 ALUMNI NEWS DAVID MASSEY DAVID JOHNSON JASMINE MESSAGE FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Alumni his past year has been iconic for our Embry-Riddle family. Our new president, P. Barry Butler, has been at the helm for 12 months now and counting. Under his Homecoming leadership, there is a renewed spirit of collaboration and a positive energy infusing our campuses and strengthening the university’s global influence and reputation. Weekend DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA Welcoming New Alumni Around the World New Embry-Riddle offerings remain focused on meeting the needs of the aviation and Oct. 12–14, 2017

aerospace industries — worldwide. In December, we celebrated 30 new graduates of LABELLO DARYL Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide Campus in Central and South America. Representing Brazil’s Highlights included a 5K benefiting the Ashley four major airlines, the students traveled to the Daytona Beach Campus to complete Guindon Memorial Scholarship; fly-in appearances their professional aviation management program requirements and receive their certificates. by two F-16s, piloted by U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Mike TheT course was tailor-made to fulfill the growing demand for aviation professionals in Brazil. Driscoll (’97, ’11, DB) and Capt. Luke Weyhmuller (’08, Our Asia Campus in Singapore continues DB), among other aircraft; the inaugural Blue, Gold to grow in numbers and status. In December, and Black Reunion; the grand opening of the Delta the campus welcomed 112 new graduates, Chi Fraternity House; and a concert on the quad its largest graduating class to date. Since featuring singer/songwriter Rachel Platten. its first commencement ceremony in 2012,

Embry-Riddle has conferred more than 300 WU CHI-VALRY MASSEY DAVID degrees from its Singapore Campus. Both President Butler and Worldwide Campus Chancellor John R. Watret attended the momentous event. And in February, I had the opportunity to meet some of our distinguished Asia Campus alumni (See photo). While our global focus is important, we’re not ignoring our industry’s needs here at home. A partnership between Embry-Riddle and Northrop Grumman that launched in January 2017 is filling an educational gap in the United States for airworthiness engineering (See Page 28). CONNOR MCSHANE CONNOR MCSHANE The wings of Embry-Riddle’s alumni network stretch far and wide. We are proud and we should be. Our graduates are in demand in all areas of expertise. Our alumni are leaders of companies, organizations, commands, projects and divisions that are keeping the world safe and taking us to exciting new horizons. CONNOR MCSHANE Calling All Eagles We encourage you to stay connected and take advantage of our growing alumni base. This past year we brought more Embry-Riddle Eagles together than ever before, and we want to thank all who participated. I invite you to join us in 2018 at one (or more) of our 100-plus events. Find an upcoming event near you at alumni.erau.edu/events. JASON KADAH JASON CONNOR MCSHANE

Respectfully and Forever an Eagle, OctoberWest and Wings Out West Bill Thompson (’87, PC)

JASON KADAH JASON PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Executive Director Oct. 5–7, 2017

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26 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 27 mbry-Riddle and Northrop Grumman have teamed up to fill a national gap in the area of airworthiness engineering education through a unique professional program. “It’s the first of its kind in the United States,” says Glenn Greiner, Filling the an associate professor of aerospace engineering and the program coordinator for Embry-Riddle. The Certificate of Study in Airworthiness Engineering (CSAE) launched in January 2017 and celebrated its first graduates this April. Airworthiness Gap Created specifically to fill the needs of Northrop Grumman engineers, the 15-month program blends live and recorded online coursework. In Embry-Riddle and Northrop Grumman addition to the certificate, students earn 12 graduate-level credits, which can Ebe applied toward a master’s degree at Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide and Daytona Beach campuses. partner to enhance workforce education “We are proud of the partnership with Northrop Grumman resulting in offering this innovative program,” says Maj Mirmirani, dean of the College of Engineering at the Daytona Beach Campus. The program is already earning industry kudos. The Engineers’ Council recognized the program and the Northrop Grumman/Embry-Riddle partnership BY SARA WITHROW with a 2017 Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award. The plan is to possibly expand and develop the curricula into a full master’s degree in the future, Greiner says. While the first cohort of CSAE students were all Northrop Grumman employees, in January 2018 Embry-Riddle began offering the airworthiness engineering program to all students, regardless of employer.

A Timely Solution Recent CSAE graduate Kurt Lawson, an engineering manager at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, was already an Embry-Riddle graduate when he joined the program. He earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1993 from the Prescott Campus. Lawson says the CSAE was the perfect next step for his professional development.

