Robert D. Braun

Robert D. Braun
Occupation NASA Chief Technologist

Dr. Robert (Bobby) D. Braun, an American aerospace engineer, is the Chief Technologist for NASA and the David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Braun received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Pennsylvania State University in 1987, his M.S. in Astronautics from George Washington University in 1989, and his Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1996 from Stanford University and worked on a variety of advanced planetary exploration concepts at the NASA Langley Research Center from 1987-2003. He worked on the Mars Pathfinder mission from 1992–1997,[1] and in February 2010 was named by NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., as the Agency's Chief Technologist.[2][3] Braun announced his resignation as NASA's Chief Technologist on September 6, 2011.[4]

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Honors and distinctions

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ Schleck, Dave (5 July 1997). "Langley Engineers Celebrate Success". Daily Press (Virginia). 
  2. ^ Chang, Kenneth (3 February 2010). "House Panel Sees Pros and Cons in NASA Plan". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/science/space/04nasa.html. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  3. ^ NASA news release regarding appointment
  4. ^ Leone, Dan (6 September 2011). "NASA Chief Technologist To Quit". http://spacenews.com/civil/1109-nasa-chief-technologist-quit.html. 
  5. ^ "L. Sperry Award Recipient - 1999". American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=401&AwardView=Detail&participationID=111264&fromX=Search. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  6. ^ "Trophies and Awards at the National Air and Space Museum". National Air and Space Museum. http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/trophy/nasm.cfm. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  7. ^ "Langley's Olympians". LARC. http://researchernews.larc.nasa.gov/archives/2004/082704/HonorAwards.html. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  8. ^ "A New Era of Planetary Exploration". LARC. http://shemesh.larc.nasa.gov/Lectures/OldColloq/c-970506.htm. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  9. ^ "Robert D. Braun, NASA Chief Technologist". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/braun_bio.html. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 

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