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Dr. Jaiwon Shin
Associate Administrator
Image left: Dr. Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Dr. Jaiwon Shin is the associate administrator for the Aeronautics
Research Mission Directorate. In this position, he manages the agency's
aeronautics research portfolio and guides its strategic direction. This
portfolio includes research in the fundamental aeronautics of flight,
aviation safety and the nation's airspace system.
Shin co-chairs the National Science & Technology Council's Aeronautics
Science & Technology Subcommittee. Comprised of federal departments and
agencies that fund aeronautics-related research, the subcommittee wrote
the nation's first presidential policy for aeronautics research and
development (R&D). The policy was established by Executive Order 13419
in December 2006 and will guide U.S. aeronautics R&D programs through
2020. The subcommittee finished writing the National Aeronautics R&D
Plan in December 2007 and is currently writing the Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Infrastructure Plan both of
which were called for by the Executive Order.
Between May 2004 and January 2008, Shin served as deputy associate
administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate where he
was instrumental in restructuring NASA's aeronautics program to focus on
fundamental research and better align with the nation's Next Generation
Air Transportation System (NextGen).
Prior to coming to work at NASA Headquarters, Shin served as chief of
the Aeronautics Projects Office at NASA's Glenn Research Center. In this
position he had management responsibility for all of the center's
aeronautics projects. Prior to this he was Glenn's deputy director of
aeronautics, where he provided executive leadership for the planning and
implementation of Glenn's aeronautics program, and interfaced with NASA
Headquarters, other NASA centers, and external customers to explore and
develop technologies in aeropropulsion, aviation safety and security,
and airspace systems.
Between 1998 and 2002, Shin served as chief of the Aviation Safety
Program Office, as well as the deputy program manager for NASA's
Aviation Safety Program and Airspace Systems Program. He assisted both
program directors in planning and research management.
Shin received his doctorate in mechanical engineering from the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. His
bachelor's degree is from Yonsei University in Korea and his master's
degree is in mechanical engineering from the California State
University, Long Beach. His honors include the 2008 Presidential Rank
Award for Meritorious Senior Executive, NASA's Outstanding Leadership
Medal, NASA's Exceptional Service Medal, a NASA Group Achievement Award,
Lewis Superior Accomplishment Award, three Lewis Group Achievement
Awards, and an Air Force Team Award. He is a graduate of the Senior
Executive Fellowship Program at the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University. He has extensive experience in high speed research
and icing, and has authored or co-authored more than 20 technical and
journal papers.
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