Laboratory Fellow
CurrentPhil currently holds the Draper position of Laboratory Fellow (the Laboratory’s highest technical position). Responsibilities include being Technical Director for a wide variety of projects requiring challenging aerial, launch, and space vehicle Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) system development. This has included: Space Shuttle Flight orbital flight control; advanced observation systems; hypersonic flight systems, autonomous air and space flight systems; un-crewed aerial vehicles; reusable launch vehicles; precision Mars landing systems; human lunar landing systems; ballistic missile defense systems; precision delivery airdrop systems; ground warrior systems; and helicopter fire control systems. For three years Phil was responsible on behalf of NASA for the Orion GN&C failure detection, isolation, and reconfiguration. For several years Phil led Draper efforts to address the technology needs for sustained climate change monitoring. Some other past activities included 4 years on the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, a decade on the AIAA Board of Directors, and a year on a National Research Council study for NASA.