Kurt Lawson “Until the CSAE program launched, there was no formal course of study in airworthiness. Our customers are placing increased emphasis on airworthiness as a separate discipline,” he says. “We need both broad expertise and up-to-date knowledge to execute these programs. CSAE offers a focused solution for industry to bring engineers up to that common baseline.” The evolving airworthiness environment heightens the need for this type of training, Lawson adds. “Airworthiness has changed more in the last five years than the prior 20 years, so timeliness is critical,” he says. “During the CSAE program, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a major rewrite for airplane airworthiness standards (FAR Part 23) and issued Technical Standard Order - C211 for Detect and Avoid, which is a key technology for unmanned systems. The CSAE cohort covered both of these changes, literally, as they happened.” Stephen Cook, Northrop Grumman technical fellow in the Northrop Grumman Office of Independent Airworthiness and the company’s CSAE representative, says Embry-Riddle was the “right fit” to customize and deliver the advanced education for their employees. “The vision of the program is to build a stronger airworthiness skillset by creating a more formalized airworthiness career pipeline,” he says. “We liked the fact that Embry-Riddle has a strong background in aviation and aircraft maintenance. That was a big differentiator for us.” In addition, the university had a successful track record in establishing professional programs to meet industry needs. In 2010, the university launched a Multidisciplinary Master of Science in Engineering program that was tailor- made for Gulfstream Aerospace. “We’re a global company,” Cook says. “From our perspective there was a gap in formal airworthiness education in the United States. This was an area in

COURTESTY NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION NORTHROP COURTESTY which we could show leadership and help to fill that gap.”

28 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 29 Arlando Teller and Laura Tyler Perryman

