URBAN AIR MOBILITY SYMPOSIUM 2017
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Jaiwon Shin
Dr. Jaiwon Shin is the NASA Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. In this position, he manages the agency’s aeronautics research portfolio and guides its strategic direction. This portfolio includes research in the fundamental aeronautics of flight, aviation safety and the nation’s airspace system.
Shin co-chairs the National Science & Technology Council’s Aeronautics Science & Technology Subcommittee. Comprised of federal departments and agencies that fund aeronautics-related research, the subcommittee wrote the nation’s first presidential policy for aeronautics research and development (R&D). The policy was established by Executive Order 13419 in December 2006 and will guide U.S. aeronautics R&D programs through 2020. The subcommittee finished writing the National Aeronautics R&D Plan in December 2007 and is currently writing the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Infrastructure Plan both of which were called for by the Executive Order.
Between May 2004 and January 2008, Shin served as deputy associate administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate where he was instrumental in restructuring NASA’s aeronautics program to focus on fundamental research and better align with the nation’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
Mr. Earl Lawrence
Earl Lawrence is the Director of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Office. The UAS Integration office is responsible for the facilitation of all regulations, policies, and procedures required to support FAA’s UAS integration efforts. The Office serves as a central point of contact for the international aviation community on UAS issues. Mr. Lawrence also represents the FAA on the Senior Steering Group of the UAS Executive Committee (ExCom) focusing on coordination and alignment of efforts among key federal government agencies.
Mr. Lawrence previously served as the Manager of the FAA’s Small Airplane Directorate in Kansas City, Missouri, where he managed airworthiness standards, continued operational safety, policy, and guidance for small aircraft, gliders, light sport aircraft, airships, and balloons. The Directorate also manages the administrative activities involving all aeronautical products within the geographical boundaries encompassing 21 states and international general aviation aircraft projects. In addition, Lawrence was the designated executive focal for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) within the Aircraft Certification Service.
About the Moderator:
Eric Mueller, Aerospace Engineer, NASA
Eric leads research on air traffic control automation systems and the introduction of new vehicles and operations into the National Airspace System at NASA’s Ames Research Center, a position he has held since 2000. His major research activities have been investigations of the use of datacomm for integration of air/ground automation systems, the development of detect-and-avoid systems to integrate UAS with the NAS, and the design of airspace integration concepts and technologies to enable urban air mobility operations. He received his PhD from Stanford University and his bachelors from Princeton University, both in aerospace engineering with concentrations in machine learning and guidance, control, and dynamics. He is an associate fellow of the AIAA.
About the Moderator:
Mr. Smith is the Special Assistant for Aeronautics in the Human Systems Integration Division at Ames. He currently serves on the Risk Management Working Group within the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. He is also a member of the Cybersecurity Team within the NASA Aviation Operations and Safety Program. Mr. Smith participates in the Autonomous Ground Vehicle Integrated Product Team monitoring the safety of driverless/autonomous-car experiments being conducted by various companies at the Ames campus.
Mr. Smith served as the U.S. Co-chair of the U.S./Europe Future Aviation Safety Team (FAST). The European Commercial Aviation Safety Team (ECAST) and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team in the USA (CAST), sponsored a number of groups aimed at improving aviation safety. The FAST was one such group and operated under the umbrella of the ECAST. In his role on the FAST, Mr. Smith was an invited speaker on the detection of future hazards at the 2014 Safety Intelligence and Management Workshop sponsored by the General Civil Aviation Authority in the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Smith holds Private Pilot and Unmanned Aircraft General (UAG; Part 107 Remote Pilot) Certifications from the FAA. He is an award-winning, certified NASA Mishap Investigator with specific training in Aircraft Accident & Flight Systems Mishaps. He is a former chairman of the San Francisco Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
He graduated from Occidental College in 1975 with a degree in German Translation, and from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo in 1984 with an M.E. In Aerospace Engineering.
Mr. Marcinkowski has over 12 years of experience in the Defense and Aerospace industry, including software engineering, capture and program management, and domestic and international business development. As the Director of Strategy and Business Development for Gryphon Sensors, Mr. Marcinkowski is responsible for developing market and new product strategies, forming domestic and international partnerships, and capturing business in the highly exciting and fast growing market of UAS.
Greg is a remote pilot with 31 years in the air, with 30+ years of software engineering experience.
About the moderator:
Jessie Mooberry is the Head of Deployment, Altiscope at A3 by Airbus
Jessie was one of the first to obtain a commercial drone license in the US. She teaches “drones for good” with the Peace Innovation Lab and advises many emerging drone companies. She sits on the board of People’s Light in Malvern, Pa and is a Social Enterprise Fellow and Mentor for the Ariane de Rothschild Foundation.
Jessie Mooberry is head of deployment at Altiscope, an A^3 project dedicated to bringing together policymakers, technologists and NGOs to modernize air traffic management. In her role, she works with global partners to build flexible and sustainable tools and policies. She is a technologist at the Peace Innovation Lab at Stanford and started her UAV career, with Uplift Aeronautics, building fixed-wing aircraft out of a garage in Stanford with the world’s first humanitarian drone cargo nonprofit.
After graduating from Georgetown Law School, Dan worked as a structured finance attorney at a Wall Street law firm where he worked on the landmark Enron bankruptcy, and then co-founded and sold a defense subcontracting company.
Most recently, Dan worked in film and television, where he developed a computer-controlled camera stabilizing system. He holds a Part 107 sUAS operator license, likes to build electric bicycles, and plays ukulele.
Under Matt’s direction, Precision has domestically supported firefighting missions in the Pacific Northwest and focuses on reinvesting funds within Precision’s home state of Oregon through job creation and academic partnerships. He has counseled both private sector and government leaders on matters pertaining to UAS operations feasibility and provided comprehensive implementation recommendations and looks forward to the opportunities to advance this industry.
2010 LAFD Portal Project under Chief Peaks
2010 Interactive Learning Station Project (Apple computers and Apple TV)
2010 LAFD’s 1st Learning Management System (LMS) and online EMT
2011 iPad Project Deployment
2012 Information and Data Analysis Task Force
2012 LA Chamber of Commerce Technology Innovation Committee
2013 CM Bonin’s FIrST In Project (2nd iPad Deployment)
2015 LAFD UAV (drone) Project
7 year board member of the Los Angeles City Stentorians
Amit was the Chief system architect for Navy 4G LTE Sea Pilot deployed as part of the U.S.S. Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group. He delivered a one of a kind turn-key, secure, airborne/afloat autonomous 4G LTE Network with applications to directly support the war fighter. Amit also architected the first ever approved classified security architecture for 4G LTE in line with NSA Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) framework. This architecture was assessed and approved for operational deployment in DOD by NSA in 2012
He holds a unique position within the telecom service layer community as a member of a global network consisting of only a few solution architects worldwide with deeper experience in this area.
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