{"425931":{"#nid":"425931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"AIAA names Prof. Robert Braun editor of the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced that AE Professor Robert D. (Bobby) Braun has been chosen to serve as the next editor-in-chief of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJ\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/toc\/jsr\/51\/3\u0022\u003Eournal of Spacecraft and Rockets\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;succeeding E. Vincent Zoby.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn AIAA Fellow and member of the NAE, Braun is the director of AE\u2019s Space Systems Design Lab (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ssdl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESSDL\u003C\/a\u003E) and the founding director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Space Technology and Research (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/cstar.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EC-STAR\u003C\/a\u003E). He co-founded and serves as chief technology officer for Terminal Velocity Aerospace LLC, a private company which provides atmospheric reentry services to increase the utilization and enhance the safety of spaceflight.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/toc\/jsr\/51\/4\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EIn 2010 and 2011, Braun served as NASA\u2019s chief technologist. From 1989 to 2003, he served as a member of the technical staff of the NASA Langley Research Center. Braun has authored or co-authored more than 250 technical papers in the fields of atmospheric flight dynamics, planetary exploration, multidisciplinary design optimization, and systems engineering, including more than 50 papers in the JSR.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am honored and proud to welcome Bobby as editor-in-chief of the JSR,\u201d said AE Chair Vigor Yang, who also serves as AIAA Vice President for Publications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBobby is eminently qualified for this position. He has extensive experience in our nation\u2019s space program, is a respected scholar and a wonderful author and is an advocate for his field. He consistently brings excellence to whatever he does and I know that the JSR will benefit greatly from his leadership. I look forward to seeing what the JSR will accomplish with Bobby at the helm.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Spacecraft and Rockets\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is devoted to reporting advancements in the science and technology associated with spacecraft and tactical and strategic missile systems, including subsystems, applications, missions, environmental interactions, and space sciences. Braun\u2019s work in space systems includes serving on the Mars Pathfinder entry, descent and landing team from 1992 to 1997. He has also served on the Mars Microprobe, Mars Sample Return and Mars Surveyor 2001 flight projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I am honored to be selected for this assignment,\u0022 said Braun, who has been reading JSR\u0026nbsp;since his undergraduate days at Penn\u0026nbsp;State. \u0022As editor-in-chief, I plan to focus on increasing the quality, relevance, reach, and impact of this seminal publication, ensuring that the JSR continues to document the rapid pace of innovation in the space sector. Space systems engineering remains an exciting field in which new theories, analytical and experimental breakthroughs, innovations, and discoveries are regularly achieved. The AIAA JSR is the place where these advancements are best described and shared.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2005, Braun has advanced on wide variety of entry, descent and landing technologies, including guidance strategies, inflatable aerodynamic decelerators,, and supersonic retropropulsion. Braun\u2019s editorial contributions include serving as an associate editor for the JSR from 2009 to 2010, as well as serving as a peer reviewer for the JSR, the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, and the AAS Journal of Astronautical Sciences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBraun\u2019s previous AIAA service includes membership on AIAA\u2019s Space Systems Technical Committee, the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Technical Committee and the Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Technical Committee. He is presently a member of the Executive Steering Committee for the AIAA Science and Technology Forum.Braun\u2019s past honors include the 2012 Alvin Seiff Memorial Award, the 1999 Lawrence Sperry Award and the 2011 von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAIAA is the largest aerospace professional society in the world, serving a diverse range of more than 35,000 individual members from 80 countries, and 100 corporate members. AIAA members help make the world safe, more connected, more accessible, and more prosperous.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced that AE Professor Robert D. (Bobby) Braun has been chosen to serve as the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, succeeding E. 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