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Dr. Michael Romanowski is the Vice President, Civil Aviation at the Aerospace Industries Association where he leads all of AIA's activities on civil aviation issues and policy, including the areas of research and development, aviation infrastructure, safety and security.
Dr. Romanowski is also the President of the Nation Center of Advanced Technologies (NCAT). NCAT, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, actively supports government initiatives for both the civil and defense sectors. It is the parent of the NGATS Institute, an organization created in March, 2005 under an agreement with the FAA to enable private sector and academic engagement in the development of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS).
Before joining AIA in 2003, Dr. Romanowski was the Director of Product Safety, Certification and Airworthiness at Sikorsky Aircraft where he led an organization responsible for all flight safety and certification activities and policy for all Sikorsky civil and military helicopters.
He also led Pratt & Whitney's Flight Safety, Certification and Airworthiness organization, with responsibilities for all of Pratt & Whitney's large commercial engines.
Before entering the regulatory and safety arena, Dr. Romanowski led Pratt & Whitney's aeroelastic research program. He also has broad experience in the design and development of gas turbine engines.
Dr. Romanowski received his Ph.D. from Duke University in Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University.
Dr. Romanowski is married. He and his wife have two young boys.
Mark Gordon joined NCAT in 1996 as manager of IPPD Programs, and is currently Director, Education and Research Programs. Mr. Gordon serves as the senior program manager for affordability, manufacturing, and multimedia training areas. He sits on the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel as the Industry representative and is leader of the joint DoD-Industry Evolutionary Acquisition Training Team. Mr. Gordon acts as primary industry liaison for strategic planning initiatives involving technology transition mechanisms within DoD. He also heads the Evolutionary Acquisition Training Team at NCAT, which provides industry liaison with DoD technical and policy groups.
Mr. Gordon is currently working new projects in sustainment, simulation-based design, and technology transition maturity as well as evolutionary acquisition principles and practices. He has previous experience as project manager for training with the US Navy Acquisition Reform Office; a three-day course developed for DoD program managers in both Acquisition and Science and Technology communities. This course, and a one-day executive awareness workshop, have been adopted for Navy IPPD training and are under review for several other government agencies. Mr. Gordon also directed the development of a twelve-hour interactive video series on IPPD.
Prior to joining NCAT, Mr. Gordon worked at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Research Engineer and instructor for several subjects, including Concurrent Engineering, Rotorcraft Design, and Quality Engineering Tools. He had been involved in systems integration of autonomous aerial vehicles for eight years, leading a team to a first place finish at the AUVS Aerial Robotics Challenge in 1992. He then became the leader for applying the IPPD methodology to the design and development of an Autonomous Helicopter for the US Army from 1993 through 1996. Mr. Gordon's activities at Georgia Tech included the development of a new curriculum for involving multi-disciplinary students in practical engineering projects, through a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Mr. Gordon received his bachelor's degree from University of Rochester in Mechanical Engineering, a master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and is currently working on his doctoral thesis in Aerospace Systems Design. He has worked within the Sikorsky Aircraft Advanced Design Department, the sonar noise testing area at Booz Allen & Hamilton, and began his engineering career at a U.S. Navy R&D Center.
Mr. Gordon is an author of many papers dealing with Rotorcraft Design, Complex Systems Integration using Concurrent Engineering, and Application of Integrated Product and Process Development using both management and technical tools.
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