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The Aeronautics Committee advises the NASA Administrator through the
NASA Advisory Council on strategic plans, programs, policies and other
matters pertinent to the Agency's responsibilities for aeronautics
research and development. Its advice spans basic research and
technology applicable to all areas of aviation that are under the
purview of the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. These areas
include but are not limited to commercial air transportation, advanced
air vehicles, aviation safety, and air transportation system technology
research, development, and demonstration.
The Aeronautics Committee meets in advance of the meetings of the full NASA Advisory Council. Meetings are
open to the public and are announced on this website, as well as in the
Federal Register. The Committee's members are appointed by the NASA
Administrator and represent a balance of broad technical and customer
expertise with members from industry, academia, and professional
organizations. Committee members are appointed for two years.
+ Meet the NASA Advisory Council Aeronautics Committee:
Point of Contact for the Aeronautics Committee: Ms. Susan L. Minor, Executive Secretary
Ms. Marion Blakey, Chair
Ms. Blakey is president and chief executive officer of the Aerospace
Industries Association (AIA). AIA represents the nation’s leading
manufacturers and suppliers of aircraft, aircraft engines, and related
components; missiles and space systems; equipment services;, and
information technology. She became the eighth full-time chief executive
of the association in 2007, after serving a five-year term as
administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Prior to her
FAA tenure, Blakey was chair of the National Transportation Safety
Board. She received a bachelor's degree with honors in international
studies from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia.
Blakey also attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies for graduate work in Middle East affairs.
Mr. John Borghese, Vice-Chair
Mr. Borghese is vice president of the Rockwell Collins Advanced
Technology Center. He leads the Center in the development of
high-assurance systems for both safety-critical avionics and
security-critical communications. Over the course of his career,
Borghese has held positions in general and program management, business
development, and engineering. Previous posts include that of president
of Kaiser Electronics, as well as director of the automatic test systems
and avionics systems business at Allied-Signal Guidance and Control
Systems. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Borghese is a private pilot, a
member of the Air Transport Committee of the Aerospace Industries
Association, and is on the industrial executive board for the National
Science Foundation’s cyber/physical systems initiative. He earned a
bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University
of Southern California and a master’s degree in business administration
from Boston University.
Mr. Mark Anderson
Mr. Anderson is director of platform performance technology for Boeing
Research and Technology. He is an associate fellow of the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and has served as
chairman of the AIAA national aircraft design technical committee.
Anderson has supported NASA as a participant and leader for non-advocate
reviews and advisory committees. He has served as a member of the board
of visitors for the University of Washington’s Department of Aeronautics
and Astronautics, and is currently a member of the Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University engineering advisory board. Anderson is a member
of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Gamma Tau engineering honor societies. He
received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering at
Wichita State University, and degrees in political economy and history
at the University of Glasgow. Anderson holds a master of science in
aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University.
Dr. Michael B. Bragg
Dr. Bragg is a professor of aerospace engineering and the executive
associate dean for academic affairs of the College of Engineering at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, responsible for faculty
affairs and strategic financial management. He formerly served as the
associate dean for research and administration in the College, as well
as the head of the department of aerospace engineering. Bragg teaches
aerodynamics and flight mechanics at the undergraduate and graduate
level. He is an internationally known expert in the effects of ice
accretion on aircraft aerodynamics, with an active research program
funded by government and industry. Bragg is a past member of the Federal
Aviation Administrations’ Research Engineering and Development Advisory
Committee and on the board of visitors for the Air Force Institute of
Technology. He has received department, college and university-level
recognition for his teaching and advising, including the Stanley H.
Pierce Award from the University of Illinois. He has completed a term as
the vice president of publications and as a board member for the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), where he
remains a fellow. Bragg is a past winner of the AIAA Losey Atmospheric
Science Award and the AIAA Aerodynamics Award.
Dr. John-Paul Clarke
Dr. Clarke is an associate professor in the School of Aerospace
Engineering and the director of the Air Transportation Laboratory at the
Georgia Institute of Technology. His research and teaching address
issues of optimization and robustness in aircraft and airline
operations, air traffic management, and the environmental impact of
aviation. Clarke serves on several national and international
committees, including the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the
National Academies, the Federal Aviation Administration’s Research
Engineering and Development Advisory Committee, the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Air Transportation Systems Technical
Committee, and the Society of Automotive Engineers Aircraft Noise
Committee. He received his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a faculty member
there before moving to Georgia Tech. Clarke has also been a researcher
at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a visiting scholar at the Boeing
Company.
