• President and founder of the Spacefaring Institute LLC

• Education

  • University of Cincinnati, BS (Aerospace Engineering), 1974

  • Air Force Institute of Technology, MS (Aerospace Engineering), 1981

• Relevant training

  • Defense Systems Management College, Advanced Program Management Course (in-residence, 1999)

  • Facilitator training

  • Joel Barker's Implications Wheel (TM) / Strategy Matrix (TM) ("Trainer" training)

• Professional activities

  • Registered professional engineer (Aerospace; Ohio)

  • Senior member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

  • Past chair, Space Logistics Technical Committee, AIAA

• Employment experience (primary responsibilities, starting with the most recent)

  • Current status: Aerospace engineering consultant focusing on:

    • Near-future space infrastructure development including commercial human spaceflight

    • Energy needs and sustainable energy solutions including space solar power (SSP)

    • Advanced subsonic multi-mission aircraft (tanker/airlifter/air power platform)

    • Nuclear physics research (neutron applications)

  • United States Air Force (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH) (1970-2007)

    • Lead, Agile Combat Support, Aeronautical Systems Branch, Air Systems Division, Plans and Programs Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/XPAS) (2004-2007)

      • Focused on innovative near-future capabilities for improved air and space agile combat support responsive to stated Air Force mission needs (Agile Combat Support Concept of Operations [CONOPS], Global Mobility CONOPS, Operationally Responsive Spacelift Mission Need Statement).  See below for relevant publications.

        • Developed the second version of the Configurable Air Transport (CAT) concept

        • Developed 12-minute video illustrating the CAT concept and its advantages

        • Provided requested study of near-future integrated space infrastructure capabilities to the National Security Space Organization's Architecture Division

    • Modeling and Analysis Division, Plans and Programs Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/XPZ) (1998-2004)

      • Created, initiated and managed the first Air Force Technology Seminar Game (TSG): a futures wargaming activity providing support to AF/XP with a catalog of technology-enabled future warfighting concepts tailored to the new and evolving warfighting challenges of the 2015-2025 time period.  The first AF TSG was conducted in 2000-2001, involved approximately 100 technical and operation experts from across the services and industry.  The AF TSG was overseen by a senior steering group led by the Air Force Chief Scientist.  The principle product was a catalog of 60+ concepts for use in developing "toolboxes" of concepts to play in futures wargames.

      • Initiated concept development for an integrated near-future space infrastructure providing:

        • Assured space access using near-term, fully-reusable space access systems

        • In-space logistics support facilities and services

        • In-space mobility for passengers and cargo transport throughout the Earth-Moon system

      • Updated the CAT concept

    • Directorate of Science & Technology, HQ Air Force Materiel Command (HQ AFMC/ST) (1992-1998)

      • Provided staff oversight/review of Air Force science and technology (S&T) 6.2 and 6.3 research programs related to space technology

      • Technical consultant to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's (BMDO) Delta Clipper single-stage rocket technology program demonstration flight vehicle

      • Participant in the NASA X-33 Phase I source selection in the areas of materials and structures

      • Supported AFMC futures wargaming activities

      • Invited participant to the first and second series of Office of the Secretary of Defense's Office of Net Assessment space wargames

      • Organized AFMC participation in the Joint Air Force Space Command - AFMC Military Spaceplane Integrated Concept Team

        • Deputy chair, Systems and Technology Panel, that provided all AFMC HQ, product center, and laboratory inputs to the team

      • A principal author of the Military Spaceplane Systems Requirements Document with focus on systems integrity and performance

      • Developed the first version of the CAT concept; presented to a technology review panel of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board

• Lead Structures Engineer, Structures Division, Deputy for Engineering, Aeronautical Systems Division (ASD/ENFS) (1989-1992)

  • Editor for the update to the Air Force Structures "MIL-PRIME" guidance specification used for all Air Force aircraft development programs

    • Led the incorporation of lessons-learned from the National Aerospace Plane into this specification in order to directly address the unique systems engineering structures design requirements for reusable space access systems

  • Name-requested consultant to the BMDO Delta Clipper single-stage rocket technology program

    • Provided structures/materials support from the beginning of flight vehicle design through the initial flight test program

    • Member of the DC-X flight readiness review team; present for the first two DC-X flights

    • One of the principal authors of the Technical Readiness Document (TRD) used for DC-Y conceptual design trade studies; especially with respect to inserting tailored aircraft-like system safety and performance requirements

