Alumni
Alumni
All Academy Members
Class of 2024
Flight Director, KinetX Aerospace, Inc.
Founder, Capella Space
Outstanding Young Alumnus
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Bell Engineering Talent Management Team, University and STEM Collaborations, Bell Flight
Professor Emeritus, Auburn University
Vice President and Director of Research & Development, Ticom Geomatics, Inc. (retired)
Hypersonics Expert, NASA (retired)
Director of Software Engineering, Raytheon (retired)
Astronaut, European Space Agency
Director, Orion Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space
Class of 2023
Captain, United States Navy (retired); Advisor to Rhodium Scientific LLC.; Inspirational Speaker
Senior Associate, Teaching Science and Technology Inc.
Chief Growth Officer, Intuitive Machines
Navigation Technical Lead for Human Spaceflight, GNC Autonomous Flight Systems Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer, Griffon Aerospace, Inc.
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Denki University
Director, Lockheed Martin Aerospace (retired); Adjunct Professor, UT Arlington; President, Consulting Services International
Chief Executive Officer, TensorX, Inc.
Chief Product Officer and Enterprise Chief Engineer, ABL Space Systems
Senior Vice President/General Manager, Space Applications and Chief Technology Officer, Sierra Space
Class of 2022
Professor, United States Air Force Academy (Retired)
Colonel, United States Air Force & GS-15, NASA (Retired)
APT Research, Chief Executive Officer (CEO); NASA Senior Executive (Retired)
President, Feng Chia University (Taiwan Republic of China) and Professor of Civil Engineering
Founder, Narrfoil LLC. (Retired)
Commanding Officer, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), United States Navy
Manager, Sandia National Laboratories
President, Odyssey Space Research, L.L.C.
Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
Professor Emeritus, Department of Engineering, Texas Christian University
Class of 2021
Business Founder (Retired)
Major General, United States Air Force (Retired)
Co-founder, Senior Partner & VP of Engineering, Pecos Country Energy and Exploration Co.
Aeronautical Engineer Senior Staff, Mass Properties Group, F-22, Lockheed Martin (Retired)
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of the Administrator, NASA
General Manager of Deepwater Projects and Engineering, Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc. (Retired)
Director of Government Operations, Genuen
H.H. Arnold Chair and Goethert Professor, The University of Tennessee Space Institute
Aerospace Engineer for NASA/Contractors (Retired)
Class of 2020
Associate Director for Flight Projects and Mission Success, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
CEO, Emergent Space Technologies, Inc.
President, Toyota Central R&D Laboratories, Inc.
Associate Center Director for Research and Technology, NASA Ames Research Center- Silicon Valley, Ca
Professor, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
Director of Engineering, PEMDAS Technologies and Innovations
Deputy Laboratory Director/Executive Vice-President for National Security Programs, Sandia National Laboratories (Retired)
(Deceased)
Vice President of Advanced Programs, Emergent Space Technologies
(Deceased)
Honorary Member
Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #2
Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor, Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor, Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin (Deceased)
(Deceased)
Vice President, F-16, Japan F-2 & India F-21 Programs, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Lockheed Martin
Co-founder, Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc. (Retired)
Class of 2019
(Deceased)
Executive Vice President, Southwest Research Institute
Supervisor, Outer Planet Navigation Group, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(Retired) Captain, US Navy and Former Astronaut, NASA
President and Chief Operating Officer, MORI Associates
(Deceased)
Group Vice President – Andev Corporation
Professor Emeritus, ASE/EM Department, The University of Texas at Austin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Research Institute
Major General and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
Co-Founder and Chairman, Millennium Engineering and Integration Company
Founder, Eagle Rock Drilling, Inc. and Eagle Rock Manufacturing, Inc.
(Retired) Director, Operational Test & Evaluation, U.S. Department of Defense
Partner, Santé Ventures and Managing Director, SparkMed Advisors LLC
(Retired) Program Manager, NASA
(Deceased)
Honorary Member
Chancellor Emeritus, The University of Texas System and Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at Austin
Principal, Stress Engineering Services, Inc.
(Retired) Vice President-Research, Ford Motor Company
James D. Woods Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, and Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute
Professor Emeritus of Aeronautical Engineering, USAF Academy and (Retired) Brigadier General USAF
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Origin
Associate Vice President, Southwest Research Institute
President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Axiom Space, Inc.
Professor Emeritus, ASE/EM Department, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Aerospace and Geophysics, California Institute of Technology
(Retired) Vice President - Engineering, ExxonMobil Corp.
Astronaut and Branch Chief, Mission Support Crew, NASA