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NAFP DIRECTORY OF FELLOWS

2007NASA ADMINISTRATOR’S FELLOWSHIP PROJECT [NAFP] National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Offi ce of Education U TABLE OF CONTENTS

NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Project ...... 3 List of Fellows by Cohort ...... 7 List of Fellows Alphabetically ...... 10 Fellow Biographies >> C1 Cohort 1 ...... 13 NASA ADMINISTRATOR’S >> C2 Cohort 2 ...... 19 >> C3 Cohort 3 ...... 23 FELLOWSHIP PROJECT [NAFP] >> C4 Cohort 4 ...... 29 National Aeronautics and Space Administration >> C5 Cohort 5 ...... 35 Offi ce of Education >> C6 Cohort 6 ...... 41 >> C7 Cohort 7 ...... 47 >> C8 Cohort 8 ...... 53 >> C9 Cohort 9 ...... 57 >> C10 Cohort 10 ...... 63 >> C11 Cohort 11 ...... 71 United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation NAFP Project Management ...... 76 Division of Science & Technology Notes ...... 77 NAFP the introduction Through the development and implementation of professional development plans tailored to each individual fellow’s and the NASA Administrator’s host institution’s needs, the benefits to Minority Institutions, Fellowship Project faculty, and NASA employees include: >> Access to NASA’s internal and informal information networks >> Knowledge of NASA’s technical and scientific needs >> Opportunities to share information about specific MI capabilities and technologies >> Enhancement of undergraduate and graduate research >> Opportunities to build scholarly publication skills

Project participants include 47 NASA employees, several STEM The role of underrepresented minorities, females, and faculty members, all 10 NASA Centers, as well as 40 Minority persons with disabilities is regarded as vital to future science Institutions (many with repeat participation). As a result of and technology capabilities. Through its many educational their participation in the project, several faculty fellows programs, NASA continues to develop and implement programs received “NAFP Research Awards,” with matching awards from to ensure our Nation’s technical and scientific human the centers, including Glenn Research Center, Ames Research resources are inclusive of groups underrepresented in STEM Center, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fellows have fields. been instrumental in securing awards for their institutions such as NASA’s University Research Center (URC) award, The NASA Administrator’s Fellowship Project (NAFP) is a unique which provides scientific and/or engineering research in program designed to enhance the professional development support of all the NASA Mission Directorates. Fellows have of NASA employees and STEM faculty of Minority Institutions assisted MIs in receiving other awards, such as the Science, (MIs). The first cohort of fellows was selected in 1997. Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) Since that time, 89 fellows have entered into the project. and the Curriculum Improvement Partnership Award (CIPA).

3 Individually, fellows have received numerous awards, such as Employee fellows also have the option of spending a portion the Faculty Award for Research and Civil Servant awards. They of the fellowship in a professional development assignment have coordinated visits to centers and laboratories, secured at NASA Headquarters, another government agency, or in internships, and helped with presentations at workshops and the private sector. These assignments provide within fellows conferences. Fellows have also aided students as they pursued with the experience and insight to help guide future NASA NASA–related research (KC135, BallonSat, etc.) and obtained initiatives, while positioning themselves for greater leadership employment at NASA centers. The NAFP has supported responsibilities within the agency. By participating in this numerous partnerships, collaborations, research projects, and exchange of ideas and experiences, NASA employees enhance technical assistance for underrepresented groups. their own technical, research, and management skills.

STEM Faculty NASA Career Employees The NAFP aims to enhance the research and management NASA career employees1 teach and/or conduct research at capability of Minority Institutions (MIs) in science and a Minority Institution (MI) and participate in developmental technology areas. Providing STEM faculty1 mid-career assignments within the aerospace community. The 18 to 22- opportunities to conduct research in the NASA Centers or month fellowship allows NASA employees to teach, conduct other large institutions enables them to better compete in research or assist in an administrative capacity at a MI for the mainstream, peer-reviewed research programs of NASA. one academic year. Employee fellows offer the MIs some of Fellows are provided with opportunities to interface with the most current science and engineering technology. They high-level government officials, to participate in NASA’s R&D also acquaint their host institutions with NASA’s mission, programs, to learn about innovative scientific and engineering share information about NASA-specific technology and NASA research methods, and to discuss the pedagogy of STEM contracting opportunities, while helping to build strong disciplines. relationships between their host institution, the community and NASA. 1 Up to twelve fellowships are awarded each year through a competitive process. Six fellowships are awarded to NASA employees and six fellowships to STEM faculty of minority-serving institutions.

4 Participating Institutions Include: Through the NAFP, faculty fellows enhance their professional careers and better position their Alabama A&M University Florida International University home institutions to fully participate in NASA’s mission. At the end of a successful fellowship Alcorn State University Hampton University experience, faculty fellows compete for a NAFP Bennett College Haskell Indian Nations University Research Award, which provides research support for the fellow to continue his/her NASA-related Bethune-Cookman College Howard University research for an additional year. California State Polytechnic University Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)

California State University - Fresno Inter American University of Puerto Rico

California State University - Fullerton Johns Hopkins University

Central State University Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Cheyney University Moog, Inc

Chicago State University Morgan State University

Clark Atlanta University Mote Marine Laboratory

Cranfield University (Shivenham, UK) NASA Headquarters

Elizabeth City State University NASA Ames Research Center

Essex County College Fisk University NASA Dryden Space Flight Center

Fisk University NASA Glenn Research Center

Florida A&M University NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

5 Participating Institutions Include: (continued)

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Salish Kootenai College University of Florida

NASA Johnson Space Center Sandia National Laboratories University of New Mexico

NASA Kennedy Space Center San Francisco State University University of Texas-El Paso

NASA Langley Research Center Southeastern University University of Puerto Rico–Arecibo

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Spelman College University of Puerto Rico–Humacao

NASA Stennis Space Center Star Bridge Systems Inc. University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez

National Academy of Public Administration Tennessee State University University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras

National Research Council Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi University of Southern Mississippi

New Mexico State University Texas A&M University, Kingsville Veridian Engineering

Norfolk State University Texas Southern University Xavier University

North Carolina A&T State University The Boeing Company

North Carolina State University Tuskegee University

Oakwood College U.S. Army Research and Engineering

Prairie View A&M University Development Center

Pratt and Whitney University of Alabama

RAND Corporation University of Central Florida

Redstone Arsenal University of Dayton

6 LIST OF FELLOWS BY COHORT

>> C1 COHORT 1 >> C3 COHORT 3

Dr. James Brown...... 14 Dr. Benita Bell...... 24 Dr. Mariea Dunn Jackson...... 14 Dr. Gregory Clarke...... 24 Dr. Teresa Edwards ...... 15 Dr. Ernesto Esteban...... 25 Dr. Jon Goldsby...... 15 Dr. Jean Hampton...... 25 Dr. Yolanda Hicks...... 16 Dr. Prabhakar Misra...... 26 Dr. Mark Kankam...... 16 Dr. Vernon Morris...... 26 Dr. Marla Perez-Davis ...... 17 Lee Snapp ...... 27 Dr. Ramona Pelletier Travis ...... 17

>> C2 COHORT 2 >> C4 COHORT 4

Diane Farrar...... 20 Dr. Carlos Cabrera ...... 30 Dr. Dexter Johnson...... 20 Dr. Pamela Denkins...... 30 Dr. Orlando Melendez...... 21 Dr. Jeffrey Drake ...... 31 Dr. Felix Miranda...... 21 Wanda Harding...... 31 Dr. Shelia Nash-Stevenson...... 22 Kurt Kloesel...... 32 Dr. Waldo Jose Rodriguez...... 22 Dr. Doyle Temple...... 32 Dr. Bruce Vu...... 33

7 LIST OF FELLOWS BY COHORT

>> C5 COHORT 5 >> C7 COHORT 7

Porfi rio Beltran...... 36 Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell...... 48 Dr. Alan Chow...... 36 Dr. Philip T. Chen...... 48 Dr. Maxine Highsmith...... 37 Dr. Jan Corbin...... 49 Dr. Olufi sayo Jejelowo ...... 37 Dr. Kenneth R. Fernandez...... 49 Dr. Willie Mackey...... 38 Dr. Clinton Hunt, Jr...... 50 Dr. Shirlette Milton ...... 38 Hong Soo (Tony) Kim ...... 50 Dr. Benjamin Oni ...... 39 Dr. Keith A. McGee ...... 51 Dr. Nadipuram Prasad...... 39 Gholam Ali Shaykhian ...... 51 Dr. Dipendra Sengupta...... 40 Dr. Jianping Yue...... 52 Dr. Mark Whorton...... 40

>> C6 COHORT 6 >> C8 COHORT 8

Dr. Ayodele Aina...... 42 R. Scott Askew...... 54 Tahani Amer...... 42 Dr. Dawit Getachew ...... 54 Dr. Guangming Chen ...... 43 Dr. Shahin Ghazanshahi ...... 55 Dr. Bette McKnight…...... 43 Dr. Ravindra Behari Lal ...... 55 Dr. Benjamin Penn...... 44 Dr. Deidre E. Paris-Michael...... 56 Dr. Robert Singleterry ...... 44 Dr. David D. Smith ...... 56 Dr. Gregory Wilkins...... 45 Dr. Elvira Williams...... 45 Willie Williams...... 46

8 LIST OF FELLOWS BY COHORT

>> C9 COHORT 9 >> C11 COHORT 11

Dr. Rafi c A. Bachnak ...... 58 Dr. Sukesh K. Aghara ...... 72 Dr. Trong T. Bui...... 58 Dr. Mohammad A. Alim ...... 72 Dr. Belay B. Demoz ...... 59 Dr. Andre E. Miller ...... 73 Dr. Rudy C. Gostowski...... 59 Dr. Edgardo V. Oliveros ...... 73 Paul A. Mogan...... 60 Dr. Wenshen Pong ...... 74 Dr. Paul E. Racette...... 60 Dr. Alamelu Sundaresan ...... 74 Dr. Hamid Shahnasser...... 61 Dr. Martin P. Volz ...... 75 Dr. Felix A. Soto-Toro...... 61

