AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Technical Chair Sub-Committee Members

Current Committee Members, last updated Feb 2025.
Term expiration dates are in parentheses.

portrait Dr. Manoranjan Majji (2024, extended)
Aerospace Engineering
Texas A& M University
College Station, TX 77843-3141
(979) 845-3912
mmajji(AT)tamu.edu

portrait Dr. Nagavenkat Adurthi (2026)
Navigation Engineer
Blue Origin
Kent, WA
n.adurthi(AT)gmail.com
portrait Dr. Davide Amato (2028)
Department of Aeronautics
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
SW7 2AZ, London, UK
+44 (0) 20 7594 1188
d.amato(AT)imperial.ac.uk
portrait Dr. Nicola Baresi (2025, WAS)
(Historian)
Surrey Space Centre
University of Surrey
BA Building, Office 1901
GU2 7XH, Guildford, Surrey, UK
n.baresi(AT)surrey.ac.uk
portrait Dr. Ryne Beeson (2028)
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
ryne@princeton.edu
portrait Dr. Brian Biswell (2027)
Flight Design Engineer
Blue Origin
Kent, WA
dr.biswell(AT)gmail.com
Dr. Natasha Bosanac (2023)
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado Boulder
431 UCB, Boulder CO 80309
Office: ECNT 418
(303) 492-7061
natasha.bosanac(AT)colorado.edu
portrait Dr. Eleonora Botta (2027)
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
211 Bell Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
ebotta(AT)buffalo.edu
portrait Dr. Roshan Eapen (2026)
(Treasurer)
Aerospace Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
233B Hammond Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 863 7457
reapen(AT)psu.edu
portrait Dr. Sonia Hernandez (2029)
portrait Dr. Isabelle Jean (2026)
Systems Engineer
Canadian Space Agency
6767 Route de l’Aeroport
Saint-Hubert, QC, Canada
isabelle.jean(AT)canada.ca
Dr. Jason Leonard (2026)
Jason.Leonard(AT)kinetx.com
portrait Dr. Robert Melton (2025)
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Aerospace Engineering
229 Hammond Bldg
University Park, PA 16802
(814) 865-1185
rgmelton(AT)psu.edu
portrait Dr. Kenshiro Oguri (2029)
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
koguri(AT)purdue.edu
Dr. Thomas Pavlak (2028)
thomas.a.pavlak(AT)jpl.nasa.gov
Dr. Kamesh Subbarao (2023)
(Chair Elect)
The University of Texas at Arlington
500 W. First St., Box 19018, 211 Woolf Hall
Arlington, TX 76019, USA
(817) 272-7467
subbarao(AT)uta.edu
portrait Dr. Ehsan Taheri (2027, WAS)
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Auburn University
211 Davis Hall,
Auburn AL 36849
etaheri(AT)auburn.edu
Dr. Robyn Woollands (2029) portrait
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL
rmw(AT)illinois.edu