Naval Postgraduate School

SRDC People

Faculty	Dr. Brij N. Agrawal Distinguished Professor, Associate Chairman Astronautical Engineering, Director, Spacecraft Research and Design Center Education Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, Syracuse University, 1970 M.S. - Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University, 1968 M.E. - Mechanical Engineering IIT, Roorkee, 1966 B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Banares University, 1964 Research Interests Acquisition, tracking, and pointing of Bifocal Relay Mirror Spacecraft Vibration isolation, optical beam jitter control, and active structural control. Structural, control, and optics interaction for large flexible space mirrors. Adaptive optics and adaptive control. Space system design.
	Alan D. Scott (CAPT, USN (ret)) Associate Director of SRDC / Senior Lecturer Education Graduate, Advanced Pgm Mgmt Course Defense Sys Mgmt College, 1999 Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineer, Naval Postgraduate School, 1996 M.S.- Astronautical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, 1996 Graduate, Eng Test Flight Officer Course US Naval Test Pilot School, 1988 B.S. - Electrical Engineering US Naval Academy, 1981 Research Interests Military Applications of Space Systems. Military Space Systems Architectures and Operations. Space Systems Testing and Mission Assurance.
	Dr. Jae Jun Kim Research Assistant Professor / Associate Director Education Ph.D. - State University of New York at Buffalo, 2004 M.S. - State University of New York at Buffalo, 2000 B.S. - State University of New York at Buffalo, 1998 Research Interests Spacecraft Attitude Control, Flexible Spacecraft Control, Optimal Control, Adaptive and Nonlinear Control.
	Dr. Ty Martinez Associate Director of Optical Relay Mirror Laboratory Education Ph.D. - Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1998 M.S. - Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 1994 B.S. - Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, 1991 Research Interests Liquid crystal SLMs and MEMs and nonlinear materials devices for use in adaptive optics systems and wavefront correction systems.
	Dr. Roberto Cristi Professor Education Ph.D. - Univ of Massachusetts, 1983 M.S. - Brunel Univ / UMIST (UK), 1979 B.S. - Univ de Padova (Italy), 1977 Research Interests Digital signal processing, Control systems, Adaptive systems.
	Dr. Ramesh Kolar Research Assistant Professor Education Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, 1984 M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India, 1978 B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Mysore, India, 1976 Research Interests Solid and Structural Mechanics – Classical and Numerical Methods. Composite mechanics/dynamics. Probabilistic Methods. Multidisciplinary Coupled Analysis. Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Applications.
	Albert Ogloza Professor Education Research Interests
	Dr. Masaki Nagashima NRC Research Associate Education Ph.D. – Columbia University, 2004 M.S. – Stanford University, 1997 M.S. – Hokkaido University, 1996 B.S. – Hokkaido University, 1994 Research Interests Control Theory; Repetitive Control, Iterative Learning Control, Adaptive Control, Neural Network, Pattern Recognition. Control Applications; Hard Disk Drive Control, Vibration Control, Beam Control, Adaptive Optics, Biomechanics.
	Dr. John Bagnasco Research Scientist Education Ph.D. – Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1994 M.S. – Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1991 B.S. – Materials Science and Mineral Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1983 Research Interests Analysis, design and fabrication of optical components; Synchrotron radiation and X-ray optics; Electrodynamics; Numerical analysis; Mathematical Physics.
	Edwin S. Ahn Research Assistant / PhD. Candidate Education Ph.D. - Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, In Progress M.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2008 B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, Korea University, 2007 Research Interests Repetitive Control, Adaptive Control, Disturbance Rejection in Fine Pointing Equipment, Spacecraft Attitude Control.
	Dr. Peter Jacquemin NRC Research Associate Education Ph.D. – Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2010 M.S. – Mechanical Engineering, San Jose State University, 1980 B.S. – Mechanical Engineering, San Jose State University, 1978 Research Interests Atmospheric turbulence, adaptive optics, advanced feedback control systems, mechanisms design, holography, and over 15 years experience in target tracking and laser pointing optics design.
	Dr. Bautista Fernandez NRC Research Associate Education Research Interests
Staff	Albert Jordan Research Associate Facilities Manager Education M.S. - Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2010 B.S. - Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2005 Research Interests Spacecraft Attitude Estimation, Precision Pointing Control, Autonomous Systems, Probabilistic Methods.
	John Hamilton Engineering Consultant Education Engineering Management, Lockheed Space Systems - Santa Clara University, 1997-2000 Engineering Mechanics, Thiokol Aerospace - Utah State University, 1985-87 University of Utah, 1984, BSCE Structural Engineering Research Interests
	Jackie Rosenkranz Research Assistant Education B.S. - Business (Concentration in Management), San Jose State University, 1980 Research Interests Contract funds management, administrative and editorial support.
	Mike Krol Senior Office Administrator Education M.B.A. - Management, California State University East Bay, 2010 B.S - Business Administration, HR Management, San Jose State University, 2008 A.A. - University Studies, Business, Monterey Peninsula College, 2006 Research Interests Kuali Financial System, project funds management, organizational development.
	Renee Oania Office Support / Web Design Education B.S. - Telecommunications, Multimedia, and Applied Computing, CSU, Monterey Bay, 2001 Certificate of Achievement - Business-Accounting, Monterey Peninsula College, 2010 Research Interests Webmaster for the Spacecraft Research and Design Center, General administrative support and projects.
Current Students	Adam Yingling, Ph.D Student, USAF CIV Travis Axtell, Ph.D Student, USN CIV
Recent Graduates	Richard Schgallis, CDR, USN, M.S. Student (591) Matthew Allen, Captain, USAF, M.S. Student (591) Brett Bateman, LT, USN, M.S. Student (531) Michael Beerer, M.S. Student, USAF CIV (531) Daniel Burtz, Major, USAF, Ph.D. Student (591) Duane Frist, LCDR, USN, M.S. Student (591) Jack Tappe, LT, USN, M.S. Student (591) Michael Looysen LT, USN M.S. Student (591) Melissa Corley, Captain, USAF, Ph.D. Student (591)