Scientific Board
France
Biography
Juha-Pekka ("Jussi") Luntama is the Head of the Space Weather Office in ESA's Space Safety Programme. He graduated from Helsinki University of Technology in 1991 and continued working in the University as a lecturer and leader of the small satellite technology research group until 1997, when he was awarded a EUMETSAT Research Fellow position in the UK Meteorological Office. In 1998 Jussi Luntama was appointed as the Mission Scientist for the GRAS radio occultation instrument onboard the Metop meteorological satellite series in EUMETSAT HQ in Germany. In 2005 he moved from EUMETSAT to Finnish Meteorological Institute to lead the research on space weather impacts on GNSS applications. Jussi Luntama joined ESA in 2009 when he was selected as the manager of the Space Weather Segment in ESA’s new Space Situational Awareness Programme, the predecessor of the Space Safety Programme that is in progress now. Space Weather Office is responsible for all space weather related activities in ESA Directorate of Operations. The responsibilities of Space Weather Office include definition, architecture design and implementation of the ESA Space Weather System and delivery of the corresponding services. Space Weather Office is also responsible for development of software applications, ground systems, hosted payload instruments and dedicated SmallSat and nanosatellite missions for the ESA Space Weather System. The Space Weather Office is also responsible for liaising with international entities and representing ESA in international forums on space weather related topics. Mr. Luntama is also the Mission Scientist and Mission Manager for the Lagrange mission that is in preparation to provide unprecedented space weather monitoring data for operational applications from the 5th Lagrangian point, L5.
Turkey
Biography
BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Karadeniz Technical Univ. Turkey, PhD in Aeronoutical Engineering, Leicester University, England,, Worked at Erciyes and Karadeniz Technical Universities, TURKEY. Currently working as a full time professor at Baskent University, TURKEY.
USA
Biography
Erik Seedhouse is a professor in Space Operations at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. After completing his first degree he joined the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment. During his time in the ‘Para’s’, Erik spent six months in Belize, where he trained in the art of jungle warfare. Later, he spent several months learning the intricacies of desert warfare in Cyprus. He made more than 30 jumps from a Hercules C130 aircraft, performed more than helicopter 200 abseils and fired more light anti-tank weapons than he cares to remember! Upon returning to academia, he embarked upon a Master’s degree, which he supported by winning prize money in 100km running races. After placing third in the World 100km Championships in 1992, Erik turned to ultra-distance triathlon, winning the World Endurance Triathlon Championships in 1995 and 1996. For good measure he won the World Double Ironman Championships in 1995 and the infamous Decatriathlon, an event requiring competitors to swim 38km, cycle 1800km, and run 422km. Non-stop! In 1996, Erik pursued his Ph.D. at the German Space Agency’s Institute for Space Medicine. While studying he found time to win Ultraman Hawai’i and the European Ultraman Championships as well as completing Race Across America. Due to his success as the world’s leading ultra-distance triathlete Erik was featured in dozens of magazine and television interviews. In 1997 GQ magazine named him the ‘Fittest Man in the World’. In 1999 Erik took a research job at Vancouver's Simon Fraser University. Between 2008 and 2013 he served as Director of Canada’s manned centrifuge and hypobaric operations. In 2009 he was one of the final 30 candidates in the Canadian Space Agency’s Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. Erik holds a pilot license, is a certified PADI divemaster, works as an astronaut instructor for the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences, an instructor for Project PoSSUM, as an occasional film consultant to Hollywood, a professional speaker, triathlon coach and author with more than 30 books to his name. He also serves as a consultant to myriad television productions and as a science advisor to the Proteus Ocean Group. In the summer he usually ventures into the mountains – he has reached the summits of Kilimanjaro, Aconcagua, Denali, Elbrus, Rainier, Island Peak and several others. In 2022 he reached the South Summit of Everest. When not enjoying the sun and rocket launches on Florida’s Space Coast with his wife, Alice, he divides his time between his second home in Sandefjord, Norway and Waikoloa.
USA
Biography
Dr. Hina Kazmi has over 25 years of aerospace industry experience, spanning both public and private sectors in various technical and management roles. Her expertise encompasses managing large technical and multi-contractor telecommunication satellites and NASA's science missions. She also led the implementation of various institutional policies and studies at NASA Headquarters in response to congressional actions. Hina achieved her PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, for which she received the Joseph A Fischer award for best doctoral dissertation in policy upon graduation. Her academic research focuses on management of government programs and functions in the context of government outsourcing and institutional economics. She is an adjunct faculty member with the Schar school and teaches the graduate course in Managing Government Contracting. She also holds two master’s degrees, MPP and MBA. She received her undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering with minor in Mathematics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). She also serves as a member on ERAU’s Philanthropy Council for Engineering which provides scholarship funds for various student projects advancing engineering skills in the aerospace sector.
