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Faculty Leaders

Julie Shah

Department Head
Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Olivier de Weck

Olivier de Weck

Associate Department Head
Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems

Kerri Cahoy

Head, Space Sector
Chair, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Director, Small Satellite Collaborative Sheila Evans Widnall (1960) Professor

David Darmofal

Director of Digital Learning
Chair, Undergraduate Committee
Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Jonathan How

Chair, Graduate Committee
R.C Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Eytan H. Modiano

Head, Computing Sector
Richard Cockburn Maclaurin Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics

Zoltán S. Spakovszky

Head, Air Sector
T. Wilson (1953) Professor in Aeronautics

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