Dr. Helen Reed

Prior to joining Texas A&M in December 2004, Dr. Helen Reed established and headed a student satellite program at Arizona State University (ASU). Dr. Reed brought 11+ years of experience in space flight, nanosatellite design, and student education from ASU, where she provided educational, research, and service experiences for over 700 students through various real aerospace projects including a sounding rocket launch out of Wallops Island in 2000, a NASA Space Shuttle STS-105 experiment, several high-altitude balloon launches, four KC-135 microgravity experiments, and two major satellite programs launched with the Air Force (ASUSat1 on the 1st Orbital/Suborbital Program Space Launch Vehicle Minotaur in January 2000, and Three Corner Sat with the University Nanosat I/II Program on the Delta IV Heavy Demo in December 2004). Now at Texas A&M, Dr. Reed established AggieSat Lab in March 2005 already with two major satellite missions underway (AggieSat1 with the University Nanosat IV Program and AggieSat2 with NASA JSC). The vision of AggieSat Lab is to demonstrate and develop modern technologies by utilizing a nanosatellite platform while educating students and enriching the undergraduate experience.

Dr. Reed was elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1997 and the American Physical Society in 2003, and has served on various NASA Headquarters Aeronautics Advisory Committees, Subcommittees, and Task Forces; the NASA Federal Laboratory Review Task Force of the NASA Advisory Council; and the NATO/AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel. She is presently a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the National Institute of Aerospace and Deputy Co-Chair of the National Space Grant Student Satellite Program Steering Committee. At Texas A&M University since December 1, 2004, she is Department Head and a Professor of Aerospace Engineering. She is also Associate Director for Research for NASA URETI CMISE "Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration".