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	+ Home Related Links + Technical Seminar Series + People: ARMD + Honors and Awards + Aeronautics in the News		Dr. Neil Cheatwood, NASA Langley Research Center Advanced Technology Development for Planetary Entry, Descent, and Landing Dr. Neil Cheatwood has played key roles in NASA's planetary atmospheric flight programs. He is a nationally recognized expert in aerosciences and flight mechanics for planetary entry systems. He is the Principle Investigator for the Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumentation (MEDLI) project. He leads LaRC efforts to develop inflatable aeroshell technologies. He is the Principle Investigator for NASA LaRC's Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE), as well as the follow-on Program to Advance Inflatable Decelerators for Atmospheric Entry. Dr. Cheatwood was responsible for the entry aerodynamic databases for the Stardust, Mars Microprobe, Genesis, and Mars Exploration Rovers missions. He has also contributed to the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Sample Return flight projects. Dr. Cheatwood is an AIAA Associate Fellow and the principle author or co-author of 60 technical publications in the fields of fluid dynamics, atmospheric entry, and systems engineering.
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