Dr. Brij N. Agrawal
Distinguished Professor, Director of SRDC

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

CAPT Alan D. Scott, 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. Roberto Cristi
Professor

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

Dr. Jae Jun Kim
Research Assistant Professor

Education
PhD - State University of New York at Buffalo, 2004
MS - State University of New York at Buffalo, 2000
BS - State University of New York at Buffalo, 1998

Research Interests
Spacecraft Attitude Control, Fleixible Spacecraft Control, Optimal Control, Adaptive and Nonlinear Control

Dr. Hyungjoo Yoon
NRC Research Associate

Education
Ph.D. - Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Tech, 2004
M.S. - Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Korea, 1996
B.S. - Aerospace Engineering, KAIST, Korea, 1994

Research Interests
Adaptive optics and beam jitter control, Adaptive filters, Adaptive/Robust control of MIMO systems, Spacecraft dynamics and control

Dr. Anne Marie Johnson
NRC Research Associate

Education
Ph.D. Physics, The University of Hull, 2003
B.Sc. (hons.) Physics, The University of Sheffield, 2000

Research Interests
Adaptive Optics; Atmospheric Propagation, Optical Communications, Aperture Synthesis, Segmented Telescopes, Wavefront Sensing, Redundant Spacings Calibration, Ground and Space Based Imaging, Fiber Bragg Gratings

Mr. Michael J. Doherty, PE
Aerospace Engineer

Education
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, George Washington University, 1997
B.S. (cum laude), Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995

Research Interests
Adaptive Optics systems and controls, development of research facilities and capabilities, planning and support of sponsored research programs

Mr. Matthew A. Goldman
Research Assistant

Education
B.S. - Aerospace Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, 2005
B.S. - Aeronautical Science, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, 2000

Research Interests
Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Robotics, Computer Systems, UAV's, Adaptive Optics

Ms. Renee Ann L. Oania
Research Assistant/Administrative Support

Education
B.S. - Telecommunications, Multimedia, and Applied Computing, CSU, Monterey Bay, 2001

Research Interests
Webmaster for the Spacecraft Research and Design Center, Administer SRDC Financial Reports, General administrative support

Richard Schgallis, CDR, USN, M.S. Student (591)
Matthew Allen, Captain, USAF, M.S. Student (591)
Brett Bateman, LT, USN, M.S. Student (531)