>> C10 COHORT 10

Dr. Manmohan Aggarwal ...... 64 Dr. Beth A. Brown ...... 64 Dr. Dawn M. Elliott-Martin ...... 65 Dr. Louis J. Everett…...... 65 Dr. Julius L. Harp ...... 66 Ms. Carolyn Knowles ...... 66 Dr. John O. Lassiter...... 67 Dr. Goang S. Liaw ...... 67 Dr. John V. Shebalin ...... 68 Dr. Malcolm K. Stanford ...... 68 Dr. Michael Watson...... 69

9 LIST OF FELLOWS ALPHABETICALLY

Aggarwal, Manmohan ...... 64 Edwards, Teresa...... 15 Aghara, Sukesh K...... 72 Elliott-Martin, Dawn M...... 67 Aina, Ayodele...... 42 Esteban, Ernesto...... 25 Alim, Mohammad A...... 72 Everett, Louis J...... 67 Amer, Tahani...... 42 Farrar, Diane...... 20 Askew, R. Scott...... 54 Fernandez, Kenneth...... 49 Bachnak, Rafi c...... 58 Getachew, Dawit...... 54 Bell, Benita...... 24 Ghazanshahi, Shahin...... 55 Beltran, Porfi rio...... 36 Goldsby, Jon...... 15 Brown, Beth A...... 64 Gostowski, Rudy...... 59 Brown, James...... 14 Hampton, Jean...... 25 Bui, Trong...... 58 Harding, Wanda...... 31 Cabrera, Carlos...... 30 Harp, Julius L...... 68 Campbell, Jonathan...... 48 Hicks, Yolanda ...... 16 Chen, Guangming...... 43 Highsmith, Maxine...... 37 Chen, Philip...... 48 Hunt Jr., Clinton...... 50 Chow, Alan...... 36 Jejelowo, Olufi sayo...... 37 Clarke, Gregory...... 24 Johnson, Dexter...... 20 Corbin, Jan...... 49 Kankam, Mark...... 16 Demoz, Belay...... 59 Kim, Tony...... 50 Denkins, Pamela...... 30 Kloesel, Kurt...... 32 Drake, Jeffrey...... 31 Knowles, Carolyn...... 68 Dunn-Jackson, Mariea...... 14 Lal, Ravindra...... 55

10 LIST OF FELLOWS ALPHABETICALLY

Lassiter, John O...... 69 Shahnasser, Hamid...... 61 Liaw, Goang S...... 69 Shaykhian, Gholam...... 51 Mackey, Willie...... 38 Shebalin, John V...... 70 McGee, Keith...... 51 Singleterry, Robert...... 44 McKnight, Bette...... 43 Smith, David D...... 56 Melendez, Orlando...... 21 Snapp, Lee...... 27 Miller, Andre E...... 73 Soto-Toro, Felix A...... 61 Milton, Shirlette...... 38 Stanford, Malcolm K...... 70 Miranda, Felix...... 21 Sundaresan, Alamelu...... 77 Misra, Prabhakar...... 26 Temple, Doyle...... 32 Mogan, Paul...... 60 Travis, Ramona...... 17 Morris, Vernon...... 26 Volz, Martin...... 75 Nash-Stevenson, Shelia...... 22 Vu, Bruce...... 33 Oliveros, Edgardo V...... 73 Watson, Michael...... 71 Oni, Benjamin...... 39 Whorton, Mark...... 40 Paris-Michael, Deidre E...... 56 Wilkins, Gregory...... 45 Penn, Benjamin...... 44 Williams, Elvira...... 45 Perez-Davis, Marla...... 17 Williams, Willie...... 46 Pong, Wenshen...... 74 Yue, Jianping...... 52 Prasad, Nadipuram...... 39 Racette, Paul...... 60 Rodriguez, Waldo...... 22 Sengupta, Dipendra...... 40

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C1 COHORT 1

Dr. James Brown...... 14 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Mariea Dunn Jackson...... 14 (By Cohort) Dr. Teresa Edwards ...... 15 Dr. Jon Goldsby...... 15 Dr. Yolanda Hicks...... 16 Dr. Mark Kankam...... 16 Dr. Marla Perez-Davis ...... 17 Dr. Ramona Pelletier Travis ...... 17

13 Dr. James Brown Dr. Mariea Dunn Jackson Kennedy Space Center Southern University and A&M College

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION SEBA Solutions Inc. Marshall Space Flight Center 2802 Bellwind Circle Building 4600, Room 1324 Rockledge, FL 32955 Mail Code EV12 Phone: (321) 269-1222, (866) 804-SEBA Huntsville, AL 35812 Fax: (321) 264-9075 Phone: (256) 544-2951 Email: [email protected] FAX: (256) 544-5551 www.sebasolutions.com Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Current: Owner & CEO, SEBA Solutions, Inc. Current: AST, Human-Machine Systems Former: Associate Director of Logistics, Kennedy Space Center Former: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Assoc. Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Southern University and A&M EDUCATION College Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, 1995 M.S., Engineering Management, Florida Institute of Technology, 1991 EDUCATION B.S., Electrical Engineering, Tennessee State University, 1982 Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Alabama, 1995 M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama, 1991 DOCTORAL THESIS B.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama, 1989 Priority Rule Search Technique for Resource Constrained Project Scheduling DOCTORAL THESIS Primary-Task and Secondary-Task Mental Workload and the Cry-Wolf HOST INSTITUTION Phenomenon Florida A&M University

HOST INSTITUTION RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Development and implementation of heuristic methods for projects Marshall Space Flight Center scheduling problems >> Application of operations research and statistics with emphasis on RESEARCH INTERESTS manufacturing, quality, and logistics >> Human engineering in hardware design >> Graphical user interface usability >> Data visualization in virtual environments

14 COHORT 1 Dr. Teresa Edwards Dr. Jon Goldsby Spelman College Glenn Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION QEM Glenn Research Center 1818 N Street, NW Materials Division, MS 106-5 Washington, DC 20036 21000 Brookpark Rd. Phone: (202) 659-1818 Brook Park, OH 44135-3127 Email: [email protected] Phone: (216) 433-8250 Fax: (216) 433-5544 Email: jon.c.goldsby@grc.nasa.gov

POSITION POSITION Current: QEM Associate Ceramic Research Engineer Former: Division Chair of Natural and Behavioral Sciences/Mathematics, Bennett College and Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, EDUCATION Spelman College Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1996 M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1990 EDUCATION B.S., Physics, John Carroll University, 1986 Ph.D., Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990 M.S., Operations Research, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1979 DOCTORAL THESIS B.A., Mathematics, Spelman College, 1976 High Temperature Static and Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Advanced Ceramic Materials DOCTORAL THESIS A Box Method for Minimizing Strictly Convex Functions over Convex Sets HOST INSTITUTION Howard University HOST INSTITUTIONS Langley Research Center RESEARCH INTERESTS NASA Headquarters >> Fabrication and properties of piezoelectric ceramic materials National Research Council >> Thermal and mechanical properties of ceramic matrix composite materials >> High temperature ceramic based gas sensors RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Research project for GTE Laboratories involving balancing the load on a synchronous optical network (SONET) ring

COHORT 1 15 Dr. Yolanda Hicks Dr. Mark David Kankam Glenn Research Center Glenn Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Glenn Research Center Glenn Research Center MS 5-10, Combustion Branch MS 301-5 21000 Brookpark Road 21000 Brookpark Road Brook Park, OH 44135 Brook Park, OH 44135 Phone: (216) 433-3410 Phone: (216) 433-6143 Fax: (216) 433-5802 Fax: (216) 433-8311 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Research Engineer Current: University Affairs Offi cer, New Business and Partnerships Offi ce Former: Sr. Research Engineer EDUCATION Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1996 EDUCATION M.S., Physics, Cleveland State University, 1987 D.B.A., Management Studies, University of Toronto, 1975 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1984 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1973 M.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1969 DOCTORAL THESIS B.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, 1967 Multi-Dimensional Measurements of Combustion Species in Flame Tube and Sector Gas Turbine Combustors DOCTORAL THESIS A Study of Time Harmonics in Synchronous Motor Operation

HOST INSTITUTION University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez HOST INSTITUTIONS Howard University NASA Headquarters RESEARCH INTERESTS National Research Council >> Application of optical diagnostics measurement techniques for idealized Royal Military College of Science/Cranfi eld University (UK) combustors that burn jet fuel and for jet fuel to hydrogen reformers

16 COHORT 1 Dr. Marla Perez-Davis Dr. Ramona Pelletier Travis Glenn Research Center Stennis Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Glenn Research Center Stennis Space Center MS 301-2 Bldg 3226, Code EA41 21000 Brookpark Road Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000 Brook Park, OH 44135 Phone: (228) 688-3832 Phone: (216) 433-6755 Fax: (228) 688-7499 Fax: (216) 433-8311 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Current: Chief, Projects Liaison and Integration Offi ce Current: Engineering and Science Directorate/Innovative Partnership Program Former: Research and Technology Lead, Plans and Programs Offi ce Former: Research Scientist/Project Manager

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve, 1991 Ph. D., Agronomy & Soil Science, Louisiana State University, 1994 M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Toledo, 1987 M.S., Agronomy & Soil Science, Auburn University, 1983 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, 1983 B.S., Agronomy & Soil Science, Auburn University, 1980

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Heat Receivers for Solar Dynamic Space Power Systems Utility of Remote Sensing Technology in Wetland Soil and Gas Flux Studies

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Xavier University

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Electrochemical and Energy Storage Systems

COHORT 1 17

C2 COHORT 2

Diane Farrar...... 20 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Dexter Johnson...... 20 (By Cohort) Dr. Orlando Melendez...... 21 Dr. Felix Miranda...... 21 Dr. Shelia Nash-Stevenson...... 22 Dr. Waldo Jose Rodriguez...... 22

19 Diane Farrar Dr. Dexter Johnson Ames Research Center Glenn Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Ames Research Center Glenn Research Center MS 223-3 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 86-10 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Brook Park, OH 44135 Phone: (650) 604-3934 Phone: (216) 433-6046 Fax: (650) 604-3869 Fax: (216) 977-7051 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Special Assistant for Communication Current: Chief, Structural Systems Dynamic Branch (DEV) Former: Aerospace Research Engineer EDUCATION M.A., Communication Research, Stanford University, 1996 EDUCATION B.S., Psychology, Santa Clara University, 1991 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, State University of NY–Buffalo, 1995 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, State University of NY–Buffalo, 1989 HOST INSTITUTION B.S., Aerospace Engineering, State University of NY–Buffalo, 1987 Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) DOCTORAL THESIS Alternative Operating Modes for Magnetic Bearing Control RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Science writing and outreach programs focused on NASA’s space science origin of life and earth science topics HOST INSTITUTIONS >> Communicating NASA’s mission to help build receptivity to math and science Florida A&M University skills in minority education settings NASA Headquarters Pratt and Whitney Veridian Engineering Moog, Inc.

