Dr. Basil Hassan is Manager of the Applied Aerospace Systems Analysis Department of the Integrated Military Systems Center at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He received his BS (1988), MS (1990), and PhD (1993) degrees in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University. Dr. Hassan manages applied aerospace engineering work, in particular flight dynamics analysis and range safety, as applied to a variety of flight vehicles. He has been employed at Sandia since 1993, both as a Senior and Principal Member of Technical Staff (1993-2002) and Manager (2002-present). He also served as Manager of the Aerosciences Department, Computational Thermal and Fluid Mechanics Department, Flight Systems Department, Acting Senior Manager for the Thermal, Fluid, and Aerosciences Group, and Acting Chief of Staff to the Laboratories President. He has primarily worked in research and development in the area of nonequilibrium computational fluid dynamics with application to aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics of high-speed flight vehicles. He has worked in ablation for hypersonic re-entry vehicles, drag reduction for low-speed ground transportation vehicles, and high-velocity oxygen fuel thermal sprays. He has overseen all aspects of aerospace R&D, and applications work, including the management of Sandia wind tunnels.

Dr. Hassan is a Fellow in AIAA in and has been active in the Institute for over 29 years. He has served in a variety of leadership roles across the Institute. He is currently on the AIAA Board of Directors, serving in the position of Vice President for Technical Activities. . He also has served as Honors and Awards Officer and Membership Officer for the Albuquerque Section. He has authored or co-authored over 25 journal articles and conference papers. Dr. Hassan also served as an Associate Editor for AIAA's Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (2001-2004).

Dr. Hassan has also served on a variety of review boards for the National Academies, NASA (Ames, Langley, and Johnson) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). He was also active in the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident Investigation, and as a result of that participation, was named to serve on the Aerosciences Technology Discipline Team of NASA's Engineering Safety Center (NESC). Dr. Hassan previously served on Educational Advisory Board for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at New Mexico State University and on the Educational Advisory Board for Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / (505) 844-4682.