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Department of Aeronautics

Faculty and Staff

 

Dr. Gary Yale Dr. Gary Yale

Erdle Chair

DEGREES:
PhD, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, 1993
MS, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985
BS, Astronautical Engineering, United States Air Force Academy, 1981
BS, Engineering Sciences, United States Air Force Academy, 1981

YEARS SERVICE ON THIS FACULTY: 14
Professor:
Associate Professor:
Assistant Professor: August 1995
Date of Original Appointment: July 1988

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE (Teaching/Industry/etc):
Project Manager, Engineering Career Development (NASA APPEL Contract), NASA Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL), Office of the Chief Engineer, NASA, September 2005 – July 2006.
Honorarium Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO, September 1997 – December 1998.
Branch Chief, Guidance Navigation & Controls Branch, Phillips Laboratory, USAF, August 1993 – July 1995.
Spacecraft Subsystem Engineer, Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) System Program Office, Space Division, USAF, December 1984 – July 1988.
Operations Director, Air Force Satellite Control Facility, USAF, June 1981 – July 1983.

SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Senior Member
International Council on Systems Engineering, Member

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Outstanding Academy Educator Award, Department of Astronautics, USAF Academy.
Numerous military achievement awards.

INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (in the last five years):
Military Education Working Group within INCOSE.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS:
Numerous faculty workshops sponsored by the USAFA/Center for Educational Excellence on assessment, learning styles, and case studies.
INCOSE 2007 International Symposium.
Department technical presentations (Noon Informational Brown Bag and Lunch Educational Seminars).
NASA short courses on communicating technical issues, decision analysis, mission operations, transition and product delivery, systems engineering management, and lifecycle processes.

U.S. Air Force Academy, USAFA, CO 80840, (719) 333-1110 DSN: 333-1110, Updated: 21 May 12
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