Here’s a list of all of our authors.
Our Authors
Rodger Williams
Rodger is AIAA’s managing director for strategic outreach. In addition to his deputy publisher role at Aerospace America, he oversees corporate communications and branding; marketing and promotion across all product lines; relationship management for AIAA’s industry partners and public policy. Rodger joined AIAA in 1993.
Sandy Magnus, AIAA fellow
Sandy is executive director of AIAA and a former astronaut. In 2002, Sandy operated the shuttle Atlantis robotic arm during an assembly mission to the International Space Station. In 2008, she rode Endeavour to the station for a four-and-a-half-month expedition. In 2011, she was loadmaster during the shuttle program’s final mission, STS-135. Sandy has a Ph.D. from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech, and worked at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Co. before joining NASA.
Sarah Wells
Sarah is a science and technology journalist based in Boston interested in how innovation and research intersect with our daily lives. She has written for a number of national publications and covers innovation news at Inverse.
Theresa Foley
Theresa is a Florida-based journalist focused on the space industry. She was the founding editor of Space News.
Thomas B. Irvine
Thomas B. Irvine is AIAA’s managing director of content development.
Tom Jones
Tom flew on four space shuttle missions, including his last flight, STS-98, in which he led three spacewalks to install the American Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station. Tom is a senior research scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.