Dr. Michael S. Francis
Dr. Francis is chief of advanced programs and a senior fellow at the
United Technologies Research Center. His current focus is on developing
capabilities and major program initiatives in autonomous and intelligent
systems. Francis also leads Sikorsky Aircraft’s efforts in autonomous
systems development. He has held executive positions at Lockheed Martin,
General Atomics and Athena Technologies. Prior posts at the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) were as director of the Joint
Unmanned Combat Air Systems Office and as the DARPA director’s senior
advisor for aeronautical matters. Francis holds undergraduate, graduate,
and doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of
Colorado. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics and founder of its Unmanned Systems Program Committee.
Dr. Ilan Kroo
Dr. Kroo is a professor in the Department of Aeronautics and
Astronautics at Stanford University. He is the founder and chief
scientist of Desktop Aeronautics, Inc., a software and consulting
company in Palo Alto, California. Prior to his tenure at Stanford, Kroo
was a research scientist in the Advanced Aerodynamic Concepts Branch at
NASA’s Ames Research Center. He is a fellow of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a recipient of the 1985 NASA
Special Achievement Award, the 1990 AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award, and the
1994 Outstanding Teacher Award from Stanford University. Kroo is a
member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the National Academy
of Engineering, and serves on several committees for the National
Research Council. He holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and a
doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics, both from Stanford
University.
Dr. John S. Langford
Dr. Langford is president and chief executive officer of Aurora Flight
Sciences Corporation, and founder of Athena Technologies. He has also
worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia.
Langford is a past awardee of the DeFlorez Prize from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Kremer Speed Prize from the Royal
Aeronautical Society. He has been a recipient of the Young Engineer of
the Year and the Barry M. Goldwater Educator Award awards, both from the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the
National Tibbets Award for outstanding contributions to the Small
Business Innovation Research Program. Langford is an AIAA associate
fellow and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He was chosen as
one of Virginia’s 2004 outstanding industrialists, and was named
Virginia's Small Business Person of the Year for 2004 by the U.S. Small
Business Administration. Langford holds masters of science degrees in
aeronautics and defense policy, and a doctoral degree in aeronautics
from MIT.
Mr. Mark S. Pearson
Mr. Pearson serves as general manager for advanced technology operation
at GE Aviation, where he is responsible for the conceptual and
preliminary design of next-generation commercial and military engines.
Pearson’s recent efforts include the LEAP-X for commercial narrow-body
application, and variable-cycle technology for military applications.
During a nearly 30-year career at GE, he has contributed to the GE36,
GE90, and the NASP programs. Pearson also led the company’s marine and
industrial engine systems engineering organization, responsible for
technical oversight of all aeroderivative engines, including the world’s
first intercooled industrial gas turbine, the LMS100. He is a trustee of
the Ohio Aerospace Institute.
Mr. Tom L. Wood
Mr. Wood is a senior technical fellow in research and engineering at
Bell Helicopter Textron, with more than 40 years of experience in the
design, development and flight testing of rotary wing vehicles. He has
served as Bell’s chief of preliminary design and the chief of
aerodynamics and handling qualities. Wood has extensive personal and
corporate experience working with NASA at Langley, Ames and Glenn
Research Centers. Wood is a technical fellow of the American Helicopter
Society International (AHS), and received the 2011 AHS Klemin award for
notable achievements in aeronautics.
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+ Aeronautics Committee Terms of Reference (TOR)
Upcoming Meetings
February 28 - March 1, 2013 (NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC)
+ Agenda
Meeting Minutes and Reports
2012
+ October 25-26, 2012 (Cleveland, OH)
+ July 24, 2012 (Greenbelt, MD)
2011
+ October 13, 2011 (NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC)
+ August 2-3, 2011 Meeting
+ April 14, 2011 Meeting
+ January 20-21, 2011 Meeting
2010
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