Careers of Service Teller has led a career dedicated to improving transportation for the Navajo Nation. As deputy division director at the Navajo Division of Transportation, he Flying High oversees the Navajo Nation’s airport infrastructure and airport system, along with thousands of miles of road Prescott Campus Golden Eagles inducted into maintenance, multi-modal planning, highway safety and project management. He has also been instrumental the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in creating a partnership between the Navajo Nation, Armstrong Consultants Inc. and Embry-Riddle that provides scholarships for Navajo teenagers to attend Embry-Riddle’s career exploration summer programs. BY JASON KADAH Perryman’s career has focused on improving lives. She is the founder, co-inventor and CEO of Stimwave Technologies, a privately held medical device company in Pompano Beach, Florida. Stimwave develops, manufactures and commercializes wirelessly powered, microtechnology neurostimulators that Prescott provide a pain management solution to patients in more than 38 countries. After her father died at age 58 from advanced-stage type 2 diabetes, Perryman felt Campus compelled to investigate ways to use technology to improve medical care. “Success for me is really based on how I can improve technology to help others,” Perryman says. mbry-Riddle’s Golden Eagles are the Making the Team Pioneers winningest intercollegiate flying team To become a Golden Eagle, applicants are required to Hall of Fame Distinction of the last two decades, including 31 go through a six-week tryout period. Upon selection, Two alumni honored at Ayers says both Teller and Perryman are examples consecutive regional championships and the team trains several days a week, as well as E11 national championships. most weekends, for competition, which culminates of Prescott Campus alumni whose professional 2017 Chancellor’s Alumni contributions are making a difference in their In honor of this record, the Prescott Campus with more than 30 collegiate flight teams ultimately respective communities and industries. flight team was inducted into the International Air vying to become the National Intercollegiate Flying Hall of Fame dinner “Arlando Teller’s outreach on behalf of Embry- & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Association’s Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference Riddle and his stewardship of aviation within the Museum on Nov. 9, 2017. Since 1963, the hall of (NIFA SAFECON) champions. Navajo Nation has been long-standing and exemplary,” fame has honored more than 200 of the world’s Ayers says. “Perryman’s commitment to use the most significant pilots, crew members, visionaries, “It was an absolute honor to represent BY MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM engineering skills she gained at Embry-Riddle to help inventors, aerospace engineers, business leaders, the team and all of the hard work, others suffering long-term pain management issues is preservationists, designers and space pioneers. rlando Teller (’95, PC) vividly recalls nervously representative of the service our graduates provide to The current team has 27 active members, four dedication and, of course, teamwork, that typing his admissions application to Embry- our nation and society as a whole.” coaches and one adviser. has brought 11 national championships Riddle’s Prescott Campus. Before founding Stimwave, Perryman was an “This honor recognizes years of sacrifice and hard “I was unsure and I was leaving the nest,” executive working in the technology and internet work,” says Head Coach Sam Morris (‘16, PC). “Teams back to the Prescott Campus.” says Teller, who is believed to be the first sectors. She held engineering and program throughout the years have truly created a legacy that — WILLIAM BAYLISS Navajo and one of the first American Indians management positions at Rocketdyne, Seiko-Epson, each team is expected to uphold or raise. It means to graduate from the Prescott Campus. “But I Rockwell Semiconductors and Disney Imagineering, as that the current and future teams are setting out to “The common saying during our practices is ‘give knew I wanted to go to school here.” well as completed professional campaign management do what their founders desired and that they truly it your all and then do a little bit more,’” says Ryan Laura Tyler Perryman (‘88, PC) is one of consultancy engagements with Major League Baseball, epitomize the creed they follow.” O’Connor, current Golden Eagles team member. “This the youngest graduates to have completed Body Makeover, Suzuki, First Alert and Goldman Sachs. Golden Eagle alumnus William “Bill” Bayliss mentality and the resulting tradition of excellence has an undergraduate degree at the Prescott Campus. She After graduating from Embry-Riddle with a B.S. in (‘07, ‘14, PC) would agree. He was chief pilot and been a common theme among every team member earnedA her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering when she Aviation Business Administration, Teller gained valuable president for the Golden Eagles in 2007 and 2008, throughout the years.” was just 19 years old. experience managing multi-modal transportation when the flight team won its first back-to-back national The naming of the Golden Eagles Flight Team Both Teller and Perryman were inducted into projects for planes (airport planning at Phoenix’s championships. Bayliss was one of several alumni who to the International Air & Space Hall of Fame is the Prescott Campus Chancellor’s Hall of Fame on Sky Harbor), trains (BART to San Jose), automobiles attended the hall of fame ceremony in San Diego. an honor that is shared by the entire university Oct. 6, 2017, during the annual OctoberWest Alumni (corridor management plans), pedestrians (Safe “It was an absolute honor to represent the community, says Prescott Campus Chancellor Homecoming festivities. Prescott Campus Chancellor Routes to School with Oakland) and marine transport team and all of the hard work, dedication and, of Frank Ayers. Frank Ayers established the Alumni Hall of Fame to (the Vallejo Ferry System). Teller grew up on the course, teamwork, that has brought 11 national “While the recognition clearly reflects the recognize the significant contributions of prominent Navajo Nation in a single-parent household, alongside championships back to the Prescott Campus,” Bayliss dedication and expertise of our flight team members, Prescott Campus alumni to their profession, the grandparents, one of whom was a World War II Navajo says. “We alumni are looking forward to the team it also reflects positively on the commitment to community, the campus and the university. code talker. Wanting to return to the reservation to winning the first three-peat [three consecutive excellence present across all disciplines at Embry- “I was humbled to be named to the hall of fame, help his community, Teller began working in 2009 as championship wins] in a few months.” Riddle,” Ayers says. especially as a woman in the predominantly male a senior transportation planner for the Navajo Nation CONNOR MCSHANE sector of engineering and sciences,” Perryman says. Division of Transportation. CONNOR MCSHANE

30 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 31 CAREER CORNER MAKE CONTRAILS TO CAMPUS 2018 Industry/Career Expos THIS FALL! THURSDAY, MAY 31 Fort Walton Beach, Florida Instead of Save the WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 Date as the head, San Diego, California please make head: FRIDAY, SEPT. 7 Make Contrails to Cam- Seattle, Washington pus This Fall THURSDAY, OCT. 4 OctoberWest and Prescott, Arizona Wings Out West Air Show THURSDAY, OCT. 11 PRESCOTT, ARIZONA Daytona Beach, Florida For additional information and job resources, visit careerservices.erau.edu. Oct. 4–6, 2018 It’s our anniversary. Celebrate it! #PrescottProud EVENTS ON THE RADAR

