Daniel E. Hastings

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Daniel E. Hastings
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMIT
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsMIT
US Air Force
Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
Thesis[aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.863763 The high‐β universal drift mode]

Daniel E. Hastings is an American physicist, currently the Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor and the former director of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] Hastings became head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics on January 1, 2019.[2][3][4] He has served as the Chief Scientist of the US Air Force[5][6] and on many national level boards.

Dr. Hastings earned his B.A. at Oxford University in the UK (1976) and his S.M. (1978) and Ph.D. (1980) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, writing his doctoral thesis on "The high‐β universal drift mode."[7]

Dr. Hastings worked at Physical Sciences Inc from 1980-1981 and then Oak Ridge National Lab Fusion Energy Division from 1981 to 1985. He returned to MIT as an Assistant Professor (1985-1988). Dr. Hastings was an associate professor (1988-1993) and later full professor for the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT (1993-present). He was also the associate department head of research (1993-1996). He took a leave to be the Chief Scientist of the US Air Force (1997-1999)[5][6] and served on the National Science Board from 2002-2008.[8] Dr. Hastings was asked to direct the Technology and Policy Program (TPP) at MIT (2000-2003)[6] as well as associate director and co-director of the Engineering Systems Division (2000-2004), and later became its director (2004-2005). Dr. Hastings became the Dean for Undergraduate Education (2006-2013) and then the CEO and Director of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (2014-2018). As of January 1, 2019, he is the head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[9]

Dr. Hastings has received many honors, including membership to the National Academy of Engineering (2017) for contributions in spacecraft and space system-environment interactions, space system architecture, and leadership in aerospace research and education.[10] He also holds fellowship in the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (1998),[11] and the Air Force Distinguished Civilian Award (1997, 1999).[6]

Academic work[]

Dr. Hastings has published extensively in aerospace engineering, including a highly cited textbook called Spacecraft-environment interactions.[12] His research includes uncertainty and systems' engineering.[13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ Peterson, Jane A. (2014-11-16). "M.I.T. Settles In for Long Haul in Singapore". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  2. ^ "Daniel E. Hastings". mit.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Daniel Hastings named the Director of Smart". mit.edu. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Daniel Hastings named head of Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics". mit.edu. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce Needs for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base (2012). Assuring the U.S. Department of Defense a Strong Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce. National Academies Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-309-26213-2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Nominations to the National Science Board (Text Only)". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  7. ^ Hastings, Daniel E. (1982). "The high‐β universal drift mode". Physics of Fluids. 25 (3): 509. doi:10.1063/1.863763.
  8. ^ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (2002). Legislative Calendar, One Hundred Seventh Congress. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPhnna4c8-UC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=national+science+board+daniel+hastings+2008&source=bl&ots=1trQT-5LWi&sig=ACfU3U0bgU0xN6zCVE_uB7FhcCSowf_6WQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiex46mkITqAhVLSjABHWiGC8IQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=national%20science%20board%20daniel%20hastings%202008&f=false. p. 91.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: location (link)
  9. ^ "Daniel E. Hastings". mit.edu. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  10. ^ "National Academy of Engineering Elects 84 Members and 22 Foreign Members". NAE Website. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  11. ^ "AIAA Fellows" (PDF). 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  12. ^ Hastings, Daniel; Garrett, Henry (2004-08-19). Spacecraft-Environment Interactions. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-60756-8.
  13. ^ Ross, Adam M.; Rhodes, Donna H.; Hastings, Daniel E. (2008). "Defining changeability: Reconciling flexibility, adaptability, scalability, modifiability, and robustness for maintaining system lifecycle value". Systems Engineering. 11 (3): 246–262. doi:10.1002/sys.20098. ISSN 1520-6858.
  14. ^ Ross, Adam M.; Hastings, Daniel E.; Warmkessel, Joyce M.; Diller, Nathan P. (2004). "Multi-Attribute Tradespace Exploration as Front End for Effective Space System Design". Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 41 (1): 20–28. doi:10.2514/1.9204. hdl:1721.1/84152. ISSN 0022-4650.


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