1 Section 1 School Information

1.1 Name and Title of Project • Hybrid Rocket Design for In-Situ Exhaust Plume Spectroscopy

1.2 Team Official • Edmond Wilson, Ph.D. Professor of Physical Chemistry

1.3 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosive permit holder • None, Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant will not be used.

1.4 Safety Officer • Greg Lyons, Project Leader

1.5a Students and Faculty Members Participating

Nine students, two faculty members, and a retired NASA engineer make up the key personnel. Team members and responsibilities are:

• Greg Lyons, Project Leader • Edmond Wilson, Ph.D., Team Official • James Mackey, Ph. D., Senior Scientist • David Stair, Senior Engineer • Paul Elliott, Design and Simulation • Megan Bush, Exhaust Plume Studies/Outreach • Steven Barber, Microprocessor Programming and Interfacing • Nathan Smeal, Avionics and Telemetry • Jon Langford, Avionics and Telemetry • Matt Goodhart, Motor Testing • Taylor Durham, Website Design • Jonathan Freese, Website Design

2 1.5b Short Resumes of Key Personnel

Project Leader

Name: Greg Lyons Address: HU Box 12323, Searcy, AR, 72149 Phone Number: (616) 914-6779 Major: Physics, Mathematics Career Plans: Doctorate in astrophysics; Tenure at a modern research ; Experimental and observational research in astrophysical and planetary sciences. Other: NASA/ASGC Undergraduate Research Fellowship Recipient. I have been involved in the Flying Bison team since 2007, and have developed a strong knowledge of high-powered rocketry and a good set of organizational skills. Outside of the USLI project, I am involved in the Honors Council, research assistantships with Edmond Wilson, Ph.D. and Lambert Murray, Ph.D., tutoring of high-school and college students, and lab assisting for the Physics department. I maintain a GPA of 4.00 with 18 credit hours in progress.

3 Team Official

Edmond W. Wilson, Jr., PI Harding University Professor of Chemistry 915 East Market Street Department of Chemistry Searcy, AR 72149-0849 Tel: (501) 279-4513 www.harding.edu/wilson [email protected]

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Ten years experience working with open path diode laser spectroscopy systems. Thirty eight years teaching and research in applied spectroscopy. Six years experience in emission spectroscopy of hybrid rocket exhaust plumes.

EDUCATION Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) 1968 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. M.S. (Physical Chemistry) 1965. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. B.S. (Chemistry) 1962. Auburn University, Auburn, AL.

POSITIONS 1970-Pres. : Professor of Chemistry , Department of Chemistry, Harding University 1995-2000 : Dr. Robert Roy and Dr. Callie Mae Coons Endowed Chair of Biomedical Sciences 1997-1998: NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow , Jet Propulsion Laboratory Worked with Dr. W. DeMore, Chair of NASA Panel for Data Evaluation and Editor of Chemical Kinetics and Photochemical Data for Use in Stratospheric Modeling. Made laboratory measurements of importance to understanding Earth’s atmosphere. 1990-1994 : Research Associate , University of Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, summers. Research Studies in inorganic biochemistry, developed machining skills, electronics skills, chemical synthesis skills.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES American Chemical Society, Councilor 1999-Present, Arkansas Academy of Science, President, Sigma Xi, The Research Society, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President, President, The Planetary Society, National Space Society, SETI Institute, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Solar System Ambassador, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Campus Representative, Optical Society of America

RESEARCH INTERESTS • Application of diode laser technology to the d