Dr. Rafael Lugo – NESC Academy Biography

Rafael Lugo holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a flight mechanics engineer at Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. and is a member of the Atmospheric Flight and Entry Systems Branch at NASA Langley Research Center. While at NASA Langley he has worked on materials testing for inflatable atmospheric decelerators, scale model aeroballistic testing for Orion and MSL, and flight trajectory reconstruction for MSL. He is currently supporting liftoff and trajectory analyses for SLS and atmosphere reconstruction for MAVEN flight operations.