APRIL 9 JUNE 2 SEPT. 30–OCT. 3 Lift, Off the Page: Worldwide Campus Air Traffic Control Association The Commercial Space Race Commencement Conference and Exposition Daytona Beach, Florida Pensacola, Florida National Harbor, Maryland Alumni Livestreamed Alumni Reception, Oct. 1 Homecoming alumni.erau.edu/lifttalks JUNE 22 Worldwide Campus OCT. 1–5 Weekend APRIL 10-12 Commencement Human Factors and Ergonomics DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA Aviation Week’s MRO America San Diego, California Society International Oct. 11–13, 2018 Orlando, Florida Lift Off Reception, June 21 Annual Meeting Experience the new four- Alumni Reception, April 10 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania story, 177,000-square- JUNE 30 Alumni Reception, Oct. 2 APRIL 10-15 Worldwide Campus foot student union Sun n’ Fun Fly-In & Expo Commencement OCT. 4–6 building. Lakeland, Florida Okinawa, Japan Industry/Career Expo & Alumni Reception, April 11 OctoberWest/Wings Out West Dates and events are JULY 23-29 Prescott, Arizona subject to change. For MAY 5 EAA AirVenture up-to-date informa- Prescott Commencement Oshkosh, Wisconsin OCT. 11–13 Prescott, Arizona Industry/Career Expo & Alumni tion: alumni.erau.edu/ Alumni BBQ, July 25 Lift Off Reception, April 24 Homecoming Weekend homecoming Worldwide Campus AUG. 15 -17 Daytona Beach, Florida Organization of Black Commencements OCT. 16–18 Aerospace Professionals Daytona Beach, Florida, NBAA-BACE Houston, Texas and Prescott, Arizona Orlando, Florida Alumni Reception, Aug. 16 LIFELONG LEARNING Lift Off Receptions, May 4 Alumni Reception, Oct. 16 SEPT. 8 Professional MAY 7 OCT. 18–20 Education Daytona Beach Commencement Worldwide Campus Society of Women Engineers Daytona Beach, Florida Commencement Minneapolis, Minnesota @Embry-Riddle Seattle, Washington Lift Off Reception, May 2 Alumni Reception, Oct. 19 Lift Off Reception, Sept. 7 Master your trade or MAY 12 OCT. 20–21 explore a new one with Worldwide Campus SEPT. 14 Wings Over Houston Air Show programs that cover a Commencement Worldwide Campus Houston, Texas broad range of aviation, Seeheim, Germany Commencement aerospace and business Honolulu, Hawaii NOV. 7–11 topics. Society of Hispanic Professionals Cleveland, Ohio View upcoming courses For the most up-to-date list of events, visit alumni.erau.edu/events. Alumni Reception, Nov. 9 at proed.erau.edu.

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C. Jeffrey Knittel (’80, DB) is chair- Ogweng is a board member of the NOTES man and CEO at Airbus Americas, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority. located in Herndon, Virginia. Formerly chief executive of C2 Aviation Capital John McGraw (’84, WW), the and president of CIT Transportation founder and principal of John McGraw Finance, he brings more than 25 years Aerospace Consulting, will receive a To share your Class Notes with Lift and your fellow of global aerospace leadership experi- Technology & Engineering Emmy from alumni, join Embry-Riddle’s online community ence to the position. Prior to leading the National Academy of Television C2 Aviation Capital, Knittel served in a Arts and Sciences on April 8. The at alumni.erau.edu/join today; or submit your series of senior leadership positions at award recognizes his contributions to announcements through email to [email protected]. CIT Group since joining the company in the advancement of drone cinematog- 1986. Knittel is a trustee of the National raphy technology. For guidelines, visit alumni.erau.edu/notes_guidelines. World War II Museum in New Orleans, a member of the Board of the USO of Metropolitan New York and a member 1990s emeritus of the Wings Club Board of Governors. Previously, he also served Lt. Col. Todd Anthony (’90, DB) as a member of the Embry-Riddle Board retired from the Air National Guard on of Trustees. June 30, 2017, after serving 26 years Career News hold this post. He started at NTSB as at three guard units. He flew KC-135 an intern in 1979 and has investigated Mackenzie Ogweng (’83, DB) and A-10 aircraft. He now lives in more than 1,000 aviation accidents, completed Embry-Riddle’s Aviation Harrison Township, Michigan, with 1970s including Malaysia Airlines Flight Safety Program Management and his fiancée, Jennifer Lepez. Based in MH370, which disappeared in 2014 Aircraft Accident Investigation and Detroit, Anthony flies the A-330 for Phil Woodruff (’71, DB) received over the Indian Ocean. Management professional courses. Delta Air Lines. the National Aeronautic Association’s (NAA) Wesley L. McDonald Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Distinguished Statesman of Aviation William J. Bender (’90, WW) was Award at the NAA’s fall awards hired as strategic account executive, ceremony on Nov. 29, 2017. The government relations, for Leidos, a award honors those who have made Reston, Virginia-based company that significant contributions to aeronautics designs and develops high-tech prod- in the United States. As director of ucts for national security, health and education for the Federal Aviation infrastructure industries. Administration, Woodruff’s efforts led to the creation of new aviation educa- Eric Cowdin (’91, PC) is the race tion programs in every state, including Dennis Jones Lt. Gen. William J. Bender engineer for the No. 14 ABC Supply opening more than 100 Aerospace Chevrolet in the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Education Resource Centers for teach- Bongani Maseko Series, driven by Tony Kanaan for the ers and Aviation Career Education AJ Foyt Racing team. Cowdin previ- Academies for youth. ously worked for Chip Ganassi Racing, KV Racing Technology, Team Penske Mark Bushnell (’79, DB) retired from and Andretti-Green Racing. Continental Airlines/United Airlines, where he worked as an aircraft main- Cedric Rockamore (’92, ’96, tenance technician and a field planner WW) was named vice president of for more than 27 years at Newark American Airlines’ Dallas/Fort Worth Liberty International Airport. Prior to Mackenzie Ogweng (DFW) Hub Operations. Continental, he was in production support with Textron Lycoming in Ted Hartselle (’93, WW), who Stratford, Connecticut, for more than formerly worked on the space eight years. shuttle program, was recognized by the National Space Club Florida Committee for lifelong achievement 1980s and contributions to the U.S. space program. Hartselle worked from 1980 Dennis Jones (’80, DB) was named to 2011 on the program and was a managing director of the National contractor launch pad operations engi-

Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). C. Jeffrey Knittel Lt. Col. Todd Anthony neer. He is now a professor at Eastern He is the first African-American to Florida State College in Cocoa, Florida.

LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 33 Joshua Kutryk (’10, WW) was named a new astronaut candidate EAGLE AUTHORS recruit for the Canadian Space Agency. Kutryk is an air force pilot out of Cold Lake, Alberta. He will move to Houston ON THE BOOKSHELF to start a two-year training program.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Abby Hall (’12, DB) represented the Dennis Baker (‘96, WW) authored Restless Hearts: Maj. Jeffrey Mullins Lt. Garrett Hopkins Air Force, which won the Armed What if Fallen Heroes Could Go Home? His book was Forces Volleyball Tournament in published by Abbott Press in 2014. Baker is a retired Jacksonville, Florida, in May 2017, Navy commander and former adjunct instructor for and played on the All-Armed Forces Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide Campus. He currently serves Team, representing the United as president of the Florida Veterans Foundation. States, which won a silver medal in the World Military Volleyball Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard “Rick” Harris Championship in June. Hall is a pro- Bishop (‘71, DB) authored Shady Lady, published gram manager and director’s action by Crécy Publishing in July 2017. Bishop takes the group chief at the Air Force Life reader into the world of high-altitude reconnaissance Cycle Management Center at Wright- with a revealing and detailed account of the trials and Lt. Col. John Grabowski, left Tora Gore Ryan DeMoor Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. She challenges of flying a machine known as the most is a former Eagles Volleyball player dangerous aircraft in the world: the U-2 Dragon Lady. and 2017 inductee to the Embry- Bishop served as a pilot and later commander of the