UAE
Biography
Prof Dr.Yousef Daradkeh, Doctor of Engineering Sciences in Computer Engineering and Information Technology (Computer Systems Engineering and Computer Software Engineering), is a full Professor of Computer Engineering and Information Technology at the Department of Computer Engineering and Information, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, KSA. He is a Senior Scientific Researcher and author; he is the Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs. Dr. Daradkeh is a dynamic academician having more than 17 years of experience specializing in teaching and scientific research development. He has also shown his great acumen in administration and has taught a wide spectrum of Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Networks, Computer Software Engineering Courses to Undergraduate and graduate students in different capacities. Dr. Daradkeh is a well-known and respected scientist internationally. He received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Systems Engineering from the Technical University of Moldova- specialty in Computer`s, Information Systems and Networks, and his M.Sc. degree in Software Engineering from the (Belarusian National Technical University-specialty s in Software of Information Technology. His Ph.D. degree is in Computer Engineering and Information Technology from the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio electronics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in two specializations: System Analysis, Control and Processing of Information; “Mathematical and Software of Computers, Complexes and Computer Networks. He has been working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Specialty Systems, Networks and Devices of Telecommunications at the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. He has also worked for the Department of Computer Information Systems at the faculty of Systems and Information Technology, The University of Jordan. Dr. Yousef has worked in the Department of Information Technology at the Al-Balq`a Applied University, in addition to the Computer and Information Centre at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. He was also an Instructor, Computer and Information Centre, Yarmouk University, faculty at the Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, the faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, AL-Hussein Bin Talal University, Department of Software Engineering at the faculty of Sciences and Information Technology, Jadara University. He has worked an online Course of lectures for students and undergraduates of the specialties "Information Systems" "Information technologies and Data Protection in the Course "Methods of Research and Modeling of Processes and technologies " within the from work of academic mobility The Kazakh University of Economics, Finance, and International Trade.
Biography
Remo Ruffini (born May 17, 1942, La Brigue, Alpes-Maritimes, at that time, Briga Marittima, Italy). He is the Director of ICRANet, International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics Network and one of the founders of the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA). Ruffini initiated the International Relativistic Astrophysics PhD (IRAP PhD), a common graduate school program of several universities and research institutes for the education of theoretical astrophysicists. He is the Director of the Erasmus Mundus IRAP PhD program (IRAP Ph D Erasmus Mundus). He has been Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Rome "Sapienza" from 1978 to 2012.
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Luis Manuel Braga da Costa Campos graduated in 1972 as a Mechanical Engineer from the Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST) of Lisbon Technical University. His tutorials as a student (1970) were followed by a career at the same institution (IST) through all levels: Assistant (1972), Assistant with tenure (1974), Assistant Professor (1978), Associate Professor (1982), Chair de Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (1985). He has been coordinator of undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering since their creation in 1991. He is also coordinator of the Scientific Area of Applied and Aerospace Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and director and founder of the Center for Aeronautical and Space Science and Technology.
Biography
C. Patrick Yue (S’93–M’98–SM’05–F’15) received the BS degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering (Highest Hons.) from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992, the MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1994 and 1998, respectively. Based on his PhD thesis work, he co-founded Atheros Communications in 1998 and contributed to the development and deployment of the world's first IEEE802.11a CMOS Wi-Fi transceiver system-on-chip (SoC). In 2002, he joined Aeluros to work on CMOS high-speed PHY/SerDes IC design and signal integrity issues in chip packaging. Between 2001 and 2003, while working at the start-ups, he served as a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford in the EE Department focusing on research in the area of high-frequency CMOS IC design and RF device modeling. In 2003, he joined Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In 2006, he moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara and was promoted to full professor in 2010. Since 2011, he has been a Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the first Associate Provost for Knowledge Transfer at HKUST. In 2016, he took a sabbatical leave from HKUST to Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC as a Visiting Chair Professor in the Institute of Microelectronics. In 2017, he founded LiPHY Communications to commercialize visible light communication (VLC) technology for smart building and IoT market. Currently, he is the Director of the HKUST Integrated Circuit Design Center (ICDC), the Optical Wireless Lab (OWL), and the HKUST-Qualcomm Joint Innovation and Research Lab. His research interest includes optical wireless physical layer circuits and systems, high-speed wireline communication SoC, millimeter-wave communication and sensing circuits, indoor positioning and image processing technologies for robotic applications, and edge computing accelerator design for IoT applications.