Dr. Stephen Corda
Employment History
- Jul 2009-present:
Interim Associate Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, UT Space Institute
- Mar 2006-present:
Associate Professor and Chairman / Research Pilot, Aviation Systems & Flight Research
Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE) University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee
- Feb 2004-Mar 2006:
Project Manager / Flight Test Engineer, Aerospace Projects Directorate
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California
- Jan 2003-Feb 2004:
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department
U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
- Aug 2001-Dec 2002:
Master Instructor, Performance Branch
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards, California
- Aug 1998-Aug 2001:
Chief, Propulsion & Performance Branch / Flight Test Engineer
- Mar 1995-Aug 1998:
Aerospace Engineer / Flight Test Engineer, Propulsion and Performance Branch,
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California
- Nov 1990-Mar 1995:
Senior Aerospace Engineer / Flight Test Engineer
PRC, Inc., NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California
- Feb 1988-Nov 1990:
Aerospace Engineer, Senior Professional Staff, Aeronautics Department
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland
- Jul 1976-Jan 1977:
Engineering Aid, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, Engineering Service
Veterans Administration, Washington, DC
Education
- BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland (1980)
- MS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland (1982)
- Diploma in Aeronautics, Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Belgium (1984)
- PhD, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland (1988)
Academic and Professional Honors
- Federal Junior Fellowship in Engineering, 1976-77
- Glenn L. Martin Scholarship in Aerospace Engineering, 1976-80
- Sigma Gamma Tau (Aerospace Engineering Honor Society), 1979
- U.S. Air Force/Von Karman Institute Fellowship, 1983-84
- Minta Martin Graduate Fellowship, 1984-85
- NASA Group Achievement Awards, 1993, 2006
- NASA Quality Increase Award, 1995
- NASA Dryden Performance Awards, 1997, 1998
- NASA Dryden Special Act Awards, 1995, 1998
- Finalist for NASA Mission Specialist Astronaut selection, 1998
- NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, 2006
- University of Tennessee Space Institute Outstanding Faculty Member, 2008
Professional Societies
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE)
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)
- Member of AIAA Flight Test Technical Committee, 2008-present