Steven Scates Joshua Kutryk Riddle Athletics Hall of Fame. This is 99th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (U-2 program), her third consecutive year as a mem- before retiring from the Air Force in 1991. ber of the All-Air Force team. She is currently the only member of the Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick W. Huested 11-player team who is not a graduate (‘90, PC) authored Merit’s Fulcrum: What’s Wrong of the U.S. Air Force Academy. with the U.S. Air Force’s Officer Evaluation System … And How to Fix It, published in August 2017 by RJ Lt. Col. Jaime R. Harvey (’12, WW) Communications. Huested is the owner of Deep Oak is the incoming president of the Consulting, a leadership and management training firm Aerospace Physiology Society. She is based in New Mexico. the executive officer to the U.S. Air Capt. Abby Hall Umar Farouk Idris Force chief of safety and branch chief Michael D. Santonino III and Frank J. Villa Jr. at the U.S. Air Force Headquarters in co-authored The Supervisor’s Guide to Human Washington, D.C. Relations and Communication, published in October He is also a two-term councilman for Lt. Col. John Grabowski (’95, PC) technology services and solutions. He end-to-end software development 2017. Santonino is a management practitioner with the City of Rockledge, Florida, and the was promoted to lieutenant colonel in leads the company’s managed services for the Business Aviation, Colt Marcos Bertamini (‘13, WW) more than 15 years of experience working for military Lt. Governor for the seven Kiwanis the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He practice, which assists clients with International division. was promoted June 23, 2017, to defense contractors and commercial corporations. He Clubs of Brevard County. is the incoming deputy commander for financial and operational compliance, international wide-body captain with is an assistant professor for Embry-Riddle’s College of cyber transformation at Fort Gordon, including IRS and SEC reporting. Cathay Pacific Airways. Bertamini Business at the Worldwide Campus. Bongani Maseko (’93, DB) was Georgia. He is responsible for com- He also assists with the design of the 2010s has been a pilot with Cathay Pacific appointed chair of Airports Council municating, coordinating and sharing company’s flight department manage- in Hong Kong for more than 10 years Astrid Zajdband authored German Rabbis in British International. Maseko is CEO and up-to-date information with senior ment software solutions. Aaron P. Hascher (’10, WW), who and previously served as a Marine Exile: From ‘Heimat’ into the Unknown, published by executive director of Airports Company commanders on 60 to 80 construction is an operations duty manager with Corps officer and naval aviator. De Gruyter Oldenbourg in 2016. Inspired by a book she South Africa Limited. projects at Fort Gordon with a pro- U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jeffrey Memphis-Shelby County Airport Additionally, Bertamini was elected inherited from her grandmother, which was published jected investment of about $2 billion. Mullins (’06, WW) and Navy Lt. Authority, recently earned his Airport to the English Schools Foundation by a Jewish rabbi in 1935 in the midst of the Nazi Tora Gore (’94, ’04, DB) retired on Garrett Hopkins (’09, WW) were Certified Employee credentials in Airport Board of Governors in Hong Kong regime, Zajdband explores the history of the German Oct. 1, 2017, from the U.S. Air Force. Natasha Parks (’98, DB) joined the selected for the U.S. Navy Blue Operations and Safety Management in September 2017. The foundation rabbinate, its exile to Great Britain, and the German- executive board for the International Angels’ 2018 air show season. Mullins Systems through the American is the largest provider of English- Jewish heritage and its influence on the Anglo-Jewish Terry J. Mularkey (’94, WW), execu- Institute of Space Commerce as a is an F/A-18 Hornet pilot currently Association of Airport Executives. medium international education landscape today. Zajdband is an adjunct assistant tive director of development at Nova corporate liaison for the southeastern assigned to Marine Aircraft Group in Hong Kong with 22 schools and professor for the department of business administration Southeastern University, was recertified United States. 31, Beaufort, South Carolina. Hopkins 17,500 students. at Embry-Riddle’s Worldwide Campus in Berlin. as a Certified Fund Raising Executive. is a maintenance officer currently CAMPUS LEGEND assigned to Strike Fighter Wing Pacific BFTS No. 5 British Flying Dan Brooks (’14, WW) was promoted Steven Scates (’94, PC) is now chair 2000s Detachment, Fallon, Nevada. Training School to product owner at CAMP Systems ARE YOU AN AUTHOR? of the flight department at Embry- MC Miami Campus International. He is responsible for the Eagle Authors features traditionally and self-published books authored Riddle’s Prescott Campus. Scates has Ryan DeMoor (’00, DB) is manager Yuka LaTulippe (’08, WW) joined DB Daytona Beach, Florida CAMP Inventory application as well as by Embry-Riddle alumni and faculty. To have your book considered, email accrued more than 20 years of experi- of aviation tax and financial reporting World Fuel Services in Webster, PC Prescott, Arizona other major products. 