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Mr. Michael W. George
Director of the Aeronautics Test Program Office
Image left: Mr. Michael George, Director of the Aeronautics Test Program Office. Image credit: NASA
As the director of the Aeronautics Test Program Office, Mr. George is
responsible for the overall planning, management and evaluation of the
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate's corporate management of
aeronautical ground test facilities that are considered to be national
assets. In addition, he supports the associate administrator in a broad
range of mission directorate activities, including strategic and program
planning, budget development, program review and evaluation, and
external coordination.
George joined NASA's Ames Research Center in 1992 as chief, Advanced
Aerodynamics Concept Branch, after 20 years of work in engineering
management in the U.S. defense industry. His work in industry included
five years at Rockwell where he led the Computational Physics
organization, and 15 years at Northrop where he was involved in a number
of Department of Defense programs including the B-2, the F-18 and the
YF-23. During this time, George was instrumental in expanding the role
of computational fluid dynamics and computational electromagnetics in
combination with experimental and wind tunnel testing as a component of
the aircraft design process.
At the Ames Research Center, George served in a number of positions
including chief of the Design Cycle Technologies Branch, chief of the
Wind Tunnel Operations Division, deputy director of the Aeronautics
Directorate, and most recently director of the Programs and Projects
Directorate. He was named as the recipient of NASA's Outstanding
Leadership Award in 2006 for his role in achieving full cost recovery in
wind tunnel operations while providing exceptionally high quality
testing services in a safe operating environment.
George holds bachelor's and master's degrees in aeronautical and
astronautical engineering from the Ohio State University. In 1999, he
was designated by NASA as a Sloan Fellow, earning a Master of Science
degree in management from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford
University.
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