{"id":4400,"date":"2010-01-06T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasa-names-new-dryden-flight-research-center-director\/"},"modified":"2010-01-06T09:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T09:09:00","slug":"nasa-names-new-dryden-flight-research-center-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/nasa-names-new-dryden-flight-research-center-director.php","title":{"rendered":"NASA Names New Dryden Flight Research Center Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
NASA <\/span>Administrator Charles F. Bolden<\/span><\/a> has named David D. McBride director of the agency's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

\"David <\/span>has done a terrific job as the acting Dryden director, and I am pleased he will be continuing as director,\" Bolden <\/span>said. \"David's expertise, leadership and flight research acumen will benefit NASA <\/span>and the entire aerospace community.\"<\/p>

McBride will direct all aspects of facility management, strategy and operations at Dryden<\/span>, one of NASA<\/span><\/a>'s 10 field centers. McBride <\/span>became Dryden<\/span>'s acting director on April 4, 2009, upon the retirement of former center director Kevin L. Petersen. He also served as Dryden<\/span>'s deputy director since June 8, 2008, first in an acting capacity before his official appointment on Jan. 4, 2009.<\/p>

McBride's prior management assignments at Dryden include serving as associate director for programs, a role overseeing the complete portfolio of center projects supporting exploration, science, and aeronautics.<\/p>

He also managed NASA's Flight Research Program<\/span> at Dryden. The program conducted flight research that expanded aerospace knowledge and capabilities. Activities included the record-breaking flight of the solar-powered Helios aircraft, the Active Aeroelastic Wing flight project and the revolutionary Intelligent Flight Control System, demonstrating adaptive neural network flight control systems.<\/p>

McBride <\/span>began his career at Dryden as a cooperative education student in 1982, specializing in digital flight control systems analysis. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1985 and an executive Masters of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico in 1998.<\/p>

For McBride's biography, visit:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/dryden\/about\/Dryden\/director.html<\/a>
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For more information about Dryden, visit:
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http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/dryden<\/a><\/span> <\/p>

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