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34 LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU LIFT SPRING 2018 ALUMNI.ERAU.EDU 35 Umar Farouk Idris (’15, ’17, DB) is a software engineer at Intel, where he In Memoriam performs platform evaluation and com- petitive assessment enabling various Family News business units. Melissa (Andrzejewski Pemberton) 1940s 1990s Reed Ridder (’16, DB), who was an Burns (’13, WW) and Trent Burns U.S. Air Force Capt. Paul Barbour • Nov. 20, 2017 Embry-Riddle men’s basketball standout welcomed Isla Sky Burns on Nov. 5, Capt. Paul Barbour (’09, PC), 32, died when his T-38C Talon Jet Trainer crashed Blaine Harris Schultz (’43, BFTS) Virginia State Trooper Lt. Henry from 2013–16, has signed with CB 2017, at Tree of Life Birth Center in between two subdivisions near Lake Amistad in Del Rio, Texas. A co-pilot was able Nov. 24, 2016 Jay Cullen III (’91, DB) TerrAlfas of Spain’s EBA League. CB Deland, Florida. Melissa is a profes- to eject from the same aircraft and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Aug. 12, 2017 TerrAlfas is in the Spanish fourth league, From left to right: Mario Borda, sional aerobatic pilot, display skydiver Barbour was the air crew flight equipment flight commander with the Charles “Chuck” Neyhart Charles Wesley “Wes” Fowler Oscar Garcia and Sakeer Sheik located in the port city of Alicante. Kimberly Shaffer and B.A.S.E. Jumper, and performs in 47th Operations Support Squadron and an instructor pilot with the 87th Flying (’44, BFTS) (’93, DB) airshows for audiences worldwide. Training Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. He was a resident of Nov. 12, 2017 Aug. 19, 2017 Kimberly Shaffer (’16, WW) par- Cassie Lacey Jonathan P. Rupp Van Nuys, California. Arthur John “Clem” Thurgood Retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Roberto and John Garza and Sarah Ward ticipated as a Global Innovation Fellow “Paul was an exceptional pilot and officer and an outstanding representative (’44, BFTS) Miguel Martinez (’93, DB) at the inaugural U.S.-China Forum of our university,” says Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus Chancellor Frank Ayers. “He July 25, 2017 May 11, 2017 on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and graduated in the fall of 2009 with a major in aeronautics and was commissioned a Peter Brannan (’45, BFTS) Craig Chilcote (’94, PC) Economic Opportunities, held Dec. 5–8, Other second lieutenant in the Air Force at that time.” June 24, 2017 May 22, 2016 2017, in Shenzhen, China. Representing Barbour’s name will be placed on a brick at the Prescott Campus military Fred R. Birdsong (’48, MC) Colin N. Guerra (’94, DB) ExplorMor, a business that promotes First Officer Eric Sinn (’95, DB), memorial, located adjacent to the College of Security and Intelligence. June 19, 2017 Feb. 7, 2015 cognitive enriched learning through Capt. Anthony Green (’83, DB) Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. technology, she presented on the use of and First Officer Costas Sivyllis Devery S. Miller (’94, WW) William “Bill” Vann Cheek, J.D. • Nov. 30, 2017 augmented reality in science, technol- (’12, DB) recently flew together on 1950s Oct. 14, 2017 ogy, engineering, art and mathematics a long-haul United Airlines Boeing William “Bill” Cheek was a decorated Korean War veteran and one of the few U.S. James A. Cooper (’51, MC) Rita A. Ferencak (’95, PC) education. Shaffer is the director of 767-400 flight. “While it’s common to Marines who survived the 1950 battle of the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. The May 29, 2017 marketing at ExplorMor and a manage- fly with another ERAU graduate, get- Marines who fought in this campaign are often referred to as the “Frozen Chosin,” Aug. 4, 2017 From left to right: Michael Dee, Billy J. Thayer (’56, MC) U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. James “Jim” ment consultant and translator for her Stephanie Henderson and ting the ‘hat trick’ of all three of us because the battle was fought in subzero temperatures during the coldest winter Nov. 17, 2016 V. Celani Jr. (’97, DB) family’s international business, Shaffer Mohamed Farag hasn’t happened in a long time,” says North Korea had experienced in 100 years. June 11, 2017 and Associates. Sivyllis, who shared the photo. “Bill was one of my heroes,” says Richard Bloom, chief academic officer at the Anthony M. Ungaro (’56, MC) Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Prescott Campus in Arizona. “I had many a long talk with him about Korea, his very May 29, 2017 David Arlen