Faculty Summary

The Space Systems Academic Group (SSAG) at The Naval Postgraduate School is an interdisciplinary association of faculty and academic chair professors representing a number of separate academic disciplines at NPS (MAE, PH, IS, GSDM, ECE, and NSA) and the PEO Space Chair Professor.

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Newman
James H. Newman
SSAG Chair
Space Systems Academic Group
Ph.D, Rice University, 1984
Asset Publisher
Brij N. Agrawal
Distinguished Professor
MAE
Ph.D, Syracuse University, 1970

Alex Bordetsky
Professor
Information Sciences
PhD, Chelyabinsk St Tec University, 1982

Christopher Brophy
Associate Professor
MAE
Ph.D, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1997

Brannon Chapman
LCDR, USN, Program Officer
SSAG
M.S., Naval Postgraduate School, 2019

James Horning
Faculty Associate Research
Space Systems Academic Group
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1997

Wenschel Lan
Senior Lecturer
Space Systems
Ph.D Naval Postgraduate School,

Herschel H. Loomis
Distinguished Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D, MIT, 1963

Sherif Michael
Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D, West Virginia University, 1983

James Clay Moltz
Professor
National Security Affairs


James H. Newman
SSAG Chair
Space Systems Academic Group
Ph.D, Rice University, 1984

Rudy Panholzer
Professor Emeritus
Space Systems Academic Group
Ph.D, Technical University, GRAZ, Austria, 1961
Research Interests: Solid state sensors and electronics, Microprocessors and microcomputer systems for space applications.

Charles M. Racoosin
Volunteer Faculty
Space Systems Academic Group
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1989

Marcello Romano
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Ph.D, Politecnico di Milano (Milan Polytechnic University), 2001

Daniel Sakoda
Faculty Associate - Research
Space Systems Academic Group
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1992

Stephen Tackett
Instructor
Space Systems
MS, Naval Postgraduate School, 1995


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