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Charles Elachi
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Charles Elachi, born April 18, 1947 in Lebanon [1] is the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), located in Pasadena, California. He has held this position since May 1, 2001 and also holds professorships in electrical engineering and planetary science at Caltech. Elachi is the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of the California Institute of Technology.
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Huygens Titan radar (team leader).[4] He is author of more than 230 publications in the fields of active microwave remote sensing and electromagnetic theory, and holds several patents in those fields. He taught the physics of remote sensing at Caltech from 1982 to 2001. As JPL's director for space and Earth science programs from 1982 to 2000, he was responsible for the development of numerous flight missions and instruments for Earth observation, planetary exploration, and astrophysics. In 1988, the Los Angeles Times selected him as one of Southern California's rising stars who will make a difference in L.A.[5] In 1989, asteroid 1982 SU was renamed 4116 Elachi in recognition of his contribution to planetary exploration.[6] In 1989, he was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE). From 1993 to 1995, he served as a member of the Academy's 4th Decadal Committee. In 1995 he chaired its membership committee, and in July 2007, he was elected as a Councillor of the National Academy of Engineering, serving a six year term.[7] He has chaired a number of strategic planning committees for NASA. He has lectured in more than 20 countries about space exploration and Earth observation. He participated in a number of archeological expeditions in Egypt, Oman and China. In 2010, he became a member of the International Advisory Board of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, and also serves on the International Advisory Board of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.[8] He has also served as Chairman of the Lebanese American University Board of Trustees. In 2011, he received the Chevalier de la Lgion d'honneur award.[9] In 2011, the Space Foundation bestowed its highest honor, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award, to Elachi.[10]
collaboration with the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Royal Society of London's Massey Award (2006), Lebanon's Order of Cedars (2006), the American Task Force for Lebanon's Philip Habib Award for Distinguished Public Service (2006), the American Astronautical Society's Space Flight Award (2005), the National Defense Industrial Association's Bob Hope Distinguished Citizen Award (2005), NASA Exceptional Service Medal (2005), NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (2004, 2002, 1994), NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1982), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1999), the Takeda Award (2002), the Wernher von Braun Award (2002), Dryden Award (2000), the Committee on Space Research's Nordberg Medal (1996), the Nevada Medal (1995), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Medal of Engineering Excellence (1992) and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Distinguished Achievement Award (1987), the W. T. Pecora Award (1985), and the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing's Autometric Award (1980 and 1982).
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/bios/elachi/ Dr. Elachi's Official Biography from JPL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxROsSaLsxg Dr. Elachi on Sky Crane, Space Robotics http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/061022/30elachi.htm America's Best Leaders: Charles Elachi http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/399 TED Talks: Charles Elachi on the Mars Rovers at TED in 2008 http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/342818/description/A_lifetime_of_curiosity_An_ interview_with_JPL_director_Charles_Elachi Science News interview with Charles Elachi http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200401/lebanon.pasadena.mars.htm Lebanon, Pasadena, Mars http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dr-charles-elachi-interview-mission-mars483498.html Mission to Mars http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/nasa_at_50_detail.html Interviews with Senior NASA Leaders
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Categories: 1947 births Living people NASA personnel Jet Propulsion Laboratory Lebanese emigrants to the United States Center Directors of NASA Fellow Members of the IEEE University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of Southern California alumni
Chevaliers of the Lgion d'honneur Recipients of the National Order of the Cedar Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
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