Smithhart (’97, WW) Michael Dee (’97, DB), director of productive life, and his courage and persistence to withstand the unimaginable.” Sept. 28, 2017 flight training, Stephanie Henderson After earning a law degree, Cheek practiced law in New Mexico and spent 20 Michael Antinori (’99, DB) (’07, ’11, DB), first officer, and years working as chief legal counsel for Alaska Airlines in Seattle, before coming 1960s Sept. 30, 2016 Mohamed Farag (’16, DB), pilot, to the Prescott Campus in 1988. At Embry-Riddle he held a number of positions Marriages/ Herman D. Fentress (’66, DB) all employees of Republic Airways, including Aviation Business Administration (ABA) faculty, ABA department chair Aug. 21, 2017 Engagements visited the Daytona Beach Campus and campus grants coordinator. He was also the founder and managing partner of 2010s this past fall. William V. Cheek & Associates, a consulting firm. He retired from Embry-Riddle in February 2009. 1970s George M. Noble Jr. 2000s Mario Borda (’02, DB), Oscar “Bill Cheek was well-respected and loved by his business students and the (’05, ’10, WW) Garcia (’04, DB) and Sakeer Sheik entire campus community,” says Bill Thompson (’87, PC), executive director of James A. Henderson (’71, DB) May 14, 2017 Jonathan P. Rupp (’06, DB) and Sarah (’02, DB) reconnected at the 2017 alumni relations. (First chief pilot for the Daytona Benjamin Joseph Moore Ward were married on Nov. 11, 2017, at Daytona Beach Campus Homecoming Beach Campus) (’11, PC) July 11, 2017 West Milford Farm in Cumming, Georgia. Weekend in October. Borda is CEO Sept. 29, 2017 Rupp is a pilot for Jet Methods, a private of Interflight Law and a Boeing 787 Arnold B. Leonora • Sept. 29, 2017 John A. “Jack” Mullican William D. Price (’13, DB) jet air charter company. captain; Garcia is chairman and Arnold B. Leonora (’86, DB) served on the Embry-Riddle President’s Advisory (’71, DB) July 9, 2017 Oct. 1, 2017 CEO of Interflight Global; and Sheik Board and was active in Embry-Riddle’s Atlanta Alumni Network. He was born in Victor Ngie Ming Wong (’17, DB) is CEO of Titan Aviation. They are Willemstad on Curaçao, the main island of the Netherlands Antilles. June 30, 2017 2010s all graduates of the Embry-Riddle He came to the United States to study at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach 1980s Reed Ridder Isla Sky Burns Executive Master in Business Campus, where he served as Student Government Association president and was a John Garza (’12, PC) and Cassie Lacey Administration (EMBA) program, member of the Brothers of the Wind student club. After graduation, Leonora became Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. OTHER (’11, ’12, PC) were married on June 9, From left to right: First Officer which was offered by the university an investment banker with the Bank of Boston and Merrill Lynch. James L. “Larry” Jackson Colton Butterfield 2017, in Tucson, Arizona. The couple Eric Sinn, Capt. Anthony Green from 2000–04. Other EMBA gradu- In 1989, he started his own business, Air Transport Group Private Equity. He (’83, WW) and First Officer Costas Sivyllis (DB Student) Sept. 14, 2017 met at Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus ates who Skyped in for the occasion was CEO, president, treasurer and secretary, and most recently served as its chief Sept. 29, 2017 in 2009. Lacey graduated with a B.S. were Fred Messina (’02, DB), financial officer (CFO) and principal accounting officer. Since 2006, he was CEO of Clark A. “Skip” Knarr (’83, DB) Irene Leverton in Applied Meteorology and an M.S. in senior vice president at Booz Allen Harvard Holdings International and served as its CFO, president, secretary, principal Aug. 31, 2017 (Aviation pioneer and one of the Safety Science, and Garza graduated with Hamilton; George H. Snyder Jr. accounting officer and treasurer. He had also been the CEO and president for ABL Gerald R. Fox (’84, ’86, WW) Mercury 13 women) a B.S. in Aviation Business Administration. (’02, DB), president and CEO of GHS Hotel Properties since 1998. Sept. 4, 2017 July 23, 2017 Lacey played volleyball and Garza was Aviation Group; and Scott Wargo David A. Hanahan (’85, ’92, DB) Romeo F. Thomas Jabro on the wrestling team. After college, the (’89, WW; ’02, DB), general man- Sept. 4, 2017 (PC Mathematics Professor) couple moved to Oregon for a few years, ager at Sargent Aerospace. Garcia Richard “Dick” Dolloff II June 19, 2017 HELP US MEMORIALIZE EMBRY-RIDDLE EAGLES Notify the alumni then moved to Tucson. Lacey is an engi- says the EMBA degree helped propel (’86, DB) relations office at [email protected] if you are aware of any classmates who have Jake Vernon (DB Student) neer at Raytheon and Garza is a middle him and his classmates to the top of Aug. 15, 2017 July 27, 2017 school physical education teacher. their respective careers. died. For obituaries and up-to-date death notices, visit alumni.erau.edu/passings.

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