  • Lead structures engineer on the first flight Executive Independent Review Team for the YF-22 and YF-23 Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) demonstration aircraft

  • Lead structures engineer on the independent cost analysis team for the ATF development source selection

  • Chair, ASD/EN Total Quality Management Team

• Chief Flight Systems Engineer (Phase I) / Lead Structures Engineer (Phase II), Systems Engineering, National Aerospace Plane Joint Program Office (NASP JPO/EN) (1986-1989)

  • Managed small collocated team of ASD/EN engineers during the Phase I concept evaluations and early Phase II technology development

  • Primary focus was on establishing systems engineering requirements appropriate for the NASP fully-reusable space access system configurations

  • Initiated and ran a small, year-long, in-house conceptual design team evaluating an air collection and enrichment, combined air-breathing and rocket propulsion system as an alternative to the baseline multi-mode airbreathing system for the NASP

• Project Engineer, Transatmospheric Vehicle (TAV) Project Office, Deputy for Development Planning, Aeronautical Systems Division (ASD/XR) (1984-1986)

  • Sole collocated ASD/EN engineer

  • Responsible for engineering and laboratory support for TAV concept and mission application analyses

  • Organized, established the criteria for, led, and reported results to the of the TAV technology readiness evaluation to the ASD Commander

  • Responsible for organizing and running the "business aspects" of the NASP Phase I Source Selection (airframe and engine contractors)

  • Authored significant sections of the specific technology development tasks in the NASP Phase I Statement of Work

  • Reported directly to the ASD/EN Technical Director for the TAV project and pre-NASP program activities.

• Strength Branch, Structures Division, Deputy for Engineering, Aeronautical Systems Division (ASD/ENFSS) (1974-1984)

  • Provided engineering support for: F-4, F-5, T-38, B1-A crew module, F-15, F-16, C-141 (direct design and analysis support of test modifications), TR-1 (first flight Executive Independent Review Team), Pave Low III rescue helicopter prototype design and fabrication (direct design/analysis support), Big Safari, Pave Penny, F-4 and F-111 Pave Tack target designation pod installation (direct design, analysis, and ground and flight test support), LANTIRN target/navigation pods, ECM pods, first Advanced Cruise Missile concept source selection, first Advanced Tactical Fighter concept selection, ACES II ejection seat, E-4, and AWACS

• Aerospace engineering "co-op" student (1970-1973)

• Awards and Recognition

  • Outstanding Achievement for Excellence in Research, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1981

  • Outstanding Achievement for Excellence in Academics, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1981

  • Outstanding Achievement for Scoring the Highest Grade in the Professional Engineering Examination, Aeronautical/Aerospace Section, The Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (1984)

  • Distinguished graduate, Advanced Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, 1999

  • Best Paper, "Achieving Mastery of Space Operations by Transforming Space Logistics," Logistics Spectrum, Journal of the International Society of Logistics, 2005

• Recent publications (See the resources pages for a complete list)

  • The End of Easy Energy and What to Do About It

  • Spacefaring Logistics Infrastructure: The Foundation of a Spacefaring America AstroPolitics 6-1, March 2008.

  • "A Space Logistics Infrastructure for the Near Term," Aerospace America, AIAA, October 2006

  • "Cost Estimates of Near-Term, Fully-Reusable Space Access Systems," AIAA Space 2006 Conference

  • "Achieving Near-term, Aircraft-like Reusable Space Access," AIAA Space 2006 Conference

  • "Technically-achievable, Near-Term Space Logistics," February 2006

  • "Configurable Air Transport," AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2005

  • "Near-term Manned Space Logistics Operations," Air and Space Power Journal Chronicles, Winter 2005

  • "Achieving Mastery of Space Operations by Transforming Space Logistics," Logistics Spectrum, International Society of Logistics, January-March 2005

  • "Global Air Mobility and Persistent Airpower Operations," Air and Space Power Journal, Fall 2004

  • "Architecting Rapid Growth in Space Logistics Capabilities," AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference 2004

• Past Organizational activities

  • Reorganized the AIAA Space Logistics Technical Committee (2003-2004)

  • Co-founder "Creativity 80's"

  • Co-founder Miami Valley Alternate Energy Association (1974-1980)

• Hobbies (just starting)

  • Fly fishing

  • Photography

  • Cooking

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