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Launch Vehicle and Spacecraft Structural Dynamics; Aerospace Vibration, Shock, and Acoustic Environments, Human/Exercise Countermeasures for Space Missions

20 COHORT 2 Dr. Orlando Melendez Dr. Felix Miranda Kennedy Space Center Glenn Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Kennedy Space Center Glenn Research Center YA – C1 21000 Brookpark Road, MS 54-8 Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Brook Park, OH 44135 Phone: (321) 867-6379 Phone: (216) 433-6589 Fax: (321) 867-2050 Fax: (216) 433-3478 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Materials Engineer Current: Chief, Applied RF Technology Branch, Communications Division Former: Chief, Antenna, Microwave and Optical Systems Branch, EDUCATION Communications Division Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 1990 B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaquez, 1985 EDUCATION Ph.D., Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 1991 DOCTORAL THESIS M.S., Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1986 B.S., Physics, University of Puerto Rico, 1983 Fundamental Studies of CO2 Oxidation Catalysts

DOCTORAL THESIS HOST INSTITUTIONS University of Puerto Rico–Arecibo Microwave Response of High Transition Temperature Superconducting Thin NASA Headquarters Films Jet Propulsion Laboratory University of Florida HOST INSTITUTION University of Puerto Rico–Humacao RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Performing surface analysis using X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy RESEARCH INTERESTS (XPS) and X-ray fl uorescence (XFF) spectroscopy >> Antenna technology, ferroelectric tunable microwave components, and >> Characterization of semiconductor thin fi lms for solar cell applications microwave integrated circuits and devices for space and ground-based evaluation of cleaning solvents for Freon replacement communications.

COHORT 2 21 Dr. Shelia Nash-Stevenson Dr. Waldo Jose Rodriguez Marshall Space Flight Center Norfolk State University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Mail Code: EV61 Langley Research Center Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 Chemistry and Dynamics Branch Phone: (256) 544-3453 Science Directorate, Mail Stop 401B Email: [email protected] Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Phone: (757) 864-8924 Fax: (757) 864-6326 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Current: AST Technical Management, Marshall Space Flight Center Current: Atmospheric Scientist, Langley Research Center Former: University Affairs Offi cer, Marshall Space Flight Center Electronics; Former: Assistant Professor, Center for Materials Research, Norfolk State Engineer, Marshall Space Flight Center University

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Applied Physics, Alabama A&M University, 1994 Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, 1989 M.S., Applied Physics, Alabama A&M University, 1984 B.A., Chemistry, Iowa State University, 1984 B.S., Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology, Alabama A&M University, 1981 DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Exciton Dynamics in Inorganic Crystals Containing Divalent Manganese: Energy Upconversion Processes in Rare Earth Ion Doped LaF3 and CaF2 Crystals Experimental and Theory

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION Alabama A&M University Langley Research Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Upconversion in optical fi bers (consultant for ongoing upconversion >> The development of scientifi c visualization procedures for exploiting the research) scientifi c capabilities of the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III >> The application of fi ber optics relative to different types of sensors and (SAGEIII) and the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) smart structures >> The study of novel laser materials to establish their potential for new laser systems

22 COHORT 2 C3 COHORT 3

Dr. Benita Bell...... 24 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Gregory Clarke...... 24 (By Cohort) Dr. Ernesto Esteban...... 25 Dr. Jean Hampton...... 25 Dr. Prabhakar Misra...... 26 Dr. Vernon Morris...... 26 Lee Snapp ...... 27

23 Dr. Benita Bell Dr. Gregory Clarke Bennett College Goddard Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Bennett College Goddard Space Flight Center Chemistry Department Mail code 542.2 900 East Washington Street Greenbelt Road Greensboro, NC 27401 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (336) 517-2295 Phone: (301) 286-7254 Fax: (336) 230-0942 Fax: (301) 286-0204 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Current: Director of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Aerospace Engineer Programs and Project Coordinator, Minority Institution Astrobiology Collaborative, Mu-SPIN Offi ce, Goddard Space Flight Center EDUCATION Former: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Bennett College Ph.D., Structural Mechanics, The Catholic University of America, 1994 M.S., Applied Mathematics, The Catholic University of America, 1990 EDUCATION M.S., Mechanical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1980 Ph.D., Chemistry, Howard University, 1997 B.S., Civil Engineering, University of the District of Columbia, 1978 M.S., Chemistry, NC A&T State University, 1985 B.S., Chemistry, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, 1982 DOCTORAL THESIS Analysis of Thin-Walled Composite Beams Using Degenerate Finite Elements DOCTORAL THESIS The Effects of Radiation Pasteurization on the Biochemical and Mineral HOST INSTITUTION Parameters in the Blood and Livers of Rats Fed Irradiated Soy, Meat, and Soy- Howard University Meat Combination Diets

RESEARCH INTERESTS HOST INSTITUTIONS >> Finite Element Modeling of Highly Thin and Flexible Structures NASA Headquarters Johnson Space Flight Center

24 COHORT 3 Dr. Ernesto Esteban Dr. Jean Hampton University of Puerto Rico–Humacao Texas Southern University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Physics and Electronics Texas Southern University University of Puerto Rico–Humacao College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Estacion Postal CUH, 100 Carr. 908 Houston, TX 77004 Humacao, Puerto Rico 00791-4300 Phone: (713) 313-7377 Phone: (787) 852-7810 Fax: (713) 313-1094 Fax: (787) 852-7810 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Physics Department Associate Professor of Health Sciences Education

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1983 Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, Texas Southern University, 1998 M.S., Physics, University of Notre Dame, 1979 B.S., Physics, Catholic University/Lima, Peru, 1973 DOCTORAL THESIS Identifi cation and Characterization of Potentially Toxic Organic Compounds in DOCTORAL THESIS Carpet Vacuum and Air Conditioner Filter Dusts A Study of the Ernst Metric HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION\S Johnson Space Flight Center Johnson Space Center Goddard Space Flight Center RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Environmental Health Risk Assessment Health Professions Education Air RESEARCH INTERESTS Pollution >> Black holes immersed in magnetic fi elds; classical general relative carcinogenesis mathematical models.

COHORT 3 25 Dr. Prabhakar Misra Dr. Vernon Morris Howard University Howard University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Howard University Howard University Physics and Astronomy Chemistry Department Thirkield Hall, 2355 Sixth Street, NW 525 College Street, NW Washington, DC 20059 Washington, DC 20059 Phone: (202) 806-4913 Phone: (202) 806-5450 Fax: (202) 806-4429 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Physics Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Atmospheres; Director of Howard University Component of the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences and EDUCATION Technology Center; Co-Director, Graduate Program in Atmospheric Sciences; Associate Ph.D., Physics, Ohio State University, 1986 Professor, Department of Chemistry M.S., Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1981 M.Sc., Physics, University of Calcutta, 1978 EDUCATION B.Sc., Physics, University of Calcutta, 1975 U.S. Presidential Post-doctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, 1992-1994 Post-doctoral Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, 1991-1992 DOCTORAL THESIS Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Sicily, 1990-1991 Spectra of NH at 2.5 Microns and Some Electronic Bands of CO+ and NCO Ph.D., Atmospheric Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990 3 B.S., Chemistry and Mathematics, Morehouse College, 1985

HOST INSTITUTIONS Goddard Space Flight Center HOST INSTITUTION National Research Council Goddard Space Flight Center

DOCTORAL THESIS RESEARCH INTERESTS An Investigation of Transient Peroxides: A Theoretical and Experimental Study >> Laser Spectroscopy and Chemical Kinetics of Free Radicals >> Laser Optogalvanic Spectroscopy of Neon and Argon >> Laser Excitation of Liposomes >> Solid State UV-VIS Laser Technology >> Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Molecules

26 COHORT 3 Lee Snapp Johnson Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION Dean of Engineering Indigenous Math and Science Institute Salish Kootenai College, PO Box 117 Pablo, MT 59855 Phone: (406) 275-4716 Fax: (406) 275-4807 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

POSITION Current: Dean of Engineering, Salish Kootenai College Former: Technology Account Manager, Johnson Space Center

EDUCATION M.S., Astronautics, AF Institute of Technology, 1971 B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, US Air Force Academy, 1969

HOST INSTITUTIONS Salish Kootenai College National Research Council

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Determining and Tracking Global Environmental Changes from Earth Orbit >> Determination of the Origin of Destructive Mold on Photographic Film >> Precision Determination of Archeological Sites by Global Positioning System (GPS)

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C4 COHORT 4

Dr. Carlos Cabrera...... 30 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Pamela Denkins...... 30 (By Cohort) Dr. Jeffrey Drake...... 31 Wanda Harding...... 31 Kurt Kloesel...... 32 Dr. Doyle Temple...... 32 Dr. Bruce Vu...... 33

