Faculty and Staff

Resident Faculty

Dr. James G. Casler. P.E. Associate Professor Business and Management Space Commerce Quality Engineering Space and Planetary based manufacturing systems and new design	Ron Fevig Assistant Professor Small Spacecraft Development Orbital Mechanics Space Mission Design High-Altitude Ballon and Sounding Rocket Payload Development Space Communications and Ground Station Operations	Mike Gaffey Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Planetary Geology Asteroids and Meteorites Telescopic Observations / Spectroscopy Early History of the Solar System Space Resources Origin of Life on Earth Dinosaurs, Impacts and Extinctions	Paul Hardersen Associate Professor Asteroids, Variable Star Photometry Stellar Spectroscopy Young Stars and Stellar Processes Space Exploration Public Outreach and Education
Pablo De Leon Research Associate Human Space Flight Spacesuit Design Spacecraft Design EVA Systems	Vishnu Reddy Research Assistant Professor Asteroids and Meteorites Astrometry, Photometry, and Spectroscopy Spacecraft Missions to Small Bodies Remote and Robotic Observatories Public Outreach and Education	Vadim Rygalov Assistant Professor Ecological Biophysics Closed Ecological Systems Human/Environment Interaction Environmental Design & Control Low Pressure Plant Physiology Physical/Biological Sciences Applied Mathematical Modeling	Santhosh Seelan Dir. Grad. Studies, Professor Remote Sensing applications to: Environmental Change Detection Precision Farming Groundwater Targeting Geospatial Extension
David Whalen Associate Professor and Chair Space History Space Policy Space Business and Economics Satellite Communications Applications Satellites Launch Vehicles & Launch Services Satellite Systems Engineering Ground Systems & Mission Operations Military Space vOrbital Mechanics