2018 Annual Conference: Aerospace – Program Speakers
TAMEST is pleased to have such a diverse group of program speakers at this year’s annual conference. The program speaker lineup includes expertise from academia and industry, and sessions will cover a wide range of topics relating to human space flight, aeronautics and commercial space exploration.
Speakers
David Alexander, Ph.D.
Scott Bolton, Ph.D.
Southwest Research Institute
Rodney Dale Welch Bowersox, Ph.D.
Department Head and Ford I Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
Orlando P. Carvalho
Executive Vice President, Aeronautics
Lockheed Martin
Franklin Chang Díaz, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Ad Astra Rocket Company
Jerry Hendrix
Executive Director, Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation
Texas A&M University-Corpus Cristi
Colonel Walter Cunningham
United States Marine Corps, Retired
David Daniel, Ph.D. (NAE)
Deputy Chancellor
The University of Texas System
Christopher Ferguson
Deputy Program Manager of Operations
Boeing Commercial Crew Program
Adam L. Hamilton, P.E.
President and CEO
Southwest Research Institute
Janine K. Iannarelli
Founder and President
Par Avion Ltd.
Gregory H. Johnson
President and Executive Director
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)
Susan M. Lederer, Ph.D.
Planetary and Space Scientist
NASA Johnson Space Center
David Leebron, J.D.
President
Rice University
Benjamin D. Levine, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology
UT Southwestern Medical
Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.
Administrator (Acting)
NASA
Glenn W. Liston
Chief, High Speed Propulsion Branch
Air Force Research Laboratory
Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D.
Center Director
NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Louise Prockter, Ph.D.
Director
Lunar and Planetary Institute, USRA
Elizabeth Rampe, Ph.D.
Exploration Mission Scientist
NASA Johnson Space Center
Ron Ricks
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Southwest Airlines Co.
Julie Robinson, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
International Space Station, NASA
Kate Rubins, Ph.D.
Astronaut
NASA Johnson Space Center
Paul Schenk, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist
Lunar and Planetary Institute
NASA
John Sharp
Chancellor
Texas A&M University
Kirk Alden Shireman
International Space Station Program Manager
NASA
Gywnne Shotwell
President and COO
SpaceX
Jayant Sirohi, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin
Luciano Smith
Principal Engineer, Aerospace Structures
Southwest Research Institute
Paul D. Spudis, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Michael T. Suffredini
Axiom Space, LLC
Jeffrey P. Sutton, M.D., Ph.D.
Center for Space Medicine
Michael Thacker
Executive Vice President, Technology and Innovation
Bell Helicopter
Sam Ting, Ph.D
1976 Nobel Laureate, Physics
MIT
Jack Hunter Waite Jr., Ph.D.
Southwest Research Institute