29 Dr. Carlos Cabrera Dr. Pamela Denkins University of Puerto Rico—Rio Piedras Johnson Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION University of Puerto Rico–Rio Piedras Johnson Space Center Faculty of Natural Sciences Habitability and Environmental Factors Department of Chemistry, PO Box 23346 Offi ce of Bioastronautics San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-3346 Space and Life Sciences Directorate, MS - SL Phone: (787) 764-0000 x4807 Houston, TX 77058 Fax: (787) 756-8242 Phone: (281) 483-5272 Email: [email protected] Fax: (281) 483-8426 E-mail: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Chemistry Current: Deputy Manager, Bioastronautics Education and Outreach, Offi ce of Bioastronautics Space and Life Sciences Directorate EDUCATION Former: Computer Engineer Ph.D., Chemistry, Cornell University, 1987 B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, 1982 EDUCATION Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, Texas Southern University, 2001 DOCTORAL THESIS M.S., Mathematics, Texas Southern University, 1995 Synthesis and Photoelectro chemistry of Polycrystalline Thin Films of B. S., Physics, Texas Southern University, 1973 Transition Metal Dichalcogenides DOCTORAL THESIS Radiation Transport Modeling and Assessment to Better Predict Radiation HOST INSTITUTION Exposure, Dose, and Toxicological Effects to Human Organs on Long Duration Glenn Research Center Space Flights

RESEARCH INTERESTS HOST INSTITUTIONS >> Materials design for electrochemical energy conversion and storage, Texas Southern University >> Thin fi lms of layered materials for electrochemical applications, and surface Prairie View A&M University analysis NASA Headquarters

30 COHORT 4 Dr. Jeffrey Drake Wanda Harding Goddard Space Flight Center Kennedy Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION USDA - APHIS Kennedy Space Center New Mexico State University Mail Code: VA-C Box 30003, Dept 3BE Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Phone: (321) 867-4968 Phone: (505) 646-2629 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (505) 646-1435 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Current: Research Scientist; Interagency Detail to US Department of ELV Mission Manager Flight Projects Offi ce Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service Former: Electrical Engineer; White Sands TDRSS Ground Station, Goddard EDUCATION Space Flight Center M.S., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993 B. S., Electrical Engineering, Hampton University, 1991 EDUCATION Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2000 HOST INSTITUTION M.S., Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1996 Spelman College B. S., Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1989 B. A., Mathematics, Carroll College, 1987 RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Secondary Payloads and Small Satellite DOCTORAL THESIS Communications Phase Synchronization Using the Adaptive Network Fuzzy Inference System

HOST INSTITUTIONS The Rio Grande Institute of Soft Computing (New Mexico State University) Sandia National Laboratories

COHORT 4 31 Kurt Kloesel Dr. Doyle Temple Dryden Space Flight Center Hampton University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Dryden Space Flight Center Hampton University Mail Code: FM, Box 273 Hampton, VA 23668 Edwards, CA 93597 Phone: (757) 728-6908 Phone: (661) 258-3121 Fax: (757) 728-6910 Fax: (661) 258-2010 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Experimental Electrical Engineer Professor, Physics

EDUCATION EDUCATION M.S., Physics, Hampton University, 1991 Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1981 B.S., Physics, Southern University, 1981

HOST INSTITUTION DOCTORAL THESIS Prairie View A&M University Photo-Induced Absorption and Photorefractive Gratings in Barium Titanate

RESEARCH INTERESTS HOST INSTITUTION >> Development of Launch Assist Motor (LAAMOR) to substitute the energies Langley Research Center and weight invested in fi rst stage booster rockets >> Design and development of VLSI circuitry RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Bio-engineering >> The establishment of two state-of-the-art laboratories at Hampton >> Studying radiation effects on materials University >> The Photorefractive Materials and Devices Laboratory >> The Crystal Physics Laboratory

32 COHORT 4 Dr. Bruce Vu Kennedy Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION Kennedy Space Center Mail Code: YA-C2-T KSC, FL 32899 Phone: (321) 867-2376 Fax: (321) 867-4446 Email: [email protected]

POSITION Current: Aerospace Engineer, Kennedy Space Center Former: Aerospace Engineer, Marshall Space Flight Center

EDUCATION Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1999 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama, 1991 B.S., Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering, University of California, 1987

DOCTORAL THESIS The Use of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines in Overset Grid Generation

HOST INSTITUTIONS Kennedy Space Center US Army Research and Development Engineering Center The Boeing Company Alabama A&M University

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Noise prediction and mitigation of rocket exhausts during launch >> Acoustic scaling for subsonic and supersonic fl ows

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Porfi rio Beltran...... 36 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Alan Chow...... 36 (By Cohort) Dr. Maxine Highsmith...... 37 Dr. Olufi sayo Jejelowo ...... 37 Dr. Willie Mackey...... 38 Dr. Shirlette Milton ...... 38 Dr. Benjamin Oni ...... 39 Dr. Nadipuram Prasad...... 39 Dr. Dipendra Sengupta...... 40 Dr. Mark Whorton...... 40

35 Porfi rio Beltran Dr. Alan Chow Goddard Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Goddard Space Flight Center Propulsion Research Center Code 564 Marshall Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 TD 40 Phone: (301) 286-6549 Huntsville, AL 35812 Fax: (301) 286-0220 Phone: (256) 544-7107 Email: [email protected] Fax: (256)-544-5926 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Electronics Engineer, Microelectronics and Signal Processing Branch Aerospace Engineer, Propulsion Research Center

EDUCATION EDUCATION M.S., Applied Physics, Johns Hopkins University, 1997 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama, 1991 B.S., Physics, University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez, 1988 M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama, 1971 B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama, 1967 HOST INSTITUTION University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez DOCTORAL THESIS Adaptive Grid Generation in CFD RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Minimizing interference and errors between coupled electronics HOST INSTITUTION components by implementing solutions to EMC problems, utilizing optical Oakwood College isolation, EMC shielding, grounding layout, fi ltering techniques, and other schemes RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Magneto-Hydrodynamic energy by-pass >> Plasma shock wave modifi cation >> Plasma friction drag reduction

36 COHORT 5 Dr. Maxine Highsmith Dr. Olufi sayo Jejelowo Shaw University UNCFSP and Texas Southern University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Shaw University 300 Cleburne Avenue 118 E. South St. Houston, TX 77004 Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: (713) 313-7841 Phone: (919) 546-8537 Fax: (713) 313-7932 Fax: (919) 546-7949 Email: Olufi [email protected]; Email: [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Plant Physiologist, Department of Natural and Physical Sciences Chief Research Offi cer, UNCF Special Programs Corporation Professor, Biology, Texas Southern University EDUCATION Postdoctoral Scholar, Duke University, 1986 -1988 EDUCATION Ph.D., Botany, North Carolina State University, 1986 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Plant Pathology, University of Alberta, Canada, 1988 M.S., Life Science, North Carolina State University, 1981 Ph.D., Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of Manchester, UK, 1987 B.S., Biology, St. Augustine’s College, 1966 M.S., Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of Manchester, UK, 1982 Teaching License, Science, St. Augustine’s College, 1966 B.S., Botany, University of Lagos, Nigeria, 1982

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Starch Mobilization in the Mature Leaves of Soybean in Relation to Growth of The Relationship Between Mycelial Morphology, Hyphal Extension, and Developing Leaves Virulence of Fungal Pathogen

HOST INSTITUTIONS HOST INSTITUTIONS Goddard Space Flight Center Johnson Space Center North Carolina State University Ames Research Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Carbon dioxide enrichment studies on pine tree saplings and soybeans >> Nanotechnology and functional genomics >> Developing teaching units in space and earth science >> Effects of soluble silicon on hydroponically grown wheat >> Yeast deletion project

COHORT 5 37 Dr. Willie Mackey Dr. Shirlette Milton Glenn Research Center at Texas Southern University Lewis Field

CONTACT INFORMATION Dr. Mackey passed away on Texas Southern University August 6, 2004. 3100 Cleburne Street Houston, TX 77004 Phone: (713) 313-7551 Fax: (713) 313-4219 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Former: Physicist, Photovoltaic/Space Environment Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Assistant Dean for Student Services EDUCATION Ph.D., Astrophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981 EDUCATION B.A., Mathematics/Physics, Oberlin College, 1976 Ph.D., Pharmacology, University of Texas, Houston, 1991 B.A., African American Development, Oberlin College, 1976 M.S., Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, 1980 B.S., Pharmacy, Texas Southern University, 1975 DOCTORAL THESIS Resonance Scattering in the Fluorescent Model of Type 1 Supernovae Optical DOCTORAL THESIS Light Insulin Effects and Receptor Function in Bovine Aorta Endothelial Cells

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION Cheyney University Johnson Space Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Surface plasmon applications >> Vascular injury that is toxicant-induced and/or associated with diabetic >> Anodized aluminum nanostructures applications complications >> Astrophysics education >> Functional alterations of insulin >> Mechanisms for research diversity >> Type I insulin growth factor receptor in vascular injury

38 COHORT 5 Dr. Benjamin Oni Dr. Nadipuram Prasad Tuskegee University New Mexico State University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Tuskegee University New Mexico State University College of Engineering, Architecture & The Klipsch School of Electrical & Computer Physical Sciences Engineering, Box 3-0 Tuskegee, AL 36088 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Phone: (334) 727-8990 Phone: (505) 646-3623 Fax: (334) 727-4700 Fax: (505) 646-1435 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director, The Rio Grande Institute for Soft Computing (RioSoft) EDUCATION Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1980 EDUCATION M.S., Electrical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1974 Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1989 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1971 M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1988 M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of DOCTORAL THESIS Technology, 1971 Tie-line Bias Control of Interconnected Power Systems B.S., Electrical Engineering, Mysore University, India, 1966

DOCTORAL THESIS HOST INSTITUTION Marshall Space Flight Center A Learning Pattern Recognition System for Power Systems Static Line-Loading Security Assessment RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Power Electronics in space power and renewable energy applications HOST INSTITUTION >> Dielectric Material Characterization and applications to RF Heating for Jet Propulsion Laboratory non-intrusive testing of Nuclear Electric Propulsion subsystems >> High voltage/High Frequency Power distribution in space environments RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Impedance Modeling of Corrosion phenomena >> Soft computing applications to ecological problems >> Solar Energy Systems >> Fuzzy Logic and Neural Network-based adaptive control systems

