People
Leadership
Dr. Dinesh Verma
SERC Executive Director
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Zoe Szajnfarber
SERC Chief Scientist and Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering (and of Space Policy) Director of Strategic Initiatives
The George Washington University
Thomas A. McDermott Jr.
SERC Deputy Director and CTO
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Valerie Sitterle
SERC Deputy CTO
Stevens Institute of Technology
Kara Pepe
SERC Operations Manager
Stevens Institute of Technology
Staff
Syeda Anjum
Website Content Creator and Communications Data Analyst
Stevens Institute of Technology
Kunal Batra
SERC/SSE Network Systems Engineer
Stevens Institute of Technology
Kristy Gajowiak
Director of Financial Operations
Stevens Institute of Technology
Haley Gehris
Senior Finance Manager
Stevens Institute of Technology
Jieun Hong
Senior Web Designer
Stevens Institute of Technology
Tara Kelly
AIRC Research Project Manager
Stevens Institute of Technology
Nancy Méndez-Booth
Associate Editor
Stevens Institute of Technology
Jessica Pascual
Executive Assistant
Stevens Institute of Technology
Christian Real
Junior Accountant
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Hoong Yan See Tao
Research Project Manager
Stevens Institute of Technology
Alan Skontra
Manager of Digital Communication and Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology
Anthony Streppone
Account Analyst
Stevens Institute of Technology
Keishla Surillo
Junior Accountant
Stevens Institute of Technology
Todd Walker
Accountant
Stevens Institute of Technology
Research Council
Christopher Yukins
Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law
The George Washington University
Dr. Daniel Selva
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Texas A&M University
Dr. Art Pyster (Emeritus)
Associate Dean for Research and Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research, College of Engineering and Computing
George Mason University
Dr. William B. Rouse (Emeritus)
Research Professor and Senior Fellow, Office Senior Vice President for Research
Georgetown University
Dr. Michael Orosz
Research Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Spatial Sciences
University of Southern California
Dr. Jitesh Panchal
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Dr. Azad Madni (Emeritus)
Northrop Grumman Foundation Fred O’Green Chair in Engineering and Professor of Astronautical Engineering
University of Southern California
Dr. Amanda Girth
Associate Professor, Director of Washington Studies
The Ohio State University
Dr. Larry Head
Professor, Systems and Industrial Engineering
The University of Arizona
Dr. Laura Freeman
Director, Intelligent Systems Division – National Security Institute and Research Associate Professor, Statistics Department
Virginia Tech
Dr. Daniel A. DeLaurentis
Vice President for Discovery Park District Institutes and Bruce Reese Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue University
Dr. Mark Blackburn
Senior Research Scientist
Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Peter Beling
Director, Intelligent Systems Division, Virginia Tech National Security Institute and Professor, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Virginia Tech
Advisory Board
William M. Shepherd
Captain, US Navy (Retired), NASA Astronaut (Retired), Science Advisor, US Special Operations Command (Former)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Michael Wynne
21st Secretary of the Air Force (retired), Emeritus member and former Chairman of the SERC Advisory Board
Dr. Arun Seraphin
Deputy Director, Emerging Technologies Institute
National Defense Industrial Association
Dr. J. Stephen (Steve) Rottler
Deputy Laboratories Director and Executive Vice President, National Security Programs, Sandia National Laboratories (Retired)
Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. Dennis McBride
Research Professor, Intelligent Systems Lab
Virginia Tech
David Long
Former President, Vitech
Stevens Institute of Technology
Nick Justice
Major General, US Army (retired) and Executive Director, PowerAmerica
Dr. Paul Kaminski
Chairman, SERC Advisory Board
Dr. Ruth David
Foreign Secretary for the National Academy of Engineering
Victoria Cox
Former Assistant Administrator for NextGen at the Federal Aviation Administration (Retired)
Dr. Stephen E. Cross
Executive Vice President for Research, Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Ted F. Bowlds
Lieutenant General, US Air Force (Retired)
Dr. Charles Clancy
Senior Vice President, General Manager, MITRE Labs, Chief Futurist
Curtis M. Bedke
Major General, US Air Force (Retired)