COHORT 5 39 Dr. Dipendra Sengupta Dr. Mark Whorton Elizabeth City State University Marshall Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Campus Box #917 Marshall Space Flight Center Elizabeth City State University EV421 Guidance, Navigation, and Mission Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Analysis Phone: (252) 335-3309 Huntsville, AL 35812 Fax: (252) 335-3487 Phone: (256) 544-1435 Email: [email protected] Fax: (256) 544-4716 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science Current: Branch Chief, Navigation and Mission Analysis Branch, Flight Mechanics and Analysis Division of the Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems EDUCATION Former: Senior Engineer, Vehicle Control Systems Ph.D., Mathematics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1984 M.A., Mathematics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1981 EDUCATION M.Sc., Mathematics, University of Kalyani, India, 1979 Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997 B.S., Mathematics, University of Kalyani, India, 1977 M.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama, 1989 B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama, 1987 DOCTORAL THESIS Cohomology of Kleinian Groups DOCTORAL THESIS High Performance, Robust Control of Flexible Space Structures HOST INSTITUTIONS Glenn Research Center HOST INSTITUTION North Carolina State University Tennessee State University

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Controlling chaos with small perturbation; synchronization between two >> Advanced technology and fl ight systems development similar chaotic electronic circuits; application of chaos in communication >> Teaching mathematics using technology

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Dr. Ayodele Aina...... 42 NAFP FELLOWS Tahani Amer...... 42 (By Cohort) Dr. Guangming Chen ...... 43 Dr. Bette McKnight…...... 43 Dr. Benjamin Penn...... 44 Dr. Robert Singleterry ...... 44 Dr. Gregory Wilkins...... 45 Dr. Elvira Williams...... 45 Willie Williams...... 46

41 Dr. Ayodele Aina Tahani Amer Cheyney University Langley Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Cheyney University of Pennsylvania NASA Langley Research Center Department of Mathematical Sciences Mail Stop 215 1837 University Circle, P.O. Box 200 Building 1229- Room 213 Cheyney, PA 19319-0200 Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Phone: (610) 399-2204 Phone: (757) 864-5546 Fax: (610) 399-2597 Fax: (757) 864-3917 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Mathematics Independent Program Assessment Offi ce Review Manager, NASA HQ, Offi ce of Program Analysis and Evaluation EDUCATION Ed.D., Secondary Mathematics, Temple University, 1982 EDUCATION M.Ed., Secondary Mathematics, Temple University, 1977 Certifi cate, Leadership and Management, 2004 P.G.D.E., Education, University of Ife, 1974 M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, 1995 B.A., Mathematics, University of Ife, 1971 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Old Dominion University, 1992 A.S., Science, Thomas Nelson Community College, 1988 DOCTORAL THESIS Towards Guidelines for the Preparation of Mathematics Teachers of Secondary MASTER’S THESIS Schools in Nigeria Non-Linear Boundary-Layer Receptivity Due to Distributed Surface Roughness

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTIONS Goddard Space Flight Center Hampton University NASA Headquarters RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Curriculum Development & Evaluation RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Grant Proposal Writing >> Strategic Management >> Distance Education >> Strategic Partnership >> Learning Packages Development >> Space Flight Mission & Science Mission >> Development of Program Strategic Plan and Human Capital Management >> Establishment of Performance Measurement Techniques

42 COHORT 6 Dr. Guangming Chen Dr. Bette McKnight Morgan State University North Carolina A&T State University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Morgan State University North Carolina A&T State University Department of Industrial, 1601 East Market Street Manufacturing & Information Engineering Greensboro, NC 27411 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane Phone: (336) 334-7907 Baltimore, MD 21251 Fax: (336) 334-7105 Phone: (443) 885-4243 Email: [email protected] Fax: (443) 885-8218 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Associate Professor, Department of Industrial, Manufacturing & Information Associate Professor, Biology Engineering EDUCATION EDUCATION Certifi ed, Public Health Microbiologist, Orange County Public Health Certifi cate, New Developments in Manufacturing Process Technology, MIT, 1995 Laboratory, CA, 1988 -1989 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Wayne State University, 1990 Post-Doctoral, Immunology and Microbiology, University of California at M.S., Systems Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1984 Berkley, 1985 - 1988 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 1982 Ph.D., Microbiology, Meharry Medical College, 1985 M.A., Biology, North Carolina Central University, 1975 DOCTORAL THESIS M.T., Medical Technology, Watts Hospital School of Medical Technology, 1972 Product and Process Design Optimization by Quality Engineering B.A., Biology, Barber-Scotia College, 1971

HOST INSTITUTION DOCTORAL THESIS Goddard Space Flight Center Properties of Acetohydroxy Acid Synthase II from two different Alleles of ilvG in Escherichia coli K-12 RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Robust Design, Experimental Design, and Quality Engineering HOST INSTITUTION >> Cost reduction models for space missions Ames Research Center >> Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing >> Risk Assessment RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Gene Expression

COHORT 6 43 Dr. Benjamin Penn Dr. Robert Singleterry Marshall Space Flight Center Langley Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Marshall Space Flight Center Langley Research Center EV 43 ISHM & Sensors Branch Mail Stop 388 Building 4487 Hampton, VA 23681 Huntsville, AL 35812 Phone: (757) 864-1437 Phone: (256) 544-7809 Fax: (757) 864-8912 Fax: (256) 544-0398 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Polymer Scientist, ISHM & Sensors Branch, Spacecraft and Vehicle Systems Physicist, Structures and Materials Competency Department EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Arizona, 1993 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978 M.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Arizona, 1990 Ph.D., Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University, 1978 B.S., Nuclear Engineering, University of Arizona, 1984 M.S., Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973 B.S., Biology, Winston Salem State University, 1969 DOCTORAL THESIS Primary-Task and Secondary-Task Mental Workload and the Cry-Wolf Phenomenon DOCTORAL THESIS Synthesis of Biodegradable Block and Graft Copolymers by Step Growth HOST INSTITUTIONS Polymerization and Synthesis of Biodegradable Block and Graft Copolymers by Prairie View A&M University an Addition Reaction Star Bridge Systems, Inc University of New Mexico HOST INSTITUTION Alabama A&M University RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Creating Web and CAD based radiation shielding tools to allow spacecraft RESEARCH INTERESTS designers, space radiation analysts, and others to use the LaRC created >> Sensors for monitoring the structural health of spacecrafts radiation shielding tools in a friendly and effi cient manner >> Chemical sensors for monitoring the environments in spacecrafts and Moon >> Investigating new and old materials, and how to optimally layer them in the and Mars habitats space environment to achieve the lowest damage to human and electronics >> Organic light emitting diodes for crew display systems used in the harsh

44 COHORT 6 Dr. Gregory Wilkins Dr. Elvira Williams Morgan State University Shaw University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Morgan State University Shaw University William Donald Schaefer Building Department of Natural Science and 5200 Perring Parkway Mathematics Baltimore, MD 21251 118 East South Street Phone: (443) 885-3915 Raleigh, NC 27601 Fax: (443) 885-8218 Phone: (919) 546-1980 (secretary) Email: [email protected] Phone: (919) 546-8274 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Lecturer/Researcher, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Current: Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Former: Professor of Physics and Founding Director, Nanoscience & EDUCATION Nanotechnology Research Center (NNRC) Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992 M.S., Electrical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 1985 EDUCATION B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, 1983 Ph.D., Physics, Howard University, 1977 M.S., Physics, Howard University, 1971 DOCTORAL THESIS B.S., General Science and Mathematics, North Carolina Central University, 1964 Finite Element Methods for the Electromagnetic Modeling of Waveguide Discontinuities and Cavity Resonators DOCTORAL THESIS Electormigration in Calcia Stabilized Zirconia HOST INSTITUTION Langley Research Center HOST INSTITUTION Langley Research Center RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Design of electronic components and the corresponding electromagnetic RESEARCH INTERESTS fi eld behavior within the component; investigating the factors which may >> Investigation of Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films limit the performance of very-large-scale-integrated (VLSI) circuits >> Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Sensor Development >> Behavior of combined acoustic and electromagnetic waves >> Development/Enhancement of Research-Based Education Programs

COHORT 6 45 Willie Williams Johnson Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION Johnson Space Center 2101 NASA Road 1 ISS Payloads Offi ce, Mail Code: OZ4 Houston, TX 77058 Phone: (281) 244-7579 Fax: (281) 244-7963 Email: [email protected]

POSITION Science Specialist/Export Control Representative

EDUCATION Ph.D. Candidate, Engineering & Science Management, Walden University Post Graduate Studies: Mathematics, University of Houston 1971, 1990, Aero Astronautics, Rice University, 1979 M.S., Mathematics Statistics, Texas Southern University, 1975 B.S., Mathematics, Grambling State University, 1971

HOST INSTITUTIONS Prairie View A&M University California State University - Fullerton NASA Headquarters

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Space Exploration Management >> Artifi cial Intelligence

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Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell...... 48 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Philip T. Chen...... 48 (By Cohort) Dr. Jan Corbin...... 49 Dr. Kenneth R. Fernandez...... 49 Dr. Clinton Hunt, Jr...... 50 Hong Soo (Tony) Kim ...... 50 Dr. Keith A. McGee ...... 51 Gholam Ali Shaykhian ...... 51 Dr. Jianping Yue...... 52

47 Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell Dr. Philip T. Chen Marshall Space Flight Center Goddard Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Marshall Space Flight Center Goddard Space Flight Center Flight Projects Directorate, FD02 Contamination and Coating Engineering Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812 Branch, Code 546 Phone: (256) 916-7556 8800 Greenbelt Road Fax: (256) 961-7186 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Email: [email protected]; Phone: (301) 286-8651 [email protected] Fax: (301) 286-1704 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Research Scientist and Project Manager Aerospace Engineer

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Alabama, 1992 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, 1985 M.S., Theoretical Physics, University of Alabama, 1988 M.S., Chemical Engineering, Washington University, 1977 M.S., Engineering Management, University of Alabama, 1980 B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1973 M.S., Experimental Plasma Physics, Auburn University, 1974 B.A.E., Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University, 1972 DOCTORAL THESIS University of Maryland Dynamic Process Simulation System: Dynamic DOCTORAL THESIS Distillation Simulation and Control Imaging the Sun in Hard X-rays Using Fourier Telescopes HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTIONS Howard University Alabama A&M University University of Alabama RESEARCH INTERESTS >> To advance the knowledge base of spacecraft contamination engineering RESEARCH INTERESTS >> To optimize cleanliness control for better system performance >> Orbit Shaping for Asteroids, Meteoroids, and Comets by Lasers, Nanobots, >> To enhance spacecraft thermal control system in concepts and applications and Other Means >> To develop new spacecraft and instrument technology for future missions >> Fourier Imaging using hard x-rays, gamma rays, and neutrons for Homeland Defense, Industrial and Medical Applications

48 COHORT 7 Dr. Jan Corbin Dr. Kenneth R. Fernandez Kennedy Space Center Marshall Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Kennedy Space Center Exploration Advanced Capabilities Offi ce CDH/FSW – UB-G3 Department VP33 KSC, FL 32899 Science and Mission Systems Directorate Phone: (321) 867-5960 MSFC, AL 35812 Fax: (321) 867-0776 Phone: (256) 544-3825 Email: [email protected] Fax: (256) 544-5853 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION AST, Ground Data Systems Engineer Manager, Surface Mobility Systems Project

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Instructional Systems and Technology, University of Central Florida, 2003 NASA Fellowship for Advanced Studies, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1999 M.P.A., Public Administration, University of Central Florida, 1993 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 1988 B.S., Chemistry, Mississippi State University, 1976 M.S., Computer Science, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL, 1978 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1968 DOCTORAL THESIS The Integration of Technology Into the Science Curriculum DOCTORAL THESIS Robotic Simulation and a Method for Jacobian Control of a Redundant HOST INSTITUTION Mechanism with Imbedded Constraints Bethune-Cookman College HOST INSTITUTION RESEARCH INTERESTS Alabama A&M University >> Integrating computers into the curriculum >> Computers as a learning tool RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Evaluation methodology for technology use effi ciency >> Use of computer graphic simulation in research and education in control systems used in robotics and automation >> Development of infrastructure technologies needed for the surface mobility systems in exploration

COHORT 7 49 Dr. Clinton Hunt, Jr. Hong Soo (Tony) Kim Alcorn State University Marshall Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Ecolab, Inc. Marshall Space Flight Center Anchor Technology Team Science & Mission Systems Department 655 Lone Oak Dr., ESC-F6 Exploration Advanced Capabilities Eagan, MN 55121 Development Group Phone: (651) 795-5846 Mail Stop VP33 Fax: (651) 204-7525 Huntsville, AL 35812 Email: [email protected] Phone: (256) 544-2481 Fax: (256) 544-5853

POSITION POSITION Current: Scientist Project Manager Former: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Alcorn State University EDUCATION EDUCATION M.S., Material Science, Auburn University, 2001 Ph.D., Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 2000 Summer Session Program, International Space University, Rice University, 1997 M.S., Environmental Science/Chemistry, Southern University, 1993 B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana B.S., Chemistry, Alcorn State University, 1980 Champaign, 1989

DOCTORAL THESIS HOST INSTITUTION Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Rhodium-Tetraphosphine Ligand Texas A&M University Kingsville (TAMUK) Complexes RESEARCH INTERESTS HOST INSTITUTION >> Project Management Stennis Space Center >> Systems Engineering >> Strategies for Exploration of Space >> Propulsion: Deep Throttling Rocket Engine RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Isolation and Characterization of Natural Products from Two different Herbs Previously Used as Homeopathic Medicines >> Synthesis and Characterization of Arsenobetaine – Toward the Development of a Method of Analysis for Arsenic Speciation and a Prelude to Toxicity Studies Using Arsenobetaine

50 COHORT 7 Dr. Keith A. McGee Gholam Ali Shaykhian Alcorn State University Kennedy Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Alcorn State University Kennedy Space Center Department of Biological Sciences Shuttle Processing Directorate 1000 ASU Drive Integrated Ground Commands & Data Systems Alcorn State, MS 39096 Branch, Mail Code: PH-K1 Phone: (601) 877-6198 Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Fax: (601) 877-2328 Phone: (321) 861-2336 Email: [email protected] Fax: (321) 861-0103 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Assistant Professor, Biology Computer Engineer

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Molecular, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003 M.S., Operations Research, University of Central Florida, 1997 B.S., Biology, Mississippi Valley State University, 1988 M.S., Computer Systems, University of Central Florida, 1985 B.S.E.T., Electronics, University of Central Florida, 1982 DOCTORAL THESIS A.S., Electronics, Pensacola Junior College, 1980 Upregulation of the Mucor Racemosus P-glycoprotein Gene (PGY1) is Correlated with Cycloheximide Effl ux and Phenotypic Multi-drug Resistance HOST INSTITUTION Bethune-Cookman College HOST INSTITUTION Marshall Space Flight Center RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Deterministic evaluations of software constructs to enhance software safety RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Evaluation of modern software tools to facilitate the migrations of legacy code >> ATP Dependent Transmembrane Transport Mechanisms >> Software engineering process improvements >> Gene expression >> Appling design patterns, software modeling, and object-oriented in construction of safe software

COHORT 7 51 Dr. Jianping Yue Essex County College

CONTACT INFORMATION Essex County College Division of Technologies and Computer Sciences 303 University Avenue Newark, NJ 07102-1798 Phone: (973) 877-4405 Fax: (973) 877-4407 Email: [email protected]

POSITION Professor/Chairperson, Division of Engineering Technologies and Computer Sciences

EDUCATION Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Memphis, 1990 M.S., Hydraulic and Costal Engineering, Wuhan University, China, 1982 B.S., Hydraulic and Costal Engineering, Wuhan University, China, 1977

DOCTORAL THESIS Numerical Modeling of Local Sediment Transport

HOST INSTITUTION Langley Research Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Computer-aided design and manufacturing >> Optimization of machining parameters >> Spatial visualization and engineering graphics >> STEM education

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R. Scott Askew...... 54 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Dawit Getachew ...... 54 (By Cohort) Dr. Shahin Ghazanshahi ...... 55 Dr. Ravindra Behari Lal ...... 55 Dr. Deidre E. Paris-Michael ...... 56 Dr. David D. Smith ...... 56

53 R. Scott Askew Dr. Dawit Getachew Johnson Space Center Chicago State University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Johnson Space Center Chicago State University Automation, Robotics and Simulation Department of Mathematics and Division Computer Science 2101 NASA Parkway, MS: ER4 9501 S. King Drive Houston, TX 77058 Chicago, IL 60628 Phone: (281) 483-8957 Phone: (773) 995-2124 Fax: (281) 483-7580 Fax: (773) 995-2398 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Robotics Engineer Professor, Mathematics and Computer Science

EDUCATION EDUCATION M.S., Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1990 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1994 B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 1986 Ph.D., Mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1987 M.S., Applied Mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology, 1983 HOST INSTITUTIONS M.S., Energy Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1981 Salish Kootenai College B.S., (with Honors) Thermo-Mechanical Engineering and Energy Conversion, Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute University of Illinois at Chicago, 1979

DOCTORAL THESIS RESEARCH INTERESTS Dissertation #1: Non-Newtonian Convection in a Porous Matrix: Constitutive >> Dexterous Robotics Equations and an Application (1994) >> Human rated planetary vehicles Dissertation #2: Numerical Computation in Problems of Fluid Flow Instability (1987) >> Embedded Motor Controls >> Embedded Data Acquisition HOST INSTITUTION Glenn Research Center

54 COHORT 8 Dr. Shahin Ghazanshahi Dr. Ravindra Behari Lal California State University, Fullerton Alabama A&M University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Electrical Engineering Alabama A&M University Physics California State University, Fullerton 4900 Meridian Street P.O. Box 6870 133 V. Chambers Building Fullerton, CA 92834-6870 Normal, AL 35762 Phone: (714) 278-3664 Phone: (256) 372-8148 Fax: (714) 278-7162 Fax: (256) 372-5622 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Electrical Engineering University Eminent Scholar and Professor of Physics

EDUCATION EDUCATION Post-Doctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern Ph.D., Physics, Agra University, Agra, India, 1963 California, 1985 M.S., Physics, Agra University, Agra, India, 1958 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1984 B.S., Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, Agra University, 1955 M.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1981 M.S., Physics, University of Tabriz, Iran, 1976 DOCTORAL THESIS B.S., Physics, University of Tabriz, 1974 Principal Susceptibilities of Paramagnetic Ions in Crystals of Some Similarly Constituted Salts of Iron Group at Low Temperatures DOCTORAL THESIS Nonlinear Analysis of Respiratory Mechanics and Gas Exchange HOST INSTITUTION Marshall Space Flight Center HOST INSTITUTION Goddard Space Flight Center RESEARCH INTERESTS

>> Growth and Characterization of crystals and fi lms for Room Temperature RESEARCH INTERESTS Infrared Detectors >> Biomedical Engineering/Biomimetics >> Study of organic crystals for frequency doubling of laser frequency >> Mathematical Modeling >> Study of crystal growth in space environment >> System Identifi cation >> Growth of crystals for optical windows for telescopes and Radomes

COHORT 8 55 Dr. Deidre E. Paris-Michael Dr. David D. Smith Tuskegee University Marshall Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Tuskegee University Marshall Space Flight Center 308-C Washington Street Science Directorate Tuskegee, AL 36088 SD46, Building 4481 Phone: (334)727-8734 Huntsville, AL 35812 Email: [email protected] Phone: (256) 544-7778 Fax: (256) 544-8762 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Research Scientist

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002 Ph.D., Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1996 M.S., Ivan Allen School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996 M.S., Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1992 M.S., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994 B.S., Optics, University of Rochester, 1990 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Southern University, 1992 DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Suppression of Photo-Induced Absorption in Composite Nonlinear Materials A Residential Satisfaction Decision Support System for Affordable Housing HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION University of New Mexico Marshall Space Flight Center RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Coherence Effects in Coupled Optical Resonators >> IVHM Framework for Intelligent Integration for Vehicle Health Management >> Local Field Effects in Metal Nanoparticle Composites >> Prognostics for Space Exploration >> Spontaneous Emission in Dielectrics and Photonic Bandgap Materials >> Construction Management Technology for Lunar Base Development

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Dr. Rafi c A. Bachnak...... 58 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Trong T. Bui...... 58 (By Cohort) Dr. Belay B. Demoz...... 59 Dr. Rudy C. Gostowski...... 59 Paul A. Mogan...... 60 Dr. Paul E. Racette...... 60 Dr. Hamid Shahnasser...... 61 Dr. Felix A. Soto-Toro ...... 61

57 Dr. Rafi c (Ray) Bachnak Dr. Trong T. Bui Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi Dryden Flight Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Dryden Flight Research Center Department of Computing and Propulsion and Performance Branch Math Sciences M.S.4840B 6300 Ocean Drive, ST222 P.O. Box 273 Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Edwards, CA 93523-0273 Phone: (361) 825-6025 Phone: (661) 276-2645 • Fax: (661) 276-3744 Fax: (361) 825-2795 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Electrical Engineering Aerospace Engineer, Propulsion and Performance Branch

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio University, 1989 Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1998 M.S., Electrical Engineering, Ohio University, 1984 M.S., Aeronautical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, 1989 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Ohio University, 1983 B.S., Aeronautical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, 1988

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Development of a stereo-based multi-camera system for 3-D vision A Parallel, Finite-Volume Algorithm for Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flows

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTIONS Johnson Space Center California State Polytechnic University California State University–Fresno Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Embedded systems in data acquisition, automation, and control applications >> Image processing and analysis RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Electronic design and system integration >> Atmospheric fl ight research of aircraft and rocket propulsion systems >> Hypersonic systems >> Applied fl uid dynamics and aerodynamics

58 COHORT 9 Dr. Belay B. Demoz Dr. Rudy C. Gostowski Goddard Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Goddard Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Center Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch Propulsion Research Center Code 613.1 XD20 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL 35812 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (256) 544-0458 Phone: (301) 614-6224 Fax: (256) 544-2216 Fax: (301) 614-5492 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Research Meteorologist Senior Researcher

EDUCATION EDUCATION Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne (UIUC), 1994 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1993 Ph.D., Atmospheric Physics, University of Nevada-Reno, Desert Research Ph.D., Chemistry, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1992 Institute (DRI), 1992 Teacher’s Certifi cation, 7-12 Science, 1989 M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Nevada-Reno, DRI, 1989 B.S., Biology, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1989 B.S., Physics, Asmara University, Eritrea, East Africa, 1984 B.S., Business Administration, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1975

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Sierra Nevada Winter Storms: A Study Using Microwave Radiometry, Ice Investigations of the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Organic Radicals and Cations Crystal, and Isotopic Technique by Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION Howard University Fisk University

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Atmospheric Science, Education, Instrumentation, Remote Sensing >> Effect of Discovery Activities on Understanding of Scientifi c Inquiry >> Decomposition Catalysts for Ionic Monopropellants >> Fuels Hypergolic with Hydrogen Peroxide >> Compatibility of Materials with Hydrogen Peroxide Propellant >> Kinetics of Organic Radicals COHORT 9 59 Paul A. Mogan Dr. Paul E. Racette Kennedy Space Center Goddard Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Kennedy Space Center Goddard Space Flight Center Mail Stop YA-E2 Mail Code 555, B19 Rm N15 Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (321) 867-8574 Phone: (301) 286-4756 Fax: (321) 867-8398 Fax: (301) 286-1750 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Project Manager Senior Systems Engineer, Microwave Instrument Technology Branch

EDUCATION EDUCATION M.S., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987 D.Sc., Electrical Engineering, The George Washington University, 2005 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986 M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1990 B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Kansas, 1988 HOST INSTITUTIONS Morgan State University DOCTORAL THESIS RAND Corporation Radiometer Design Analysis Based Upon Measurement Uncertainty National Academy of Public Administration HOST INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH INTERESTS Haskell Indian Nations University >> Next Generation Assistive Technology for the Visually Disabled NASA Headquarters

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Submillimeterwave radiometry applied to atmospheric research >> Radiometer system analysis and calibration >> Modeling of non-stationary processes >> Consciousness as an integral approach to multi-disciplinary science

60 COHORT 9 Dr. Hamid Shahnasser Dr. Felix A. Soto-Toro San Francisco State University Kennedy Space Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION School of Engineering Kennedy Space Center 1600 Holloway Avenue Spaceport Engineering & Technology San Francisco, CA 94132 NASA YA-E8 Phone: (415) 338-2124 KSC, FL 32828 Fax: (415) 338-0525 Phone: (321) 867-8545 Email: [email protected] Fax: (321) 867-1994 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Project Manager

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, 1989 Certifi cate, Project Manager Professional, Project Management Institute, 2005 M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1983 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2000 B.S., Electrical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1981 M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida, 1997 M.S., Engineering Management, Florida Institute of Technology, 1992 DOCTORAL THESIS B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1990 Hybrid Techniques for Large Scale Telecommunication Network Design DOCTORAL THESIS HOST INSTITUTION Electronic Design Techniques to Enhance NASA’s Payload Ground Transfer Operations Ames Research Center HOST INSTITUTIONS RESEARCH INTERESTS Inter-American University of Puerto Rico >> Communication networks performance evaluation and design Johnson Space Center >> Network security in communication networks >> Ad hoc and sensor networks RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Computer systems and wired architecture >> Electronic Calibration >> Electronic Aquatic Bio-Sensors >> Automated Systems

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Dr. Manmohan Aggarwal ...... 64 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Beth A. Brown ...... 64 (By Cohort) Dr. Dawn M. Elliott ...... 65 Dr. Louis J. Everett…...... 65 Dr. Julius L. Harp ...... 66 Ms. Carolyn Knowles ...... 66 Dr. John O. Lassiter...... 67 Dr. Goang S. Liaw ...... 67 Dr. John V. Shebalin ...... 68 Dr. Malcolm K. Stanford ...... 68 Dr. Michael Watson...... 69

63 Dr. Manmohan Aggarwal Dr. Beth A. Brown Alabama A&M University Goddard Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Department of Physics Goddard Space Flight Center 4900 Meridian Street Exploration of the Universe Division 124 Chambers Building Mail Code 662 Normal, AL 35762 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Phone: (256) 372-8132 Phone: (301) 286-4132 Fax: (256) 372-5622 Fax: (301) 286-1684 Email: [email protected]; Email: [email protected] [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Chairman, Department of Physics Astrophysicist

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Physics, Calcutta University, 1974 Ph.D., Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1998 M.S., Physics, Roorkee University, 1968 M.S., Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1994 B.S., Physics, Panjab University, 1966 B.S., Astrophysics, Howard University, 1991

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Semiconducting Properties of Thalliium Telluride Debye Temperatures and X-Ray Emission in Early-Type Galaxies Surveyed by ROSAT Gruneisen Constants of some Semiconductors HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION Howard University Marshall Space Flight Center RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> X-ray emission from galaxies, galaxy groups, and clusters >> Growth of pure and doped nonlinear optical materials, Growth of >> X-ray studies of compact objects piezoelectric PMN-PT relaxor family of materials for structural health >> The hot interstellar medium in elliptical galaxies monitoring, Growth of lanthanum bromide scintillator crystals

64 COHORT 10 Dr. Dawn Elliott-Martin Dr. Louis J. Everett Kennedy Space Center University of Texas - El Paso

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Kennedy Space Center University of Texas - El Paso Safety and Mission Assurance Mechanical Engineering Department Mail Code: SA-G El Paso, TX 79968 Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899 Phone: (915) 747-7987 Phone: (321) 867-2269 Fax: (915) 747-5019 Fax: (321) 867-9504 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION AST, Technical Manager Professor, Mechanical Engineering

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Ergonomics, University of Miami, 2000 Professional Engineer, licensed in Texas M.S., Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida, 1996 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1983 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 1993 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford, 1979 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas - El Paso, 1978 HOST INSTITUTION Florida International University DOCTORAL THESIS Modeling and Control of a Flexible Robot Using the Finite Element Method

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Flight Crew and Vehicle Systems Interaction HOST INSTITUTION >> Cockpit Resource Management Jet Propulsion Laboratory >> Aerospace Medicine RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Design of Mechanisms >> Automation of Biotechnology Processing >> Robotics >> Manufacturing >> Prototype-Free Design

COHORT 10 65 Dr. Julius L. Harp Carolyn Knowles North Carolina Agricultural and NASA Headquarters Technical State University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION North Carolina Agricultural and NASA Headquarters Technical State University Offi ce of Education 1601 East Market Street 300 E Street, SW New Science Building, Dept. of Chemistry Washington, DC 20546 Greensboro, NC 27411 Phone: (202) 358-2380 Phone: (336) 433-6707 Fax: (202) 358-3523 Fax: (336) 334-7124 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Assistant Professor, Chemistry Executive Offi cer to the Assistant Administrator for Education

EDUCATION EDUCATION Post-Doctoral Fellow, Organic Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Fellow, Harvard Senior Executive Fellowship Program, 2006 Chapel Hill, 1992 Certifi cate, Project Management for Non-Technical Executives, 2006 Ph.D., Organic/Biochemistry, Howard University, 1992 Certifi cate, Managing the Infl uence Process, 2005 B.S., Chemistry, York College-City University of NY, 1984 Certifi cate, Innovative Teaching Strategies, 1994 Graduate, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1989 DOCTORAL THESIS M.A., Central Michigan University, 1988 The Synthesis of Homologs of 3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine B.S., Business Management, Saint Augustine’s College, 1977

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION Southeastern University Langley Research Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> STEM Pipeline >> The Rational Synthesis, Processing, Isolation and Characterization of Smart >> Workforce Development Materials >> Community Outreach >> Development of Profi les Relating Molecular Structure to the Designation of >> Building Strategic Partnerships/Linkages Predictable Smartness of Materials >> Leveraging Federal Funding >> Study the Effect of Ordinary and Extraordinary Environmental Infl uences on Material Properties

66 COHORT 10 John O. Lassiter Dr. Goang S. Liaw Marshall Space Flight Center Alabama A&M University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Marshall Space Flight Center Alabama A&M University Test Laboratory, ET40 Department of Civil Engineering Bldg 4619, Room 208 4900 Meridian Street Huntsville, AL 3812 P. O. Box 367, Normal, AL 35762 Phone: (256)-544-3022 Phone: (256) 372-5566 Fax: (256)-544-0236 Fax: (256) 372-5909 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Aerospace Technologist Professor, Civil Engineering

EDUCATION EDUCATION M.S., Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1980 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1980 B.S., Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama, 1978 M.S., Environmental Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 1975 B.S., Engineering Science, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, 1970 HOST INSTITUTIONS Alabama A&M University DOCTORAL THESIS Redstone Arsenal Fluid Mechanics Numerical Computation with Applications in Simulation of the Life of Warm Advection Fog RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Advanced modal testing techniques for complex structures HOST INSTITUTION >> Development and applications of smart sensors for structural health Marshall Space Flight Center monitoring >> Design and development of ultra-lightweight structures for space applications RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Nanotechnology in Water and Air Purifi cation >> Environmental Control and Life Support System for International Space Station >> Computational Fluid Dynamics applications in MEMS and Nanotechnology

COHORT 10 67 Dr. John V. Shebalin Malcolm K. Stanford Johnson Space Center Glenn Research Center

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Johnson Space Center Glenn Research Center Mail Code KA Tribology and Surface Science Houston, TX 77058-3696 21000 Brookpark Road, M/S 23-2 Phone: (281) 283-3788 Cleveland, Ohio 44135 Fax: (281) 283-3709 Phone: (216) 433-3387 Email: [email protected] Fax: (216) 433-5170 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Astrophysicist Materials Research Engineer

EDUCATION EDUCATION Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College, 1987 Ph.D., Materials Engineering, University of Dayton, 2002 Ph.D., Physics, College of William & Mary, 1982 M.S., Materials Engineering, University of Dayton, 1999 M.S., Physics, Old Dominion University, 1976 B.S., Engineering Physics, Miami University, 1992 B.S., Physics, Old Dominion University, 1972 DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Control of Interparticle Cohesion in PS304 Plasma Spray Deposited Solid Anisotropy in MHD Turbulence Due to a Mean Magnetic Field Lubricant Coating Powder Feedstock

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTIONS Texas Southern University Central State University University of Dayton

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Large-Dimensional Nonlinear Dynamical Systems RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Broken Ergodicity in MHD Turbulence >> Tribological Coatings for Extreme Environments >> Classical & Quantum Field Theory >> Thermal Spray Processing >> Particle Fabrication and Characterization

68 COHORT 10 Dr. Michael Watson Fisk University

CONTACT INFORMATION Fisk University Department of Physics 1000 17th Ave North Nashville, TN 37208 Phone: (615) 329-8525 Fax: (615) 329-8634 Email: mwatson@fi sk.edu

POSITION Associate Professor, Physics

EDUCATION Ph.D., Plasma Physics, Hampton University, 2000 B.A., Physics, Hampton University, 1989

DOCTORAL THESIS Symmetric Simple Map with Dipole Field Map

HOST INSTITUTION Marshall Space Flight Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Numerical Simulation of Jet Formation Around Accreting Black Holes >> Numerical Simulation of Karst Aquifers Using Lattice Boltzmann Method

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Dr. Sukesh K. Aghara ...... 72 NAFP FELLOWS Dr. Mohammad A. Alim ...... 72 (By Cohort) Dr. Andre E. Miller ...... 73 Dr. Edgardo V. Oliveros ...... 73 Dr. Wenshen Pong ...... 74 Dr. Alamelu Sundaresan ...... 74 Dr. Martin P. Volz ...... 75

71 Sukesh K. Aghara Dr. Mohammad A. Alim Prairie View A&M University Alabama A&M University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Prairie View A&M University Alabama A&M University P.O. Box 519; MS 2531 Department of Electrical Engineering Prairie View, TX 77446 P.O. Box 297 Phone: (936) 261-9784 Huntsville, AL 35762 Fax: (936) 261-9789 Phone: (256) 372-5562 Email: [email protected] Fax: (256) 372-5855 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Professor, Electrical Engineering

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2003 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Marquette University, 1986 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2001 M.S., Physics, Marquette University, 1980 M.S., Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1999 M.Sc., Physics, University of Dacca, Bangladesh, 1976 B.Eng., Environmental Engineering, L.D. College of Engineering, 1996 B.Sc., Physics, University of Dacca, Bangladesh, 1975

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Characterization of In-core Irradiator for Testing of Microelectronics in a Mixed The Infl uence of Grain Boundaries in Metal Oxide Varistors on Their AC Electrical Radiation Environment Behavior

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION Langley Research Center Marshall Space Flight Center

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Characterization of radiation environment for fundamental materials research >> Electronic Materials, Solid State Electronics, Microelectronic Circuits, Discrete >> Testing of parametric degradation of microelectronics in mixed radiation environment and Integrated Devices, Hybrid Microelectronics, Sensors and Sensing Devices, >> Applications of nuclear codes to model radiation transport and interaction in nuclear Device Modeling system, design and improve radiation shielding, control and management of nuclear materials, including development of advanced nuclear material assay systems.

72 COHORT 11 Dr. Andre A. Miller Dr. Edgardos V. Oliveros Marshall Space Flight Center Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Marshall Space Flight Center Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Bldg 4666, Room 210A - Bayamon EI-11, Structural Design Branch 1760 Pafos Street Huntsville, AL 35812 Venus Gardens Phone: (256) 544-7014 San Juan, PR 00926 Fax: (256) 544-8585 Phone : (787) 755-5274 Email: [email protected] Fax : (787) 755-5274 Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Team Lead Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Industrial and System Engineering and Engineering Management, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Brunel University, England, 1981 University of Alabama-Huntsville, 2006 M.Tech., Systems Engineering, Brunel University, England, 1977 M.B.A., Total Quality Management, University of Alabama, A&M, 1998 B.Sc., Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, San Luis Gonzaga, National University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Tuskegee, 1985 Peru, 1967

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Assessing the Relationship Between Organizational Socialization Tactics and Discrete Adaptive Observers Culture in High Technology Organizations

HOST INSTITUTION HOST INSTITUTION Kennedy Space Center Alabama A&M University

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Control Systems >> Industrial and System Engineering >> Adaptive Control and Systems Identifi cation >> Engineering Management >> Robotics and Automation >> Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) >> Design for Manufacturability

COHORT 11 73 Dr. Wenshen Pong Dr. Alamelu Sundaresan San Francisco State University Texas Southern University

CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION San Francisco State University Texas Southern University School of Engineering 203M, Newscience Bldg. 1600 Holloway Ave. 3100 Cleburne Street San Francisco, CA 94132 Houston, TX 77004 Phone: (415) 338-7738 Phone: (713) 313-7926 Fax: (415) 338-0525 Fax: (713) 3130-7932 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

POSITION POSITION Associate Professor, Civil Engineeringer Associate Professor, Biology

EDUCATION EDUCATION Ph.D., Civil/Structural Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994 Ph.D., Molecular Immunology, Cell Biology and Toxicology, University of Texas, 1998 M.S., Construction Management, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989 M.S., Medical Entomology, Vector Control Research Center, 1990 B.S., Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 1983 B.S., Zoology, Womens Christian College, 1988

DOCTORAL THESIS DOCTORAL THESIS Seismic Performance of High-rise Building Frames with Added Energy-absorbing Mechanisms of liposomal all-trans retinoic acid and vitamin D3 induced inhibition Devices of cell proliferation and stimulation of apoptosis in aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma HOST INSTITUTION Ames Research Center HOST INSTITUTION Johnson Space Center RESEARCH INTERESTS >> The application of wireless sensors on structural identifi cation and seismic RESEARCH INTERESTS monitoring >> Upstream targets in lymphocyte signaling in microgravity >> Application of supplemental damping on airspace structures >> Adaptive genetic response gene suites in microgravity, hypergravity and high >> Small materials and structures altitude stress >> Lymphocyte locomotion and signal transduction in microgravity >> Immune suppression and nutritional immunomodulation in microgravity >> Bone tissue engineering and resorption models

74 COHORT 11 Dr. Martin P. Volz Marshall Space Flight Center

CONTACT INFORMATION Marshall Space Flight Center EM30 Huntsville, AL 35812 Phone: (256) 544-5078 Fax: (256) 544-8762 Email: [email protected]

POSITION Materials Engineer

EDUCATION Ph.D., Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1989 A.M., Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1985 B.A., Physics, Math, Valparaiso University, 1983

DOCTORAL THESIS Deuteron Magnetic Resonance in Amorphous Silicon and Germanium

HOST INSTITUTION Alabama A&M University

RESEARCH INTERESTS >> Bridgman and detached growth of GeSi >> Growth of semiconductors in rotating and traveling magnetic fi elds >> Magnetic damping of buoyancy convection using static magnetic fi elds >> Determination of fl ow stability criteria in metallic fl ows subjected to external applied fi elds >> Extraction of H2O from lunar soil using hydrogen reduction processes

COHORT 11 75 NAFP PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Dr. James Stofan Acting Deputy Assistant Dr. Melissa C. Green Administrator for Education Programs Director, Division of Science and Technology NASA Headquarters, Offi ce of Education United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) 300 E Street, SW 2750 Prosperity Ave., Suite 600, Fairfax, VA 22031 Washington, DC 20546-0001 Phone: (703) 205-7636; Email : [email protected]

Dr. Mabel Jones Matthews Sondra M. Lancaster Director for Higher Education Manager, Research and Technology, UNCFSP NASA Headquarters, Offi ce of Education Phone: (703) 205-8137; Email: [email protected] 300 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20546-0001 Dr. Sonya L. Greene Manager, Workforce Development, UNCFSP Dr. Carl S. Person Phone: (703) 205-8144; Email: [email protected] Acting Manager, Minority University Research and Education Programs NASA Headquarters, Offi ce of Education 300 E Street, SW Washington, DC 20546-0001

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